trod the boards
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McMenamy caused gasps and screams across the Valentino venue when she tumbled twice in a row, falling to her knees, as she trod the boards.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He discusses greats Spencer Tracy, Peter O’Toole, Richard Burton and several theater actors he trod the boards with and also describes “Her” star Scarlett Johansson as “divine, funny, smart, wonderful” and “delightful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Peter O’Toole, as incandescent an actor as ever trod the boards, holds the distinction for being the performer who has been nominated more times for an Academy Award than anyone else, without winning: eight.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014
Under Fairweather's guidance, Hancock regularly trod the boards at Bournemouth's Theatre Royal and the Boscombe Hippodrome before getting his big break in BBC radio after World War II.
From BBC ● May 25, 2013
He was allowed to be both the best Alexander and the best Sir Courtly Nice that ever trod the boards.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
