A Proposed Reconstruction of the Elizabethan Globe Theater in Odessa, Texas Page: 55
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Anyone who remains on the level standing /?•«•
the J&T&/ pays only on# English penny: but If lb
want# to sit, he is let In at & further door, and
there he gives another penny, If he desires to sit
on a cmahlon In the moat comfortable place of all,
where he not only sees everything well, hut can also
be seen, then he gives yet another English penny at
another door,39
By staking a detailed study of the larger Bankside views,
one assumes that large exterior staircases, serving possibly
several hundred spectators ascending to the upper galleries,
was a fact. Ylsscher* s views of the various houses on the
BanksIde show them placed so that the stage faced south.
Possibly the artists sketching London from the south were
not able to show that side'which contained the outside gal-
lery stairs, which faced north,40 One notes in Hollar* s
1647 view a projection enclosed and roofed which unquestion-
ably was a staircase. Some authorities believe stairs were
symmetrically placed and were uniform in all their dimensions,
The evidence as to the placing of the stairways is very in-
conclusive, however,
.There were three types of spectator aceoamodations In
the galleries: namely, ttgent lessen* s roomes," "two pennle
roomes,M and the "rest of the galleries,*41 Dr. John
Granford Adams concludes that the total price of a seat In
59Ibld,, II, 365,
40John Cranford Adams, op, clt,« p. 57,
**-Ibld,, p, 60*
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Morris, Marjorie Rogers. A Proposed Reconstruction of the Elizabethan Globe Theater in Odessa, Texas, thesis, August 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163813/m1/62/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .