What makes a good theatre?
Harmony. Proportion. Intimacy. Verticality. Volume.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/sep/04/theatre.westend
400 seats?
ad quadratum geometry to describe relationship between the galleries and the stage; these plans above were my drawings of the reconstructed Globe floor plan using this geometry
Odeon translation...
However, my diagrams above need slight adjustments in order to comply with Vitruvius' rules - the proscenium line should be at the lower horizontal line of the first square within the top large circle (ie. this circle could be moved downwards towards the back stage wall...
That is, see the line A-B in the diagram below from book VII, Greek Theatres (Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture):
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