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Old 14-Sep-2007, 17:53
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please tell me the perfect idiom form for the room provided in the theatres for artists to rest.
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I'm not sure if this is the word you're looking for, but in a theater and in television studios, the area where guests wait and relax before their appearance is called the "green room."
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Good question The private room is the dressing room where actors do more than dressing... I'm not convinced yet.
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The most widely accepted origin of the term dates back to Shakespearean theater. Actors would prepare for their performances in a room filled with plants and shrubs. It was believed that the moisture in the topiary (landscape gardener)was beneficial to the Actors' voices.
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