Fig. 328.—Frames for Drops.
These drops should now be tacked to frames made out of laths similar to [Fig. 328], with the corners nailed and braced with diagonal strips. Place a couple of tacks in the top of these frames, and to these attach cords. The drops should now be hung by means of the cords to the tacks in the top strips of the stage framework. Space them about as shown in the illustration of the [completed theatre], and so adjust the lengths of the cords that, from a point equal to where the centre of your audience will be located, the horizon lines of your drops will appear on a line with one another. Then having found the proper lengths of the cords, make loops in them so the drops can be quickly hung in place without further adjustment.
Fig. 329.—Rocks for a Seashore Scene.
In the foreground of the ocean scene a stone wall has been shown, which should be made upon a strip of cardboard, with the joints of the stones marked off with gray paint. This strip should be set against the bottom of the front drop. To change this setting into
A Mid-ocean Scene, it is only necessary to substitute a strip of waves similar to [Fig. 327] in place of the stone wall; and
A Seashore Scene can be had by making a strip of rocks similar to [Fig. 329] to set against the front drop, and covering the foreground with sand to form the beach.