proscænium

A form of proscenium — The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.

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nounproscænium (plural proscænia)

plural proscænia

  1. archaicArchaic form of proscenium.

    The square whose side is nearest to the “scaena,” and cuts off a segment of the circle, determines by this line the limits of the “proscænium” (A–B).

    1918, Sheldon Cheney, The Open-Air Theatre (M. Kennerley), page 179
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