ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908): NOVEMBER 1898

This site is under construction.

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.

NOVEMBER 1898

October 31-November 5: Amphion: La Tosca, Cleopatra, Fedora, with Melbourne McDowell, Blanche Walsh; Bijou: Cumberland ‘61; Columbia: The Golden Horseshoe, with the Lilliputians; Gayety: A Hot Old Time, with Johnny and Emma Ray; Grand Opera House: An Irish Gentleman, with Andrew Mack; Montauk: The Fortune Teller, with Alice Nielsen; Park: (Grover Stock Company) Pink Dominoes; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star; November 7-12: Amphion: A Stranger in New York; Bijou: The Land and the Sea; Columbia: A Day and a Night; Gayety: An Irish Gentleman, with Andrew Mack; Grand Opera House: Devil’s Island; Montauk: The Conquerors, with William Faversham; Park: (Grover Stock Company) Everybody’s Friend; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star; November 14-19: Amphion: The Old Homestead, with Denman Thompson; Bijou: Sweet Inascarra, with Chauncey Olcott; Columbia: A Brace of Partridges, “Goodby”; Gayety: Devil’s Island; Grand Opera House: Haverly’s Minstrels; Montauk: The Conquerors, with William Faversham; Novelty: (Novelty Stock Company) Lost Paradise; Park: (Grover Stock Company) The Long Strike, with J.H. Stoddart; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star; November 21-26: Amphion: The Golden Horseshoe, with the Lilliputians; Bijou: Sweet Inascarra, with Chauncey Olcott; Brooklyn Academy of Music: The Little Corporal, with Francis Wilson; Columbia: The Christian, with Viola Allen; Gayety: Haverly’s Minstrels; Grand Opera House: A High Born Lady, with Clifford and Huth; Montauk: The Adventure of Lady Ursula, with E.H. Sothern, Virginia Harned; Novelty: Lost Paradise; Park: The Wolves of New York; or, Red Riding Hood in Real Life; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star; November 28-December 3: Amphion: A Day and a Night; Bijou: On the Wabash; Columbia: Way Down East; Gayety: The Mulligan Guard Ball, with Edward Harrigan, Bob Fitzsimmons; Grand Opera House: A Reign of Error; Montauk: The Little Minister, with Maude Adams; Novelty: Lend Me Your Wife; Park: (Grover Stock Company) The Wolves of New York; or, Little Red Riding Hood in Real Life; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star