[
US
/ˈdaʊnˌsteɪdʒ/
]
[ UK /dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/ ]
[ UK /dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/ ]
ADVERB
-
at or toward the front of the stage
the actors moved further and further downstage
ADJECTIVE
- of the front half of a stage
NOUN
- the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
How To Use downstage In A Sentence
- Ghostly singing and piano riffs are heard from time to time; scenes end with Hedda downstage center staring at the audience, sometimes followed by her hideous cackle.
- The major characters interact further downstage, perhaps even on the small forestage, with the party serving as a background to them.
- His upstage entry, like that of both the other principals downstage, is so weak as to have been planned.
- Clever staging meant that we were backstage - the curtain and footlights downstage - watching the dancers warm up and interact before a show.
- I balled up my clothes, dropped them in the corner, and walked downstage.
- Whenever the action moved downstage, close to the audience, the production sang.
- the actors moved further and further downstage
- An unseen director appeared to be propelling her downstage left, towards her predecessor. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
- Let the lead performers stay downstage facing the audience, tell the chorus to stand still, don't try anything clever and just get on with the singing.
- Opening as described, the lights came up to reveal los chicos in all their flamenco regalia, backed by singers and guitarists downstage.