Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The area of a modern theater that is located between the curtain and the orchestra.
- noun The stage of an ancient theater, located between the background and the orchestra.
- noun A proscenium arch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the ancient theater, the stage before the scene or back wall.
- noun In the modern theater, that part of the house which lies between the curtain or drop-scene and the orchestra: often used also to mean the curtain and the arch or framework which holds it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the stage.
- noun (Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
stage area between thecurtain and theorchestra . - noun The
stage area immediately in front of the scene building. - noun The row of
columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage. - noun A
proscenium arch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- noun the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the grand subject of their admiration was what is rather affectedly called "The Heptaplasiesoptron," or fancy reflective proscenium, which is placed in the long room fronting the orchestra of the Rotunda.
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A proscenium is a piece of custom home theater furniture designed to hold a projection screen, built in speakers and controls, and custom cabinetry that will store DVDs, movies, music, and other home theater items.
CyberTheater 2009
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A kind of proscenium, which could be taken down and shut up in a closet, formed the whole theatre.
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I remember asking a lady who had owned a "proscenium" at the old
Worldly Ways and Byways Eliot Gregory 1884
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A kind of proscenium, which could be taken down and shut up in a closet, formed the whole theatre.
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A kind of proscenium, which could be taken down and shut up in a closet, formed the whole theatre.
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The table in front hangs out over the sidewalk, with a kind of proscenium above it, and passing Brooklynites couldn't help but stare: Oh yeah, that guy, the big, scary one.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID CARR 2010
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Might it be that performing O'Neill on a proscenium stage even the best actors push too hard and overstate the obvious?
O'Neill Staged on an Intimate Scale Terry Teachout 2011
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With the hard drive as proscenium, The Builders Assocation mounts a spectacle that exposes the "transparency" of contemporary technology.
Boing Boing 2009
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Philip Prowse's strangely elaborate, second proscenium set is a wonder; but he also directs these considerably less than wonderful performances, in which Ms. Tointon unhappily manages to be convincing in neither of her accents.
Small-Screen Stars Shine on Stage Paul Levy 2011
shbhrsaha commented on the word proscenium
one of those things that explains the unexplainable!
July 17, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word proscenium
before the rows, where theatrical columns are made!
February 7, 2012