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Proctor's
Theatre
(23rd St. at 6th Ave.)
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| Built |
Originally
a church |
| Location |
23rd St.
at 6th Ave. |
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| Developer/Manager |
F.F.
Proctor |
| 1st
Production |
1888 - Refined
Vaudeville |
| Major
Productions |
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| Joseph
Haworth's Appearances |
Ye
Earlie Trouble - 1892 |
| Demolished |
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| Interesting
Facts |
F.
F. Proctor was a pioneer in popular
theatre.
He believed strongly in filling
a theatre at fifty cents a seat,
rather than having it only half filled
at a dollar a ticket.
The opening of this theatre
launched Proctor’s career as a
producer of vaudeville and popular
melodrama.
With the advent of motion
pictures, Proctor’s policy changed
to a combination of films and
vaudeville, then to films alone. |
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Joseph
Haworth at Proctor's Theatre |
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On
October 10, 1892 Joe appeared at Proctor’s
as "Ralph Izzard" in Ye
Earlie Trouble. The cast and
production values were praised, but
otherwise the Revolutionary War play was
not received well by the critics.
Although Joseph had star billing, he had
a short but showy part. The October 15
edition of the New York Dramatic Mirror
wrote: "He was fiery and dramatic,
and at the close of the third act, his
declamation electrified the house."
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