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| skeleton set | a set that consists of frames and openings |
| shutters | moveable flats built on tracks that are used for quick scene changes |
| unit set | set that is made of several scenic sections that can be moved and turned to create different settings |
| thrust stage | a low platform stage that projects into the audience |
| selective realism | the style of design that claims that an impression of actuality is better than actuality itself |
| profile set | a set contructed of screens forming the entire perimeter of the setting; also called cut-down sets |
| "fourth wall theater" | theater that created the illusion of a wall through which the audience observes the onstage action |
| cut-out | a two-dimensional profile used in stage sets |
| multiple plane set | another term for a floating-screen set |
| ground row | a type of low cut-out used to break the line between the floor and the drop |
| arena stage | a stage completetely surrounded by an audience; also called theater-in-the-round |
| box set | a set that consists of two or three walls built of flats; sometimes covered by a ceiling |
| naturalism | the style of design that is photographically acurate |
| permanent set | a set that remains the same throughout the play |
| screens | two- or three-fold flats used as walls or to cover openings; a quick means of changing scenes |
| Teatro Olimpico | Italian theater built in 1508 that is modeled after Roman theaters |
| periaktoi | triangles made of flats and mounted to a carriage that can be pivoted; also called prisms |
| theater conventions | the stage setting practices that are traditionally accepted in place of realistic depiction |
| curtain set | a set that uses cycloramas for the backdrop |
| floating-screen set | a set made of single flats or narrow drops placed at various depths parallel to the front of the stage |
