the front of the gem consisted of a bar, and the "theater" area; in the back were the rooms for the prostitutes. day-to-day operations were managed by al swearengen himself. additionally there is no evidence supporting the existence of dan dority and johnny burns (both portrayed in "deadwood", whose real life counterparts were based on a combination of multiple gem theater subordinates). swearengen was reputed to be much more brutal to the prostitutes than seen in the series. customers frequently brutalized the women, even to the point of killing them.