t over 2000 would be present at each performance – some sitting on the stage and some in the pit (vi) the plays were acted out in daylight, in the open air and thus the director had to forego the benefits of complex lighting, scenic and set effects. The theatres were built in such a way, that it was far easier for the actors' voices to be carried, although account did have to be taken of the fact that the majority of the theatres had no roof.
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