Prompt corner

Also called: Prompt desk · The corner

The backstage position, traditionally stage left, where the stage manager calls the show and watches the stage.

Stage managers

How-to: Calling cuesWarning, standby, go: how to say them, with a cue light to click through.

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Calling the showThe stage manager giving every standby and GO, from the prompt book, during a performance.
Stage leftThe actor's left as they face the audience. Directions are always given from the actor's point of view, so the audience sees it on their right.
Bastard promptA UK term for a prompt desk placed stage right instead of the usual stage left, because of the building's layout.

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