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 1904
October 31-December 5: Amphion: (Spooner Stock Company #1) My Brother’s Sister, with Cecil Spooner; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company #2) La Tosca, with Edna May Spooner; Broadway: The Maid and the Mummy; Columbia: (Columbia Stock Company) Fabio Romani; Folly: Tracked Around the World; Gotham: A Fight for Love, with “Bob” Fitzsimmons; Grand Opera House: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Othello, Richelieu, “The Bells,” with Thomas E. Shea; Majestic: Captain Barrington, with Richard Bramwell; Montauk: The Tenderfoot, with Richard Carle; Novelty: Escaped from Sing-Sing; Park: Dealers in White Women; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) What Happened to Jonesky; Phillips’ Lyceum (Lyceum Stock Company) The Black Hand; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Unique, Orpheum, Gayety, Keeney’s, Watson’s; November 7-11: Amphion: (Spooner Stock Company #2) Camille, with Edna May Spooner; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company #1) Pawn Ticket 210, with Cecil Spooner; Broadway: The Dictator, with Willie Collier; Columbia: (Columbia Stock Company) The Climbers; Folly: The Ninety and Nine; Gotham: Why Girls Leave Home; Grand Opera House: The Volunteer Organist; Majestic: The Errand Boy, with Billy B. Van; Montauk: The Girl from Kay’s, with Sam Bernard, Hattie Williams; Novelty: The Flaming Arrow; Park: The Little Church Around the Corner; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company) Josephine, Empress of the French; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Wolves of New York; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde and Behman’s, Unique, Star, Gayety, Keeney’s, Orpheum, Watson’s; November 14-19: Amphion: (Spooner Stock Company #2) The Adventure of Lady Ursula, with Cecil Spooner; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company #1) Up York State, with Edna May Spooner; Broadway: The Yankee Consul, with Raymond Hitchcock; Columbia: (Columbia Stock Company) Woman Against Woman; Folly: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Othello, Richelieu, “The Bells,” with Thomas E. Shea; Gotham: The Factory Girl; Grand Opera House: The Missourians; Majestic: The Bonnie Brier Bush, with J.H. Stoddart; Montauk: The County Chairman, with Maclyn Arbuckle; Novelty: Kidnapped in New York, with Barney Gilmore; Park: Deserted at the Altar; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company) Blue Jeans; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Friends; Vaudeville/ burlesque: Hyde and Behman’s, Unique, Star, Gayety, Keeney’s, Orpheum, Watson’s; November 21-26: Amphion: (Spooner Stock Company #2) Led Astray, with Edna May Spooner; last week of Spooner Stock Company at this theatre; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company #1) The Irish Post Girl, with Cecil Spooner; Broadway: Checkers, with Thomas W. Ross; Columbia: (Columbia Stock Company) Paul Revere, with Richard Buhler; Folly: The Vacant Chair; Gotham: On Thanksgiving Day; Grand Opera House: Our New Minister; Majestic: Cohen’s Luck, with Joe Welch; Montauk: The Sorceress, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell: Novelty: Lighthouse by the Sea; Park: A Wayward Son; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company) A Trip to Chinatown; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Human Spiders; or, the Power of Love; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde and Behman’s, Unique, Star, Gayety, Keeney’s Fulton Street, Orpheum, Watson’s; November 5-December 1: Amphion: Hamlet, with Darrel Vinton; Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company #1) Hands Across the Sea, with Edna May Spooner; Broadway: The Isle of Spice; Columbia: (Columbia Stock Company) Virginius; Folly: The Street Singer, with Florence Bindley; Gotham: Little Church Around the Corner; Grand Opera House: Two Little Sailor Boys; Majestic: Flo Flo, with Stella Mayhew; Montauk: The Rogers Brothers in Paris, with the Rogers Brothers; Novelty: The Factory Girl; Park: The Stain of Guilt; Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company) Rosedale; Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Orphan and the Heiress; Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde and Behman’s, Unique, Star, Gayety, Keeney’s, Orpheum, Watson’
1. October 31-November 5. 1904
2. November 7-11. 1904
3. November 14-19, 1904
4. November 21-26, 1904
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