It would have a much better effect if the entrances were not so wretched.

The one at the grand portal looks like a narrow, miserable church-door, low and gloomy.
The other entrances are worse still, and one would not suppose that they could lead to such a splendid interior, whose appointments are indescribably luxurious and commodious.

The pit is filled by rows of comfortably-cushioned chairs with cushioned backs, numbered, but not barred.

The boxes are divided by very low partitions, so that the aristocratic world seems to sit on a tribune.

The seats in the pit and the first and second tiers are covered with dark-red silk damask; the royal box is a splendid saloon, the floor of which is covered with the finest carpets.