- (1886 - 1939) Active on Broadway [early career was as owner/operator of The Lyceum Theatre] following productions:
- (1886) Stage Play: The Main Line. Written by Henry C. DeMille. Lyceum Theatre: Sep 1886- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman [earliest Broadway credit]. Note: Built in 1885, The Lyceum Theatre at 4th Avenue (23rd & 24th Streets), New York, NY, was the first venue on Broadway to be lighted entirely by electricity (under the personal supervision of Thomas Edison). Although Steele MacKaye [1842- 1894] was the original owner, Helen Dauvrey took control after the first year and sold it to Daniel Frohman soon afterward and managed it successfully until it was demolished in 1902.
- (1887) Stage Play: The Highest Bidder. Written by Robert Reece and Morton Maddison. Directed of David Belasco. Lyceum Theatre: 3 May 1887- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Belle Archer (as "Rose Thornhill"), Herbert Archer (as "Sir Evelyn Graine, Baronet"), Walter Clarke Bellows (as "Joseph, Servant to Thornhill"), Rowland Buckstone (as "Sir Muffin Struggles, A Philanthropist") [Broadway debut], Maurice Clyde (as "Bill, His Assistant"), Lizzie Duroy (as "Mrs Honiton Lacy"), William Faversham (as "Parkyn, His Valet"), Miss Kline (as "Servant"), W.J. LeMoyne (as "Boham Chevoit, Of The Firs, His Neighbor"), J.W. Pigott (as "Lawrence Thornhill, Of The Larches"), Francis Raynes (as "Servant"), Percy Sage (as "Frank Wiggins"), Eugene B. Sanger (as "Telegraph Messenger"), E.H. Sothern (as "Jack Hammerton, Of Hammerton, Mallet & Co, London") [Broadway debut], Kitty Wilson (as "Louisa, Her Daughter"), Alfred Young (as "Sergeant Downey"). Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1887) Stage Play: The Great Pink Pearl/Editha's Burglar [joint production]. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Sep 1887- unknown (unknown performances). Editha's Burglar: Cast [as known]: Elsie Leslie, E.H. Sothern. The Great Pink Pearl: Written by Cecil Raleigh. Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1889) Stage Play: The Marquise. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1889) Stage Play: The Wife (Revival). Written by Henry C. DeMille and David Belasco. Lyceum Theatre: 29 Mar 1889- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman. Notes: (1) Filmed by Klaw & Erlanger, Biograph Company as The Wife (1914). (2) The original production in 1887 also ran at the Lyceum Theatre but Daniel Frohman was not credited.
- (1889) Stage Play: Lord Chumley (Revival). Lyceum Theatre: 20 Aug 1889- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Margaret Anglin, E.H. Sothern. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman. (1889) Stage: Owned theater where "Our Flat" was performed.
- (1889) Stage Play: Our Flat. Lyceum Theatre: 21 Oct 1889- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1890) Stage Play: The Maister of Woodbarrow. Written by Jerome K. Jerome. Lyceum Theatre: 26 Aug 1890- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: E.H. Sothern. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1890) Stage Play: The Idler. Written by C. Haddon Chambers [credited as Haddon Chambers]. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Nov 1890- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman. Note: Filmed by Reliance Film Company [distributed by Mutual Film] as The Idler (1914), and by Box Office Attractions Company (produced as William Fox Photoplays Supreme) as The Idler (1914)). Vitagraph Company of America filmed a 1913 short of the same title but did not credit the playwright.
- (1891) Stage Play: Nerves. Written by Comyns Carr. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Jan 1891-Apr 1891 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1891) Stage Play: Old Heads and Young Hearts (Revival). Lyceum Theatre: 6 Apr 1891- Aug 1891 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1891) Stage Play: The Dancing Girl. Written by Henry Arthur Jones. Lyceum Theatre: 26 Aug 1890- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: E.H. Sothern. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1891) Stage Play: Lady Bountiful. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 16 Nov 1891- Jan 1892 (closing date unknown). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1892) Stage Play: Squire Kate. Written by Robert Buchanan. Lyceum Theatre: 18 Jan 1892- Mar 1892 (unknown closing date/unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1892) Stage Play: Merry Gotham. Written by Elisabeth Marbury [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Mar 1892- Apr 1892 (unknown closing date/unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Theatre Owned and Operated by Daniel Frohman.
