prompt side

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.

prompt side

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prompt side¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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

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"Then who is it at the back of the box on the prompt side?"

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

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In the centre of the stage I met Simpkin, who had entered from the prompt side.

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Knew that O.P. side was opposite the prompt side, where the prompter stood with his book of the play to give the word to any actor whose memory failed him and to ring the two bells for the close of the act—one of warning to the curtain-man up aloft to get ready, the other for him to lower the curtain.

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