the theatre

• The galleries: seated, covered areas for the rich
• Roof: over the stage, often called the 'heavens. Ropes and rigging were used for scene changes and dramatic entrances
• Lords' rooms: most expensive seats; sometimes used by actors and musicians Gentlemen's during performances balconies (often called a Juliet balcony)
• Tiring room:

  room where the actors put on their attire
• Pit: where ordinary people stood to watch, often heckling the actors; completely open to the weather
• Stage: often decorated with scenery and almost always a trapdoor for special effects like smoke; back wall was called the Frons Scenae and had a door for actors to enter and exit
• Gentlemen's rooms: during performances balconies on either side, seats at around 4p