public performance shall be the ---- day of ----,
19--, or not later than fourteen days thereafter.
Employment hereunder shall begin upon the date of beginning of
rehearsals, which date shall be not earlier than four weeks prior to
the date of first public performance.
_Compensation_
4. The Manager agrees, as compensation for services hereunder, to pay
the Actor from and after the date named in Paragraph 3 and continuing
for and during the run of the production for which the Actor is
engaged, the sum of ---- Dollars ($----) each and every week (on
Saturday).
_Guaranteed Period_
5. The Manager agrees and guarantees that under this contract he will
give the Actor not less than ---- consecutive weeks' work, commencing
with the date of the first public performance, and pay him therefor.
If the blank in this paragraph is not filled in, and no guaranteed
period is agreed upon, the Manager agrees that this contract shall
call for a minimum guaranty of two weeks' employment from the date
named in Paragraph three hereof.
_Rehearsals_
6. The Actor, if required, shall give four weeks' rehearsal without
pay; if further rehearsals are required, then, for each additional
week or part thereof, the Manager shall pay the Actor, on Saturday of
that week, at the rate of the full salary mentioned in paragraph four.
Rehearsals shall be considered to be continuous from the date of the
first rehearsal to the date of the first public performance of the
play as provided in paragraph three.
If the above play is a musical play, or a spectacular production,
then, wherever the word "Four" appears in this paragraph and in
paragraph three the word "Five" shall be substituted.
_Notice of Closing_
7. The Manager shall give one week's notice of the closing of the
production and company for which the Actor is engaged.
_Duties of the Actor_
8. The Actor agrees to be prompt at rehearsals, to pay strict regard
to makeup and dress, to perform the services herein required in a
competent and painstaking manner to abide by all reasonable rules and
regulations, and to render services exclusively to the Manager from
the date of beginning of rehearsals, and not to render services to any
other person, firm or corporation without the consent of the Manager.
_Miscellaneous_
9. Lay-offs, unless caused through the fault of the Actor, shall not
be counted as part of the guaranteed period.
10. (a) The Actor's employment hereunder i
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