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 #:
000284
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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trical equipment, and every apparatus which has fire-making possibilities. To reduce to a minimum the danger of and from panic, the practice should be adopted of printing in programs, and rinining on the screen, an announcement that the theatre is pro- vided with all safe-guards, and enumerating them, calling attention to exit facilities, and warning the audience against panics. This should be done consistently, performance after performance, year in and year out. Some day it may prevent a terrible catastrophe and save the management a harrowing memory. Frequent inspection by the manager, and also by the superintendent or stage-manager, of the entire theatre and of the portions under their respective control, should be made, and these should be thorough, with a merciless checking up of any employee or department found lax in attention to fire-prevention practices. A fire drill should be held weekly, at unex- pected times, in which the entire crew and staff should participate; each should have a station to report to, a specific duty to perform. It may be that when the fire comes some will not do their duty, but most will and there is a de- cided advantage in having them trained. When a fire does start, let the rule be that an alarm 280