We begin in the year 600 B.C. in Greece: the Greeks built their theatres on the slope of a hill. This secures sufficient elevation for the back row of seats without the enormous substructures, which the Romans used. If the surface was rocky, semicircles were hewn out, tier above tier. If the ground was soft an excavation was made to the hillside and lined with rows of stone benches. The steps were often faced with marble, forming a circular pit enclosed by a lofty portico and balustrade terrace, and was assigned to the spectators, as in the theatre of Dionysus at Athens. The auditorium w

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