Scaenae Frons of the Roman Theater of Orange

I have been around the Roman Theater of Orange and I was about to head out when I realized that I haven’t really taken a proper look at the stage of the theater. The scaenae frons or the stage wall of the theater is the main feature of the Roman Theater of Orange. There don’t seem to be too many of these structure around and it is considered the best preserved one in Europe. However well preserved the stage wall actually is. Just looking at it would be able to tell you how old it really is.

For something which is meant to be seen by a lot of people, the stage wall here seemed to be a bit bare. There were columns here and an alcove where a statue of presumably the emperor stands. However other than that, it really is rather bare. The original structure used to be more decorated than what can be seen now. Using the remaining columns as a reference one can probably imagine how the original stage wall looked like. It must have looked like a nice house. The management has decided to keep the wall the way it is right now. There are images of how it may have looked like back then and it seemed impressive. It is much like a modern day stage with props where performers are able to enter and exit in certain locations.

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