This contrast of style created a constant mutual irritation; the irritation created the contrast and conflict between the characters, till Rachel finally stalked off the stage, abandoning her ancient companion.
If we are to aim for popular opera, which can always turn a profit, we risk ending up as a sort of Classic FM on stage, abandoning the risky and the innovative.
Dagger rushes onto the stage, abandoning her dropped Summoner pendant, and embraces Zidane.
Shackleton did not at this stage abandon all hope of breaking free, but was now contemplating the "possibility of having to spend a winter in the inhospitable arms of the pack".
However, field observations show that only one channel is active at low flow stage, and at high-flow stage an abandoned, partially infilled channel may be active as well.
At one stage Thomson abandoned all its Cuban holidays, because of fears that the directors could be excluded from the US.
Also in 1724, Kabuki theatres began to be converted to indoor playhouses, and gradually the roof structure and four posts of the old Noh stage were abandoned.
At one stage an abandoned Wiltshire police car had its windows smashed and doors ripped off, a scene captured on a YouTube video.
— The Yankees are one game from the World Series, one win from the stage they abandoned five years ago in an epic playoff collapse.
The promoter of the ill-fated gig now states: "Event organisers are working with the artiste's representatives to explore all ways of re-staging the abandoned concert".
This was an Alice-in-Wonderland landscape in which art exhibitions were staged in abandoned quarries, plays presented in homes, and seminars held in cafes.
