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

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The manager has the right, and may be ex- pected to exercise it, of watching his opening shows very carefully and, based upon his ob- servations, of eliminating anything which, in his judgment, he deems best to eliminate, from any act. The manager has the right to expect and to receive from the artist his best efforts—all the contract calls for—and receiving these from the artist is obligated, morally and otherwise, to do what he reasonably can to make the en- gagement pleasant and profitable for the actor. The deportment of the artist during his en- gagement is of much importance. In the thea- tre, on the street and at the hotel, it is due the theatre that his conduct be discreet and becom- ing. In a sense he is a walking advertisement for the theatre; to a great degree the charac- ter of the actor is judged by the public to be that of both the theatre and the profession in general, and it is the perfect right of the man- agement to expect and require such conduct as will reflect credit upon both. Many thou- sands of dollars have been expended to give the artist a place in which to play—an oppor- tunity to offer his art; it is but fair that he conduct himself as becomes a member of an honorable and dignified calling. When his en- 304