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Proscenium Arch
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proscenium arch
An arch or any equivalent opening in the proscenium wall through which the stage is seen by the audience.
Proscenium Arch 

the architectural frame that forms a portal opening to the stage and separates it from the audience. In the modern theater the proscenium arch is usually rectangular. Temporary (and often movable) decorative proscenium arches are also used, both as a part of the stage set and as a means for reducing the size of the stage area.
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Initially, theater teachers had hoped for 20-foot-high proscenium arches, which would have added at least two extra stories to each building.
ART CENTERS APPROVED FOR SCHOOLS PLAN SET FOR SAUGUS, CANYON by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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