hellmouth

stage design
Also known as: Hell’s Mouth

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use in liturgical drama

  • In multiple setting

    …ingenious mansion was usually the hellmouth, a booth in the shape of a monster’s jaws, from which smoke and fireworks issued and actors dressed as devils appeared.

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  • Teatro Farnese
    In theatre: Staging conventions

    …monster’s head and was called Hell’s Mouth, emitting fire, smoke, and the cries of the damned.

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