- (1893) Stage Play: An American Duchess. Melodrama. Written by Clyde Fitch. From "Le Prince d'Aurec" by Henri Lavedan. Lyceum Theatre: 20 Nov 1893- Dec 1893 (unknown performances). Cast: Georgia Cayvan, Herbert Kelcey, Eugene Ormonde (as "Baron Phillips"), Fritz Williams (as "Lord Danby"). Produced by Daniel Frohman. Note: Production marked the career shift to producer for Mr. Frohman.
- (1894) Stage Play: A Woman's Silence. Drama. Written by Victorien Sardou. Translated by Abby Sage Richardson [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyceum Theatre: 20 Nov 1894- Dec 1894 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Georgia Cayvan. Produced by Daniel Frohman. (1899) Stage: Produced "The Elder Miss Blossom" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ernest Hendrie and Metcalfe Wood [credited as Metcalfe Wood]. Knickerbocker Theatre: 20 Nov 1899-Dec 1899 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Percy Ames [credited as Percy F. Ames], Nellie Campbell, Rodney Edgecumbe, Frank Fenton, Athol Forde [credited as Athol Forde], Rudge Harding [Broadway debut], William H. Kendal, Mrs. William H. Kendal, Mary Kilpack, G.P. Polson, Mrs. A.B. Tapping.
- (1895) Stage Play: An Ideal Husband. Comedy. Written by Oscar Wilde. Lyceum Theatre: 12 Mar 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1895) Stage Play: The Prisoner of Zenda. Drama. Written by Edward E. Rice [erroneously credited as Edward Everett Rose]. From the novel by Anthony Hope. Cast: Grace Kimball (as "Princess Flavia"), E.H. Sothern (as "Rudolf Rassendyll"). Produced by Daniel Frohman. Note: Filmed many times, first by Famous Players as The Prisoner of Zenda (1913).
- (1895) Stage Play: The Home Secretary. Drama. Written by R.C. Carton. Lyceum Theatre: 25 Nov 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1895) Stage Play: Carmen. Drama. Written by Henry Hamilton and Prosper Mérimée. From the opera by Georges Bizet. Empire Theatre: 24 Dec 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Olga Nethersole. Produced by Charles Frohman and Daniel Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: The Benefit of the Doubt. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 6 Jan 1896- Feb 1896 (closing date unknown/30 performances). Cast [as known]: Isabel Irving, Herbert Kelcey. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: Note: An Enemy to the King. Drama. Written by Robert N. Stephens [credited as Robert Neilson Stephens]. Lyceum Theatre: 1 Sep 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: George E. Bryant (as "Frojae"), Rowland Buckstone (as "Blaise Tripault"), John J. Collins (as "Roquelin/Rougin"), Ray de Barrie (as "Giralda"), Roydon Erlynne (as "Montignae"), Owen Fawcett (as "Antoine"), C.P. Flockton (as "Francois"), Virginia Harned (as "Julie de Varion"), Frank Heath (as "Captain"), Daniel Jarrett"), (as "Gilles Barbemouche") [Broadway debut], Arthur R. Lawrence (as "Claude de la Chatre"), Edmund Lawrence (as "Pierre"), Jeanette Lowrie (as "Jeannotte"), George Mayne (as "Sabray"), Norman Parr (as "Pinto"), Kate Pattison-Selten (as "Marianne"), Violet Rand (as "Bribri"), Franklyn Roberts (as "Hugo"), Morton Selten (as "De Berquin"), E.H. Sothern (as "Ernanton de Launay"), Sam Sothern (as "Jacques"), Ernest Tarleton (as "Maugert/Godean"). Produced by Daniel Frohman. Note: Filmed by Vitagraph Company of America [distributed by Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E)] as An Enemy to the King (1916).
