City Theater, Brockton, Massachusetts

scott 27 February 2015

The following is from a web site that appears to have been abandoned or ignored for several years. The supplied email addresses no longer function so I have not been able to verify this information or ask for permission to post it. I believe it was written by one Gerald Beal who was at one time associated with the Brockton Historical Society. Anyway, I believe that Twain and Cable had a speaking engagement here on November 14, 1884. I have found no corroborating information to this effect, however. \ \

BROCKTON'S CITY THEATER 

Music Hall, Orange, New Jersey

scott 20 February 2015

The Mark Twain and George W. Cable speech did indeed take place at the Music Hall located in Orange, NJ. I'm attaching some files from the East Orange Gazette from 1884 that feature advertisements and brief articles regarding the lecture. An 1887 business directory sets the Music Hall's location at the corner of Main and N. Day Street. Subsequent names for the hall are 1908 - Orange Theatre and 1920 - Bijou Theatre both with the address of 243 Main Street 

Rockport, MA

scott 18 February 2015

Twain spoke at the Town Hall December 23, 1870

November 1 - January 21, 1870 Lecture Tour: At least 49 engagements - "Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands"

One version of this speech is published in Mark Twain Speaking, pp. 4-15.



Also see Steve Railton's web site at the University of Virginia for more details on on this tour. Under the management of James Redpath http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Rockport,_by_E._G._Ro…

Queen's Hall, Montreal, Canada

scott 5 February 2015

Queen's Hall. First hall in Montreal expressly constructed for concert use. It was built in 1880 on the northwest corner of Ste-Catherine and Victoria streets. The auditorium seated 1159 and was equipped with an organ. It served as the home of the Montreal Philharmonic Society (1880-9) and the Mendelssohn Choir of Montreal (1881-90) and was the scene of Emma Albani's three recitals on her return to Canada in March 1883. Queen's Hall was converted to a theatre in 1891 and destroyed by fire in 1899.

Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Clubhouse, Montreal

scott 5 February 2015

The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association came into existence June 1881 and began as a confederation of three sporting clubs: The Montreal Snow Shoe Club, The Montreal Bicycle Club, and The Montreal Lacrosse Club. These founding clubs shared the club space of the Montreal Gymnasium, located at Mansfield Street and de Maisonneuve Boulevard. 

Academy of Music, New York City

scott 5 February 2015

The Academy of Music was a New York City opera house, located at East 14th Street and Irving Place in Manhattan. The 4,000-seat hall opened on October 2, 1854. The New York Times review declared it to be an acoustical "triumph", but "In every other aspect ... a decided failure," complaining about the architecture, interior design and the closeness of the seating; although a follow-up several days later relented a bit, saying that the theater "looked more cheerful, and in every way more effective" than it had on opening night. 

First Congregational Church, Oberlin, OH

scott 4 February 2015

February 11, 1885: Sam and Cable gave a reading sponsored by the Union Library Association, at the First Congregational Church, Oberlin, Ohio. Reviews were mixed [Cardwell 58].  Clemens included: “Tragic Tale of the Fishwife,” “A Trying Situation,” “A Ghost Story,” and “Incorporated Company of Mean Men” [MTPO]. (Fears, "Mark Twain Day By Day). 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_Church_of_Christ 

Delaware, OH

scott 4 February 2015

February 10, 1885 Opera House  

Announcement and newspaper column on Mark Twain courtesy Millie Barnhart, Corresponding Secretary Delaware Co. Genealogical Society

Comstock's Opera House, Columbus, OH

scott 4 February 2015

197 S High St, Columbus OH

Became known as the Metropolitan Opera House

Opened: 1862

Closed: January 26, 1892

The November 30, 1874, Dispatch reported that the Metropolitan Opera House was the first building in Columbus with electric ignited, gas jet lighting. The Metropolitan Opera House, also called The Cotton Block and Comstock's Opera House was built in 1862 and burned 1/26/1892.

http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/26352.html

February 9, 1885

Academy of Music, Fort Wayne, IN

scott 4 February 2015

Academy of Music: 215 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN (between Clinton and Barr Streets). It is the small white-fronted building at left  

Built as The Rink: 1870  (a roller skating venue)  

Converted to a public hall: c. 1878-80 

Later known as The People's Theatre, which name is on the sign in the above image made from a photograph in 1899.  

Opera House, Janesville, WI

scott 3 February 2015

Known as the Myers Opera House. 118 E. Milwaukee Street, Janesville, WI 53545 

The Myers Theater was built in 1870 as the Myers Opera House. It started showing movies around 1929. In 1977 the Myers Theater was demolished and replaced with a bank. The history page for this theater gives Milwaukee Avenue and South Parker Drive as its location. Google Maps returns East Milwaukee Street and South Parker Drive.  http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14142 

January 20, 1885

Minneapolis, MN

scott 3 February 2015

January 24, 1885 Grand Opera House

Interviewed 24 January 1885 at the West Hotel after 11:00

"Clemens and Cable." Minneapolis Tribune, 25 January 1885, p3

Included in "Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews" (#35)

Grand Opera House, Minneapolis, MN

scott 3 February 2015

Located in the Syndicate Block, East side of Nicollet Between 5th Street and 6th Street, (Razed).  The Syndicate Block was one of the most ambitious development projects of its day. It contained some five acres of office and retail space. Among the many tenants the Syndicate housed through its hundred-year history, there were two notable photography studios: the studio of Frederick E. Haynes, and the Sweet Studio. Both of these studios were located in suite 605.

Burtis Opera House, Davenport, IA

scott 3 February 2015

The Burtis-Kimball House Hotel and the Burtis Opera House were located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It has since been torn down and it was delisted from the NRHP in 2008. The theatre building has been significantly altered since a fire in the 1920s. Both, however, remain important to the history of the city of Davenport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burtis-Kimball_House_Hotel/Burtis_Opera_House 

Central Music Hall, Chicago, IL

scott 2 February 2015

Central Music Hall (1879–1900) was a mixed-use commercial building and theater in Chicago, situated on the southeast corner of State and Randolph Streets. It was designed by celebrated German-born American architect Dankmar Adler. It was the first important building designed by the famous architect, in which he made initial use of his knowledge of acoustics. The building was demolished in 1900, around the same time Adler died, in order to build the Marshall Field & Company store, now Macy's.

Opera House, Keokuk, IA

scott 1 February 2015

The Grand Theatre was designed by Merle F. Baker and was constructed on the foundation of the Keokuk Opera House (Circa 1880) which burned in 1923. It was patterned after theaters in Chicago and was praised as one of the finest theaters in the country at the time.

http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/theatre.htm 

It Happened In Keokuk  Friday, December 7, 1923  

KEOKUK'S 43 YEAR OLD OPERA HOUSE IS GUTTED IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE. 

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