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An Historical Study of the Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1873-1902 Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1970 An Historical Study of the Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina, From 1873-1902. Rupert T. Barber Jr Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Barber, Rupert T. Jr, "An Historical Study of the Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina, From 1873-1902." (1970). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 1820. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/1820 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 71-6540 BARBER, Jr., Rupert T., 1932- AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE THEATRE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1873- 1902. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1970 Theater University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE THEATRE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1873-1902 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Speech by Rupert T. Barber, Jr. B.S., Louisiana State University, 1954 M.A., Columbia University, 1958 August, 1970 to pay fur the THURSDAY, JANUARY 13TH. ho world ■-- to:— .o:--- M nrmlight 1'nrewcll Appearance, this scaiori of the and Liver reerlessti’e.m uf the American fltayo, onied inure I ifilie pro- t, hut there w MISS KATIE PUTKAM, icted with aftor about 10 or such as —AKP nr.R— nliil polei'incn The first Ilnliilu il UNRIVALED COMEDY COMPANY. irt. Heint- those who we: i burning The celebrated Domestic I’iay in Kiye Acte, ■ to retire at t advertisement "ow bkin entitled ed in tlicir liit ito in the in class month Jding. low Fanchon, tho Cricket. to appear o f Moasra u Sinlvii. ts nnd ro­ FANCIION, Thk McitRV CntricsT, ll 75 cen t M iss K/.tik F ct .vI m. mule wm btoh 10 cents. With Original Songs nnd Dances. I SI Rnm-ay, i in the I. [<lec30 on the Stntc-vi General Admission 7ft cents, Resarved Scats 00 CJnlli ry 50 cento. bents can bo <lay, to Moor erchanta, Daily Charlotte Observer itiy. A ft. t-curcd nt PnifKis’n hoolt store. of Iredell eout in the janS 5t T'oe thief, W > ih red nah. sny. in n'Mitio announcing :cia) rates .’ell ropo ull to r load to C M BlO 'ira OBSBA BQTi'SS, itinn nnd lor prices. :mpt at Hubbi Edwin Booth’s performance. ONrt. • "They ore coining to tho play; get you ft i 1 tusilay even iitn, Oft. placo.’1—bHAKnsrG.sRE i win started fr -:o.— :o:— ly, in a enrri Thv lucpt Eminent Actor'of the Shakes- mlicr, wl-.o bat (Daily Charlotte Observer, ■ jieriim Stage, day at liia limi Thursday, January 13, 1876,) ent. ]ii a !nii< a from llic city our ctia- The popular Tragedian, Mr. 5’’. IJ.tV AltDK , met lour neyr Wu huve of Booth's Theatre, New York, hem , Mrs. Krv doors be- —-At»I>—* itly occu- making nn «f al Be.nk, A DRAM . VITO rOMl'ANY OF GREAT ear end o the ■a and the REFUTATION, IN m ention to liit NER, -he horses and ressere: SSAKOTAfflS a m ® , leerois. tindin d escaped tliri " ON TUESDAY EVENING, k ty lost to siglt . JANUARY S5TH, 1370. red mid the carriage w ent oil u n til it «r- Which will be tlicir only performance in 1 ut the house of S. II Iiiituii, Eq., nm authorized by the Board of Cotntnls • this State. re Cajit. Ei win related this incident, (doners of ihis county, to offer a reward S rcvp .eo F lacks , ..............'...$2.00 E ach . rfTWENTYT FIVE HOLLARS for the nr- jwtd a piH-oi and proceeded on his way. .ftiB r T h e a r .le will commence on Thurs­ re-U of each one ol the persons encaged in r. Hiliori M.ys that a s h o it tim e before day morning, January zOlh, at I’hiierV eiMicr.of the highway Kohberirs. which Boole Store. hrwin’s arrival, he was out in Iiisbarn have been commit e.l in ’his cmintv during < !ir - Orders trom neighboring towns or this month, nnd fur evidence snillcient to utidsiiiv the four neemcs spoken of gu­ countrv, can tie sent at once. convict, . M K A LbXANDKK, lp iho road (oward intvii. One of them J in l3 2w Sheriff of Meek) nburg county. iAu siioit sties in his hand, end (lie ja n l3 3t . • '. • ic crowd was Iiiurhing and shouting, Ten Cent Column. is m a k e -11 ^ 0 0 ^ * ^ " " IU t, on tha pttblii in less than a i nocrtijd in thit <ut upon there, Edwin Booth Certainly Coming (10) «7l/s p € i i things end ? No arlvirtinc mty-fixrc ctnte and every con; An advertisement received yesterday ipt iii.il V’gnrot froia J« T, Ford, makes the authoritative end utic. ptniisl have returned Ci.