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.
OCTOBER 1899
October 2-7: Bijou: Two Little Vagrants, with Mildred Holland; Columbia: His Excellency, the Governor; Gayety: Courted into Court, with Billy Clifford and Maud Huth; Grand Opera House: A Wise Guy, with Edmund Hayes, Emily Lytton; Montauk: Zaza, with Mrs. Leslie Carter; Park: The Chimes of Normandy, Martha, with Jaxon Opera Company; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire; October 9-14: Bijou: Shore Acres; Columbia: Phroso, with Odette Tyler; Gayety: A Wise Guy, with Edmund Hayes and Emily Lytton; Grand Opera House: The Last of the Rohans, with Andrew Mack; Montauk: Zaza, with Mrs. Leslie Carter; Park: Il Trovatore, with Jaxon Opera Company; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire; October 16-21: Amphion: The Moth and the Flame, with Herbert Kelcey, Effie Shannon; Bijou: Hearts of Oak; Columbia: The Musketeers, with James O’Neill; Gayety: The Village Postmaster, with Archie Boyd; Grand Opera House: A Hot Old Time, with Johnny and Emma Ray; Park: Faust, with Jaxon Opera Company; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire; October 23-28: Amphion: The Musketeers, with James O’Neill; Bijou: Through the Breakers; Columbia: The Smugglers of Bayadez, The Serenade, Rob Roy, Robin Hood, with the Bostonians; Gayety: A High Toned Burglar, with Dolan and Lenharr; Grand Opera House: Courted into Court, with Billie Clifford and Maud Huth; Montauk: Rupert of Hentzau, with James K. Hackett; Park: H.M.S. Pinafore, Cavalleria Rusticana, with Jaxon Opera Company; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire; October 30-November 4: Amphion: The Cuckoo; Bijou: The Policy Players, with Bert Williams and George Walker; Columbia: The Rounders, with Thomas Q. Seabrooke; Gayety: The Last of the Rohans, with Andrew Mack; Grand Opera House: McIntyre and Heath’s Comedians, with Marie Dressler; Montauk: The Little Minister, with Maude Adams; Park: Carmen, with Jaxon Opera Company; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Novelty, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empir
OCTOBER 2-7, 1899
OCTOBER 9-14, 1899
OCTOBER 16-21, 1899
OCTOBER 23-28, 1899
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