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The theatre of Tipasa was severely mutilated in 1847 when its masonry was used to build a hospital for cholera patients. Unlike many classical theatres built on a hillside, this one is entirely constructed on flat ground, as in Madaure and Sabratha in Tripolitania. Walking around, one can see the massive pillars that supported the building. The auditorium conformed to the traditional design used by the Romans. It could accommodate three to four thousand spectators. Access was provided by underground passages leading to the front of the stage and by four external staircases opening onto a gallery running halfway up.
Preserved here are: the outer vaults; the first three rows of seats; beyond a balustrade of which only a few fragments remain, the semi-circular orchestra, separated from the stage by a notched brick wall whose function was to break echoes; beyond this wall, the pit equipped with the pillars that supported the stage boards. The stage wall has been destroyed.
The theatre of Tipasa was severely mutilated in 1847 when its masonry was used to build a hospital for cholera patients. Unlike many classical theatres built on a hillside, this one is entirely constructed on flat ground, as in Madaure and Sabratha in Tripolitania. Walking around, one can see the massive pillars that supported the building. The auditorium conformed to the traditional design used by the Romans. It could accommodate three to four thousand spectators. Access was provided by underground passages leading to the front of the stage and by four external staircases opening onto a gallery running halfway up.
Preserved here are: the outer vaults; the first three rows of seats; beyond a balustrade of which only a few fragments remain, the semi-circular orchestra, separated from the stage by a notched brick wall whose function was to break echoes; beyond this wall, the pit equipped with the pillars that supported the stage boards. The stage wall has been destroyed.
