[NEohioPAL] Etymological question for theatre folk

[marvymark at aol.com]

Going back to the times of Greek drama, aspiring actors, in audition situations, were given lines from the play and told, "Go off to the side there and look this over."
Of course, it was not said in English back then, and my apologies for not providing the original Greek.



Mark



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Can anybody enlighten me as to why excerpted passages of plays for reading at auditions are called "sides"? 

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