promptbook
noun
prompt·book
ˈpräm(p)t-ˌbu̇k 
ˈprämp-ˌbu̇k
: a copy of a play with directions for performance used by a theater prompter
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One of those libraries is the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin—which saved two typescripts of the play in a larger collection of scripts and promptbooks of authors like Lillian Hellman and Jean Cocteau.
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Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
One of those libraries is the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin—which saved two typescripts of the play in a larger collection of scripts and promptbooks of authors like Lillian Hellman and Jean Cocteau.
—Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
One of those libraries is the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin—which saved two typescripts of the play in a larger collection of scripts and promptbooks of authors like Lillian Hellman and Jean Cocteau.
—Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1768, in the meaning defined above
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“Promptbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promptbook. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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