Restage

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To present a play or performance once more, often with new direction or design
2. To organize and perform a theatrical show again, typically after the initial production
3. To revive a stage production by restaging it with possible changes or updates

Etymology: "Restage" is a plain formation: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "stage" in its theatrical sense of mounting a play. To restage a production is to put it on again, usually with some changes to staging, cast, or design. The verb is built in English rather than inherited from an older word, so its history is essentially the history of its two parts. The prefix "re-" traces back through Latin, where it meant "back" or "again," and reached English largely through Old French, and "stage" has its own long route from Latin "stare," "to stand," through Old French "estage," meaning a dwelling or level of a building. The theatrical sense of a raised platform for performers developed later, so a stage was originally something one stood upon before it became the place where a play was performed.

Synonyms: remount, reproduce