custom with large buildings

custom with large buildings, the main axis is obtained by bisecting this angle, and off this axis the hall is
planned. In its principal features it is in agreement with the general scheme of a longitudinal hall, except
for the corridor behind the horseshoe arrangement of seats, which branches to right and left of a crush space
at the landing of the main staircase. There is a main entrance at the floor level of the hall forming a corridor
along the axis, but there are two other radial entrances off the corridor which can be approached either from
immediately behind the supporting piers to the gallery above. The hall narrows towards the stage,
and is thus of the form which numberless experiments, from the times of the Greek theatre onwards, have
shown to be the best for acoustic properties. Behind the platform there are retiring-rooms for performers,
which communicate one with another and are reached on either side by special staircases. It is possible to
pass direct from them either to the platform or to the hall, and indirectly by means of a few stairs to a class