Box set (theatre)
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title:
Box set (theatre)
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In theatre, a box set is a set with a proscenium arch stage and three walls. The proscenium opening is the fourth wall. Box sets create the illusion of an interior room on the stage, and are contrasted with earlier forms of sets which contained sliding flaps and gaps between set pieces. Box sets are traditionally attributed to Elizabeth Vestris with the Victorian farce London Assurance by Dion Boucicault. But evidence suggests the first description of the box set was by Paolo Landriani in 1818,
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Term in theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_set_(theatre)
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2023-02-20T05:19:50Z
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