<Ul> <Li> The rear of the stage area, farthest from the audience, is upstage . The front, nearest the audience, is downstage . The terms derive from the once common use of raked stages that slope downward toward the audience . </Li> <Li> In English - speaking cultures generally, stage left and stage right refer to the actor's left and right when facing the audience . Sometimes the terms prompt and bastard / opposite prompt are used as synonyms . (See also Prompt corner) </Li> <Li> House left and house right refer to the audience perspective . In productions for film or video, analogous terms are screen left / right and camera left / right . </Li> <Li> To cross is to move . An actor placed up - stage right in blocking may be instructed by a director to cross down - stage left when speaking a line . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The rear of the stage area, farthest from the audience, is upstage . The front, nearest the audience, is downstage . The terms derive from the once common use of raked stages that slope downward toward the audience . </Li> <Li> In English - speaking cultures generally, stage left and stage right refer to the actor's left and right when facing the audience . Sometimes the terms prompt and bastard / opposite prompt are used as synonyms . (See also Prompt corner) </Li> <Li> House left and house right refer to the audience perspective . In productions for film or video, analogous terms are screen left / right and camera left / right . </Li>

Where is stage left through viewer's perspective