elevator stage
theatrical device
Also known as: double stage
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development
- In theatre: Development of stage equipment
Elevator stages permitted new settings to be assembled below stage and then lifted to the height of the stage as the existing setting was withdrawn to the rear and dropped to below-stage level. Slip stages allowed large trucks to be stored in the wings or…
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invention by MacKaye
- In theatre: Theatre and stage design in America
…a patent for a “double stage,” a feature he subsequently introduced in the Madison Square Theatre in New York City. He built an elevator platform on which one scene might be set while an earlier scene was being played below. The new scene was then merely lowered, with its…
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