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A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.
John Berger

Meaning of "proscenium arch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSCENIUM ARCH

proscenium arch  [prəˈsiːnɪəm ɑːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSCENIUM ARCH

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preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
Proscenium arch 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 PROSCENIUM ARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

proscenium arch

Proscenium

A proscenium is the area of a theatre surrounding the stage opening. A proscenium arch is the arch over this area.

Definition of proscenium arch in the English dictionary

The definition of proscenium arch in the dictionary is the arch separating the stage from the auditorium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSCENIUM ARCH


arch
ɑːtʃ
biach
biːˈɑːtʃ
cornstarch
ˈkɔːnˌstɑːtʃ
countermarch
ˈkaʊntəˌmɑːtʃ
Dedeagatch
ˈdɛdeɪɑːˈɡɑːtʃ
frogmarch
ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ
inarch
ɪnˈɑːtʃ
interarch
ˌɪntərˈɑːtʃ
larch
lɑːtʃ
march
mɑːtʃ
outmarch
ˌaʊtˈmɑːtʃ
overarch
ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ
parch
pɑːtʃ
routemarch
ˈruːtˌmɑːtʃ
starch
stɑːtʃ
unstarch
ʌnˈstɑːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSCENIUM ARCH

prosaically
prosaicalness
prosaicism
prosaicness
prosaism
prosaist
prosateur
prosauropod
proscenia
proscenium
prosciutto
proscribe
proscribed
proscriber
proscript
proscription
proscriptive
proscriptively
proscriptiveness
prose

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSCENIUM ARCH

acute arch
fallen arch
Gothic arch
horseshoe arch
keel arch
lancet arch
Norman arch
ogee arch
pectoral arch
pelvic arch
pointed arch
research
Roman arch
round arch
segmental arch
skew arch
squinch arch
tented arch
triumphal arch
zygomatic arch

Synonyms and antonyms of proscenium arch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «proscenium arch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSCENIUM ARCH

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

Translator English - Chinese

拱形舞台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arco del proscenio
570 millions of speakers

English

proscenium arch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proscenium कट्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوس خشبة المسرح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

арки авансцены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proscênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙ্গমঞ্চের যবনিকা এবং ঐকতানবাদকের বসিবার স্থানের মধ্যবর্তী স্থান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadre de scène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Proscenium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bühnenportal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロセニアムアーチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로 시니 엄 아치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proscenium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phần trước sân khấu vòm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

proscenium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोसेनियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sahne önü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proscenio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

proscenium arch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

арки авансцени
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avanscenă arc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσκηνίου αψίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proscenium boog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

proscenium arch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proscenium bue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proscenium arch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCENIUM ARCH»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCENIUM ARCH» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «PROSCENIUM ARCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proscenium arch.
1
John Berger
A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.
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Billy Connolly
Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSCENIUM ARCH»

Discover the use of proscenium arch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proscenium arch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Proscenium Arch - A Representation of our Anxiety within ...
The frontal set-up of the proscenium arch now marks a central point of debate regarding the nature of representation within the theatre.
Francis Grin, 2008
2
The Making of Theatre History
The stage itself, which combined Elizabethan public theatre architecture with Renaissance court entertainment, was placed equally in front of and behind the proscenium arch. The arch framed a deep stage, which thrust beyond the arch into ...
Paul Kuritz, 1988
3
Theatre Sound
The Royal National Theatre has three auditoria: the Cottesloe, a small 'black box' studio theatre; the Lyttleton, a small proscenium arch theatre with a two-level rectangular auditorium; and The Olivier, with a multi-level fan-shaped auditorium.
John A. Leonard, 2001
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Drama and Theatre Studies
Proscenium arch theatres are still popular There are classic proscenium arch productions amphitheatre; it suggested an early version of permanent sc(k)enery. Thus, pro(before)-scenium would be a space in front of the back scenery.
Sally Mackey, Simon Cooper, 2000
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THE FRENCH STAGE IN THE XVIIth CENTURY
Such a case would be the Palais Royal, which he was charged to alter when it was allocated to Lully on the death of Moliere, for the Opera ; even when first built this theatre had a proscenium arch d Vitalienne, which was no more than natural,  ...
Thomas Edward Lawrenson, 1957
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The Kabuki Theatre
None of these theatres had the proscenium arch of the Western theatre. The proscenium arch made its appearance in Japan with the opening of the Yuraku- za in Tokyo on l November 1908. This theatre was painstakingly modelled on the  ...
Earle Ernst, 1974
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Scenographic Imagination
Before leaving the subject of the proscenium theater let us review the standard elements one will encounter on such a stage: Elements of the Proscenium Arch Stage as Shown in Figure 34 1. Proscenium arch 2. Stage floor — (A) trap in stage ...
Darwin Reid Payne, 1993
8
The Actor and the Alexander Technique
Most nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatres are built with a proscenium -arch design with one, or perhaps two, balconies. The stage picture is framed. The open space is sometimes referred to as the 'fourth wall'. As an audience member,  ...
Kelly McEvenue, 2001
9
The Purpose of Playing: Modern Acting Theories in Perspective
The tendency toward realism in acting therefore represented both a shift from an idealist to a materialist view of human nature and a response to the changing architectonics of proscenium-arch staging. Acting was pictorial in the sense of being ...
Robert Gordon, 2006
10
India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century
The Parsi theatre produces a hierarchy of space because the proscenium arch alters the manners of perception in two ways. It marks a difference between foreground and background; and analogously between interior and exterior space.
Stuart H. Blackburn, Vasudha Dalmia, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSCENIUM ARCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proscenium arch is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jonathan Church on the power of the musical and his decision to …
He admits sometimes the move from thrust to traditional proscenium arch stages in the West End can change a production when it leaves Chichester. «The Argus, Jul 15»
2
Stephen Joseph's theatre revolution – from Alan Ayckbourn to Kevin …
But in the 1950s, the proscenium arch ruled and British theatre was .... one of Britain's most famous proscenium arch theatres as a theatre-in-the-round for his ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Cameron Mackintosh unveils plans for Sondheim Theatre
According to The Stage, the historic venue - currently home to Stomp - will "host shows from non-proscenium arch spaces that originate in the subsidised sector". «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
4
What you never knew about theatre
THE Moncrieff Entertainment Centre (MEC) is known as a proscenium arch theatre, being the more traditional style (a picture frame stage), with an arch or ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jun 15»
5
Jefferson Parish announces grand opening for troubled arts center
According to the parish, the center now has a 51 foot proscenium arch stage that includes a mechanical orchestra lift and a theatrical flying rig system. «WGNO, May 15»
6
Dancing as Art, All Day Long
It celebrates the proscenium arch (it begins with a slide show of theaters, famous and unknown, formal and decorated as well as bare, makeshift spaces) and its ... «New York Times, May 15»
7
Royal Danish Ballet, Peacock Theatre, London — review
So reads the inscription over the proscenium arch of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, and it serves as an apt comment on the balletic repertory made in that ... «Financial Times, Jan 15»
8
Lauryn Hill, Brixton Academy, review: 'unrecognisable'
On Saturday night, under the proscenium arch of London's finest art deco cinema-turned-concert venue, one of the best-selling female singers of recent decades ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
9
Mackintosh unveils venue purchase plans
In addition to renovating the foyer and front of house, Mackintosh will rebuild the auditorium to create a non-proscenium arch space and a “glamorous 450 seat ... «Official London Theatre, May 14»
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Oscars 2014: The video art in '12 Years a Slave'
The scene is filmed as a proscenium shot, where the camera does not move and ... of the movie screen mimics the fixed frame of a theater's proscenium arch. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 14»

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