Downstage
Downstage শব্দটি adjective এবং adverb হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হতে পারে।
Meaning as an adjective/adverb:
মঞ্চে দর্শকদের সবচেয়ে কাছের এলাকা বা মঞ্চের সামনের দিকে।
The area of the stage which is closest to the audience or towards the stage.
Examples:
- They were sitting downstage. (তারা মঞ্চের সামনে বসেছিলো।)
- You can find him in the downstage area.
- Jim started running downstage.
- The man kept all the musical instruments downstage.
- Jack was roaming around the downstage area.
- Joe put the box on a downstage table.
Upstage
Upstage শব্দটি adjective, adverb এবং verb হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হতে পারে।
Meaning as an adjective/adverb:
মঞ্চে দর্শকদের চেয়ে সবচেয়ে দূরের এলাকা বা মঞ্চের পেছনের দিকে।
The area of the stage which is farthest away from the audience or at the back of a stage.
Examples:
- They were standing upstage. (তারা মঞ্চের পেছনের দিকে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিলো।)
- Alex is in the upstage area.
- Harry was standing in front of a blue upstage screen.
Meaning as a verb:
কারোর দিক থেকে মনোযোগ নিজের দিকে ফেরানো।
To upstage anyone means drawing attention away from the person to oneself.
Examples:
- All the actors were upstaged by the superstar in the film. (ছায়াছবিটিতে বড় তারকাটি সব অভিনেতাদের থেকে মনোযোগ নিজের দিকে ফিরিয়ে রেখেছিলেন।)
- You are a new singer, so you can’t upstage a popular singer like him.
- The singer is so popular that he has the ability to upstage any singer.