Grace George (1879-1961), a famous actress often referred to as a “Brooklyn girl,” because she was raised there, although born in Manhattan.
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).\
MAY-JUNE 1902
May
5-10: Amphion: When Knighthood Was in Flower,
with Julia Marlowe; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Trelawney of the
Wells; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Lost Trail; Columbia: Il Trovatore, Carmen,
with Murray-Lane Company; Folly: The Governor’s Son,
with the Four Cohans; Gotham: (Gotham
Elite Stock Company) Blue Grass of Old Kentucky; Grand Opera House: The
Sign of the Cross, with Charles Dalton; Montauk: Francesca da
Rimini, with Otis Skinner; Payton Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Christopher,
Jr.; Phillips’ Lyceum:
(Lyceum Stock Company) Shamus O’Brien; Vaudeville/burlesque:
Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum; May 12-17: Bijou:
(Spooner Stock Company) My Brother’s Sister; Blaney’s: (Blaney All-Star Stock Company) The Blue and
the Gray; Columbia:
(Greenwall Stock Company returns) Reaping the Whirlwind; Folly: Garrett O’Magh,
with Chauncey Olcott; Gotham: (Gotham
Elite Stock Company) A Great Hero; Montauk: Under Two Flags, with Blanche Bates;
Payton Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Drifted Apart; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock
Company) Roxana’s Claim; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s,
Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum; May 19-24: Bijou: (Spooner Stock
Company) The Masqueraders;
Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Jeanne Du Barri, with
Jessaline Rogers; Folly: When London Sleeps; Orpheum: light opera season, with Milton Aborn Company; Payton
Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company away; visiting company) Ten Nights in
a Bar-Room; Phillips’
Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Sleeping City; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique; May
26-31: Bijou: (Spooner’s Stock Company) The Princess of Patches; Columbia: Jeanne Du Barri, with
Jessaline Rodgers; Orpheum: light opera, with Milton Aborn Company; Payton
Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Only a Farmer’s Daughter; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock
Company) Hi Hubbard; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s,
Star, Gayety, Unique; June 2-June 7: Bijou: A Daughter of the
South; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) As You Like It;
Burlesque: Star; June 9-June 14: Bijou: Trilby;
Orpheum: light opera, with Milton Aborn Company; Burlesque: Star; June 16-21:
Bijou: The Lady from Laramie; Orpheum: light opera, with Milton Aborn
Company; Burlesque: Star; June 23-28: Orpheum: light opera, with
Milton Aborn Company; June 30-July 5:
Orpheum: light opera, with Milton Aborn Company
May 5-10, 1902
May 12-17, 1902
May 19-24, 1902
June 2-June 7, 1902
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