Brown, T. Allston A history of the New York stage from the first performance in 1732 to 1901 (v.2)

(New York :  Dodd, Mead and Co.,  1903.)

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THE FOURTEENTH  STREET  THEATRE
 

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Bunce, Herman Hirschberg; Fred Dalrymple, Arthur Hoops;
Grandma, Laura Joyce Bell; Mrs. Bunce, Emma Butler; Martha,
Mabel Strickland; Harriet, Margaret Dale Owen; Alvira, Viola
Miles; Little Rosie, Ethel Vance. "The Man-o'-War's Man"
was seen April 25. The house was closed April 28, and the next
season began Aug. 29, 1898, with "Devil's Island," by Arthur D.
Hall, for the first time in this city.    The cast was:
 

Maurice de La Tour, William Harcourt
 

Prince Boris Orloff
General Regaud
George Maxwell
Victor Duvernay
Oscar Astor    .
 

Ralph Delmore
Emile La Croix
Warren Conlan
. Carlton Wells
Ernest Tarlton
 

Countess......Emily Rigl

Pauline.....Adelyn Wesley

Gay Huntress .... Vera de Noie
Elizabeth . . . Dorothy Rossmore
Babette Folliote .    .   Christie Maclean
 

"The Dawn of Freedom," by Miron J. Leffingwell, was produced
Sept. 19, and stayed two weeks, with Laura Alberta as Paquita,
Ethel Barrington as Julia Rodriquez, and Ida Glenn as Jane
Fortune. J. H. Haverly's minstrels came here Oct. 3; " The
Sign of the Cross" returned Oct. 10 for two weeks; Chauncey
Olcott reappeared Oct. 31 for two weeks in "Sweet Inniscarra;"
"The Village Postmaster" was revived Nov. 14, and stayed seven
weeks.

Hanlon's "Superba" was given Jan. 2, 1899; Chauncey Olcott
appeared Jan. 9 in "A Romance of Athlone," by Aug. Pitou, acted
for the first time, and with this cast:

Sir Philip Ronyane .    Daniel Gilfether   Hon. Standish Fitzsimmons
Margaret Ronyane, Etta Baker Mardn                                     Richard Malchien

Francis Ronyane     .     Dustin Farnum   Stephen O'Grady     .    .     J. C. Hickey

Dick Ronyane     .     .    Chauncey Olcott   Ann Shea .... Lizzie Washburne

Bessie Ronyane .... Tottie Carr   Robin MacMahon   .   Chas. R. Gilbert

Dick O'Brien ....     Luke Martin   Molly MacMahon     .    . Argyle Gilbert

Major Martin Manning,    Paul Everton   Mary MacMahon     .     Louise Marcelli

Rose Manning     .    .    .     OHve White   Ruth     .... Marguerite Diamond

Eleanor McBride     -     Grace Freeman   Bill........Frank Bonn
 

The house was closed March 27, and reopened March 28 for two
weeks with "Report for Duty," by J. K. Tillotson:
 

Earl Golden . .
Hardin Dowling .
General Golden .
Clarence Fitzwell,
Harry Weston
Rodney Morton .
General Robert E.
 

. . A. S. Lipman
. . O. B. Thayer
. Leslie Matthews
Charles J. Jackson
. . Frank Monroe
. . . Harry Rich
Lee, Wilson R. Long
 

Sergt. Ford . .
Rastus ....
Blanche Morton .
Wynette Dowling
Mrs. Gordon . .
Carrie Golden
Virginia Dowling
 

. Charles Edwards
. John W. Burton
. . . Beryl Hope
. . OHve Porter
Frances Lincoln
lone Chamberlain
. Selma Herman
 

Mathews and Bulger appeared April 10 in "Sad Sea Waves;"
"Mother Goose," a musical extravaganza by Edgar Smith and
Louis de Lange,  was seen May i.     This was a failure and  the

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