stock company

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Brie is as starry-eyed and sympathetic as ever, and she and Baena’s stock company of players — including Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen and Baena’s offscreen partner Aubrey Plaza — are reliably uproarious.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

There, he joined the Newfoundland Company, another English joint stock company, and had returned to North America in 1619.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

More than a cast, they’re a stock company able to take on many parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021

Pauline Kael, one of America's most influential and respected film critics, called Chatterjee Ray's "one-man stock company" who moved "so differently in the different roles he plays that he is almost unrecognisable".

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2020

Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson