Proscenium Definition

prō-sēnē-əm, prə-
proscenia, prosceniums
noun
proscenia, prosceniums
The area of a modern theater that is located between the curtain and the orchestra.
American Heritage
The stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater.
Webster's New World
The apron of a stage.
Webster's New World
The plane separating the stage proper from the audience and including the arch (proscenium arch) and the curtain within it.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
proscenium
Plural:
proscenia, prosceniums

Origin of Proscenium

  • From Latin proscaenium (“in front of the scenery"), from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskÄ“nion), from πρό (pro, “before") + σκηνή (skÄ“nÄ“, “scene building").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin proscēnium from Greek proskēnion pro- before pro–2 skēnē buildings at the back of the stage

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Proscenium Sentence Examples

  • For these were substituted later a set of stone columns resembling those in the proscenium of a theatre.

  • The proscenium was originally about 14 ft.

  • Proscenium arch survives, with top cresting, blocked by later inserted cinema screen.

  • The site has been excavated by the Greek Archaeological Society; it contained a temple, a sacred spring, into which coins were thrown by worshippers, altars and porticoes, and a small theatre, of which the proscenium is well preserved.

  • Behind this was a decorative, but false, proscenium on the solid rear wall of the auditorium.

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