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Meanings of proscenium arch in English

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Area around the proscenium, the vertical plane at the front of a theatrical stage.

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Examples for "proscenium"
Examples for "proscenium"
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The proscenium stage was large and lit with footlights on each side.
New york: the novel
2
There were two tiers, arranged in a horseshoe around the proscenium arch.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
3
As the proscenium arch reared triumphal, the audience was plunged into darkness.
The Guardian
4
This party occupied the upper proscenium box on the right of the stage.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
5
The cuspidor end of it protrudes into one of the proscenium-boxes.
Second Book of Tales
Usage of proscenium arch in English
1
There were two tiers, arranged in a horseshoe around the proscenium arch.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
2
As the proscenium arch reared triumphal, the audience was plunged into darkness.
The Guardian
3
Cracks of a muted weapon-weapons ;woodsplintered on the molding of the proscenium arch.
The bourne identity
4
The frame through which the audience views the stage is the " proscenium arch."
Writing for Vaudeville
5
Just an endless plain with the High Andes cradling and looming over it, like a proscenium arch.
The Guardian
6
One interesting quirk: While the proscenium arch is ringed with a number of plaques, only one is inscribed.
Wired
7
Action often happened centre-frame in an almost theatrical style, making the TV screen more like a proscenium arch.
The Guardian
8
There was the customary draping of flags under the proscenium arch and across the set-piece villa of the background.
The Grafters
9
Herbert's parents were theater people and much of his childhood had been spent knocking about behind the proscenium arch.
The distant hours
10
The proscenium arch curved again into her consciousness, herself its center and vocal beyond the powers of the human organ.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
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Dromgoole stresses the point that Storey's plays are tailored for the proscenium arch, and draws an unexpected comparison with Noël Coward.
The Guardian
12
The space lying between the tormentors and a line drawn between the bases of the proscenium arch is called "One."
Writing for Vaudeville
13
But what it actually celebrates is showbiz cuteness, with Michael hugging the proscenium arch as if he were a male Judy Garland.
The Guardian
14
It had one tier of boxes all fitted with emerald-green curtains, and its proscenium arch was aglitter with gilded scrollwork and angels.
Cry to heaven
15
At a point about a metre behind the proscenium arch, he is halted by the voices of several dozen other young people shouting stop!
The Irish Times
16
Under his neon proscenium arch, the ship is a tiny toy creeping along at a Robert Wilsonian pace while Damm himself plays the iceberg.
Wired
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Proscenium arch through the time