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 #:
000189
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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of all rewards that can come to him, the ap- plause of pleased audiences. In view of these facts, and for cold-blooded business reasons as well, it pays to make the stage a clean, well-lighted and cheerful work- shop. Walls should be painted white all around to at least the height of the fly-gallery floor, which can be quickly and cheaply done with a spraying machine, using a liquid white com- pound which will not rub off; a strip of flat white should be applied, two coats 2 feet wide, on the floor all around stage, painting across this border at every door or opening onto stage a strip of black the same width as the door or opening. This aids in preventing care- less persons from expectorating behind scenery, along the base of walls or in corners. The entire floor of stage, not only the center, but behind switchboards, radiators, and clear to the walls, should be thoroughly swept each morning, and as often during the day as is necessary. The footlight trough, a place where dust and dirt are particularly prone to ac- cumulate, should be cleaned out daily with the house vacuum cleaner, or a strong hand-blower, after which should come a thorough dusting and all lamps wiped clean and bright; this will give better results in stage lighting, the min- 185