[up.stage] adv (1870) 1: toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage
2: away from a motion-picture or television camera
[2]upstage adj (1918) 1 [[3]upstage]: haughty
2: of or relating to the rear of a stage [3]up.stage vt (1921) 1: to draw attention away from
2: to force (an actor) to face away from the audience by staying upstage
3: to treat snobbishly [4]up.stage n (ca. 1931): the part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera