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Proscenium

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. rpooavcov), that part of the stage in theancient Greek theatre which lies in front of the scena,. the back wall; the word appears to embrace the whole stage between the 6pXiorpa and the oKrtvrt. In the modern theatre the word is applied to that part of the stage which is in front of the curtain and the orchestra, and sometimes to the whole front of the stage, including the curtain and the arch containing it, which separates the stage from the auditorium.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Proscenium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/proscenium.html. 1910.
 
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