prompt side

American  

Or prompt-side

noun

Theater.

1. the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. P.S.

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prompt side British  

noun

1. theatre the side of the stage where the prompter is, usually to the actor's left in Britain and to his right in the United States

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Etymology

Origin of prompt side

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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prompt side

But she and others are concerned that targeting human proteins could prompt side effects.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023

I went downstairs, and waited on the prompt side.

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

In the wings, on the prompt side, could be discerned the flannel-clad forms of the gentlemanly members of the male ensemble, all dressed up for Mrs. Stuyvesant van Dyke's tennis party.

From Jill the Reckless by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

In an upper box on the prompt side he saw the dark face and eager eyes of the Rajah of Ahbad.

From The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

It was in the first entrance, prompt side, about fifteen feet above the stage.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various