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prompter's box

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prompter’s box
A small box for the prompter at the center of the footlights, esp. in an opera house; projects slightly above the floor of the stage and has an opening facing the performers.


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Before the curtain rises, we see Wagner's ivy-covered grave as the prompter's box.
Three tenors appeared as Tristan, one of whom stopped the show when a set malfunction sent him tumbling into the prompter's box, while tenor Ben Heppner missed the first four performances because of a blood-borne infection that abscessed in his pelvic region.
Before naturalism, star actors stood at centre stage (near the prompter's box and where the light was best) with lesser mortals spread out on either side.
 
 
 
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