ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908): MARCH 1902

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).

MARCH 1902

March 3-8: Amphion: Eben Holden, with E.M. Holland; Bijou: King of the Opium Ring; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Still Alarm; Columbia: (Greenwall’s Stock Company) Lend Me Your Wife; Folly: The Head Waiters, with Ward and Vokes; Gotham: (Gotham Elite Stock Company) The Stowaway; Grand Opera House: All on Account of Eliza, with Louis Mann, Clara Lipman; Montauk: The Little Duchess, with Anna Held; Park: (Spooner Stock Company) My Official Wife; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Girl I Left Behind Me; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Current Cash; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum; March 10-15: Amphion: The Widow Jones, with May Irwin; Bijou: The Night Before Christmas; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Forger’s Daughter; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) A Milk White Flag; Folly: All on Account of Eliza, with Louis Mann, Clara Lipman; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Beacon Lights; Grand Opera House: The Head Waiters, with Ward and Vokes; Montauk: Alice of Old Vincennes, with Virginia Harned; Park: (Spooner Stock Company) The Little Minister; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Woman Hater; Phillips’s Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Silver King; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum; March 17-22: Amphion: D’Arcy of the Guards, with Henry Miller; Bijou: Sons of Ham, with Williams and Walker; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company); The Two Orphans; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) The Streets of New York; Folly: Eben Holden, with E.M. Holland; Gotham (Elite Stock Company) The Unknown; Grand Opera House: Kellar, magician; Montauk: David Harum, with William H. Crane; Park: (Spooner Stock Company) Kathleen Mavourneen; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) A Lady of Quality; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The American Girl; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum; March 24-29: Bijou: A Thoroughbred Tramp; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company); King of the Opium Ring; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) East Lynne; Folly: The Road to Ruin; Gotham (Elite Stock Company) Leah, the Forsaken; Grand Opera House: Eben Holden, with E.M. Holland; Montauk: Under Southern Skies, with Grace George; Park: (Spooner Stock Company) The Man from Mexico; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Mr. Barnes of New York; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Sam’l of Posen; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum