Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. when the trumpets sound, most people quieten down, waiting for the play to begin. if you are sitting in the gallery you will have a clear view of the stage as it projects out from the far side of the round enclosure. leading actors will come right out along this platform and deliver their soliloquies directly to the crowd. so too will a clown like will kempe, when he wishes to extemporize and make "a scurvy face.” there are two large columns, both elaborately painted, which support the roof that covers the back of the stage. how does the author effectively describe the experience of watching an elizabethan play?

The author describes the audience's experience and what specifically they would see from the actors and the physical structure of the stage. He starts by describing what an audience member would see if he were sitting in the gallery, which helps him describe the shape of the stage, that it "projects out from the far side of the round enclosure". Structurally, he also describes how elaborately the columns are painted that support the roof at the back of the stage.
Additionally, he gives insight into how the actors would use the stage. He tells the reader that during soliloquies the actors would walk right out to the edge of the stage to be looking directly at the audience. Also, those playing the clown would use their proximity to the audience to make funny faces.