Editing Prompt corner

[[File:Stage managers panel.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Part of the stage manager's panel which is often present in the prompt corner]]
In a [[theatre]], the '''prompt corner''' or '''prompt box''' is the place where the [[Prompter (theatre)|prompter]]—usually the [[Stage management|stage manager]] in the US or [[Stage management#Deputy stage manager|deputy stage manager]] in the UK—stands in order to coordinate the performance and to remind performers of their lines when required.<ref name=ken/><ref name=hart>{{cite book |editor-first1=Phyllis |editor-last1=Hartnoll |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last2=Found |year=1996 |title=The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |ISBN=0-19-282574-7}}</ref> It is traditionally located at [[Blocking (stage)#Stage directions|stage left]].

==Location==
Historically, the prompt corner was situated at stage left. ''Prompt side'' (abbreviated to PS) and ''opposite prompt'' (abbreviated to OP, sometimes called ''off prompt'') are widely used terms for stage left and stage right.<ref name=ken>{{cite book |editor-first=Dennis |editor-last=Kennedy |year=2010 |title=The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |ISBN=978-0-19-957419-3}}</ref> However some theatres choose to install prompt corner in a discreet area of the auditorium. Certain theatres which locate their prompt corner on stage right would inform cast and crew that they were operating on a bastard prompt system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/topics/stage-management/theatre-building/ |title=Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms – The Theatre Building – Theatrecrafts.com|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref>

In [[Opera house|opera houses]], the prompt box is traditionally located [[downstage]] centre; see [[prompter (opera)]].

==Prompt desk==
The prompt corner is usually equipped with a ''prompt desk'' to facilitate the coordination of a performance. This can vary from a small table in the wings to an elaborate installation in a dedicated booth, being equipped with all the necessary aids for the specific production and venue. The prompt desk minimally holds a carefully annotated copy of the performance [[Manuscript|script]], with [[Blocking (stage)|blocking]] and other stage directions and, in professional theatres:

* A communications [[intercom]] [[headphones|headset]], or 'cans', to talk to the rest of the technical team during a show;
* Red and green [[cue light]]s. (In some theatres a computerised cue light system is used);
* [[Telephone]]s to [[FOH (theatre)|front of house]] areas;
* A [[public address]] system so that the stage manager and deputy stage manager (normally the person calling the show) can make announcements, or give calls, to the foyer ('front of house'), auditorium ('house'), dressing rooms or other 'back of house' areas in the theatre;
* A silent [[fire alarm]] indicator, such as a [[strobe light]]; and,
* Controls for the [[safety curtain]] and other emergency measures.

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