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Composite Setting

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 467 words | Copyright

Composite Setting, modern equivalent of the medieval multiple setting where the action of a play takes place in several distinct areas, such as rooms, gardens, and streets, shown on stage at the same time. The lighting in each area intensifies as the action moves into it, dimming as it leaves. Usually only one area is lighted at any one time, but two or three areas may be lit and in use. In America the composite setting is known as the Simultaneous-Scene Setting.

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