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▪ I. workshop|ˈwɜːkʃɒp|
[f. work n. + shop n. 3.]
1. a. A room, apartment, or building in which manual or industrial work is carried on.
1582T. Watson Centurie of Love Ep. Ded. (Arb.) 25 Alexander the Great, passing on a time by the workeshop of Apelles, curiouslie surueyed some of his doinges. 1775Johnson West. Isl. 132 (Ostig) Supreme beauty is seldom found in cottages or work shops. 1813Clarkson Mem. W. Penn xviii. 335 All prisons were to be considered as workshops. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. ii, What was observable in the furniture, was observable in the Veneerings—the surface smelt a little too much of the workshop and was a trifle sticky. 1901Act 1 Edw. VII, c. 22 §149 The expression ‘workshop’ means..any premises, room or place, not being a factory, in which..or within the close or curtilage or precincts of which..any manual labour is exercised.
b. transf. and fig.
1562T. Norton Calvin's Inst. Table s.v. Supper of Lord, The constitution which toke away from lay men the cup of the Lorde, came out of the deuells workshop. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xvii. II. 62 note, Two accurate treatises, which come from the workshop of the Benedictines. 1814Scott Wav. lii, Fergus's brain was a perpetual workshop of scheme and intrigue. 1838Disraeli Sp. 15 Mar. in Hansard's Parl. Debates XLI. 939/2 To suppose that..the continent would suffer England to be the workshop for the world. 1878Gurney Crystallogr. 8 The workshop of Nature. 1900W. P. Ker Ess. Dryden Introd. p. xxi, If he cannot explain the secrets of the dramatic workshop.
c. attrib.
1869J. G. Winton (title) Modern Workshop Practice as applied to marine, land, and locomotive engines. 1873Spon (title) Workshop Receipts, for the use of manufacturers, mechanics, and scientific amateurs. 1902Daily Chron. 29 Apr. 3/5 The workshop system answers because the master works with his men, and gets the best out of them.
2. a. A meeting for discussion, study, experiment, etc., orig. in education or the arts, but now in any field; an organization or group established for this purpose.
1937N.Y. Times 1 Aug. vi. 5/3 The major requirement for admission to this Summer workshop is an approved project for which the applicant seeks aid and advice. 1938L. MacNeice Mod. Poetry xi. 200 The communist poet, Maiakovski, established a ‘word work⁓shop’..to supply all revolutionaries with ‘any quantity of poetry desired’. 1952L. Ross Picture (1953) 21 The elder Reinhardt..came to Hollywood in 1934... For the next five years, he ran a Hollywood school known as Max Reinhardt's Workshop. 1959Ottawa Citizen 14 Sept. 6/1 At a conference or ‘workshop’ on road safety sponsored by the Ontario Department of Transport recently, there was general agreement that much more must be done to improve driving standards. 1961in B.B.C. Handbk. (1962) 36, I want to see a Television Workshop—a regular period in which everyone feels he can have a go without having to mind too much whether he is successful straight off. 1967P. McGirr Murder is Absurd ii. 33 In college Kenny joined the..drama workshop and began work on a play. 1972Computers & Humanities VII. 96 The participants then divided into four workshops and, after five intensive meetings, reconvened to present their findings at the fourth and final plenary session. 1984Times 17 Mar. 15/8 Priority bookings for their tastings, wine workshops and special dinners.
b. attrib.
1937N.Y. Times 1 Aug. vi. 5/4 The importance of the workshop idea to American education. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. b 2/3 Local residents considered..17 consumer protection items suggested by workshop groups conducted on Thursday. 1976S. Brett So much Blood ii. 25 The Masonic Hall was not free for Charles to rehearse in... Michael Vanderzee had just started a workshop session... Charles..had no objection to..workshop techniques. They were useful exercises for actors. 1983National Trust Spring 24/1 In the morning, group discussions were led by the Company's seven actor/teachers in a ‘workshop’ atmosphere concentrating on the social history of the early eighteenth century.
▪ II. workshop, v. Theatr.|ˈwɜːkʃɒp|
[f. workshop n. 2.]
trans. To present a workshop performance of (a dramatic work), esp. in order to explore aspects of the production before it is staged formally. Also transf.
1973Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 July 14/7 Most of the new Australian plays that are hitting the market come as the result of the plays being workshopped. 1979A. Ginsberg in Coll. Poems (1988) 717 Have a good time workshopping Bodhicitta in the Bird Room. 1985Guardian 29 Apr. 21/7 What we lack in Britain is any Off-Broadway-style house where you can workshop a musical and lick it slowly into shape. 1990Sunday Times 6 May e1/5 There is no system in the commercial sector for workshopping material, there's no way to stop when you realise that you need to have a think about something.
Hence ˈworkshopping vbl. n.
1984Christian Science Monitor 22 Aug. 23/2 The only way is to see it in performance. This workshopping is an invaluable process. 1986Act Feb. 10/3, I am a great believer in the workshopping system and fond of non-performance workshops. 1992Independent 22 July 19/1 Barr's play, Richard IV, is one of five new plays selected for several days of workshopping with professional actors, directors, and a dramaturg. |