Charles Frohman: Manager and ManMarcosson, Isaac Frederick
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Charles Frohman: Manager and Man
Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915; Theater -- United States
Altogether Charles Frohman produced more than five hundred plays--a
greater number than any other manager of his time. The list of his
productions, therefore, is really a large part of the record of the
English-speaking stage during the last quarter of a century.
In the list which follows, the name of the star or stars appear
immediately after the title of the piece. Except when otherwise
indicated, the theater mentioned is in New York.
Here is the complete list of Frohman's productions in chronological
order:
I
PRODUCTIONS IN AMERICA
_1883_
PLAY DATE THEATER
_The Stranglers of Paris_ November 12 New Park
_1884_
_The Pulse of New York_ May 10 Star
_Caprice_ (Minnie Maddern) November 6 Indianapolis
_1885_
_Victor Durand Road tour with Wallack's Theater_ Co.
_Moths_ " " "
_Lady Clare_ " " "
_Diplomacy_ " " "
_La Belle Russe_" " "
_The World_ " " "
_1886_
_The Golden Giant_ April 11 Fifth Avenue (McKee Rankin)
_A Toy Pistol_
(Tony Hart) February 20 New York Comedy
_A Wall Street Bandit_ September 20 Standard
_A Daughter of Ireland_ October 18 Standard (Georgia Cayvan)
_The Jilt_ (Dion Boucicault) October 29 Standard
_1887_
_Baron Rudolph_ October 24 Fourteenth Street
_She_ November 29 Niblo's Garden
_1888_
_Held by the Enemy_ Road tour
_1889_
_Shenandoah_ September 9 Star
_1890_
_The Private Secretary_ August 26 Grand Opera House
_All the Comforts of Home_ September 8 Proctor's 23d Street
_Men and Women_ October 20 Lyceum
_1891_
_Mr. Wilkinson's Widows_ March 30 Proctor's 23d Street
_Diplomacy_ June 12 Los Angeles, Cal.
_Jane_ August 3 Madison Square
_The Solicitor_
(Henry E. Dixey) September 8 Hermann's
_Thermidor_ October 12 Proctor's 23d Street
_The Man with a Hundred Heads_ November 2 Hermann's (Henry E. Dixey)
_Miss Helyett_ (Mrs. Leslie Carter) November 3 Star
_The Lost Paradise_ November 16 Proctor's 23d Street
_The Junior Partner_ December 8 Hermann's
_1892_
_Glorianna_ February 15 Hermann's
_Settled Out of Court_ August 8 Hermann's
_The Masked Ball_ (John Drew) October 3 Palmer's
_1893_
_The Girl I Left Behind Me_ January 25 Empire
_Ninety Days_ February 6 Broadway
_Liberty Hall_ August 21 Empire
_Fanny_ September 4 Standard
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