stage right

English

Etymology

stage + right

Pronunciation

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Noun

stage right (uncountable)

1. (acting) The area to the right of the stage when looking towards the audience.

   He enters stage right.

Translations

area to the right (facing audience) of the stage

• Finnish: näyttämöoikea
• French: côté jardin (fr) m
• Hungarian: rendezői bal
• Japanese: 下手 (ja) (shimote)

Adverb

stage right (comparative more stage right, superlative most stage right)

1. (acting) Located at stage right.
2. (idiomatic, usually with the verb exit or enter) Involving a change of whether one is involved in a situation.
   • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     Whether Bannon was sacked, resigned or left by mutual agreement – as usual with the Trump administration there are contradictory accounts – is immaterial. His exit, stage right, follows that of a clutch of other senior White House aides and reinforces the impression that his presidency is unravelling chaotically only seven months after he entered the Oval Office.

See also

• centre stage, center stage
• stage left