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 #:
000279
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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Fire and Panics A few years ago, in a mid-western city, a fire occurred in a theatre which resulted in the death of a great number of people. From time to time other fires have occurred in theatres, with heavy casualties, and the result of these has been to breed in the mind of the public at large a general distrust of any building in which crowds gather and which is not as fireproof in every way as human ingenuity can make it. It follows that, aside from humanitarian con- siderations, the "dollars and cents" instinct should prompt the builder to construct his thea- tre as nearly fireproof as possible and to equip it with every known device to promote the safety of its audiences. To just the extent that these features are emphasized, and it is known that the house is safe, will the public be encouraged to patronize it. Many mothers, bj^ instinct timid where their offspring is concerned, inquire anxiously on this point before permitting the children to make a certain theatre their rendezvous on Saturday afternoons and holidays; fathers wish to know about these things, and the elderly and infirm are loath to attend a performance in a theatre con- 276