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Meaning of "promptbook" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROMPTBOOK

promptbook  [ˈprɒmptˌbʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROMPTBOOK

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Promptbook is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROMPTBOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prompt book

The prompt book, also called prompt book, transcript, the bible or sometimes simply "the book," is the copy of a production script that contains the information necessary to create a theatrical production from the ground up. It is a compilation of all blocking, business, light, speech and sound cues, lists of properties, drawings of the set, contact information for the cast and crew, and any other relevant information that might be necessary to help the production run smoothly and nicely. In modern theatrical productions, the prompt book is generally maintained and kept by the stage manager, with differences in the specific construction and organization to suit the style of the stage manager keeping the book, and the type of production. Modern prompt books will tend to be constructed using binders with multiple tab dividers, with the page of the production attached to a larger sheet of paper to provide more margin space for taking notes. Markings to the script are typically done in pencil, and either in the margins or on the blank side of the back of the opposing page.

Definition of promptbook in the English dictionary

The definition of promptbook in the dictionary is the production script of a play containing notes, cues, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROMPTBOOK


checkbook
ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk
Facebook
ˈfeɪsˌbʊk
flipbook
ˈflɪpˌbʊk
guestbook
ˈɡɛstˌbʊk
guidebook
ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk
handbook
ˈhændˌbʊk
jestbook
ˈdʒɛstˌbʊk
logbook
ˈlɒɡˌbʊk
netbook
ˈnɛtˌbʊk
notebook
ˈnəʊtˌbʊk
playbook
ˈpleɪˌbʊk
pocketbook
ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk
scrapbook
ˈskræpˌbʊk
sketchbook
ˈskɛtʃˌbʊk
songbook
ˈsɒŋˌbʊk
storybook
ˈstɔːrɪˌbʊk
stylebook
ˈstaɪlˌbʊk
textbook
ˈtɛkstˌbʊk
workbook
ˈwɜːkˌbʊk
yearbook
ˈjɪəˌbʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROMPTBOOK

promotional
promotions director
promotions manager
promotive
promotiveness
promotor fidei
prompt
prompt box
prompt note
prompt side
prompter
prompting
promptitude
promptly
promptness
promptuary
prompture
promulgate
promulgation
promulgator

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROMPTBOOK

a closed book
address book
an open book
audio book
black book
book
chapbook
codebook
coloring book
comic book
cookbook
e-book
grade book
in my book
make a book
open book
paperback book
phone book
picture book
the book

Synonyms and antonyms of promptbook in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «promptbook» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROMPTBOOK

Find out the translation of promptbook to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of promptbook from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «promptbook» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

promptbook
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

promptbook
570 millions of speakers

English

promptbook
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

promptbook
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

promptbook
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

promptbook
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

promptbook
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

promptbook
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

promptbook
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buku ringkas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

promptbook
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

promptbook
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

promptbook
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pitulung
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

promptbook
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

promptbook
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉमप्टबुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

promptbook
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

promptbook
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

promptbook
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

promptbook
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

promptbook
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

promptbook
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

promptbook
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

promptbook
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

promptbook
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of promptbook

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMPTBOOK»

The term «promptbook» is used very little and occupies the 183.551 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMPTBOOK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «promptbook» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «promptbook» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about promptbook

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMPTBOOK»

