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Box set A set with three walls leaving the fourth wall to be imagined. The box set can represent a real room with doors and windows that work. Business Physical activity used to show character, fill a pause in dialogue, or establish a scene. It is often unscripted or improvised and sometimes comic in intention. A playwright
1) A route leading from one side of the stage to the other, out of the audiences view. 2) An electronic filter in a sound system that routes sound of the correct frequency to the correct part of the speaker system. Different speakers handle high frequencies (tweeters) and low frequencies (woofers).
A member of the backstage staff who is hired or paid by the day, for the specific hours worked. Prefixed by the appropriate technical area (e.g. Stage Daymen, Electrics Dayman / LX Dayman etc). May also be required to work shows (Show Dayman). Usually shortened to DSM, this is a member of the Stage Management team.
box set: [noun] a collection of related items packaged together in a box and sold as a single unit.
box set in American English. noun. 1. a set of books, compact disks, etc packaged together in a box. 2. a series of television programs made available to be viewed consecutively. 3. Theater Also called (esp. Brit.): box scene. a boxlike stage set consisting of flats that form the back wall, side walls, and often the ceiling, painted to ...
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2) Scenery, a stage setting. 3) The location in which a dramatic action is supposed to occur. 4) Location or situation, as in "to set the scene." High-ceilinged storage area adjacent to the stage, sometimes used for building and storing flats and other scenery.
