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| William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. |
This blog is
dedicated to preserving a curated record of theatre-related images drawn from
the digitized pages of the four chief Brooklyn newspapers and one weekly
magazine of 1898-1908. The sources, as they were called during these years: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Citizen, Brooklyn Standard Union, and Brooklyn
Daily Times. At first, only Brooklyn
Life provided photos, but as time passed the newspapers, beginning with the
Citizen, abandoned their photo-based
etchings and line drawings for photos. Each entry is devoted to one or two
months during the decade. A list of the month’s offerings precedes the illustrations,
most of which are identified within the original image. The performers include
not only leading players but lesser ones, most of whose names are entirely
forgotten today. Many depict burlesque and vaudeville acts who are often listed
on the ads that begin each weekly group of images. The production lists
designate titles of shows at the legitimate theatres only; burlesque and
vaudeville theatres are listed only by name to show that they were active. If a
theatre is missing it was either permanently or temporarily closed.
It is hoped
that this blog will be a useful adjunct to a two-volume book I’m preparing for publication,
ACROSS THE RIVER FROM BROADWAY: ANNALS OF
THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908); Vol. I (1898-1903), Vol. II (1903-1908).
Samuel L. Leiter
Author: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE:
NINETEENTH-CENTURY THEATER IN THE CITY OF CHURCHES (McFarland: 2024).
DECEMBER 1902
December 1-6: Amphion: My Lady Peggy Goes to Town, with Cecil Spooner; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Madame Sans Gene; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Fugitive; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Secret Service; Folly: The Governor’s Son, with the Four Cohans; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Blow for Blow; Grand Opera House: Are You a Mason?, with John C. Rice, Thomas A. Wise; Montauk: Du Barry, with Mrs. Leslie Carter; Park: Not Guilty; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Shaughraun; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Face in the Moonlight; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; December 8-13: Amphion: Quincy Adams Sawyer, with Charles Dixon; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Still Alarm; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Great Poison Mystery; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Carmen; Folly: Are You a Mason?, with John C. Rice and Thomas A. Wise; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Red Barn; Grand Opera House: Alphonse and Gaston; Montauk: Du Barry, with Mrs. Leslie Carter; Park: Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Aristocracy; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Man Without a Country; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; December 15-20: Amphion: The Defender; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) East Lynne; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) In the Heart of the Storm; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) My Friend from India; Folly: Alphonse and Gaston; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Turn of the Tide; Grand Opera House: A Desperate Chance; Montauk: The Night of the Party, with Weedon Grossmith; Park: At Cripple Creek; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) A Midnight Folly; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Her One Great Sin; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; December 22-27: Amphion: Robert Emmet, with Brandon Tynan; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) A Lady of Quality; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Power of the Cross; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) As You Like It; Folly: A Fight for Millions; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Slaves of Russia; Grand Opera House: A Prince of Tatters; Montauk: Sherlock Holmes, with William Gillette, Alida Cortelyou; Park: The Little Mother; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Michael Strogoff; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; December 29-January 3: Amphion: The Toreador, with Francis Wilson; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Little Lord Fauntleroy; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown; Brooklyn Academy of Music: The Sword of the King, with Henrietta Crosman; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Antony and Cleopatra, with Melbourne McDowell, Florence Stone; Folly: A Desperate Chance; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The City of New York; Grand Opera House: Spotless Town; Montauk: The Joy of Living, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell; Park: Eight Bells, with the Byrne Brothers; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) A Milk White Flag; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Queen of Chinatown; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique
1. December 1-6. 1902
1. December 8-13, 1902
2. December 15-20, 1902
3. December 22-27, 1902
4. December 29-January 3, 1902
