Victorian-era Europe: photo added← Previous revisionRevision as of 19:49, 10 November 2026 Line 27: Line 27: === Victorian-era Europe === === Victorian-era Europe === [[File:Theatre in the Round (15676322577).jpg|thumb|right|The stage of [[Theatre in the Round Players]] during the [[Minnesota Fringe Festival]]]] [[File:Theatre in the Round (15676322577).jpg|thumb|right|The stage of [[Theatre in the Round Players]] during the [[Minnesota Fringe Festival]]]] [[File:GER Augsburg, Göggingen, Kurhauspark 0006.jpg|thumb|upright||Parts of an under-stage machinery dating from 1885, which made it possible to move people and stage designs]] Stagecraft began to be developed in England between 1576 and 1642. [[Theatre-in-the-round]] stages became popular. Public playhouses such as the [[Globe Theatre]] used rigging housed in a room on the roof to lower and raise scenery or actors, and used the raised stage by developing the practice of using trap-doors in theatrical productions. Most of the theaters had a circular design, with an open area above the pit to allow sunlight to enter and illuminate the stage.Styan, John L. (1967). ''Shakespeare's Stagecraft'', Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0521094356}}{{page?|date=August 2019}} [[Proscenium]] stages, or picture-box stages, were constructed in France around the time of the [[English Restoration]]. The stage combines elements of the skene in design, illuminated with candles used in footlights and in chandeliers. Stagecraft began to be developed in England between 1576 and 1642. [[Theatre-in-the-round]] stages became popular. Public playhouses such as the [[Globe Theatre]] used rigging housed in a room on the roof to lower and raise scenery or actors, and used the raised stage by developing the practice of using trap-doors in theatrical productions. Most of the theaters had a circular design, with an open area above the pit to allow sunlight to enter and illuminate the stage.Styan, John L. (1967). ''Shakespeare's Stagecraft'', Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0521094356}}{{page?|date=August 2019}} [[Proscenium]] stages, or picture-box stages, were constructed in France around the time of the [[English Restoration]]. The stage combines elements of the skene in design, illuminated with candles used in footlights and in chandeliers.