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The thrust stage of the Elizabethan theatres and of many modern theatres make complex scenery and stage props impractical for two reasons. First, they block the sightlines of the audience on the sides of the stage. Second, there are no wings or flies to store scenery. So bringing on a bunch of trees to show that you are now in the forest of Arden would be counter-productive--it would waste time trying to bring on and store the trees through the back wall and the trees would get in the way and prevent the audience from seeing the actors. it is easier and better to let the audience know that they are in a forest through the dialogue and their imagination.

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