Talk:Theater (structure)

message: This article is about theater buildings and the history of theater construction. Nobbie 07:54, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theater (structure) 

message: I couldn't really find anything here, so is there some other article where things like stalls, dress circle, upper circle, etc. are explained? And shouldn't areas such as the orchestra pit be mentioned in this article? <KF> 22:20, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
The Auditorium article is the best place for such descriptions - it needs padding out a little. Sticki 20:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, this article needs to incorporate all the fragments listed in :Category:Parts of a theatre with links for the reader. Auditorium is just part of a theatre's structure. The text at Auditorium also needs to be represented here in a concise version with the Main article: see... heading. Theatre (structure) is the trunk article, from which all fragments (sometimes just expanded dictionary definitions) can be directly reached. Think encyclopedic. --Wetman 05:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is the trunk article 

message: This section is fairly useless here so I removed it to Stage (theatre).
:==Stage directions==
The stage itself has been given named areas to facilitate blocking:
*The rear of the stage is considered up-stage This derives from the raked stage of the Greek Theater (see below).
*The front of the stage is down-stage.
*Stage Left and right, at least in British and North American Theater, refer to the actor's left and right facing the audience. Because this is sometimes misunderstood the terms prompt (stage) (left) and opposite prompt (right) are also used.
*House left and house right refer to how the audience perceives the stage.  The audience’s left is referred to as house left, and the audience’s right is referred to as house right.
:I've cut and pasted the above text at [[blocking (stage), in order to complete the incomplete editing action. As a general rule, never simply delete useful text without finding the more appropriate place for it: remember, that's undoing someone's work. --Wetman 05:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stage directions

message: I removed this section as either the terms are in the text or they are loosely related. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 20:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: See Also section

message: is there a special term for that like "Walking Act" oder "Walk Act"? -- 172.180.208.41 18:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  actors going through the audience 

message: May I ask if someone could write something about this an related terms and link up to those here? I tried to look up the term yesterday and found it here. However I coulnd't find an explanation as to why different sections are so named. Being a foreign speaker and not knowing too much about theatre stuctures I think I should leave that to someone else. --Teodor605 (talk) 10:02, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A little more, but not much, in Auditorium. --Old Moonraker (talk) 10:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dress circle 

message: In two recently constructed Toronto music halls, there are sections of seats referred to as "parterre". These are different from the 18th centery parterre which was on the floor of the orchestra. The modern parterre section is slightly raised above other seats at orchestra level and the section is against a side or rear wall. "Parterre" is not present in :Category:Parts of a theatre. I am merely a theatre goer rather than an architect so I don't feel qualified to edit the article. Rdmoore6 (talk) 20:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Slight expansion of parterre from an existing source. Your "orchestra level" usage is still current in UK. I couldn't reference your "slightly raised", but it seems logical, so people at the back can see over the people at the front. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parterre 

message: Enclosed theatres were not invented during the British Restoration. They were created in Italy in the same period of Elizabethan Theatre: the surviving examples are the Teatro Olimpico and the Teatro all'antica. Moreover, in the same period there was an intermediate pattern: the Spanish corral de comedias. Lele giannoni (talk) 21:06, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Enclosed theatres

message: There are a lot of uncited passages in this article. Perhaps this article could be shorter and not try to explain in such detail? I will try to add some references and have a look more at the structure of it, to see what could be trimmed. Pakoire (talk) 09:22, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations needed 

message: — Assignment last updated by EMEEdits (talk) 19:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Engl 221 Introduction to Technical and Professional Communication

message: I had a question about editing this article. Is this wiki article considering how different theater architecture affects the play itself and how certain productions can only be staged in a certain type of theater or is it just the history being covered? Deedeeedits (talk) 04:17, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question for my class assignment