OUTDOOR THEATER 
The following suggestions as to the design of outdoor theaters 
are condensed from the author’s work on this subject.* 
Size: Generally speaking the outdoor theater ought to be 
large or small, one or the other. The football stadium has to be 
large enough to accommodate thousands of visitors; a theater for 
pageants must also be made on a large scale. But for small plays, 
for music and for public speaking the outdoor theater may easily 
be too large. For these latter requirements it should be as small, 
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CAPACITY 1600 
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compact and intimate as possible. Rarely should it be designed 
to seat more than 500. If 200 auditors are well cared for it will 
be even better. 
Enclosure: Every outdoor theater ought to be fully enclosed, 
preferably by trees and shrubs or by hedges of greenery. Bound- 
aries of dressed and painted lumber or of stucco or brick can be made 
attractive if well designed and especially if well covered with vines. 
* Waugh, “‘ Outdoor Theaters,” Boston, 1917. 
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