Wiktionary
n. the raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.
WordNet
n. a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage [syn: prompt box]
Usage examples of "prompter's box".
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.
The Devil enters the prompter's box and the play is ready to start.
When they had finished their song the girl in white went up to the prompter's box and a man with tight silk trousers over his stout legs, and holding a plume and a dagger, went up to her and began singing, waving his arms about.
A box beside the prompter's box was reserved for the chief gas-man, who from there gave his orders to his assistants and saw that they were executed.
So rich was the repertory and so dependable the prompter's box that few plays were given more than four times a season.