stage left

noun

, Theater.

1. the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience.

stage left

noun

1. the part of the stage to the left of a performer facing the audience

Word History and Origins

Origin of stage left¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Then she shoves MacMillan in the chest and exits stage left.

From The Daily Beast

Then, from a side door, stage left, enter the Indescribable Phenomenon.

From Project Gutenberg

We concluded to go, and when the stage left next morning for San Francisco we were on the outside seat.

From Project Gutenberg

Two or three days of the intensest frost intervened between the first snow and the Thursday on which the stage left Greenock.

From Project Gutenberg

With his handcuffed captive on a horse beside him, the Ranger rode down to the post-office just before the stage left.

From Project Gutenberg

On one of its trips in the early fall, the Clarendon stage left town almost half an hour late.

From Project Gutenberg