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Line 3: The '''prompt''' (sometimes '''prompter''') in a [[theatre]] is traditionally the person who prompts or cues [[actor]]s when they forget their lines or neglect to move on the [[stage (theatre)\|stage]] to where they are supposed to be situated.<ref name=ken>Dennis Kennedy, Ed. (2010) ''The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance'', [[Oxford University Press]], ISBN 978-0-19-957419-3</ref> Nowadays, many of the earlier duties of the prompter, are undertaken by the [[Stage management\|stage manager]], who will have a copy of the script called the '''prompt book'''.<ref name=ken/> This is the most definitive version of the script for any one performance, and will contain details of all [[cue (theatrical)\|cues]], with their precise timings with respect to the action on stage. <ref name=hart>Phyllis Hartnoll and Peter Found, Ed. (1996), ''The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-282574-7</ref> This allows the prompt to direct [[Lighting design\|lighting]], [[Sound design\|sound]], [[fly system\|flying]] effects and scene changes during a show. The prompt book also often contains [[Blocking (stage)\|blocking]] notes, so that the prompt is always aware of the intended positions and movements of all the actors on stage at any given time. In [[professional]] and most high-quality [[community theatre]] productions, the prompt is never used during a [[performance]] to instruct actors if they forget a line or movement, only during a [[rehearsal]]. If prompting is absolutely necessary, it can be done very quietly by another actor on-stage.

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