—biucc the announcement that the great actor will ap­ Dew I) i op, to- :e that Slit rill* pear in this city on the evening of Tues­ rd ol $2> Citth • Ingli ivny robb day, the 25th inst., and will present Mantua Maker, it to convict (I Shakespeare’s magnificent creation, "Ham­ d,'under Alox- iitorn of Wolfe,' let, Prince of Denmark," We make this an­ ill ho pleased: ; Aildhl iiml I ud ninny ucw ■i tlio Cliuilon nouncement with profound delight, • • . njy. It. M. Mirtir nts, Childrens (Dally Charlotte Observer, Thursday, Janu- ZO coo tv, r date o f T u o .n ,CJI ary 13* 187^.1 Col ori-i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer wishes to express his sincere apprecia­ tion to the members of the Graduate Faculty of the Speech Department and to Dr. Fabian Gudas of the Department of English for the understanding, help and knowledge they have given during his writing of this dissertation. Especially does he thank Dr. Claude Shaver whose direction made the completion of this study possible. It would be impossible to list the large number of people outside the academic world who have given invaluable assistance to the compiling and writing of this study; however, special acknowledgment must be given to the writer's wife, Carol, for her under­ standing, patience, encouragement, assistance, and love; to Miss Mary Louise Phillips, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library, Mrs. Margaret Price, North Carolina State Library, and Mr. Leland Park, Davidson College Library, for their assistance during the long periods of research; to Mr. Joseph T. Gardner, Jr., for his reconstructed floorplans of the Opera House; to the informants who recalled so vividly the Opera House, Mrs. S. 0. Brooke, Mr. W. J. Edwards, and Mrs. M. G. Hunter; to the writer's parents, Rupert and Nora Barber, who through the years have offered the encouragement and assistance to make his education possible, and to the Ill rest of his family who have assisted at crisis points along the way. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................... ii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS............................... v ABSTRACT ............................................ vi INTRODUCTION ........................................ 1 CHAPTER I. THE OPERA HOUSE AND ITS OPENING SEASON . 16 II. THE FIRST PERIOD— 1875-1886— THE OPERA HOUSE: CENTER OF THEATRICAL ACTIVITY . 49 III. THE SECOND PERIOD— 1886-1890— THE OPERA HOUSE AND GRAY'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC .... 150 IV. THE THIRD PERIOD— 1890-1896— THE FIRST CHARLOTTE AUDITORIUM AND THE CITY HALL AUDITORIUM............................... 188 V. THE FOURTH PERIOD— 1896-1902— THE OPERA HOUSE ERA E N D S ........................... 237 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ............................. 314 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................ 324 APPENDIX A— PHOTOGRAPH AND DRAWINGS OF THE OPERA H O U S E ............................. 330 APPENDIX B— INTERVIEWS WITH PATRONS OF THE OPERA HOUSE ............................. 341 VITA ................................................ 356 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Page of Daily Charlotte Observer ob­ taining the first advertisement of Booth's Hamlet ........................... Frontispiece Exterior of the Charlotte Opera House ............... 332 Reconstructed floorplan of the main floor of the Charlotte Opera H o u s e ............... 335 Reconstructed floorplan of the bal­ cony level of the Charlotte Opera H o u s e .............................................. 337 A section of the Sanborn Insurance Map of 1885 showing the corner of Tryon and Fourth Streets ............................... 339 A section of the Sanborn Insurance Map of 1900 showing the southeast corner of Tryon and Fourth Streets ....................... 340 v ABSTRACT Theatrical history in Charlotte* North Carolina* one of the largest cities in the Southeast* has been ignored for many years. Professional theatre* except for small traveling entertainments* did not appear until J. H. Carson and Lewis W. Sanders built the Charlotte Opera House which opened September 16* 1874* and closed in December* 1902* with the opening of the larger Academy of Music. Although the Opera House was not open during the entire twenty-eight year period* it formed a basis for Charlotte's theatre history and spanned a period of change in the American theatre from the local stock company to the touring company of the Theatrical Syndicate. The study is divided into five periods: The Open­ ing Season* 1874-1875; The Opera House— Center of Theatrical Activity* 1875-1886; The Opera House and Gray's Academy of Music* 1886-1890; The Charlotte Auditorium and City Hall Auditorium* 1890-1896; and The Opera House Era Ends* 1896- 1902. The major sources of material were contemporary daily newspapers.
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