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proscenium arch

proscenium arch noun: the arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium.

proscenium arch: the arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium
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Noun

proscenium arch (plural proscenium arches)

  1. The arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
    • The arts have traditionally employed devices that seem designed to assist the spectator in lifting the occasion out of any practical context and placing it in a special, autonomous space of its own. The pedestal and the stage raise sculpture and theatre above the plane of ordinary life, the frame...1994 July, Arnold Berleant, “Beyond Disinterestedness”, in British Journal of Aesthetics, XXXIV:iii, page 247
    • I started using filmic grammar, rather than traditional proscenium arch grammar, because I worked in the round primarily.2025 December 27, Sarah Hemming, quoting Alan Ayckbourn, “‘I betrayed the audience’”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12

Forms of proscenium arch

pluralproscenium arches

Questions about proscenium arch

What does proscenium arch mean?
Proscenium arch means the arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
What part of speech is proscenium arch?
Proscenium arch is a noun.
What is the plural of proscenium arch?
The plural of proscenium arch is proscenium arches.

Words near proscenium arch in the dictionary

  1. prosbul
  2. prosbuls
  3. proscaline
  4. proscenia
  5. proscenium
  6. proscenium arch
  7. proscenium arches
  8. proscenium curtain
  9. proscenium curtains
  10. prosceniums
  11. proschema

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