| 释义 |
back stage, backstage, n. and adv.
[f. back a. 1 + stage n. 5.]
The hinder or ‘upper’ part of a stage; the part of a theatre behind the stage containing dressing-rooms, etc.; fig. ‘behind the scenes’ (see scene 7). Also attrib.
1898Sachs & Woodrow Mod. Opera Houses & Theatres III. Suppl. 14 In order to obtain as much room as possible, and to increase the depth of space of the stage floor available for setting scenery, many theatres now have what is termed a ‘back stage’... This floor space is most useful for distant ‘scenes’. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 823/1 The back stage has no openings or mechanism beyond certain trap⁓doors..and the necessary mechanism for raising and lowering scenery. 1916Stage Year Book 37 A scene dock is provided back stage prompt. Ibid. 38 The speed of the back stage motor varies according to the position of the controller. 1923A. Stevens in G. Oppenheimer Passionate Playgoer (1958) 154, I went backstage at the Studebaker to see Bert Williams. 1929W. Faulkner Sartoris iii. 177 While the ladies are backstage washing the dinner dishes. 1950N. Cardus Second Innings 184 There are all sorts of..‘back-stage’ activities at Lord's. 1950T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party iii. 140 Alex is seen to enter with her and pass back⁓stage towards the kitchen. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Jan. 67/2 Mr. Barker has done justice not only to the entertainments offered by the Coliseum but also to the troubles backstage and in the board room. |