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ULTRA FANTASTIC LINES ARE REVEALED IN THIS CLOSE-UP FRONT VIEW OF COMEDY THEATRE.
ways under the stage connect the dressing rooms with the pit, towers and other portions of the stage. Part of the space under the rear portion of the stage is taken up by dressing rooms occupying four floors and connecting the under structure of the tall and short towers on each side. Men's rooms are on one side and women's on the other.
Five assembly rooms, each with a capacity of two hundred actors, are located at different positions connecting directlv with the various entrances to the stage.
Large rooms for the accommodation of properties and costumes adjoin the assembly rooms.
The remaining space under the stage is taken up by three sound chambers and
their supplementary rooms. These chambers are for the purpose of making various abstract sounds, magnifying or multiplying them to a desired intensity and then releasing them through one or all of nine tubes. One tube terminates at the top of each tower, another at the bottom of the pit, others below the seats at either side of the auditorium in the rear and directly overhead in the center of the auditorium.
Administrative Offices and Public Lounges : These comprise the entrance on the first level, the promenade on the second level, and the open air terrace on the third level.
Hospital, Buffets Included
The ground floor of the auditorium is taken up with the entrance foyer, box offices, waiting room, retiring rooms, hospital. Leading from the entrance to the second and third levels are two wide stairways and four wide escalators. There are four additional exterior stair exits on each side of the auditorium.
A wide promenade with long glass windows opening out on a cantilevered terrace that also forms the portc-cocherc comprises most of the second level. In addition there are buffets and lounge rooms for men and women.' On this level are the entrances to the first two tiers of seats.
The third level has a narrower promenade and entrances to the last two tiers of seats. The roof of the terrace below forms an open air terrace for this level.
General Notes on Building : Galleries for lamps and electricians are concealed in the ceiling dome, and light pits behind the stage. All the lighting is controlled from a single switchboard.
Frame of Dome Exposed
The framing of the dome and ceiling of the auditorium is exposed on the exterior as part of the architectural design, thus eliminating the usual "covering" and thereby lessening the cost of the structure.
The distance from the front of the stage to the back of auditorium is 144 feet and the spread of the auditorium at its widest point is 376 feet. The diameter of the stage is 125 feet. From the floor of the first row in the auditorium to the ceiling measures 104 feet ; whereas the top of the dome is 140 feet above the stage floor level at the center of the pit. The five large assembly rooms for the chorus are each approximately 24 by 28 feet. The entrance foyer is 52 feet wide and 312 feet long. The promenade above the entrance foyer is the same width, but the addition of a buffet at either end increases the length to 383 feet.