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| Edna May Spooner, one of the two sisters who were leading ladies with the Spooner Stock Company. |
The book covers everything related to Brooklyn theatre during
the first decade of the former city's first decade as a borough of Greater New
York, including plays, playhouses, productions, people, producing policies,
scandals, lawsuits, fires, accidents, brawls, ethnic theatres, crimes,
religious attacks, rivalry with Manhattan, and so on. The focus is on
legitimate theatre, but considerable attention is paid to developments in
vaudeville and burlesque as well.
To find a specific month, please use the search box in the upper
left corner. May-June and August-September are always joined, so searches for
one of those months should be, for example, May-June 1906.
Samuel L. Leiter
Author: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE: NINETEENTH-CENTURY THEATER IN
THE CITY OF CHURCHES (McFarland: 2024).
*=novelties
(recent plays new to Brooklyn)
February 3-8:
Amphion: Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (Ethel Barrymore)
Bijou: Dangers of Paris*
Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Fatal Flower
Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Carmen
Folly: M’liss (Nellie McHenry)
Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Camille
Grand Opera House: The Man Who Dared* (Howard Hall
Montauk: Magda; The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray; The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith; Marianna;* Beyond
Human Power* (Mrs. Patrick Campbell)
Park: (Spooner Stock Company) A
Scrap of Paper
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Masked Ball
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Sporting Duchess
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique
February 10-15:
Amphion: Way Down East
Bijou: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Al. W. Martin’s company)
Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Daughter of the Diamond King
Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) A Trip to Chinatown
Folly: In Old Kentucky
Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Fugitive
Grand Opera House: McFadden’s Row of Flats
Montauk: The Widow Jones (May Irwin)
Park: (Spooner Stock Company) Blue Jeans
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Lady of Lyons
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Home, Sweet Home
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique
February 17-22:
Amphion: The Liberty Belles
Bijou: The Outpost*
Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) Blue Jeans
Brooklyn Academy of Music: Protecto, or Fun in Fairyland
Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Sapho
Folly: McFadden’s Row of Flats
Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Sins of the Night
Grand Opera House: In Old Kentucky
Montauk: The Auctioneer* (David Warfield)
Park: (Spooner Stock Company) Lord and Lady Algy
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) A Temperance Town
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) A Guilty Mother
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique
February 24-March 1:
Amphion: The Bonnie Brier Bush* (J. H. Stoddart)
Bijou: On the Suwannee River* (J. K. Emmett, Lottie Gilson)
Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Red Cross Nurse
Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) A Bachelor’s Honeymoon
Folly: The Outpost
Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Eagle’s Nest
Grand Opera House: Up York State (David Higgins, Gloria Waldron)
Montauk: The New Yorkers* (Dan Daly)
Park: (Spooner Stock Company) Pawn Ticket 210
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Camille
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Burglar
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique
February 3-8, 1902
February 10-15, 1902
February 17-22, 1902
February 24-March 1, 1902
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