= PLAYER 4.
1556. T. Hoby, Courtier, II. (1561), M b. A noble Stageplaier … that … would alwaies be the first to come furth to playe his parte.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 8. Rude Stage players, who … spend more time in putting on their apparrell, then in acting their Comedy.
1765. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 624. Tasks … which seem needful only to qualify them for stage players.
fig. 1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., IV. 150. In what point therfore wil these stageplaiers [ces basteleurs] say that they follow the Apostles.
