Okay, not only do I have very specific memories of learning it the way I said, I also remember a joke from the TV show Smash that only works like that. They had a new girl to theatre and she didn’t understand the stage directions and went to the wrong side. But if stage left is left from the actor’s perspective, why would she have been confused? Unless they used the term house left, but I’d never heard that before now.
Is this a common misconception or something? This is seriously throwing me for a loop lol.
Ya. I’m with you actually. I didn’t even click that link because I was 100% sure it was the other way. I did stage crew a lot in highschool, and I specifically remember that it was explained that the audience is the most important party, so their left and right take precedent.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Stage_Layout_Plan.jpg
I’ve been living a lie, what the fuck?
Okay, not only do I have very specific memories of learning it the way I said, I also remember a joke from the TV show Smash that only works like that. They had a new girl to theatre and she didn’t understand the stage directions and went to the wrong side. But if stage left is left from the actor’s perspective, why would she have been confused? Unless they used the term house left, but I’d never heard that before now.
Is this a common misconception or something? This is seriously throwing me for a loop lol.
Ya. I’m with you actually. I didn’t even click that link because I was 100% sure it was the other way. I did stage crew a lot in highschool, and I specifically remember that it was explained that the audience is the most important party, so their left and right take precedent.
I’ll never make fun of people for believing Mandela effect ever (mostly joking).