offstage
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˌɔfˈsteɪdʒ/
:
fuera de escena
- In Beckett's 1976 stage play Footfalls, the disheveled, aged May speaks with or to an offstage voice accompanied by the sound of her own pacing to and fro in the dark.
- remain offstage
- onstage and offstage
Examples
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To the offstage audience, his actions—however grandiose in their intent—look like the parody of going through a rite.
Academic text (1996) -
They recross and exit, and we hear the offstage noise of a hundred rattled utensils and a hundred clattering plates.
Fiction book (2000) -
The manager looks offstage and begins speaking in Italian.
Fiction book (1995) -
He will not remain offstage for the drama.
Academic text (2008) -
Offstage right, sound effects of bulldozers are heard.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the wine-dark distance, an offstage chorus of keening sirens wails its dismay.
Fiction book (1995) -
The director suggested that the actors remain offstage until it was their turn to perform.
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Although the story unfolds onstage, much of the character development happens offstage.
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During the rehearsal, the lead actor practiced his lines offstage to avoid distractions.
Synonyms
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3.0
In the area behind a stage, out of view of the audience
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
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Etymology
Offstage joins off- 'away' and stage 'where actors perform'. Imagine someone waiting behind the curtain, and that is why it describes something that happens out of sight of the audience.