Part 1

CHARLES FROHMAN: MANAGER AND MAN

ISAAC F. MARCOSSON and DANIEL FROHMAN

With an Appreciation by James M. Barrie

Illustrated with Portraits

New York and London Harper & Brothers M.C.M.X.V.I

Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Copyright, 1915, 1916, by International Magazine Company (Cosmopolitan Magazine) Printed in the United States of America Published October, 1916

_To

The Theater

That Charles Frohman

Loved and Served_

Nought I did in hate but all in honor!

HAMLET

Contents

CHARLES FROHMAN: AN APPRECIATION

I. A CHILD AMID THE THEATER

II. EARLY HARDSHIPS ON THE ROAD

III. PICTURESQUE DAYS AS MINSTREL MANAGER

IV. IN THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL WHIRLPOOL

V. BOOKING-AGENT AND BROADWAY PRODUCER

VI. "SHENANDOAH" AND THE FIRST STOCK COMPANY

VII. JOHN DREW AND THE EMPIRE THEATER

VIII. MAUDE ADAMS AS STAR

IX. THE BIRTH OF THE SYNDICATE

X. THE RISE OF ETHEL BARRYMORE

XI. THE CONQUEST OF THE LONDON STAGE

XII. BARRIE AND THE ENGLISH FRIENDSHIPS

XIII. A GALAXY OF STARS

XIV. STAR-MAKING AND AUDIENCES