Alcazar Theatre (1885)
37°47′11″N 122°24′26″W / 37.78652°N 122.40709°W
- See also Alcazar Theatre (1911) and Alcazar Theatre (1976) for two other SF theaters of the same name.
The Alcazar Theatre was a
stock company, which included Maude Adams, Harry von Meter (before 1908);[1] John Ince (in 1910);[2] Howard Hickman (in 1910),[2] Grace Travers (in 1910),[2] and Evelyn Vaughan (in 1910).[2] It was under the management of the younger brother of David Belasco
, and Fred Belasco (1862–1920).
The Alcazar Theatre was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1911, another Alcazar Theatre opened one block to the west.
References
- ^ "Dramatic Music" (PDF). The Grizzly Bear. University of California, Berkeley. November 1908. p. 22.
- ^ Newsbank.
- Wilmeth, Don B (2007). The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83538-1.
External links
- Media related to Alcazar Theatre (1885) at Wikimedia Commons
- Photo of Alcazar Theater at 116 O'Farrell Street in San Francisco (AAA-8532)