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Somewhere for the players to hear script that's rewritten
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orchestra pit
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orchestra \Or"ches*tra\, n. [L. orchestra, Gr. ?, orig., the place for the chorus of dancers, from ? to dance: cf. F. orchestre.] The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers [syn: pit ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An orchestra pit is the area in a theater (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage ) in which musicians perform. Orchestral pits are utilized in forms of theatre that require music (such as Opera and Ballet ) or in cases when incidental ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there are certain dizzy overtones to her narrative -- she only fell drunk into the orchestra pit once. ▪ He came out on stage and called them all down to the orchestra pit right in front of him. ▪ There in the hidden orchestra ...
Usage examples of orchestra pit.
She yielded to the slope, and stood directly in front of the prompter's box, looking across the orchestra pit toward the ornate music desk from which, in a few hours, she must follow Domdaniel's nuances of direction.
But if it were cut, said Waldo, it would go down into the orchestra pit, rather than the undercroft of the stage proper.
Henry Slugg frisbeed the plate into the wings, clambered down from the stage and heaved himself over the edge of the orchestra pit, assisted by a couple of violinists.
The velvet curtain was drawn back to both sides and I could see his dark figure plainly in the orchestra pit.
Someone had at least swept out the orchestra pit, and the floor and spaces between dilapidated seats were clean enough.
I nodded, and he smiled briefly, then stood and started pacing rapidly back and forth at the edge of the orchestra pit, pointing at people and shouting things I couldn't hear over the thunder of the music.
The house lights went down and a lone pianist began to play in the orchestra pit—.
He nodded, lowered his hammer softly, and strode firmly down the steps into the orchestra pit, while the whole audience swung to keep their eyes on him.
Not surprising since the two of them had apparently landed right in the orchestra pit, huge as it was.