"'To wing'... indicates the capacity to play a rôle without knowing the text, and the word itself came into use from the fact that the artiste frequently received the assistance of a special prompter, who... stood... screened by a piece of the scenery or a wing."
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"He must give a performance by 'winging it' - that is, by refreshing his memory for each scene in the wings before he goes on to play it."