Its circular shape, though, reflected not the D-shape of a Roman amphitheatre but the gatherings of crowds in a circle around the actors in town marketplaces, where all the players of 1576 got their training.
Then ask them to consider the safety hazards posed by the gathering of large crowds of people and the proper measures to take in order to minimize those hazards.
The Woodstock Festival occasioned the harmonious gathering of a crowd of about 400,000 young rock-music devotees and marked what is considered the high point of the American youth counterculture of the 1960s.
An official determination to disguise the stairway's presence was betrayed by what appeared to have be a carefully marshaled gathering of a crowd of protesters around the stairway, and a frenzied push forward by the protesters whenever a reporter or a camera crew approached to get a closer view.
The smooth-shaven Eagles from Washington, D.C. not only found time to do a little team training in Miami in January, they stripped down to their Speedos for a hip thrusting, muscle-flexing lip synch of LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It,' filmed right on the sands of South Beach in front of gathering crowds of gawking tourists.
But for those like Mr. Bouma, who do not come with a list of shows in mind, the line for tickets can become an exercise in gathering the wisdom of crowds.
Outbreaks of measles, still classified as an eliminated disease in Australia, have since become an annual event, triggered by gatherings of large crowds like dance festivals.
Rather like the solar eclipse, AR has been shown turning masses of heads and even gathering huge crowds of like-minded folks together in public.
With her shiny evening heels clicking on the cobbles, Steffi Klein stops to take in the view of crowds gathering just metres away on Theaterplatz in Dresden.
