ACROSS THE RIVER FROM BROADWAY: ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908): OCTOBER 1903

Mrs. Leslie Carter in David Belasco's Du Barry.

OCTOBER 1903

*=novelties (recent plays new to Brooklyn)

October 5-10:
Amphion: The Little Princess (Millie James)
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) My Lord, the Butler*
Columbia: The Night of the Fourth (Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company)
Folly: The Heart of Maryland
Gotham: M’liss (Nellie McHenry)
Grand Opera House: Running for Office* (Four Cohans)
Montauk: The Auctioneer (David Warfield, Marie Bates)
Novelty: Across the Rockies*
Park: Through Fire and Water*
Payton’s Fulton Street: (Payton Fulton Street Stock Company) Christopher, Jr.

Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Pudd’nhead Wilson
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Caught in the Web
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum, Watson’s

October 12-17:
Amphion: Du Barry (Mrs. Leslie Carter)
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Banker’s Daughter
Columbia: The White Flag (Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company)
Folly: Running for Office (Four Cohans)
Gotham: Why Women Sin
Grand Opera House: Mrs. Delaney of Newport* (Elinore Sisters)
Montauk: Vivian’s Papas* (Elizabeth Tyree)
Novelty: Kidnapped in New York (Barney Gilmore)
Park: A Great Temptation; or, Down Where the Mississippi Flows
Payton’s Fulton Street: The Charity Ball (Payton Fulton Street Stock Company)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Robert Emmet
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Toll Gate Inn
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Orpheum, Unique, Gayety, Watson’s, Bushwick Music Hall

October 19-24:
Amphion: Vivian’s Papas (Elizabeth Tyree)
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) A Little Detective
Columbia: The Knickerbocker Girl (Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company)
Folly: Mrs. Delaney of Newport (Elinore Sisters)
Gotham: Wealth and Poverty*
Grand Opera House: Jim Bludso*
Montauk: The Silver Slipper*
Novelty: The Limited Mail
Park: The Child Wife*
Payton’s Fulton Street: (Payton Fulton Street Stock Company) Quo Vadis
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Duchess Du Barry
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) A Break for Liberty
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum, Watson’s, Bushwick Music Hall

October 27-31:
Amphion: The Frisky Mrs. Johnson* (Amelia Bingham)
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Idler*

Columbia: The Mocking Bird (Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company; Madeline Besley)

Folly: Eight Bells (Brothers Byrne)
Gotham: Shadows of a Great City (Annie Ward Tiffany)
Grand Opera House: Rachel Goldstein; or, The Struggles of a Poor Girl in New York*
Montauk: The Sultan of Sulu (Frank Moulan)
Novelty: Searchlights of a Great City*
Park: A Fight for Millions
Payton’s Fulton Street: (Payton Fulton Street Stock Company) A Gilded Fool
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Hearts Aflame
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Red River*
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Star, Gayety, Unique, Orpheum, Watson’s, Bushwick Music Hall