Chapter I: 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