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Pit :: Pit (n.) Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater..

Benefit :: Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use..

Vomitory :: Vomitory (n.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater..

Theater :: Theater (n.) Alt. of Theatr.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

Bumper :: Bumper (n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater..

Superoccipital :: Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle..

Bookholder :: Bookholder (n.) A prompter at a theater.

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass..

Stageplay :: Stagely (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.

Sceneshifter :: Sceneshifter (n.) One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

Footlight :: Footlight (n.) One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians..

Board :: Board (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession..

Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.].

Auditorium :: Auditorium (n.) The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience..

Proscribe :: Proscribe (v. t.) To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters..

Odeon :: Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances..

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