Really? I had always heard it was still on a resistance dimmer. You'd think they'd tell us when they upgrade our largest theatre.
So by "Ancient" do you mean the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans ?, or only since the use of electricity ?...
Well, if you look at the coliseum or similar structures, they had awnings over the seats. However, if you go to a greek theatre, you will find that they really had no provision for it that I can figure out... Maybe curtains. I have heard of them doing plays concurrent with time of day to get looks they wanted, but i dont think they did much in terms of controlling daylight, I would imagine that they worked with what they had...
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