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noun

Proscenium n. (pl. proscenia)

(Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the stage.

(Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.

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Etymology of 'Proscenium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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

... 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 the pictorial effect. If it is practicable ...

— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger

... as the lights went out. Prosper was amused at his own intense excitement. "I didn't know I was still such a kid," he said, flashing a smile, the first spontaneous one he had given her, upon Betty who sat beside him in the proscenium box. ...

— The Branding Iron • Katharine Newlin Burt

... half-dark that there was never anything like this seen on earth or in heaven. Mr. Anisfeld's scenery explodes like a succession of medieval skyrockets. A phantasmagoria of sound, color and action crowds the startled proscenium. For there is no question but that the proscenium, with the names of Verdi, Bach, Haydn and Beethoven chiseled on it, ...

— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht

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