Stages and Stage Positions

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Stages and Stage Positions

• Types of stages
• Parts of the stage
• Actors positions on stage
• Stage movements

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Proscenium Stage
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Proscenium illustration
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Another Example
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Where Actors practice
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Thrust Stage
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Thrust Stage Illustration
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Dress for this Period

• Members might wear a costume like this, but the
  wealthy in the audience might be seen in this
  type of garment as well.
• Shakespearian and Elizabethan are very close in
  style.

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Arena Stage
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The stage from the side
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Stage Grid
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Positions for the Actor

• Where is stage left, from the actors
  perspective? Left or right, as they face the
  audience.
• Is up stage or down stage closer to the audience?
  
• Why do they call the Thrust stage by that name?

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Actor Movement and Position

• X crossing the stage
• Counter Crossing the stage
• Up staging another actor

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Crossing the stage
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Upstaging
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Counter Crossing
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Greek Theatre Stage
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Costume From Globe Theatre And the Globe from the
outside
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Globe Floor Plan

• What style of stage is this?
• Where is the audience from the actors
  perspective?

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Photos of the Inside
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Portrait of Shakespeare and the house he was born
in.