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Rake (theatre)
Theatre stages traditionally sloped upwards away from the audience, however theaters constructed after the beginning of the 20th century feature a raked audience section. This change back to the method of construction seen in Greek and Roman theatrers, (flat stage and terraced audience) was effected due the difficulty encountered when one tries to walk across a sloped surface, which had resulted in unnatural movement patterns to avoid the apperiance of limping caused by the non-level surface.
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