ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908): OCTOBER 1900

This page is under construction as new images are added.

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 1900

October 1-6: Amphion: On the Quiet, with Willie Collier; Bijou: The Gunner’s Mate; Columbia: The Viceroy, The Serenade, Robin Hood, with the Bostonians; Gayety: A Hole in the Ground; Grand Opera House: The Girl from Maxim’s; Montauk: Barbara Frietchie, with Julia Marlowe; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton’s Stock Company) The Parisian Princess; Drifted Apart; October 8-13: Amphion: The Pride of Jennico, with James K. Hackett; Bijou: Sons of Ham, with Bert Williams and George Walker; Columbia: Hearts are Trumps; Gayety: Dairy Farm; Grand Opera House: The Slaves of the Orient; Montauk: Sherlock Holmes, with William Gillette; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Aristocracy; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Al Reeves’ Music Hall, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty; October 15-20: Amphion: Woman and Wine; Bijou: Two Little Vagrants; Columbia: Hearts are Trumps; Gayety: A Man from the West, with James J. Jeffries; Grand Opera House: A Hot Old Time, with Johnny and Emma Ray; Montauk: Sherlock Holmes, with William Gillette; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) East Lynne, The Plunger; October 22-27: Amphion: Prince Otto, with Otis Skinner; Bijou: King of the Opium Ring; Columbia: The Old Homestead, with Denman Thompson; Gayety: A Hot Old Time, Johnny and Emma Ray; Grand Opera House: The Rounders, with Thomas Q. Seabrooke; Montauk: The Monks of Malabar, with Francis Wilson; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Jim, the Penman; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Al Reeves’ Music Hall, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty; October 29-November 3: Amphion:Theodora, with Melbourne McDowell; Bijou: Man’s Enemy, with Dorothy Rossmore; Columbia: All on Account of Eliza, with Louis Mann, Clara Lipman; Gayety: Siberia; Grand Opera House: Le Voyage en Suisse; Montauk: My Daughter-in-Law, with Herbert Kelcey, Effie Shannon; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) A Gilded Fool; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Al Reeves’ Music Hall, Brooklyn Music Hall, Empire, Star, Novelty