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1act call — Theat. 1. Also called act warning. a call or order from the stage manager summoning performers onstage for the beginning of a performance or act. 2. a signal summoning the audience to their seats for the beginning of a performance or act. * * * …
2act curtain — Theat. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes. Also called act drop, house curtain. * * * …
3border light — Theat. a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage. Also, borderlight. * * * …
4box set — Theat. a boxlike stage set consisting of flats that form the back wall, side walls, and often the ceiling, painted to represent the interior of a room. Also called, esp. Brit., box scene. [1885 90] * * * ▪ theatre in Western theatre,… …
5double batten — Theat. two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them. Also called sandwich batten. * * * …
6fly gallery — Theat. a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc. Also called fly floor. [1885 90] * * * …
7prompt side — Theat. the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbr.: P.S. Also, prompt side. [1830 40] * * * …
8stage left — Theat. the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience. Also called left stage. [1930 35] * * * …
9stage right — Theat. the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience. Also called right stage. [1930 35] * * * …
10trim rail — Theat. the lower row of pins or cleats on a pin rail, used for tying off or fastening lines after lowering scenery into position. Also called tie off rail. * * * …
