Word: prosceniums
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...most important part of the planning will be conceiving ideas for the structure," Stubbins commented. Present plans call for a stage which would represent a compromise between the conventional proscenium type and the newer "apron" type used for theatre in the round...
...audience. In The Three-Penny Opera he went so far as to have a lettered scroll unrolled at each scene. He was greatly influenced by Oriental drama and from it adopts the idea of using masks, which give the characters a certain archetypal quality. He also abandons the proscenium curtain, thus adopting from the Orient the dramatic conventions that in the West characterized the medieval morality play, but without its naivete...
Citation: "The range of her renditions reflects the plenitude of a private life in which triumph has been sublimated by tribulation . . . Here in this fabulous city, the scene of so many of her conquests, we would sing her praises even unto the proscenium arch of the high heavens...
Harvard and Radcliffe have already made final decisions as to the formal specifications of the building. It will include an amphitheatre-auditorium which should seat about 600 persons, a large stage stretching towards the audience--a compromise between the conventional proscenium stage and the newer apron stage, and a practice stage with a smaller auditorium, for rehearsals and "workshop" productions...
...talent than the preceding one. Student shows, as a result, have increased both in quantity and in quality. The only major restrictions facing the theatrical groups are adequate facilities, which the house dining halls, abounding with inconveniences, obviously lack. Sanders Theatre cannot house shows demanding curtains, backdrops, or a proscenium arch, not to mention dressing rooms or lighting...