[pg 203] The whole front of the stage was called the scene, or covered building, to distinguish it from the rest of the theatre, which was open to the air, except that a covered portico frequently ran round the semicircular part of the edifice at the back of the highest row of seats, which answered to our galleries, and was occupied, like them, by the gods, who stood in crowds upon the level floor of their celestial abodes.
— from The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829 by Various

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