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

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theatres, switchboards are frequently located above the floor of the stage, but this should be done only when it is known that the crew will be so numerous as to provide the electrician with sufficient assistants so that he will not have any duties to perform requiring his presence on the floor of the stage during the show. In general, it will make for economy to locate the board on the floor, and it will not lessen its efficiency or that of its operator. Incidental Rooms Strange as it may seem, it is not unusual for theatres to be planned and built without proper provision for the various rooms needed for ac- commodation of the several departments of the house. To provide a check against this possible oversight, the rooms or quarters now consid- ered most essential in the modern theatre are: Manager's office; superintendent's office; jan- itor's and cleaners', ushers' dressing, ladies', gentlemen's, supply (adjacent to manager's or superintendent's), property, electrician's, stage manager's, carpenter's and musicians' rooms, toilets and any others deemed necessary for the requirements of a particular theatre. These should be allowed for, and their ven- 39