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

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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 #:
000273
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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1. The use of a printed program in con- junction with ilbiminated alphabetical or nu- merical annunciators placed at each side of the proscenium opening, which flash an initial or number indicating which of the acts in the printed program is next to appear. It is cus- tomary to leave this number or initial illumin- ated during one-half of the entire time that the particular act is "on," 2. Framed cards with name of act upon easels at both sides of the opening. The printed program is sometimes, but not as a rule, used with this system. 3. Illuminated glass transparencies at one or both sides of opening, transparency showing name of act, so arranged that only the names are illuminated one at a time. Any of these methods, properly handled, is good; the first being probably the best, where satisfactory arrangements for the furnishing of a program can be effected. In one way and another, the matter of fur- nishing patrons with a printed program pre- sents material difficulties, but against these dif- ficulties is the possibility of its becoming a source of considerable revenue. It is customary to let the privilege of publish- ing the program to an alert individual or ad- 269