10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTSCENIUM»
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1
Description of some important theatres & other remains in ...
That of Lyctus, as we have seen, is destroyed ; and though no such portico
appears to the larger theatre of Gortyna, we are told that the postscenium of this
theatre abutted immediately on the river Lethaeus, which was vaulted over the
whole ...
2
An introduction to the knowledge of the antiquities of Rome: ...
The scene was divided into two parts, one of which was called Proscenium, and
the other Postscenium. The Prosceniu m was in the front of the Theatre, and the
Postscenium the back part. IN the Proscenium was the Pulpitum, the place where
...
3
The survey of eastern Palestine
The odeum, as it is generally called, is a theatre with stage, or proscenium, scena
-wall, and postscenium gallery, partly'ruined. It seems to have had a tower at
each end of the proscenium, but the northern one has fallen. The term 'odeum' is
...
4
The First Book of the Satires of Horace, in English Verses: ...
(See illustration to proscenium for postscenium, boundary wall of which is shown
in a half-tint at the back.) The two divisions in advance of the stage on each side
of it, like our stage boxes (//). are supposed to have been reserved as places of ...
Horace, Robert Millington, Anthony Rich, 1870
Behind it is the postscenium. From the eastern side of the stage a covered portico
led into the orchestra of the small theatre, and seems to have been meant as a
communication between the privileged seats of either house, for the convenience
...
6
Roman Antiquities; or, an Account of the manners and customs ...
The parts of the theatre allotted to the performers, were called Scena,
Postscenium, Proscenium, Pulpitum, and Orcbestra. 1.. SCENA, the scene, was
adorned with columns, statues, and pictures of various kinds, according to the
nature of the ...
Alexander ADAM (LL.D.), 1825
7
Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete ...
It has also the Postscenium, or covered porticos, usually occupied only by the
actors who were not on the stage, but to which Vitruvius* tells us, the spectators
retired for shelter when surprised by sudden rain, in which case the
performances ...
Charlotte Anne Eaton, 1827
8
Professional observations on the architecture of the ...
The stage, orchestra, and postscenium or part behind, are similar to those at
Herculaneum. In the wall which divides the stage from the postscenium, where
the actors used to retire, are three doorways through which they made their
ingress ...
To the left are the stage, scene, and postscenium. The centre door, or valvit'
regite, and one of the side ones, are visible, and the wall of the postscenium
closes the view behind. The cavity running along the front of the stage was most
likely ...
The parts of the theatre allotted to the performers, were called Scena,
Postscenium, Proscenium, Pulpitum, and Or* chestra. 1. SCENA, the scene, was
adorned with columns, statues, and pictures of various kinds, according to the
nature of the ...
