Definition of "frontstage"

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.

1999, Srikant Sarangi, Celia Roberts, Talk, Work and Institutional Order: Discourse in Medical, Mediation, and Management Settings, page 68

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

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

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.

2013, Janet Holmes, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, page 403

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

2013, Raymond Fisk, Stephen Grove, Joby John, Services Marketing Interactive Approach, page 73

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.

2005, Sue Beeton, Film-induced Tourism, page 188