Thrust stage
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In theatre, a thrust stage is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end. A thrust has the benefit of greater intimacy between performe
A thrust stage at the Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Photograph of the thrust stage used for the Federal Theatre Project production of Doctor Faustus (1937) at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, airbrushed in white to emphasize its contours
Waldbühne Berlin
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is loca
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The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2011, north frontage and tower
The first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre of 1879, from an 1890s photochrom. This was gutted by a fire in 1926, and rebuilt and incorporated into the new theatre in 1932. The building has been used by the Swan Theatre since 1986.
The theatre as it appeared in 1991, prior to redevelopment
The theatre in 2018 post-redevelopment, viewed from the old tramway bridge across the River Avon