prompt bookn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒmp(t) bʊk/, U.S.

/ˈprɑmp(t) ˌbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prompt n.², book n.

Etymology: < prompt n.² + book n.

A copy of a play script, opera score, or the like, prepared for the prompter's use, with alterations to the printed text, directions for a particular production or performance, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > written or printed text > [noun] > prompter's copy

prompter's book1725

prompter's copy1746

prompt book1768

prompt copy1792

prompt script1920

1768 G. Colman T. Harris Dissected 2 Besides breaking open the prompter's office, and carrying off the prompt-books, he also rifled a cabinet in that office.

1772 F. Gentleman Cupid's Revenge (front matter) In the hurry of printing, some few verbal variations from the prompt-book have been made, but none material.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 136 The characters of their heroes have not been cut down to fit into the prompt-book.

1867 C. Dickens Let. 16 Sept. (1999) XI. 429 Going over the prompt-book carefully, I see one change in your part to which..I positively object.

1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage i. 17 Each ‘call’ is plainly marked in the prompt book sufficiently ahead of the actual entrance to allow the actor concerned to receive an individual visit from the call-boy.

1989 Theatre Res. Internat. 14 95 With his facsimile editions of Macready's promptbooks for King John (1962) and As You Like It (1963)..the promptbook has become the centrepiece of production reconstruction.

2001 G. Wren Most Ingenious Paradox xii. 189 (caption) A page from Gilbert's prompt book, describing his staging for Despard's initial song.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prompt book
释义	prompt bookn. Brit. /ˈprɒmp(t) bʊk/, U.S. /ˈprɑmp(t) ˌbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prompt n.², book n. Etymology: < prompt n.² + book n. A copy of a play script, opera score, or the like, prepared for the prompter's use, with alterations to the printed text, directions for a particular production or performance, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > written or printed text > [noun] > prompter's copy prompter's book1725 prompter's copy1746 prompt book1768 prompt copy1792 prompt script1920 1768 G. Colman T. Harris Dissected 2 Besides breaking open the prompter's office, and carrying off the prompt-books, he also rifled a cabinet in that office. 1772 F. Gentleman Cupid's Revenge (front matter) In the hurry of printing, some few verbal variations from the prompt-book have been made, but none material. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 136 The characters of their heroes have not been cut down to fit into the prompt-book. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 16 Sept. (1999) XI. 429 Going over the prompt-book carefully, I see one change in your part to which..I positively object. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage i. 17 Each ‘call’ is plainly marked in the prompt book sufficiently ahead of the actual entrance to allow the actor concerned to receive an individual visit from the call-boy. 1989 Theatre Res. Internat. 14 95 With his facsimile editions of Macready's promptbooks for King John (1962) and As You Like It (1963)..the promptbook has become the centrepiece of production reconstruction. 2001 G. Wren Most Ingenious Paradox xii. 189 (caption) A page from Gilbert's prompt book, describing his staging for Despard's initial song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1768
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