The actors moved further and further downstage.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Do they know what downstage right and stage left means?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

I ducked through the curtain and arrived at downstage right.    From Wordnik.com.  [An East Wind Coming]

Whhhooooopseeee – “downstage” iz nawt supposed to bee there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh man - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

He waited, still downstage, like a good actor who could time his lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

Farther downstage Maxine Grossinger stood with a blank look on her face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

And as he started walking downstage, both our robes rose like the wings of giant swans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror in Music City] Reference

Then he came downstage and joined in gently to add to, rather than take over, the melody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nascimento and Jobim's Heirs] Reference

A large circular dais covered with thick black carpeting was now situated downstage center.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fatal Circle] Reference

Here I was right downstage, with nobody to unhitch me, and they expected me to stand there taking bows.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mask of Apollo]

In a fit of improvisation the banana dancer moved downstage and brushed the back of my neck with her plume.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Butterfly] Reference

She took a drink of water from her glass, and stuck out her downstage hip, and gave him an unbelievable look.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Hillary Look' Incinerates Her Foe as Obama Pops Up] Reference

As the mourners treaded the stage, carrying the casket, I placed Shannon Howard (Mary Bailey) downstage left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Denlinger: The Pain of Caring] Reference

Often the wall is placed far downstage, pushing the soloists and chorus to the edge, where they pose and stare.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Staging Better Heard Than Seen] Reference

From downstage, Giuliani laughed again, and Romney was visibly irritated, accusing McCain of "personal attacks.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Target: Romney] Reference

But when the choreography moved her downstage right — closest to the bar, and him — she risked it and looked.    From Wordnik.com.  [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]

Singers generally entered and gravitated downstage, more or less center, and stayed there singing out to the audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken ankle? No, thanks, just had one] Reference

After intermission -- the band returned in black -- Ms. Summer wandered downstage to address the audience in somber tones.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Fresh Air] Reference

After the New Castle marchers have been removed by the soldiers, Act III ( "King") concludes with Gandhi alone, downstage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth Force at the Met] Reference

The performer staggers drunkenly downstage, arms akimbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Blogs Feed] Reference

The house lights fade, and Kenny walks downstage, out of sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oregon Commentator] Reference

Very suddenly Zoe was downstage, and through the cymbals hitting into.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star-Dust] Reference

For up-to-date information, prices and bookings visit www. downstage.co.nz.    From Wordnik.com.  [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference

For up-to-date information, prices and bookings visit www. downstage.co.nz.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScreenTalk] Reference

In the right wall, downstage, wide-open paned doors leading to the sun-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts] Reference

His typewriter sits on a table downstage; his bourbon and phonograph are nearby.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Entertainment] Reference

Further media resources are available to download at www. downstage.co.nz / media.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScreenTalk] Reference

The beating stopped, the women rise and pick up their children and cross downstage.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE PEACE TREE] Reference

Dancers sat, clapped and cheered as their companions strutted downstage or on the tables.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Star > News Feed] Reference

Right downstage, next the sun-room, a large dining-table with four straight chairs round it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts] Reference

Just above and a little downstage from the One Mic is a Shure VP-88 stereo mic 'looking' down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

To enter the tiny auditorium, you'd have to step across the far downstage corner of stage left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue] Reference

Her blissful downstage look when George unexpectedly hugs Emma is a poignant, silent soliloquy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference

(The women now cross left and right and then cross downstage edge calling out over the audience.).    From Wordnik.com.  [THE PEACE TREE] Reference

At the end of the first section Reeber ties the ends of her leg wraps to a rusted anchor set downstage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

As the curtain rises, that paragon Michael Trusnovec, in unadorned white, stands downstage center, arm upraised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | The New York Observer] Reference

A couple of people in the crowd held up Oregon license plates, and Koch rushed downstage to take pictures of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [JamBase] Reference

Turn on some lights, bring him downstage, and let him perform out in front of the big surfboard instead of behind it.    From Wordnik.com.  [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference