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| Mrs. Leslie Carter in David Belasco's Du Barry. |
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).
OCTOBER 1903
October 5-10: Amphion: The Little Princess, with Millie James;
Bijou: (Spooner’s Stock Company) My Lord, the Butler; Columbia: (Wells-Dunne-Harlan
Musical Comedy Company) The Night of the Fourth; Folly: The Heart of
Maryland; Gotham: M’liss,
with Nellie McHenry; Grand Opera House: Running for Office, with the Four Cohans; Montauk: The Auctioneer, with 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, with Mrs. Leslie Carter; Bijou: (Spooner’s Stock Company) The
Banker’s Daughter; Columbia:
(Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company) The White Flag; Folly: Running for Office,
with the Four Cohans; Gotham: Why Women Sin; Grand Opera House: Mrs. Delaney of Newport, with the Elinore Sisters; Montauk: Vivian’s Papas,
with Elizabeth Tyree; Novelty: Kidnapped in New York, with Barney Gilmore; Park: A Great Temptation; or, Down Where the Mississippi Flows; Payton’s Fulton Street: (Payton Fulton Street
Stock Company) The Charity Ball; 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 A Little Detective: Vivian’s Papas, with Elizabeth Tyree; Bijou: (Spooner’s Stock Company) ; Columbia: (Wells-Dunne-Harlan Musical Comedy Company) The
Knickerbocker Girl; Folly: Mrs.
Delaney of Newport, with the 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, with Amelia Bingham; Bijou: (Spooner’s Stock Company) The Idler; Columbia: (Wells-Dunne-Harlan
Musical Comedy Company) The Mocking Bird, with Madeline Besley; Folly: Eight Bells, with the
Brothers Byrne; Gotham: Shadows of a
Great City, with 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
1. October 5-10, 1903
2. October 12-17, 1903
3. October 19-24, 1903
4. October 27-31, 1903
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