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| Brooklyn-born star Robert Edeson in Ranson's Folly. 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). MAY 1904 May 2-7: Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Lady from Laramie; Broadway: The Sign of the Cross; Columbia: Sapho, East Lynne, Camille, with Richard Buhler; Folly: Wedded but No Wife; Gotham: Queen of the Highway; Grand Opera House: The Peddler, with Joe Welch; Montauk: Ranson’s Folly, with Robert Edeson, Laura Hope Crews; Park: A Hidden Crime; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company) Payton’s Traveling Company; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Theatre) Little Lord Fauntleroy; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Watson’s, Unique, Gayety, Keeney’s, Novelty; May 9-14: Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Adrienne Lecouvreur; Broadway: The Show Girl; Columbia: King of Detectives; Folly: Out of the Fold, with Sylvia Bidwell; Grand Opera House: Kellar, the magician; Montauk: Red Feather, with Grace Van Studdiford; Park: The Signal Lights of Port Arthur; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Theatre) The Crimes of New York; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Watson’s, Unique, Gayety; Keeney’s: May 16-21: Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) A Bachelor’s Romance; Broadway: The Governor’s Son, with the Four Cohans; Folly: Shadows of a Great City; Park: The Little Mother; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Theatre) Camille; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Watson’s, Unique, Gayety, Keeney’s, Columbia |
1. May 2-7, 1904
2. May 9-14, 1904
3. May 16-21, 1904
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