proscenium arch

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n.
In theatrical design, the arch that frames a stage, separating it from the auditorium.


proscenium arch [prŏ‐seen‐iŭm], the structure separating the main acting area from the auditorium in most Western theatres of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It usually forms a rectangular ‘picture frame’, the ‘picture’ being revealed by opening a curtain. Its associated dramatic conventions often involve the illusion of looking into a room through an invisible ‘fourth wall’.

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


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