The first edition of The Stage was published (under the title The Stage Directory – a London and Provincial Theatrical Advertiser) on 1 February 1880 at a cost of three Meer weergeven

In 1959 The Stage was relaunched as The Stage and Television Today, incorporating a pull-out supplement dedicated to broadcasting news and features. Derek Hoddinott, the main paper's TV editor, became editor of the new supplement.
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• "The moment you have arrived in the profession is when you realise you don't have to read The Stage" – Noël Coward (attributed)
• "The stage would not be the stage without The Stage" – Laurence Olivier (The Stage, … Meer weergeven

In 1956, writer John Osborne submitted his script for Look Back in Anger in response to an advertisement by the soon-to-be-relaunched Meer weergeven

• 1880–1901: Charles Carson
• 1901–1904: Maurice Comerford
• 1904–1937: Lionel Carson Meer weergeven

The paper's full content from 1880–2007 is available digitally via subscription. Meer weergeven

• Official website
• The Stage reviews of Internationalist Theatre productions London during the editorship of … Meer weergeven