Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — Theater Stages of Ancient Days. [ARTICLE]

Theater Stages of Ancient Days.

The excavations now going on in tta Theater of Dugga, in Tunis, show that the Romans possessed for their theaters a system of stage carpentry equal if not superior to tta appliances now In use. An Ingenious contrivance enabled those who stood underneath the stage to see what was proceeding above. A number of trap doors opened in tta center of the stage, and grooves have been discovered showing the way in which scenery and stage furniture were lowered and raised. Eight large holes led to several dry wells three yards deep under the stage, while a large receptacle served to store the curtain during the performance. Tta Bow of the stage was covered with moretm