After reading this following bit of theatrical terminology I realized why the orchestral musician may have trouble when I tell them to cross extreme Down-stage left. Hmm, yeah...maybe the orchestra needs a theatrical terminology briefing.
THE LOGIC OF THEATRICAL TERMINOLOGY
In is Down
Down is Front
Out is Up
Up is Rear
Right is left
Left is right
A drop shouldn't
A block and fall does neither
A prop doesn't
A cove has no water
Onstage is on stage
Offstage is on stage
A wing is a place or a thing and neither is used for flying
You can't wear an apron
A teaser doesn't
A tormentor doesn't
Footlights are not for lighting feet
Tripping is OK
A dress circle is neither
The fly floor isn't the floor for the flys
A running crew rarely gets anywhere
A single or double purchase buys you nothing
A strike is work (in fact a lot of work)
A green room usually isn't
A leg isn't a body part
When a leg is IS body part, wishing you to break it means wishing you well
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