Word: pit
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...play falls naturally into two scenes, the first round Agamemnon's tomb, the second at the palace gates. In the first scene the action will take place in the circular pit at the front and the second scene on the raised stage behind it. The orchestra will consist of four reed instruments and a harp. These pieces were chosen as they seem to accord more nearly with the prevailing feeling about Greek music. Mr. J. E. Lodge will have charge of this part of the program. An attempt will be made to follow as nearly as possible the Greek method...
...undergraduates' share in the performance last night, as in the one the night before was pleasing. Shortly after 8 o'clock the Elizabethan audience made a very picturesque impression as it gathered for the play. The rush strewn pit was gradually enlivened by apprentices and citizens, burghers with their wives and daughters, and gallants in Elizabethan bravery of attire. A trumpeter appeared at a door in the "hut" high above the stage and with a fanfare announced that the play would begin...
...considerable number of undergraduates are rehearsing under the direction of Professor Baker for their parts in an Elizabethan audience. The greater number will stand in the pit, and a few will watch the play as "gentlemen" gallants in the stage galleries...
...Yale University Dramatic Association will produce, on April 23 and 24, Thomas Heywood's comedy, "The Fair Maid of the West." An effort will be made to picture the audience of Shakespeare's day by means of a representative audience of about one hundred students, who will occupy a pit built in the space usually devoted to the musicians and the first few rows of orchestra seats...