prompt copy

9.0

A copy of a play script with notes and cues for the stage

noun

: copia de indicaciones

The stage manager triple-checked the prompt copy before the first rehearsal began.

Examples

Without the prompt copy, the crew struggled to coordinate lighting and sound cues.
Do you have the prompt copy for tonight's performance?
Her meticulous notes in the prompt copy helped the cast stay in sync during the performance.
The director provided a prompt copy for the actors.
The stage manager triple-checked the prompt copy before the first rehearsal began.
Her meticulous notes in the prompt copy helped the cast stay in sync during the performance.
Without the prompt copy, the crew struggled to coordinate lighting and sound cues.

Synonyms

script

vsprompt copy

484 3.2

The written words used by actors in a play, film, or broadcast

is limited to theatre and prepared with prompter notes and cues

promptbook

vsprompt copy

9.6

A copy of a play script with notes and cues for the person who helps actors

is the same material but called the prompter's working text

playscript

vsprompt copy

Literature

5.0

Written words of a play that show the lines and stage directions for performance

is the prompter's annotated working text rather than the general written text

Surface Forms

prompt copy singular

prompt copies plural

Morphology

prompt + copy

The meaning is directly built from 'prompt' (to assist by supplying missing lines) + 'copy' (a duplicate document), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'a copy used for prompting' or the prompter's script. This is a straightforward attributive composition following normal English patterns and is therefore immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Prompt copy comes from stage work: a prompter kept a copy of the script with short notes to prompt actors and mark lighting and sound cues. So, prompt copy means 'the version of a play's script used by the prompter', full of cues and directions.