stage right
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3.4
- noun
- Jargon
:
a la derecha del escenario
- During the rehearsal, the director instructed the dancers to enter from stage right for a smoother transition.
- exit stage right
- enter stage right
- dresser entered stage right
Examples
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As the drama unfolded, a surprise character appeared from stage right to add tension to the scene.
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The actor waited in the wings on stage right for his cue to enter.
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MAN: Watch my position, stage right.
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Enter an old man from stage right.
Fiction book (2001) -
The group moves down the hall from the Green Room, past the stage right wings.
Fiction book (1992) -
The blond actress enters uncertainly, stage right.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dave enters from "stage right" wearing an Uncle Sam hat and waving triumphantly to the crowd.
Fiction book (1993) -
The dresser handed the vest to the actor and exited stage right again.
Fiction book (1998) -
He stood pensively for a moment until a dresser entered stage right carrying an oddly padded vest.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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6.8
The side of a stage on the actor's right when they face the audience
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'stage' and 'right' transparently suggest the right side of a stage, so a B1 learner would likely infer a general spatial meaning. However, the precise technical convention (that 'stage right' is defined from the performer’s point of view rather than the audience’s) is theatrical knowledge rather than a direct consequence of the words, so full interpretation may require prior exposure.
Etymology
Stage right comes from theatre directions. It names the stage area on an actor's right as they face the audience, so telling someone to go stage right means 'move to the performer's right' on the stage.