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Motion Picture News
An Intimate Theatre
TIIKATRK Number 14 is a small intimate theatre with the audience seated in a circle around all sides of the stage.
Stage : The stage, designed on the same principle as a European circus or a boxing ring, is circular and in the center of the building. Separating the stage from the auditorium are steps which form an apron and an approach to the stage for actors. Scenery would be restricted to what is commonly termed properties, that is, objects such as furniture.
Under the auditorium on the ground floor are the dressing rooms, each with a shower and outside window. These rooms radiate from a passage around the stairs leading to the assembly room and the stage.
Basement: The basement contains storage space for scenery and properties. All scene changes are made in the basement. The scenery is set on two movable stages which are raised and lowered by hydraulic power. In their elevated posi
THE AUDIENCE IS SEATED IN CIRCLE FASHION IN THE BUILDING WITH THE STAGE CENTERED DIRECTLY.
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tion at the auditorium level they form the acting stage floor. One stage is being set while the other is being "played" : the substitution, which takes a few seconds, is made behind a curtain of light or a moment's blackout. The stage when lowered descends into a shallow pit which brings its floor level with the base
ment floor. The stage is carried from its original position to one side — a distance equal to its diameter — on tracks. The second stage, already set for the next scene, is automatically rolled into position and raised to the auditorium level.
Auditorium : The auditorium has a
capacity of eight hundred people. It is circular, surrounding the stage, has no balcony, and is only six rows deep. It is cut by eight transverse aisles, but each tier of seats becomes an aisle by reason of the wide interval — four and one-half feet — between one chair back and the next. By this arrangement each seat has plenty of leg room and also commands an excellent view of the entire stage. Because each seat -is equally "the best in the house" the revenue from these 800 seats I all at the top price) is equal to that from twice the number at the usual sliding scale.
Surrounding the auditorium is a board promenade with windows. Projecting from the promenade is an upstairs lounge, to either side of which are retiring rooms. An outdoor terrace is cantilevered above.
Administrative Offices: These are on the ground floor and consist (Continued on page 100)