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 #:
000280
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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cerning the safety of which there is any ques- tion. Then, too—while the author has never ex- perienced it and hopes he never will—the feel- ing of responsibility resting upon a manager or builder who has erected an unsafe house in which lives have been lost, must be terrible, and this thought should prompt the building of a safe theatre in so far as that can be done. No building is absolutely fireproof; concrete and iron will twist, warp and disintegrate in conflagrations. The percentage of persons burned to death in theatre fires has usually been small in com- parison with the total casualty list; it is the crush of the panic which is most deadly. In fact, it does not need a fire to start a panic. A fight; an unusual noise; a fuse burning out; sparks from an electric short-circuit; an over- loaded wire burning off insulation and filling the house with a smoky odor; fire in another building in the same block; a patron with an epileptic fit; an unexpected commotion on the stage or in the audience; the lights going out suddenly; an unusually violent storm or clap of thunder; lightning striking nearby; an actor or animal falling into the orchestra pit; a lion or other large animal becoming uncontrollable 276