The opera house at Dresden of 1719 had a cramped auditorium with galleries, not boxes, the benches arranged in such a way that only those in the centre faced the stage. When the theatre was rebuilt by Zucchi in 1738, he replaced the galleries by boxes, but transferred the same seating arrangements to the floor of the house—an indication that the court still looked for a hall theatre, with the performing area (potentially at least) in the middle.