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| Bertha Galland as Esmeralda in Notre Dame. A rising star in 1902, by 1910 her luster had dimmed, and her career was ending. |
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).
SEPTEMBER 1902
August 18-23:
Vaudeville/burlesque: Gayety; August 25-31: Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Barbara
Frietchie; Blaney’s:
(Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Man Who Dared; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock
Company) The Christian (opened Saturday, August 30); Vaudeville/burlesque: Gayety; Star; September
1-6: Bijou: The District Fair; Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Cherry
Pickers; Columbia:
(Greenwall Stock Company) The Christian (opened Saturday,
August 30); Folly: When Reuben Comes to Town (opened Saturday,
August 30); Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) The Galley Slave; Grand Opera House: My
Partner (opened Saturday, August 30); Montauk: The Show Girl; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock
Company) The Dancing Girl;
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Victorian
Cross (opened Saturday, August 30); Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Orpheum, Star, Gayety,
Unique; September 8-13: Bijou:
(Spooner Stock Company) Mr. Potter of
Texas; Blaney’s: Land of the Midnight Sun; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock Company) Held by the Enemy; Folly: My Partner;
Gotham: (Elite Stock Company: The Two
Orphans; Grand Opera House: The Heart of Maryland; Montauk: Florodora; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton
Stock Company) Lost Paradise;
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company): Coon
Hollow; Vaudeville/burlesque:
Hyde & Behman’s, Orpheum, Star, Gayety, Unique; September 15-20: Bijou:
(Spooner Stock Company) Mistress Nell: Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) The Voice
of Nature; Columbia:
(Greenwall Stock Company) A Social Highwayman; Folly: The Heart of
Maryland; Gotham: (Elite
Stock Company) Under Two Flags;
Grand Opera House: The Fatal Wedding; Montauk: The Henrietta, with Stuart Robson;
Payton’ Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) All the Comforts of Home; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock
Company) Fogg’s Ferry; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde &
Behman’s, Orpheum, Star, Gayety, Unique; September 22-27: Amphion: The
Climbers, with Amelia Bingham; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The
Silver Dagger; Blaney’s:
(Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) Wicked London; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock
Company) The Little Minister;
Folly: The Fatal Wedding; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) East Lynne; Grand Opera House: Arizona; Montauk: Notre Dame,
with Bertha Galland; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Catherine; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock
Company) Captain Herne, U.S.A.; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Orpheum,
Star, Gayety, Unique; September 29-October 4: Amphion: Der New
Yorker Brauer, Der Corner Grocery, New York in Word und
Bild (in German), with Adolf Phillips and company; Bijou: (Spooner
Stock Company) A Nutmeg Match;
Blaney’s: (Blaney’s All-Star Stock Company) Humanity; Columbia: (Greenwall Stock
Company) In Mizzoura; Folly: Arizona; Gotham: (Elite Stock Company) Lady
Nell; Grand Opera
House: The Doings of Mrs. Dooley, with George H. Monroe;
Montauk: The Auctioneer, with David Warfield; Payton’s Lee Avenue:
(Payton Stock Company) My Kentucky Home; Phillips’s Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The War of
Wealth; Vaudeville/burlesque:
Hyde & Behman’s, Orpheum, Star, Gayety, Unique
August 25-31, 1902
September 1-6, 1902
September 15-20, 1902
September 22-27, 1902
September 29-October 4, 1902
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