On the Construction of Theatres . 
Private property intervenes so much, that it is scarce- 
ly to be expected, that any great improvement can be 
made in this respect, by enlarging the area round the site 
of the late building. 
Whether a more convenient situation might be selected, 
I do not pretend to know ; but a theatre built on the old 
foundation might be rendered extremely commodious as 
to its entrances, or vomitories , as the ancients called the 
avenues to their amphitheatres. 
If the whole building were raised upon arches of a 
height sufficient to admit carriages, and if numerous 
flights of stairs were constructed within the piers which 
support these arches, the audience might depart com- 
modiously in different directions, without confusion or 
delay. 
The collonades formed by pillars properly disposed,, 
would permit alternate rows of carriages. Company 
might descend from the boxes almost immediately into 
their carriages : passages for those who are on foot might 
be railed off, and rendered secure. 
This plan would be attended with considerable ex- 
pense ; but it might be counterbalanced by sparing one of 
the higher galleries, which lately injured the audibility of 
the performance, without adding much to the profits of 
the house. Besides it might be so managed, that tickets 
for the admission of carriages under the piazzas should 
be issued, which w ould cover the expense of their con 
struction. 
3. Facility of seeing and hearing. — As to seeing I be- 
lieve that very little can be said, but what is obvious to 
every person of common sense; the actors and the spec- 
tators have in this respect opposite interests. It is the in- 
terest of the actors, to have that part of the house, w hich 
contains the audience, as large as possible. On the con- 
trary it must be the wish of the audience, within certain 
