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To mount a play

Mount \Mount\, v. t.

  1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon.

    Shall we mount again the rural throne?
    --Dryden.

  2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

  3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. ``To mount the Trojan troop.''
    --Dryden.

  4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame

  5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.

    What power is it which mounts my love so high?
    --Shak.

    Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it.

    To mount guard (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard.

    To mount a play, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play.

Usage examples of "to mount a play".

It was because of his brilliant record as a school administrator and his reputation as a brain that the Theatre Club had allowed him to mount a play that was considered too dull, on a stage that was too small, with a cast that was too large.