Summary Counts by Function
The section of Summary Counts reveals, in tabular form, the various functions of men and women at the Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatre during the century. Perhaps there are no real surprises, but, within
the limits of source material, there is confirmation where only opinion existed before.
Men did, indeed, dominate the theatre. Although Jane Scott and Céline Céleste were managers, this fact barely appears in the sources. (Miss Scott was listed in six other categories.) Consequently, the data are to be treated with several grains of salt. In only one category did the proportion of females surpass 50% and that was dancers (61%). As performers (actresses) women represented 43%, as singers 41%. Even in wardrobe they only managed 43%. This may be because Godbee appeared on bills more than his wife. Unfortunately, there are no statistics related to compensation.
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All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts
As You Like It, II, vii
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And one woman in her time also plays many parts, hence the number differences; a single person may be in many categories. There are 4,733 unique names in the index, but many times these people have several theatrical
functions under their name, for example:
Scott, Miss Jane M.
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Author
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Designer
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Entertainer
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Choreographer
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Performer
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Singer
She accounts for 6 of the 6,054 total, and 6 of the 2,067 females, but only 1 of the 4,733 unique names.
|
|
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Male
|
|
Female
|
Function
|
Total
|
|
Count
|
%
|
|
Count
|
%
|
Acting managers (assistant)
|
3
|
|
3
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Acting managers
|
8
|
|
8
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Adapter
|
13
|
|
12
|
92.31
|
|
1
|
7.69
|
Animal trainers
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Armaments
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Arranger
|
16
|
|
15
|
93.75
|
|
1
|
6.25
|
Author
|
333
|
|
315
|
94.59
|
|
18
|
5.41
|
Ballet masters and mistresses
|
14
|
|
13
|
92.86
|
|
1
|
7.14
|
Box bookkeepers
|
10
|
|
10
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Business managers
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Choreographers
|
40
|
|
33
|
82.50
|
|
7
|
17.50
|
Comic business
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Comic business arrangers
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Composer
|
353
|
|
346
|
98.02
|
|
7
|
1.98
|
Costumer
|
14
|
|
12
|
85.71
|
|
2
|
14.29
|
Dancer
|
347
|
|
136
|
39.19
|
|
211
|
60.81
|
Designer
|
81
|
|
80
|
98.77
|
|
1
|
1.23
|
Director
|
36
|
|
35
|
97.22
|
|
1
|
2.78
|
Directors of music
|
19
|
|
19
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Entertainer
|
186
|
|
153
|
82.26
|
|
33
|
17.74
|
Furnishings
|
3
|
|
3
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Gas engineers
|
2
|
|
2
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
House managers (summer seasons)
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
House managers
|
17
|
|
15
|
88.24
|
|
2
|
11.76
|
Lessees
|
6
|
|
6
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Lighting technicians
|
2
|
|
2
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Lyricist
|
12
|
|
11
|
91.67
|
|
1
|
8.33
|
Manager
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Melodrama department
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Melodrama music arrangers
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Music
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Musical composers and arrangers
|
13
|
|
13
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Musician
|
105
|
|
94
|
89.52
|
|
11
|
10.48
|
Orchestra conductors and leaders
|
19
|
|
19
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Pantomime business
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Pantomime business directors
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Performer
|
3,681
|
|
2,081
|
56.53
|
|
1,600
|
43.47
|
Printers
|
15
|
|
4
|
26.67
|
|
11
|
73.33
|
Producers
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Prompters
|
7
|
|
7
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Properties (scientific)
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Properties
|
3
|
|
3
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Property masters and mistresses
|
16
|
|
16
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Proprietors
|
11
|
|
11
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Provider
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Refreshment providers
|
4
|
|
4
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Scene designers
|
51
|
|
51
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Scene painters
|
69
|
|
69
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Scenery
|
6
|
|
6
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Scenery painter
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Set decorators
|
7
|
|
7
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Singer
|
343
|
|
205
|
59.77
|
|
138
|
40.23
|
Stage directors
|
43
|
|
41
|
95.35
|
|
2
|
4.65
|
Stage door keepers
|
3
|
|
3
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Stage machinery
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Stage managers (assistant)
|
5
|
|
5
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Stage managers
|
34
|
|
34
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Stage mechanics
|
21
|
|
21
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Translator
|
3
|
|
3
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Treasurers
|
6
|
|
6
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Trick and transformation arrangers
|
12
|
|
12
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Trick designer
|
1
|
|
1
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Trick, transformation arrangers
|
2
|
|
2
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Tricks, transformations
|
7
|
|
7
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Wardrobe (designers and executors)
|
68
|
|
37
|
54.41
|
|
31
|
45.59
|
Wardrobe (wigs)
|
2
|
|
2
|
100.00
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
Totals
|
6,109
|
|
4,030
|
65.97
|
|
2,079
|
34.03
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