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 #:
000192
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 wares," "mashers," or for any but tliose whose duties require them to be there. In the first place, visitors are in the way and im- pede the work of the crew; in the second place, their presence tends to lower the dignity, de- stroy the illusion and demean the prestige of the stage; for remember, it is the "masher" and other behind-the-scenes visitors who have car- ried to the w^orld the garbled tales that have reflected discredit upon the people of the thea- tre; and in the third place, a sand-bag, coun- ter-weight, or piece of scenery dropped on a visitor who is on the stage with the manager's knowledge and consent is likely to net a trou- blesome and expensive lawsuit. Instructions to the stage-manager, and through him to every employee of the stage, should be positive on this point, even to the ex- tent of forbidding the flyman to have a helper who works for nothing "to see the show"—which is a common practice in some houses. Of course, if a back-doorman is employed, these instruc- tions should be his guiding rule. Artists should be forbidden to stand in the wings or pull back the drop in "one" to see the show; they should stay off stage until it is time to go on for their act, and when finished should go to theii* dressing-rooms. There are the same 188