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 #:
000285
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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is to be turned in immediately. Let no one take unto himself the responsibility of checking it— or of "thinking" that he can put it out; turn in an alarm. No man has any right to assume such a responsibility. Now this does not mean that everyone should begin to run for a fire alarm box; if there is one on stage (and there should be) it should be adjacent to the switch- board, and it should be the stage-manager's duty to turn in the alarm himself, or instruct the electrician, quietly, to do so. The box- ofRce should be notified at once, and it in turn should telephone in an alarm, to make sure that the alarm does go in, and at once. Then, under the stage-manager's direction, work of combat- ing the fire, if on the stage, should commence. The asbestos curtain should be lowered, all lights turned on, orchestra signalled to play, and, if possible, someone step out into the boxes from the stage and urge the people, if they are becom- ing panicky, to take their time and not push or crowd. The writer here offers a few suggested safe- guards : Minimum width of an exit and exit-door for each five hundred persons or less should be 5 feet, and for every additional one hundred per- sons 20 inches should be added to this width. 281