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The stages of Elizabethan and Jacobean playhouses were thrust stages, with the audience on three sides and a wall on the fourth. The audiences sat at two or three levels. In line with the second level, there was a balcony on the back wall. In some theatres, like the Rose, it covered the width of the wall, whereas in others, like the Swan or Globe, it could really only hold four or five people. This balcony or upper stage was used when it was desired to show that part of the action was higher up, at an upstairs window (as in Romeo and Juliet) or on city walls (as in Henry V and many history plays where cities are being besieged).

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if somebody tells you to travel upstage, they are suggesting that you move further away from the audience. if somebody is watching you, they will witness your movement backwards.

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