[SML] Etymology of Passarale (Sp?)

[Herrick Goldman]

Excellent. Thanks all. 

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Herrick Goldman
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> On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:18, Wild, Larry via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> I first encountered the term several years back in Jean Rosenthal's paper work for "To Broadway with Love," a 90 minute revue of the American Theatre presented at the Texas Pavilion at the 1965 New York World's Fair.  They used it to refer to a runway (as in Hello Dolly) down-stage of the orchestra pit.
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> Larry Wild
> Old guy from Aberdeen, SD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Bill Conner via Stagecraft
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:07 AM
> To: Herrick Goldman; Stagecraft Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [SML] Etymology of Passarale (Sp?)
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> One "l" seems to be Portuguese and with 2 "l"s French, both meaning "bridge" or similar - gangway, catwalk, etc.  Maybe. Seems that high tech has also appropriated the term, as in a network bridge.
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