E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 26146-h.htm or 26146-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/1/4/26146/26146-h/26146-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/1/4/26146/26146-h.zip) CHARLES FROHMAN: MANAGER AND MAN by ISAAC F. MARCOSSON and DANIEL FROHMAN With an Appreciation by James M. Barrie Illustrated with Portraits New York and London Harper & Brothers M.C.M.X.V.I Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Copyright, 1915, 1916, by International Magazine Company (Cosmopolitan Magazine) Printed in the United States of America Published October, 1916 _To The Theater That Charles Frohman Loved and Served_ _Nought I did in hate but all in honor!_ HAMLET Contents CHARLES FROHMAN: AN APPRECIATION I. A CHILD AMID THE THEATER II. EARLY HARDSHIPS ON THE ROAD III. PICTURESQUE DAYS AS MINSTREL MANAGER IV. IN THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL WHIRLPOOL V. BOOKING-AGENT AND BROADWAY PRODUCER VI. "SHENANDOAH" AND THE FIRST STOCK COMPANY VII. JOHN DREW AND THE EMPIRE THEATER VIII. MAUDE ADAMS AS STAR IX. THE BIRTH OF THE SYNDICATE X. THE RISE OF ETHEL BARRYMORE XI. THE CONQUEST OF THE LONDON STAGE XII. BARRIE AND THE ENGLISH FRIENDSHIPS XIII. A GALAXY OF STARS XIV. STAR-MAKING AND AUDIENCES XV. PLAYS AND PLAYERS XVI. "C. F." AT REHEARSALS XVII. HUMOR AND ANECDOTE XVIII. THE MAN FROHMAN XIX. "WHY FEAR DEATH?" APPENDIX A--THE LETTERS OF CHARLES APPENDIX B--COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE FROHMAN PRODUCTIONS Illustrations CHARLES FROHMAN--Frontispiece VIOLA ALLEN WILLIAM GILLETTE JOHN DREW CLYDE FITCH HENRY ARTHUR JONES W. LESTOCQ CHARLES DILLINGHAM MAUDE ADAMS MAUDE ADAMS FRANCIS WILSON WILLIAM COLLIER MARGARET ANGLIN ANNIE RUSSELL WILLIAM FAVERSHAM HENRY MILLER WILLIAM H. CRANE AUGUSTUS THOMAS SIR ARTHUR WING PINERO ETHEL BARRYMORE JULIA MARLOWE E. H. SOTHERN ELSIE FERGUSON EDNA MAY BILLIE BURKE PAULINE CHASE JAMES M. BARRIE PAUL POTTER HADDON CHAMBERS OTIS SKINNER MARIE DORO JULIA SANDERSON ANN MURDOCK CHARLES FROHMAN AND DAVID BELASCO MARIE TEMPEST MME. NAZIMOVA CHARLES FROHMAN'S OFFICE IN THE EMPIRE THEATER CHARLES FROHMAN ON BOARD SHIP Charles Frohman: an Appreciation By James M. Barrie The man who never broke his word. There was a great deal more to him, but every one in any land who has had dealings with Charles Frohman will sign that.