Scanned from an albumen print circa 1873
Title on photograph " Pompei. Teatro Tragico "
Now referred to as the Large Theatre as there is a smaller theatre in the complex known as the Odeon
The structure dates from the second century BCE and had a capacity of around five thousand spectators, it was mostly used for the performance of Comedies and tragedies
Photograph by Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born Germany (1834 - 1914)