Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . fa-trihllv finished with ornamented walls and coiling, andis elegantly furnished. The corridors to the several storiesextend entirely round the auditorium. The stage side of the theatre is on Mason Street, andthe doors and arches, breaking the sameness of the brickwall, comprise a passage leading to the carpenters shop BOSTON THEATRE. 99 and steam works, a set of double doors for the introduc-tion of horses, carriages, &c, should such ever be requiredfor the purposes of the stage, a private door for the useof the actors, and an audienc
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . fa-trihllv finished with ornamented walls and coiling, andis elegantly furnished. The corridors to the several storiesextend entirely round the auditorium. The stage side of the theatre is on Mason Street, andthe doors and arches, breaking the sameness of the brickwall, comprise a passage leading to the carpenters shop BOSTON THEATRE. 99 and steam works, a set of double doors for the introduc-tion of horses, carriages, &c, should such ever be requiredfor the purposes of the stage, a private door for the useof the actors, and an audience entrance at the corner ofthe building nearest West The stage is sixty-seven feet deep from the curtain,and, calculated from the extreme front, or foot lights,measures eighty-five feet. The curtain opening is aboutforty-eight feet in width by forty-one in height. There isa depth of some thirty feet below the stage, and the heightfrom the stage to the fly floor is sixty-six feet. These dis- 100 BOSTON SIGHTS. tances allow the raising and lowering of scenes withouthinges or joints, the use of which soon injures their ap-pearance. There are seven rows of side scenes, or wings,with considerable space beyond the most remote, for per-spective. The stage is provided with traps, bridges, andall imaginable contrivances for effect, and is believed tounite more improvements, and to be the best arranged ofany structure of the kind in this country. The green-room, on the level of the stage, is a decidedly comfortablelooking apartment, thirty-four by eighteen feet, neatly fin-ished and tinted, handsomely carpeted, and furnishedaround the sides with
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