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re: Gates' odd mistake.

Posted by:	AlanScott 01:30 am EDT 03/17/14
In reply to:	re: Gates' odd mistake. - FriendofDorothy 12:30 am EDT 03/17/14

She took a vacation in August 1947. I think that was two weeks. Then six weeks later she was out on what was supposed to have been a two-week medical leave that went into a third week. I think she was out three weeks altogether but I'm not sure. Then she took a six-week vacation starting July 5, 1948, which you probably know about as it was what happened during this vacation that made her furious at Rodgers and Hammerstein. Receipts plunged sufficiently that they announced the show was in danger of closing, which caused the cast to petition Equity to allow salary cuts so the show would not close. I guess she felt that the show had by that time made sufficient profit that they should have simply been willing to cover the losses during that period. And she missed occasional performances here and there elsewhere, including at least two closing week. Anyway, can you imagine if there had been an internet back then? First imagine the uproar when she took a medical leave just six weeks after her vacation and then the uproar when the leave went into a third week. And the uproar when the show almost closed during her later vacation and the cast petitioning Equity.

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