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Proscenium

noun
(pl. proscenia)
1.
The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain).  Synonyms: apron, forestage.
2.
The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater.  Synonym: proscenium wall.



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"Proscenium" Quotes from Famous Books



... unpractical. It was the modern theater which was unpractical when he was in it! It was wrongly designed, wrongly built. We had to disembowel the Imperial behind scenes before he could even start, and then the great height of the proscenium made his lighting lose all its value. He always considered the pictorial side of the scene before its dramatic significance, arguing that this significance lay in the picture and in movement—the drama having originated not with the ...
— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry

... will of course be used. A curtain, preferably of some dark color, should be hung on each side, and a lambrequin or valance across the top. Where circumstances admit, the directions we give elsewhere as to the construction of a stage and proscenium for private theatricals may be followed with advantage. In any case, a piece of fine gauze should be carefully stretched over the whole length and depth of the opening. This is found, by producing softer outlines, materially to enhance ...
— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger



Words linked to "Proscenium" :   prompt box, wall, proscenium arch, theater stage, footlights, stage, prompter's box, theatre stage



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