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

NOVEMBER 1902

November 3-8: Amphion: Tom Moore, with Andrew Mack; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Jilt; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Stranglers of Paris; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Mr. Barnes of New York; Folly: The White Slave; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Face at the Window; Grand Opera House: The Chaperons; Montauk: The Toreador, with Francis Wilson; Park: Searchlights of a Great City; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Josephine, Empress of the French; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Lion’s Heart; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; November 10-15: Amphion: The Honor of the Humble, with James O’Neill; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Cherry Pickers; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The World against Her; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Camille; Folly: For Her Children’s Sake; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Blood Atonement; Grand Opera House: The Governor’s Son, with the Four Cohans; Montauk: The Rogers Brothers at Harvard, with the Rogers Brothers; Park: The Bandit King; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Guilty Mother; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) A Bowery Girl; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; November 17-22: Amphion: Foxy Grandpa, with Joseph Hart, Carrie DeMar; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Caprice; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Woman in Black; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Hoodman Blind; Folly: A Ragged Hero; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Man’s Enemy; Grand Opera House: For Her Children’s Sake; Montauk: Rip Van Winkle, The Rivals, with Joseph Jefferson; Park: The Counterfeiters; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Peaceful Valley; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) A Runaway Wife; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique; November 24-29: Amphion: A Gentleman of France, with Kyrle Bellew; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The New South; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) My Lady Nell; Brooklyn Academy of Music: Way Down East; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Under the Red Robe; Folly: The Chaperons; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) For Fair Virginia; Grand Opera House: Sky Farm; Montauk: The Mummy and the Hummingbird, with John Drew; Park: A Ragged Hero; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Two Orphans; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Under Sealed Orders; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Gayety, Unique