A HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE: ACROSS THE RIVER FROM BROADWAY (1898-1908): AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1906

The Clansman

This blog is dedicated to preserving a record of Brooklyn theatre theatre-related images based largely on publication in nearly a half-dozen contemporary Brooklyn newspapers and one weekly magazine (Brooklyn Life) of 1898-1908. It also lists the week-by-week productions at each legitimate theatre from January 1898 through December 1908. It is adapted from my earlier blog, BROOKLYN THEATRE FROM 1898: AN ILLUSTRATED CHRONOLOGY and is intended as a supplement to a forthcoming two-volume book also called ACROSS THE RIVER FROM BROADWAY: ANNALS OF THE BROOKLYN STAGE (1898-1908).

The book covers everything related to Brooklyn theatre during the first decade of the former city's first decade as a borough of Greater New York, including plays, playhouses, productions, people, producing policies, scandals, lawsuits, fires, accidents, brawls, ethnic theatres, crimes, religious attacks, rivalry with Manhattan, and so on. The focus is on legitimate theatre, but considerable attention is paid to developments in vaudeville and burlesque as well.

To find a specific month, please use the search box in the upper left corner. May-June and August-September are always joined, so searches for one of those months should be, for example, May-June 1906.

Samuel L. Leiter

Author: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE: NINETEENTH-CENTURY THEATER IN THE CITY OF CHURCHES (McFarland: 2024).

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1906

*=novelties (recent plays new to Brooklyn)

July 30-August 4:
Blaney’s Amphion: Across the Pacific (Johnny Hoey)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Masqueraders

August 6-11:
Blaney’s Amphion: The Devil’s Auction
Grand Family Theatre: The King of Diamonds
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Woman Against Woman

August 13-18:
Blaney’s Amphion: The Great Jewel Mystery (Russell Brothers)
Grand Family Theatre: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Majestic: The Yankee Consul (Harry Short; opened Saturday, August 18)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) Soldiers of Fortune
Burlesque: Imperial, Star (both open Saturday, August 18)

August 20-25:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) If I Were King
Blaney’s Amphion: The Queen of the Circus (Beatrice Vance)
Broadway: The Gingerbread Man*
Grand Family Theatre: Ragged Hero
Majestic: The Yankee Consul (Harry Short)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Minister’s Son
Burlesque: Imperial, Star

August 27-September 1:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Graustark*
Blaney’s Amphion: The Curse of Drink
Folly: The Power of Money, or in the Power of the Trust*
Grand Family Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde
Grand Opera House: The Convict’s Daughter
Majestic: The New Errand Boy* (Billy B. Van)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Eternal City
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Lighthouse by the Sea
Shubert: Happyland (opened Saturday, September 1)
Vaudeville/burlesque: Gotham, Gayety, Imperial, Star

September 3-8:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) The Factory Girl
Blaney’s Amphion: The Millionaire Detective
Broadway: Arrah-na-Pogue (Andrew Mack)
Folly: Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl*
Grand Family Theatre: Lost in New York
Grand Opera House: A Bad Man from Mexico*
Majestic: Abyssinia (Williams and Walker)
New Montauk: His Honor the Mayor* (Harry Kelly, Trixie Friganza)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Soudan
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) A Devil in Skirts
Shubert: Happyland (De Wolf Hopper)
Vaudeville/burlesque: Gotham, Gayety, Novelty, Hyde & Behman’s, Imperial, Star, Orpheum, Keeney’s

September 10-15:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Leah, the Forsaken
Blaney’s Amphion: Wild Nell, A Child of the Regiment*
Broadway: Strongheart (Robert Edeson)
Folly: The New Errand Boy (Billy B. Van)
Grand Family Theatre: Montana
Grand Opera House: The Ninety and Nine
Majestic: Abyssinia (Williams and Walker)
New Montauk: The Galloper (Raymond Hitchcock)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Fatal Card
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) On the Bridge at Midnight
Shubert: The Press Agent (Peter F. Dailey)
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Unique, Gotham, Gayety, Keeney’s, Star, Imperial, Novelty

September 17-22:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Mr. Barnes of New York
Blaney’s Amphion: A Race for Life*
Broadway: Babes in Toyland
Columbia: A Woman of Fire*
Folly: Secrets of the Police*
Grand Family Theatre: The Corner Grocery
Grand Opera House: My Tom-Boy Girl (Lottie Williams)
Majestic: Breaking Into Society (Four Mortons)
New Montauk: The College Widow
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Girl I Left Behind Me
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) The Convict’s Daughter
Shubert: The Man on the Box (Henry E. Dixey)
Vaudeville/burlesque: Hyde & Behman’s, Unique, Gotham, Gayety, Keeney’s, Star, Imperial, Novelty

September 24-29:
Bijou: (Spooner Stock Company) Du Barry
Blaney’s Amphion: A Millionaire’s Revenge*
Broadway: The Virginian (Dustin Farnum)
Columbia: A Square Deal*
Folly: My Tom-Boy Girl (Lottie Williams)
Grand Family Theatre: Gypsy Jack
Grand Opera House: Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
Majestic: A Lucky Dog* (Nat M. Wills)
New Montauk: The Mountain Climber;* “The Little Father of the Wilderness”* (Francis Wilson)
Payton’s Lee Avenue: (Payton Stock Company) The Two Orphans
Phillips’ Lyceum: (Lyceum Stock Company) Under Two Flags
Shubert: The Prince Chap (Cyril Scott)