Is there a map or anything that shows stage positioning (like centre stage etc) as in drama on the web?

Answer 1

Everyone's explained it well so I've little to say. However, I did find a basic map for you. :) Hope it helps!

Answer 2

I don't know if there is a map but I'll try to help you out. Look at the post. Think of yourself as looking out at the audience from top of this post. The middle is center stage. The left your looking at is stage left, the right you're looking at is stage right, you can be down stage left or right (that just means you're closer to the edge of the stage or you can be up stage left or right if you are toward the back of the stage. There are a lot of variations on this but once you know the basics it's fairly simple. Best to you.

Answer 3

I don't know about a map, but here's how it generally works

Closer to the audience = down stage
Further from the audience = up stage

Face the audience, point left. You are pointing stage left.
Face the audience, point right. You are pointing stage right.

That's all there is to it. You should be able to draw your own picture from my description.

Answer 4

Almost every general text on theatre has a diagram of the areas of a stage. It is important to remember that Americans use the actor's right, while European's use the audience's right for stage right.

Answer 5

_____________________________________________
Upstage right Upstage Center Upstage Left

Center Right Center Stage Center Left

Downstage right Downstage Center Downstage Left
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Audience



Think of the above diagram as an areial view of the stage. (Intresting side note the terms "Upstage" and "downstage" originate because all stages used to be raked and upstage was really higher up then downstage)