See also:

• PROSCENIUM (Gr. 7rpoutci/veov)

PROSCENIUM (Gr. 7rpoutci/veov)  , that See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre which lies in front of the o-,cnvij, scena, the back See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall; the word appears to embrace the whole stage between the bpxi7vrpa and the trrcr7vi7 . In the See also:

• MODERN

modern theatre the word is applied to that part of the stage which is in front of the See also:

• CURTAIN

curtain and the See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra, and sometimes to the whole front of the stage, including the curtain and the See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch containing it, which separates the stage from the auditorium .