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PROSCENIUM (Gr. 7rpoutci/veov)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROSCENIUM (Gr. 7rpoutci/veov) , that See also:part of the See also:stage in the See also:ancient See also:Greek See also:theatre which lies in front of the o-,cnvij, scena, the back See also:wall; the word appears to embrace the whole stage between the bpxi7vrpa and the trrcr7vi7. In the See also:modern theatre the word is applied to that part of the stage which is in front of the See also:curtain and the See also:orchestra, and sometimes to the whole front of the stage, including the curtain and the See also:arch containing it, which separates the stage from the auditorium.

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