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Definition of Downstage
1. Noun. The front half of the stage (as seen from the audience).
2. Adjective. Of the front half of a stage.
3. Adverb. At or toward the front of the stage. "The actors moved further and further downstage"
Definition of Downstage
1. Adverb. toward or at the front of a theatrical stage ¹
2. Adverb. towards a motion-picture or television camera ¹
3. Adjective. At the front of a stage ¹
4. Noun. the part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downstage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downstage
Literary usage of Downstage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Without a Master: A Farce in One Act by Tristan Bernard (1915)
"There is a large door center, giving upon the hallway. downstage and up-stage to
the right are doors; similar doors on the left. ..."
2. Anne-Arky: A Play in One Act by Lindsay Price, Price, Lindsay, 1969- (1995)
"(The two move downstage left and start to argue) BETH: We made fools out of ...
(These two move downstage centre start to argue) MARK: I want to be a famous ..."
3. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"If the character is to be noted particularly by the audience, he usually crosses
on the downstage side; if he is unimportant, he crosses above. ..."
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