Edward Tarot Hands
Yes, that is how stage directions work. However, it's what the audience or viewer sees that is the point of the crafting of the staging, and in the case of the Fool card, may have something to do with how he's positioned, again consciously or unconsciously, by the artist.
It's just a thought.
And if a performance is being recorded, "House right and left" are called "Camera right and left."
Basically the staging version of Foreground, middleground, background, the basic composition elements of all painting and drawing, and Tarot cards.
who knew The Fool could teach us so much??