...Lowe (1891), the most exhaustive and the most authoritative account of the Restoration playhouse. . of Scenes, which had then almost a double Effect in their Loftiness and Magnificence. ' By their original Form, the usual Station of the Actors, in almoefc every scene, was advanc'd at least...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side-wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...station of the actors, in almost every scene, was advanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience than they now can be ; because, not only from the...

...opened on the 26th of March, 1674. On this occasion a Pro" stood two additional side wings, in front to a full set of " scenes, which had then almost a...usual station of the actors, in almost every scene was ad" vanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience, than they " now can be ; because, not only from...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...usual station of the actors in almost every scene was advanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience than they now can be, because, not only from the...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...usual station of the actors in almost every scene was advanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience than they now can be, because, not only from the...

...fixt. Where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...usual station of the actors in almost every scene was advanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience than they now can be ; because, not only from the...

...original form the usual station of the actors in almost every scene was advanced at least ten feet nearer to the audience than they now can be ; because, not only from the stage's being shortened in front, but likewise from the additional interposition of those stage boxes, the actors...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side-wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...station of the actors, in almost every scene, was advanced at least ten foot nearer to the audience than they now can be. — Cibber, Apology, ed. 1740,...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side-wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double...likewise from the additional interposition of those stage boxes, the actors (in respect to the spectators that fill them) are kept so much more backward...

...That where the doors of entrance now are, there formerly stood two additional side-wings, in front to a full set of scenes, which had then almost a double effect in their loftiness and magnificence. actors, in almost every scene, was advanc'd at least ten foot nearer to the audience than they now...