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  • interior of a Kabuki theater
    stagecraft
    / Horizontal drives

    …rolled onstage and offstage; the jackknife stage, similar to the wagon except that it is anchored at one corner from which it pivots onstage and offstage; and the revolve, or turntable, in which several settings are built on a huge circular platform that is turned so that only the appropriate…

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    …rolled onstage and offstage; the jackknife stage, similar to the wagon except that it is anchored at one corner from which it pivots onstage and offstage; and the revolve, or turntable, in which several settings are built on a huge circular platform that is turned so that only the appropriate…

    Read More