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They weren't. Tilted stages were a feature of a later theatrical style, one where the audience sat on only one side of the stage and mostly below it. The result of this setup is that actors at the back of the stage were hard to see. In Shakespeare's day, the audiences were on three sides of the stage and most of the audience was above it, so these problems did not arise.
It gives everyone in the audience a good view, because the actors don't need to move all over the stage because the audience is only in front of them, not at the sides. So the actors only need to focus on the front!
1.large arch, the proscenium arch, through which the audience views the performance 2. audience directly faces the stage 3. views only one side of the scene
The more theatres you see, the more you realize that there is no such thing as a "normal theatre". Your idea of what a "normal theatre" is comes only from your limited experience. There are some features of the Globe Theatre in London (more properly called Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, opened in 1997). It is a replica of a sixteenth-century theatre, which makes it unusual but not unique. There are a number of others. It is an open-air theatre, which is also unusual, but such theatres also exist in, for example, Central Park in New York City. It is certainly a theatre visited by many tourists but the same can be said for any well-known theatre in the world.
Traverse staging is when the audience are seated on two sides of the stage.One major advantage of this is that the actors can interact with the audience as it is an intimate set up. The disadvantage is that there is usually only a small amount of room for performance and the director has to ensure actors are playing to both sides of the audience.
They weren't. Tilted stages were a feature of a later theatrical style, one where the audience sat on only one side of the stage and mostly below it. The result of this setup is that actors at the back of the stage were hard to see. In Shakespeare's day, the audiences were on three sides of the stage and most of the audience was above it, so these problems did not arise.
It gives everyone in the audience a good view, because the actors don't need to move all over the stage because the audience is only in front of them, not at the sides. So the actors only need to focus on the front!
It was not unique, which means "one-of-a-kind". It was a thrust stage, surrounded on three sides by audience. That used to be unusual, especially in the 19th century, when all stages were of the proscenium type (audience on one side only), but in the later 20th century and into the 21st, thrust stages are becoming increasingly popular, as designers rely less and less on clunky, heavy setpieces, and use more abstract or minimalist designs.
The Globe Theatre like all Elizabethan playhouses had a thrust stage, that is to say a stage with audience on three sides. Complex set pieces and painted backdrops do not work very well with that kind of stage as they are awkward to change and store. Instead the audience was invited to imagine the parts of the stage structure as parts of the set: the balcony could be Juliet's balcony or the walls of Harfleur depending on the play and they did not attempt what would have to be a feeble attempt to disguise it with some painted backdrop. Changes in theatre construction after the Restoration favoured proscenium stages (audience on one side only) which allowed extensive wings and flies where set pieces and props could be stored and dropped or pushed onto the stage.
A shape with three and only three sides is a triangle, but it is not possible for a triangle to have three perpendicular sides.
1.large arch, the proscenium arch, through which the audience views the performance 2. audience directly faces the stage 3. views only one side of the scene
A triangle can have only three sides. No triangle can have 9 sides!
Cylinder shapes only have three sides.
The more theatres you see, the more you realize that there is no such thing as a "normal theatre". Your idea of what a "normal theatre" is comes only from your limited experience. There are some features of the Globe Theatre in London (more properly called Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, opened in 1997). It is a replica of a sixteenth-century theatre, which makes it unusual but not unique. There are a number of others. It is an open-air theatre, which is also unusual, but such theatres also exist in, for example, Central Park in New York City. It is certainly a theatre visited by many tourists but the same can be said for any well-known theatre in the world.
No triangle. A triangle must have 3 angles that add up to 180 degrees, and three and only three sides, with no sides parallel.
A triangle. It has only three sides!
Traverse staging is when the audience are seated on two sides of the stage.One major advantage of this is that the actors can interact with the audience as it is an intimate set up. The disadvantage is that there is usually only a small amount of room for performance and the director has to ensure actors are playing to both sides of the audience.