Definition of Stage left

1. Noun. The part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience.

Exact synonyms: Left Stage
Group relationships: Stage
Generic synonyms: Left

Definition of Stage left

1. Noun. The area to the left of the stage when looking towards the audience ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stage Left

stage ball
stage business
stage crew
stage dancing
stage direct
stage direction
stage directions
stage director
stage diving
stage divings
stage door
stage effect
stage fear
stage fright
stage left (current term)
stage manager
stage mechanical
stage micrometre
stage mom
stage mother
stage name
stage names
stage of dilatation
stage of expulsion
stage of invasion
stage of the game
stage race
stage right
stage screw

Literary usage of Stage left

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts by Edward Wilton Carpenter, Charles Frederick Morehouse (1896)
"In 18-10, a stage left Amherst for South Deerfield at 7 А. м., " intersecting " at South Deerfield with the first train from Springfield ; returning, ..."

2. The Technique of Pageantry by Linwood Taft (1921)
"In one case the hundreds of characters massed upon the stage left in order, ... In the other case the persons massed on the stage left the stage in order ..."

3. West Coast Reporter: Containing All the Decisions as Fast as Filed, of the (1884)
"A stage left Boston with its complement of passengers, among whom were two young rnen who got into an argument on the question whether the Creator foreknew ..."

4. Mrs. Raford, Humanist: A Suffrage Drama by Leando Brown (1912)
"Another chair up stage left. In the left corner of the room there is a platform with ... GERTRUDE is seated on stool before easel up stage left, engaged in ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Circuit Court of the United by John McLean (1840)
"The stage left Columbus for Zanesville the next morning at ten o'clock, ... When the stage left Columbus there were nine passengers inside, and two, ..."

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