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Thursday, October 03, 2019
Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 809 – The Moonlight Olio
Drypigment.net: Today’s post continues with the story of New York Studios for one more post. In 1912, the firm brought suit against the owners of the Colonial Theatre. In court they tried to recovered money that was due from F. & H. Schweppe for a “Moonlight Olio.”
1 comment:
Katie Pyzowski
said...
The author makes a really good point that if an outsourced group creates something for a production and then delivers the requested product without being paid in full, the producers of the show could be forever late with payment and there is the chance of no repercussions. I can understand how legal fees and lengthy procedure would be less desirable than just not getting paid for the job. However, I personally do not see the upside to explicitly withholding payment on an item you asked to be made because that ruins your relationship with the vendor – besides simply not having the money. I think that the New York Studio made the right move pressing charges for this rented drop that this theater decided to keep, because in this case this did obviously got enough publicity to make a difference. I would be interested in knowing what vendor relationships with the Colonial Theatre looked like after this incident.
1 comment:
The author makes a really good point that if an outsourced group creates something for a production and then delivers the requested product without being paid in full, the producers of the show could be forever late with payment and there is the chance of no repercussions. I can understand how legal fees and lengthy procedure would be less desirable than just not getting paid for the job. However, I personally do not see the upside to explicitly withholding payment on an item you asked to be made because that ruins your relationship with the vendor – besides simply not having the money. I think that the New York Studio made the right move pressing charges for this rented drop that this theater decided to keep, because in this case this did obviously got enough publicity to make a difference. I would be interested in knowing what vendor relationships with the Colonial Theatre looked like after this incident.
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