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* a stage with the audience on three sides is generally called a thrust stage[http://books.google.ca/books?id=V9bl6_dPs6oC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=theater+stage+thrust+proscenium+round&source=bl&ots=coB2Gj-qTo&sig=pYLVlHMp3S-ABNdLvmJDjWJSolo&hl=en&ei=NRxqS_bQKIuX8AadrcXDBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBDgy#v=onepage&q=&f=false][http://www.ia470.com/primer/theatres.htm]
* a stage with the audience on three sides is generally called a thrust stage[http://books.google.ca/books?id=V9bl6_dPs6oC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=theater+stage+thrust+proscenium+round&source=bl&ots=coB2Gj-qTo&sig=pYLVlHMp3S-ABNdLvmJDjWJSolo&hl=en&ei=NRxqS_bQKIuX8AadrcXDBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBDgy#v=onepage&q=&f=false][http://www.ia470.com/primer/theatres.htm]
-[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 01:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
-[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 01:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
:I thought theatre in the round meant 'all around', too, until I read somewhere that the North American concept was for audience on three sides.  I might be confusing something, and I've no problem changing it. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 06:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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I think we're conflating a couple of types of theatre here:

  • Theatre in the round has the audience on all sides
  • a stage with the audience on three sides is generally called a thrust stage[1][2]

-Derek Hodges 01:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought theatre in the round meant 'all around', too, until I read somewhere that the North American concept was for audience on three sides. I might be confusing something, and I've no problem changing it. Aleta Curry 06:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)