Excerpt from Modern Theatre Construction The absence of any serious or exhaustive published treat ment of this important topic within the past quarter of a century, coupled with the present general tendency toward architectural uplift throughout this country, which aims at a simpler and truer form of art, renders the occasion opportune for the publication of such a volume as this. In illustrating or citing the work of other architects the writer disclaims any malicious intention in pointing out faulty features. He simply offers them as examples of defective construction to be avoided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.