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 #:
00041
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 fly-gallery, located on the "prompt" side, with thoroughly secured pin rail, floor, etc., should run from back wall to front wall of stage, and if there is room on stage, it is well to locate a pin rail there also, to which work- ing lines may be run; this in some cases elim- inates one employee, through lack of need for a flyman. In any event, a small pin rail should be located on stage in the average theatre, for use with acts requiring a "life line," etc. The floor of the fly-gallery should be at least 24 feet in height above the stage and 8 to 14 feet in width. The pin rails should be located front and back of the gallery, the front rail for work- ing lines and the back one for "dead" lines. About 10 feet above the stage floor, on both sides of the proscenium arch, should be firmly fastened platforms for use of spotlight oper- ators required by big or spectacular acts. The rigging loft should not be less than 50 feet above stage. Standpipes, fire-fighting equip- ment, fire alarm box, should all be so placed that scenery can not be packed against or over them; and they should be, preferably, placed in recesses in the walls, so as to leave the surface of the stage walls, so far as practicable, free of obstruction. The gridiron, or rigging loft, needs to be of 87