What does on the book mean?

on the book

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

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"That was the “set-up” in the Venner Repertory Company, and I must state that they needed very few prompts, even on the first nights of which we had two a week! I was “on the book” , gave all the “lighting and effects signals” […]"
"I was on the book in the prompt corner on stage right."

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