The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York : Gotham press, inc.
Volume:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Leaf #:
00033
Language:
English
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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the time it is being filled and emptied is heated at the point of entrance, the draft occasioned will not be so noticeable or so injurious to patrons as when this cold air is not at least partly heated at the point of entrance. It is not to be understood that the temper- ature is to be changed, but that a reduction in steam pressure, immediately after the house is filled, is essential to allow for the heat added to the atmosphere by radiation from the human bodies within the theatre. Architect's plans should provide for placing all radiators in lobby, foyer, incidental rooms and auditorium, in recesses in walls. After be- ing placed they should be protected by a one-inch mesh brass or iron wire guard, which should be hinged or arranged to open so that space may be cleaned, radiator repaired, etc. On the stage, if radiators are not in recesses and protected, as suggested, by meshed guards, they may be placed on walls at least eighteen feet above the stage floor, so as to "clear" the scenery packs, etc. As hot air rises quickly, if they are placed so high considerable heat will be wasted, there- fore it is preferable to recess stage radiators into walls at floor level. The problem of properly heating the theatre is so closely connected with that of ventilating 29