| 单词 | penthouse style |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPenthouse style C3. Theatre. Chiefly U.S. Usually Penthouse. Designating a theatre-in-the-round, or a style of production employing this method of staging, as Penthouse production, Penthouse staging, Penthouse style, Penthouse theatre, etc. Cf. arena n. 5. [From the name of the Penthouse Theater at the University of Washington, which was designed for such performances.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [adjective] > types of staging scened1828 penthouse1940 arena1944 surtitled1986 1940 Nation's Schools Nov. 19/1 The penthouse style was first employed by us in the autumn of 1932. 1940 Nation's Schools Nov. 21/3 Without the aid of scenic background and conventional stage atmosphere..the ordinary amateur is not an effective instrument and in penthouse productions he must be effective. 1942 G. Hughes Penthouse Theatre viii. 53 We designed a Penthouse Theatre because we had created a tradition of arena production. 1959 W. C. Lounsbury Backstage from A to Z 5 Arena stage... Also known as arena staging, circular staging, theatre in the round, central staging, Penthouse staging, etc. 1994 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Feb. g4 The Washington Shakespeare Company's remarkable penthouse production of ‘Julius Caesar’. < as lemmas |
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