ON BUILDING A THEATRE
Reading edition
STAGE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT FOR SMALL THEATRES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGS
BY
IRVING PICHEL
NEW YORK THEATRE ARTS Inc. 1920
Copyright 1920 by Theatre Arts, Inc.
CONTENTS
Introduction
I. Architectural Tradition in the Theatre: The Auditorium
II. The Stage Plan
III. Provision for Back-stage Workers
IV. The Equipment of the Stage
V. Stage Lighting
VI. Stage Machinery and Settings
Bibliography
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Entrance of the Beechwood Theatre Frontispiece
Stage of the Teatro Farnese at Parma 15
Sketch of an Elizabethan Theatre 16
Interior of the Little Theatre, New York 25
Exterior of the Little Theatre, New York 26
The Munich Art Theatre 39
Exterior of the Munich Art Theatre 40
Section of the Munich Art Theatre 41
Auditorium of the Munich Art Theatre 42
The Arts and Crafts Theatre, Detroit 55
The Carnegie Institute Theatre, Pittsburgh 56
The Neighborhood Playhouse, New York 65
The Artist’s Guild Theatre, St. Louis 66
Illustrations in the Text—
1. Plan of the Teatro Olympico at Vicenza 19
2. Plans of the Berlin Volksbühne 20
3. Plan and section of the Little Theatre, New York 22
4. Plan of the Carnegie Institute Theatre, Pittsburgh 28
5. First-floor plan of the Munich Art Theatre 30
6. Second-floor plan and section of the Munich Art Theatre 31
7. Plan of the 39th Street Theatre, New York 35
8. Plan of the Beechwood Theatre 37
9. Stage of the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier 71