ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908): DECEMBER 1900

This page is under construction as new images are added.

This blog is dedicated to preserving a curated record of theatre-related clippings drawn from the digitized pages of the four chief Brooklyn newspapers and one weekly magazine of 1898-1908. Those sources, as they were called during these years, are: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Citizen, Brooklyn Standard Union, and Brooklyn Daily Times. At first, only Brooklyn Life printed photos; as time passed, the newspapers, beginning with the Citizen, abandoned 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 that are often listed on the heading 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.\

DECEMBER 1900

December 3-8: Amphion: The Parish Priest, with Daniel Sully; Bijou: A Hot Old Time, with Johnny and Emma Ray; Brooklyn Garrick: (Schiller Stock Company) A Soldier of the Empire; Columbia: The Cadet Girl, with Dan Daly; Gayety: Woman and Wine; Grand Opera House: Hearts of Oak; Montauk: San Toy, with Augustin Daly Musical Company, James T. Powers; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Young Mrs. Winthrop; Vaudeville/ burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty; December 10-15: Amphion: The Cadet Girl, with Dan Daly; Bijou: Superba; Brooklyn Garrick: (Schiller Stock Company) We ‘Uns of Tennessee; Columbia: My Lady Dainty, with Herbert Kelcey, Effie Shannon; Gayety: King of the Opium Ring; Grand Opera House: Woman and Wine; Montauk: The Pride of Jennico, with James K. Hackett; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Quo Vadis; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty; December 17-22: Amphion: Our New Minister; Bijou: The Honest Blacksmith, with Robert Fitzsimmons; Brooklyn Garrick: (Schiller Stock Company) The Fatal Weddinscheduled, but theatre closes); Columbia: Her Majesty, with Grace George; Gayety: Hearts of Oak; Grand Opera House: The Parish Priest, with Daniel Sully; Montauk: Sag Harbor, with James A. Herne; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Don’t Tell My Wife; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty; December 24-29: Amphion: Sag Harbor, with James A. Herne; Bijou: In Wall Street, with Kelly and Mason; Columbia: Hodge, Podge and Co., with Peter F. Dailey; Gayety: The Rebel, with Andrew Mack; Grand Opera House: The Floor Walkers, with Ward and Vokes; Montauk: Papa’s Wife, with Anna Held; Park: (Baker Stock Company) Hoodman Blind; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Taken from Life; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Academy of Music