Can Live Theatre Ever Pull Off a Really Convincing Stage Death? THEATRE Posted: January 17, 2014 12:45 am“We know that it’s a game of pretend: they’re still breathing. You can still see them breathing a lot of the time, and the stage trickery that is employed is usually not that good.” Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)