apron stage

noun

1. a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it

Example Sentences

At the push of a button, an apron stage hydraulically unfolded itself into position.

From Time Magazine Archive

The introduction of electric lights abolished the necessity of the "apron" stage and made possible the picture-frame proscenium; and the removal of the "apron" struck the death-blow to the Drama of Conversation and led directly to the Drama of Illusion.

From Project Gutenberg

Acting, however, was still largely conventional; for the "apron" stage survived, with its semicircle of footlights, and every important piece of stage business had to be done within their focus.

From Project Gutenberg

With the "apron" stage arose a more natural form of play than had been produced upon the Elizabethan platform.

From Project Gutenberg

Philander and Galatea played upon the apron stage.

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