How to determine "right" and "left" on Set Designs?

Question

The stage is broken into different parts circulating around- center, right, left, downstage, upstage, etc. House of Left and House of Right refer to the perspectives of the audiences, yet Stage Left and Stage Right refer the the actors perspectives on stage.

I have to draw four set designs on A4 paper for each act of the play The Crucible, thus I have had difficulty deciphering which side is left and which side is right on the set design based on not knowing whether I use House Left/Right or Stage Left/Right.

For example one description of the act includes the placement of the window- "There is a narrow window at the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams, a candles burns near the bed, which is at the right." Do I put the window on the left of the audience or the actors? Do I put the bed on the right of the audience or the actors?- All based on the creation of a set design.

Thanks.

Answer 1

That's odd that it doesn't state if it's stage left or audience left....but when I had the script of The Crucible, all of the stage directions and descriptions were from the actor's point of view, so....that's what I'm guessing.