The stage was flexible, allowing quick changes of scene as actors moved from one door to the other, carrying any props they needed. Click on the parts of the stage to learn about them. Where are you sitting? Your view in this image is as if you were in the "twopenny galleries." You have paid twice as much as the groundlings, who would be massed in front of the stage, but the best seats are beside (and perhaps behind) the stage from your point of view. How accurate is this reconstruction? Footnotes The heavens The "heavens" were above the stage, and were decorated with stars (not included here). A throne could be let down by pulley; in The Tempest , Juno "descends" in a chariot of some kind (4.1.72). The Upper Stage The upper stage was used for such scenes as those on the walls of defended cities, or Juliet's balcony. The angle of viewing for some of the best-paying customers was not good, so these scenes usually involve someone leaning over to speak. Some reconstructions show the upper stage projecting a short distance onto the main acting surface. The Lords' Room The precise location of the Lords' room (or rooms) is uncertain: it is clear, however, that they were the best seats in the house, costing 12 times as much as the groundlings paid. There is some likelihood that they were the rooms directly over the stage; several early views of the stage show spectators "behind" (from our point