The Theater of the East is located within the expensive prime Estate of Arthro Galanos, and as per most Eunesian Theaters which were usually sited along natural hilly reliefs, Arthro Anatoli Amphitheathron is no exception. Set amid the clinging cliffs at the edge of the District, the large, open-air structure consisted of the three primary elements: The orchestra, the skene, and the audience. Renovations work have been done prior very recently to expand the capacity of the audience space to four thousand, one of the singular largest structures on Secyclion, which only proved the prominence of such buildings in classic Eunesian cultures.
Great care had been taken to commission the public structure. A great deal of mathematics were involved in the building of the Amphitheathron since the creation of acoustics must be ensured -- this is to say that all the audiences seated in various positions of the theater must be able to listen to the actors or choirs properly, especially those seated at the very top rows. Acroterions line the back of the top roles, each one carrying the figures of Caryatids and Telamons side by side, which indicated the equality of men and women on stage in a somewhat male-dominated society.
The orchestra, or the stage sits within a recess at the foot of the slope, measuring over ninety feet in length, large enough to accommodate a number of actors and dancers. Many of the performers cast are professionals who would have to pass several auditions before allowed to perform, and there are of course, occasions detailed where the audience booed and chased amateurs off the orchestra by throwing food and bottles at their poor performance. In ancient Secyclion, such unprofessionalism is coupled with a lifetime of shame and the penalty of bring banned from theatrics forever; but these dogmas have somewhat evolved to become more lenient through the Eras.
Lastly, the skene, which is a stone wall built behind the orchestra. It was used as a backstage area where actors could change their costumes and masks, but also served to represent the location of the plays, which were usually set in front of a palace or house. Typically, there were two or three doors in the skene that led out onto orchestra, and from which actors could enter and exit. Sometimes the skene is also decorated to serve as a prop or to represent a certain location which the play is set in.
Audiences sat on prohedria, stone benches that had been carved onto the sloping face of a hill, within a semi-circle plan with the orchestra positioned aptly at its origin, and the first few rows are always reserved for important guests such as Nobles, Officials and foreign delegates. Food and wine is also served at the Amphitheathron, and performances are scheduled three times per Cycle during the low key periods and as much as one on each Darkening during high demand.
The Amphitheathron features many kinds of plays, including comedy, tragedy and satirical plays. Occasionally . During the seasons of Summer however, the lovers of theatrics would have to give way to the sports, for the Amphitheatron would hold the famous wrestling matches, where many of the participants would rather die than to submit during their often bloody battles. During the Insular Games, the competitions for Secyclion Zan Zu, as well as wrestling is also held in Secyclion, here in Arthro Anatoli Amphitheathron, where thousands of spectators are drawn, empire wide.
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