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In a theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...
, the prompt corner or prompt box is the place where the prompter—usually the stage manager in the US or deputy stage manager
Stage management is a broad field that is generally defined as the practice of organization and coordination of an event or theatrical production. Stage management may encompass a variety of activities including the overseeing of the rehearsal p ...
in the UK—stands in order to coordinate the performance and to remind performers of their lines when required. It is traditionally located at stage left.
Location
Historically, the prompt corner was situated at stage left. ''Prompt side'' (abbreviated to PS) and ''opposite prompt'' (abbreviated to OP, sometimes called ''off prompt'') are widely used terms for stage left and stage right. However some theatres choose to install prompt corner in a discrete area of the auditorium. Certain theatres which locate their prompt corner on stage right would inform cast and crew that they were operating on a bastard prompt system. In opera houses, the prompt box is traditionally located downstage centre; see prompter (opera).Prompt desk
The prompt corner is usually equipped with a ''prompt desk'' to facilitate the coordination of a performance. This can vary from a small table in the wings to an elaborate installation in a dedicated booth, being equipped with all the necessary aids for the specific production and venue. The prompt desk minimally holds a carefully annotated copy of the performancescript
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
* Script (styles of handwriting)
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, with blocking and other stage directions and, in professional theatres:
* A communications intercom headset, or 'cans', to talk to the rest of the technical team during a show;
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