Discover the use of promptbook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to promptbook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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As You Like It
Arthur pbk Asche pbk ASF AY LI Bell's edn Benson 1904 pbk Benson 1905 pbk Bridges- Adams pbk Daly pbk Dexter pbk edn(s) Elliott pbk Faucit pbk FRG FSL GDR Goodbody pbk Helpmann pbk Julia Arthur, promptbook, 1898-9, Folger ...
William Shakespeare, Cynthia Marshall, 2004
2
The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1955-1985
1962 Richard II: Preliminary script, AST 1 Henry IV: Preliminary script, AST 1963 King Lear: Preliminary script and promptbook, AST Comedy of Errors: Preliminary script (identical to Shakespeare's text), AST Henry V: First eighty-six pages of ...
Roberta Krensky Cooper, 1986
3
Shakespeare Survey: Volume 53, Shakespeare and Narrative: An ...
In this essay, my focus will be on the silences of Isabella and Claudio as enacted in five productions from 1720 to 1929, including four performance editions from 1720 to 1829 and one early twentieth-century promptbook. The four performance  ...
Peter Holland, 2000
4
Hamlet
PROMPTBOOKS, STUDYBOOKS, AND RELATED MATERIAL Barrett, Lawrence, Promptbook (77), Harvard Theatre Collection. Barrymore, John, Promptbook ( 1 54), Folger Shakespeare Library. Promptbook ( 1 56), Folger Shakespeare ...
William Shakespeare, Robert Hapgood, 1999
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John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor
Ph.D. diss.: Dept. of Theatre, University of Illinois, 1968.? Promptbooks Adams, William. Second season promptbook for Hamlet [1923]. Lincoln Center. Promptbook for the Sothern and Marlowe Hamlet, 1919. Lincoln Center. Barrymore, John.
Michael A. Morrison, 1999
6
Capter L'essence Du Spectacle:
If all you had to go on was this archive video - because the promptbook does not indicate these important non-verbal gestures - you would miss the "five minutes" motif that was to recur, when Stefan begged five minutes of Peter Singer at the ...
Nicole Leclercq, Kristy Davis, Laurent Roisson, 2010
7
Shakespeare Survey
His promptbook shows how efficiently he cleared the stage after the disruption of the wedding. Daly, characteristically, had the organist remain behind to accompany the dialogue, and kept the entire wedding party on stage until Don John's ...
Kenneth Muir, 2002
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Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A ...
Promptbooks (Day 1) Distribute the promptbook pages for 2.2 to each student. Also distribute Handout 11: Promptbook Instructions taken from Lesson 23 of Romeo and Juliet and Handout 3: Promptbook Questions at the back of this lesson.
Peggy O'Brien, 1993
9
Othello
Hall, Peter, The National Theatre promptbook, 1980. The Royal National Theatre, London. Macready, William Charles, promptbook 'used in touring, probably from 1843 on', Forster Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum Library (see Charles ...
William Shakespeare, Julie Hankey, 2005
10
Shakespeare and the Editorial Tradition
original promptbook was superseded by a revision or adaptation, which itself began on or from a copy of Q 1 . 1f the original promptbook was lost, then there can have been no surviving earlier source for the additions to and alterations of Ql ...
Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen, 1999

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROMPTBOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term promptbook is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Encounters with Tennessee Williams
A 1962 promptbook, the copy of the stage script edited for publication in book form, for Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Cat on a Hot Tin ... «Harvard Gazette, Nov 14»
2
Shaking Up Shakespeare: Reaching the Shakespeare-Averse With …
Ask that they make a copy of the scene they will consider and create a “promptbook” including notations about stage directions, costumes, ... «New York Times, Sep 13»
3
Toil and trouble…in the Mideast
Part of the problem with this play is the fact that the earliest extant script was probably just a promptbook, so a lot of the nuance or moral ... «Almanac Weekly, Nov 12»
4
A Holocaust Documentary With A Difference
Moshe's diary serves as an off-screen promptbook essential to recreating the story with an immediacy that 60-year-old memories cannot always ... «The Jewish Week, Jun 10»
5
From Dickens Himself, Notes On 'A Christmas Carol'
Looking at the promptbook, it becomes clear just how much he cut. Complex sentences were replaced with simple ones. Often, anything to do ... «NPR, Dec 09»
6
Rude Mechanicals and Gods and Pawns by Kage Baker
His real goal is to obtain an exact copy of Reinhardt's notes and promptbook, however, which a collector in 2342 would like to purchase. That is what the ... «Bookslut, Apr 07»

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