She goes to listen at door 5, then reassuring herself, she comes more cheerfullydownstage, a little towards the garden.
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What would be more obvious to the two actors than to deliver this moving climactic ending fromdownstage?
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He proudly, slovenly, defiantly makes his waydownstage.
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Thedownstagewings needed to be about 5 feet wide.
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Parolles might be, say, 'downstageleft', facing the audience on that side of the playhouse.
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Coming forwarddownstage, they then leap over the red rope.
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Actors located in what we might describe today as 'downstageleft' would be significantly 'upstage' when seen from the perspective of spectators at 'stage right'.
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The viewer's normal actions provide no distance information beyond the plane labeled "backdrop" and they can readily generate and therefore incorporate information about thedownstageprop.
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There was an additional ramp that leaddownstage.
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The set included a stage where upstage, center stage anddownstagecould be removed to accommodate the needs of the puppeteers.
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This led to the theatre positions upstage anddownstage, meaning, respectively, farther from or closer to the audience.
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He was introduced by three short trumpet calls, on the third of which he entered and took a positiondownstage.
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Interesting is fact the audience never realized that the set was movingdownstagewith the performers.
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The diner had orange booths,downstagecenter for closeup conversation, as well as camera left.
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However, the stage is flat, so that the terms upstage anddownstageare not literally accurate.
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