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Frohman, Daniel
Frohman, Daniel (1851–1940), producer. Like his younger brother, Charles Frohman, he was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and came to New York, where he served in various capacities on several newspapers, including the Tribune, the Standard, and the Daily Graphic, before becoming an advance man for the Georgia Minstrels from 1874 to 1879. With Charles and his other brother, Gustave, he then helped manage Steele MacKaye's Madison Square Theatre, also assisting in sending out road companies of the theatre's hits. In 1885 he took over the old Lyceum Theatre and opened it with In Spite of All. Employing an excellent stock company that he developed there, Frohman quickly mounted such successes as The Highest Bidder (1887), The Wife (1887), Lord Chumley (1888), and The Charity Ball (1889). The performances of E. H. Sothern in two of these helped start that actor on his career as a major figure. An important later success was The Prisoner of Zenda (1895). He also produced several plays by Henry Arthur Jones and Arthur Wing Pinero, offering the American premieres of such plays as The Case of Rebellious Susan (1894) and Trelawny of the Wells (1898). For a time in 1899, after Daly's death, he managed Daly's Theatre. After the Lyceum was demolished in 1902, he built a new (and current) Lyceum a year later. With time he gradually abandoned producing but remained active in theatrical affairs. From 1904 until his death he served as president of the Actors' Fund of America. He found time as well to write several books, including two volumes of reminiscences, Memories of a Manager (1911) and Daniel Frohman Presents (1935), and a collection of essays on theatrical history, Encore (1937). Unlike his squat, clean‐shaven brother Charles, he was a wiry, balding man with a closely cropped beard and moustache.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FrohmanDaniel.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FrohmanDaniel.html |
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Frohman, Daniel
Frohman, Daniel (1851–1940), American manager, who started work as a journalist but in 1880 became business manager of the Madison Square Theatre. He went into independent management in 1885 with his brother Gustave (1855–1930) at the Lyceum Theatre; here he brought together an excellent stock company and was responsible for a number of outstanding productions, including plays by Pinero and H. A. Jones. E. H. Sothern scored his earliest successes under his management. When the old Lyceum closed in 1902 Frohman became owner of the new theatre bearing the same name and he was also manager of Daly's New York theatre, 1899–1903. On the death of his youngest brother Charles (above) he took over the administration of his affairs in America.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frohman, Daniel." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frohman, Daniel." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-FrohmanDaniel.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frohman, Daniel." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-FrohmanDaniel.html |
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Frohman, Daniel
Frohman, Daniel (1851–1940), brother of Charles Frohman, was also famous as an impresario, and was the author of Memories of a Manager (1911), Daniel Frohman Presents (1935), and Encore (1937).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-FrohmanDaniel.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Frohman, Daniel." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-FrohmanDaniel.html |
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