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Vocabulary

Prompt books; detail/details; culmination; friars' garb

What are prompt books?

Original context: The Commentary to this edition incorporates details from 170or so prompt books.

What does "culmination of work" means?

Original context: Assembling this edition has been a labour of love, the culmination of work on many aspects of a brilliant text.

What is "friars' garb"?

Original context: Chistine Buckley was the excellent copy-editior of this book, not only dealing with the mechanics of production, but also raising significant questions about content from type-setting to friars' garb.

What the different between the countable and uncountable forms of the word "detail"?

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1-- Prompt books are normally the copies of a play script that are used by the stage manager in production to record the stage directions and prompt (= give forgotten lines of dialogue) to the actors onstage. 2-- Culmination = the (usually climactic) finish. 3-- Friar's garb = what friars wear, a rough-clothed habit: tunic, scapular and cowl.

  • 1-- Prompt books are normally the copies of a play script that are used by the stage manager in production to record the stage directions and prompt (= give forgotten lines of dialogue) to the actors onstage.
  • 2-- Culmination = the (usually climactic) finish.
  • 3-- Friar's garb = what friars wear, a rough-clothed habit: tunic, scapular and cowl.
  • And sandals.
  • 4-- It is the same difference as between any dual countable/uncountable noun.
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1-- Prompt books are normally the copies of a play script that are used by the stage manager in production to record the stage directions and prompt (= give forgotten lines of dialogue) to the actors onstage.

2-- Culmination = the (usually climactic) finish.

3-- Friar's garb = what friars wear, a rough-clothed habit: tunic, scapular and cowl. And sand

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