stage right

noun, adv — 3 senses

stage right

noun

Etymology From stage + right.

1

Acting, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, Television, Theater The area to the right of the stage when looking towards the audience.

He enters stage right.

stage right

adv

Etymology From stage + right.

1

Acting, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, Television, Theater Located at stage right.

2

Idiomatic, Usually Involving a change of whether one is involved in a situation.

With the verb exit or enter

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.2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer:

Related terms: centre stage, center stage, stage left

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