Look up: prompter

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   Prompter
   Amateur companies almost always have a prompter, someone who sits in the wings (qv) and prompts the actors if they forget their lines. There is no such position in the professional theatre - pros should not forget lines! Neither should amateurs, for that matter, but it happens - so, if a prompt is needed, it is given by whoever is "in the corner" (qv).
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/docs/teatre.rtf
   
   
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   prompter
   [n] - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech 2. [n] - a device that displays words for people to read
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   prompter
   one responsible for prompting actors during performance. Category: General
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Prompter
   Prompt'er noun 1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action. 2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/173
   
   
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   prompter
   autocue noun a device that displays words for people to read
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   prompter
   theater prompter noun someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
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   Prompter
   The `prompter` in an opera house gives the singers the opening words of each phrase a few seconds early. Prompts are mouthed silently or hurled lyrically in a half-voice, audible (hopefully) only on stage. (This is in contrast to the prompt in a spoken-drama theater who aids actors who have forgotten their words or lines.) Opera prompters are traditionally housed in a stuffy wooden box at the center-front edge of the stage, above the orchestra p...
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   Prompter
   • (n.) One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater. • (n.) One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
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