usher

Statue of a cinema usher. Sculpture by Vincent Browne in front of the Screen Cinema in Dublin , Ireland

The usher (Austrian: billeteur ) is a person who shows a spectator , visitor , guest etc. the correct seat or standing room reserved for him . He can also be responsible for checking the tickets .

Virtual ushers show the division of the grandstand over the Internet and also partially allow a virtual view of the stage etc. from this place to be displayed. This helps those interested in finding the ideal place to sit or stand.

history

According to Johann Christoph Adelung , " space " means, among other things, "area" or "base area". " The Latin platea, the alley, in Anglo-Saxon:" Plaets ", is exactly related to it. "

Also after Adelung the place major was the one who distributed and supervised the guards in fortresses . The place- adjutant , his assistant.

activity

The main activity of the usher is to show the spectator, visitor or guest etc. the seat reserved for him and to avoid disturbing other guests if possible. At the same time, the usher also has an organizational function and can also be responsible for (re) checking the admission tickets.

For his work in the darkened room he is equipped with a flashlight, which mainly serves to guide the audience, visitor or guest etc. safely to his seat.

In the cinema, the usher sometimes also had the task of reporting projection errors to the projectionist, who manually faded out the “offset” by correcting the image section on the projector . Under certain circumstances, the usher could also adjust volume errors in the sound film by adjusting the volume.

Famous people who worked as ushers

Lauren Bacall , Ettore Bevilacqua , Javier Cámara , David Caruso , Amabile Cauchi , Frederick de Cordova , Henry Creamer , Carroll John Daly , Vic Damone , Jonathan Frakes , Jason Butler Harner , Dieter Hildebrandt , Wolfgang Koeppen , James Lorinz , Lodovicus Malinke from the trio Malediva , Ranald MacDougall , Tim Mara , Klaus Nomi , Al Pacino , Aaron Paul , Larry Parks , Mickey Rourke , Jules Schermer , Leon Schlesinger , Rex Stout , Gyula Trebitsch , Lew Wasserman , Jack Weston , Werner Winter , Shane Black , Bruce Lee

Reward

Usherers are usually paid by the institution (e.g. cinema , theater ) ( temporary employment of stage members). However, as with porters , taxi drivers , cloakroom attendants, etc., it has become common practice to give them a tip.

In some cases, the usher function is now also taken over by commercial security services (some of which also offer security services, etc.).

Films, media, literature

The usher (director: Peter Gehrig , producer: Jürgen Dohme ), 1980
The usher ( Herbert Vesely as actor and Herbert Achternbusch ) 1983
CT das radio with the program item: Usher (for cinema program)
Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak, The Conservative Usher: Employee Issues Are Missing in the Union's Election Program, Social Democratic Press Service 1980, no.141 [28. July 1980], p. 4, [1] (PDF; 173 kB).
Barbara Adamowsky, shaping education socially as a social usher in Europe! by Michael Sommer (Ed.), Marburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89472-219-7 , pp. 132-151.

Similar professions

Web links

Wiktionary: usher - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Molecular usher creates order

Individual evidence

^ Grammatical-critical dictionary of High German dialect , Vienna edition 1811.

[1] Grammatical-critical dictionary of High German dialect , Vienna edition 1811.