A treatise on theatres /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Source materials in the field of theatre ;
no. 58, Reel 13. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction--Optics and phonics considered, as they relate to theatres--Experiments on the voice--Of the form most advantageous to the voice and sight--Of finishing a theatre--Of the boxes--Of the pit--Of the galleries--Of the ceiling--Of the opera house--Of the orchestre--Of the frontispiece--Of the manner of lighting a theatre--Of material--Of the necessary appendages to a theatre; the stage, and adjoining parts--An examination of the principal theatres--Of Monsieur Patte's design for a theatre--Of the ancient Greek and Roman theatres--Of the theatre of Bacchus at Athens--Of the theatre of Marcellus at Rome--Of the theatres at Pompeii--Of the Olympic theatre at Vicenza--Of the theatre at Parma--Of the theatre of San Carlo at Naples--Of the theatre of Argentina at Rome--Of the theatre at Bologna--Of the theatre of San Benedetto in Venice--