upstaging

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Acting method utilized by the character "Delightful" in the southern comedy Dearly Departed From Dennis Knapp, Barnwell County Circle Theatre
present participle of upstage
causing the audience's attention to be drawn away from the dramatic focus of the scene So termed because on a raked stage an actor can be behind the dramatic focus but higher in altitude, and therefore more visible and distracting when engaging in this behavior Highly discouraged Back to Table of Contents banner()
To deliberately draw focus on stage
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To draw attention away from

She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.

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toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage

The actor turned and walked upstage.

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The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera
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At the rear of a stage
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{f} move upstage causing another actor to turn his back to the audience (Theatre); draw attention away from another, steal the show; treat someone haughtily
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If someone upstages you, they draw attention away from you by being more attractive or interesting. He had a younger brother who always publicly upstaged him. to do something that takes people's attention away from someone else who is more important
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To treat snobbishly
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remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
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treat snobbishly, put in one's place
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When an actor is upstage or moves upstage, he or she is or moves towards the back part of the stage. Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris stands with his back to the audience Position a camera upstage They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre. downstage Upstage is also an adjective. the large upstage box that Noble used for his 1990 production of King Lear. downstage
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at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
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move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience treat snobbishly, put in one's place of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
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To force an actor to face away from the audience by staying upstage
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away from a motion-picture or television camera
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of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
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move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience
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{s} snobbish, arrogant, haughty (Informal); pertaining to the rear of the stage (Theater)
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at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage
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steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
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