There are capstan arms for six men to turn the winch which controls scene changes in the Drottningholm, but it can be activated with fewer hands. There is no smoking on the job in this tinder·dry theatre. (Photo Hans Hammarskjold/ Tio) The complexity of the understage is clearly shown here. In the fore· ground is the great capstan around which the ropes directly control· ling the sliding wings are wound . .l\s one complete set is pulled in· ward toward the center of the stage, another set, previously on view above, is simultaneously pulled away by an ingenious re·hitching of ropes and pulleys. In the middle background, between the stage floor sup pons can be seen the elevator platform, and behind that, the long drum used to raise and lower it. A placid statue surveys the scene. (Photo Swedish National Travel Office)