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Yes. A trap door in the stage was used to make Ophelia's grave in Hamlet, the pit where Bassanius's body is dumped in Titus Andronicus, and to facilitate the disappearance of the witches in Macbeth. The upper level was used not only for the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet but also for city walls in Henry V and King John. In Titus Andronicus a large number of senators are seen on the upper level in the first scene, requiring a very large upper area. (This is believed to have been available in the Rose Theatre)

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