| Does any theatre have a separate entrance for the uppermost level? |
| Posted by: portenopete 01:40 pm EST 11/24/24 |
| In reply to: Formerly known as the Family Circle - aleck 10:56 am EST 11/24/24 |
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Your post led me to thinking about the common practice in British theatres to have a separate entrance for the balcony (or balconies) to ensure a separation of classes. (I guess it was true in Elizabethan times, as well, but then the most desirable seating area WAS the balcony and it was the plebs- or groundlings- who had to stand downstairs).
Even as small a theatre as the Almeida - which is a converted library, I think - has a dedicated circle entrance for the very snug upstairs rows (an area that I'd strongly dissuade people from sitting in if they can avoid it).
Am I right in thinking the Belasco has a separated upper balcony entrance? |
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