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Prompt-book
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Prompt´-book`
n.1.The book used by a prompter of a theater.
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As a final comment upon the bookkeeper's treatment of Heywood's stage directions, we should note that The Captives exhibits a number of "indeterminate" authorial directions of the type that it is traditionally assumed would be made specific in a prompt book by the bookkeeper.
Foul papers, promptbooks, and Thomas Heywood's The Captives by Purkis, James / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
In utilising these extraordinary resources, together with performance directions from the rehearsal prompt book of Gilbert himself, Carl Rosa have achieved a truly authentic recreation of the original Mikado.
Taking the Mikado in truly authentic style by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
From this prompt book, the stage manger "calls" the show by speaking each cue's name and number to the crew via a headset, followed by a pause and the word "Go" (for example, "Light cue 56, go").
Calling the cues: understanding the behind-the-scenes art of the ... by Hoile, Christopher / Opera Canada
 
 
 
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