frontstage

English

Etymology

From front +‎ stage, by analogy to backstage.

Adjective

frontstage (not comparable)

1. Open, occurring in full view of the public or in a public role.
   • 1999, Srikant Sarangi, Celia Roberts, Talk, Work and Institutional Order: Discourse in Medical, Mediation, and Management Settings, →ISBN, page 68:

     In the light of the 'new work order' requiring explicit accounting of knowledge and responsibility as in case talks, evaluation of professional practice may be a matter of how and where boundaries are drawn between frontstage and backstage activities.

   • 2001, Daniel Rigney, The Metaphorical Society: An Invitation to Social Theory, →ISBN, page 153:

     Goffman is alert to the situational variability of the roles we play, distinguishing "frontstage" from "backstage" performances.

Adverb

frontstage (not comparable)

1. In full view of the public or in a public role.
   • 2013, Janet Holmes, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, →ISBN, page 403:

     There are many possible examples which you could use to answer this question: e.g. doctor–patient interactions where the doctor discusses the patient's problems backstage with a colleague or a nurse before meeting the patient frontstage.

Noun

frontstage (plural frontstages)

1. The public area of a business or enterprise.
   • 2013, Raymond Fisk, Stephen Grove, Joby John, Services Marketing Interactive Approach, →ISBN, page 73:

     Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage.

   • 2005, Sue Beeton, Film-induced Tourism, →ISBN, page 188:

     In the 1970s, MacCannell (1973) developed a six-stage frontstage/backstage model of authenticity that can be applied to theme parks as well as to other tourist sites.

Anagrams

• front gates