On building a theatre / Stage construction and equipment for small theatres, schools and community

by Irving Pichel

THEATRE ARTS MONOGRAPHS. No. 1

Façade and entrance of the Beechwood Theatre and
Scarborough School, Scarborough, New York. Welles
Bosworth, Architect. (Photograph by Arnold Genthe.)

ON BUILDING A
THEATRE

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]