Regie-book

//ɹeɪˈʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A director's notebook detailing the development of a production.

    "The director's action plot, prompt-book or regie-book — whichever he calls it — shows diagrammatically the relative positions and movements of the performers throughout the play."

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"The director's action plot, prompt-book or regie-book — whichever he calls it — shows diagrammatically the relative positions and movements of the performers throughout the play."

Etymology

From German Regiebuch, from Regie (“direction (of theatrical work)”) + Buch (“book”).

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