A World Below
De onderwereld
Die Unterwelt
Svět tam dole
Un mondo di sotto
Un mundo por debajo
En undre värld
Lifts, traps and Hell beneath the stage
Liften, luiken en de hel onder het podium
Aufzüge, Klappen und die Hölle" unter der Bühne"
Zdviže, propadliště a peklo pod jevištěm
Ascensori, trappole e inferno sotto il palco
Elevadores, trampillas e Infierno bajo el escenario.
Hissar, falluckor och helvetet under scenen
Stage mechanics and set construction
As well as its practical functions, in Renaissance theatre the space beneath the stage – accessed by traps and lifts – could represent Hell, the world of the dead, and the supernatural, as part of a cosmological conception of the theatre space.