The First Mechanical Stage
type: Item
label: De eerste machinerieën @nl
label: Die Anfänge der mechanischen Bühnentechnik @de
label: První mechanická scéna @cs
label: Il primo palcoscenico meccanico @it
label: El primer escenario mecánico @es
label: Den första mekaniska scenen @sv
description: Wagons, revolves and periaktoi
description: Wagens, draaischijven en peiactoi @nl
description: Wägen, Plattformen und Periaktoi @de
description: Vozíky, zdvihací zařízení a periakty @cs
description: Carri, Girevoli e Periakti @it
description: Vagones, giratorios y periaktoi @es
description: Vagnar, vridscener och periaktrar @sv
Canon story number: 1
Canon story code: A.01
time frame: Antiquity
Field: stage mechanics and sets
Link to internal Canonbase page: The_First_Mechanical_Stage
Link to internal Canonbase page: De_eerste_machinerieën
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: Machines were an essential part of the staging of Greek dramas, enabling changes of scene. Wagons and revolves were used to bring a dramatic tableau onto the stage, while the rotating periaktoi created rapid changes of location.
Canon story refers to: Ekkyklema
Canon story refers to: Setting the Stage
Canon story refers to: periaktoi (περίακτοι)
Canon story refers to: De Architectura libri decem