- (1896) Stage Play: The Courtship of Leonie. Drama. Written by H.V. Esmond. Lyceum Theatre: 24 Nov 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: James K. Hackett, Mary Mannering [Broadway Debut]. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: The Wife of Willoughby. Written by Theodore Burt [credited as Theodore Burt Sayre] (earliest Broadway credit) and Helen Bogart. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: The Late Mr. Costello. Melodrama. Written by Sydney Grundy. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1897) Stage Play: The First Gentleman of Europe. Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and George Fleming. Lyceum Theatre: 25 Jan 1897- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: James K. Hackett (as "George IV"), Mary Mannering (as "Daphne"), Edward Morgan (as "George Carteret"), Marie Shotwell (as "Lady Sark"). Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1911) Stage Play: Thy Neighbor's Wife. Written by Elmer Harris. Directed by Jacob Heniger. Lyceum Theatre: 5 Sep 1911-Sep 1911 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "John Robins"), Pamela Gaythorne (as "Mrs. Robins"), Alice John (as "Mrs. Miller"), Frederick Tiden (as "Mr. Miller"). Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1902) Stage Play: Frocks and Frills. Comedy. Written by Sydney Grundy. Incidental music by Frank Howson. Directed by Edward E. Rose. Daly's Theatre: 7 Jan 1902-25 Feb 1902 (64 performances). Cast: Gertrude Bennett, Rhoda Black, Scott Craven, Dorothy Dorr, Noira Dyer, Jane Evans, Rose Eytinge, Jameson Lee Finney, Alice Fischer, Beatrice Gresham, Stella Hammerstein, Albert S. Howson Annette Huntington, Margaret Illington, Robert Loraine, Ethel Mackie, Emma Navarre, Eugene Ormonde, William F. Owen, William Sauter, Hilda Spong, Grant Stewart. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: Dr. Wake's Patient. Written by W. Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord. Garrick Theatre: 19 Nov 1907 (1 performance). Cast: Rosa Cooke, Gunnis Davis, Grace Elliston, Edward Elsner [Broadway debut], Annie Esmond, Alexander F. Frank, May Galyer, Effie Germon, Margaret Gordon, Clarence Handyside, L.C. Howard, W. Gayer MacKay, Rex McDougall, Bruce McRae, Edith Ostlere, Charles Walcott.
- (1898) Stage Play: Trelawney of the 'Wells'" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 22 Nov 1898-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Louis Albion, George C. Boniface, Charles W. Butler, William Courtleigh (as "Mr. Ferdinand Gadd"), John Findlay, Mace Greenleaf, Ethel Hornick, Adelaide Keim, Blanche Kelleher, Mary Mannering, Edward J. Morgan, Helma Nelson, W.B. Royson, Hilda Spong (Broadway debut; as "Miss Imogen Parrott"), Grant Stewart (as "O'Dwyer, The Stage Manager"), H.S. Taber, Elizabeth Tyree, Charles Walcott, Mrs. Charles Walcott, Thomas Whiffen, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen (as "Mrs. Mossop"), Edward Wilkinson, Henry Woodruff [Broadway debut]. Produced by Daniel Frohman. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Actress (1928).
- (1901) Stage Play: The Love Match. Drama. Written by Sydney Grundy. Lyceum Theatre: 12 Oct 1901- Nov 1901 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Frank C. Bangs, Owen S. Fawcett, Bertha Galland, Charles F. Gotthold, Louis Hendricks, Deronda Mayo, L.F. Morrison, James Otley, Miss Prince, William Sauter, Harry Stafford, Mrs. Charles Walcott, Stephen Wright.
- (1899) Stage Play: The Song of the Sword. Romance. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. Directed by Edward E. Rose. Daly's Theatre: 24 Oct 1899- 26 Nov 1899 (40 performances). Cast: Frank Andrews, Frank Beamish, Adele Block, George E. Bryant, Rowland Buckstone, H.E. Chase, John J. Collins, Norman Conniers, Genevieve Dolaro, Thomas Doyle, Roydon Erlynne, Owen Fawcett, C.P. Flockton, Edward Fowler, Charles Giblyn, Frank Greppo, Virginia Harned, C.E. Henry, Daniel Jarrett, Arthur R. Lawrence, Edward Lester, Bertha Lingston, Charles Martin, R.R. Neill, H.S. Northrup, Norman Parr, Edna Phillips, William J. Phinney, Richard Pitman, Morton Selten, E.H. Sothern, Ernest Tarleton, H.S. Wood. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1900) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Fred Williams. Garden Theatre: 17 Sep 1900- Oct 1900 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: E.F. Bostwick, George E. Bryant, Rowland Buckstone, Henry Carvill, John J. Collins, Charlotte Deane (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), C.P. Flockton, Virginia Harned (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), William Harris, Taylor Holmes, Daniel Jarrett, Adelaide Keim, Richard Lambart, Arthur R. Lawrence (as "Claudius, King of Denmark"), Edmund Lawrence, H.S. Northrup, Leonard Outram, E.H. Sothern (as "Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present King") [Broadway debut], Vincent Sternroyd (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), Edwin Varrey (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"). Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1898) Stage Play: A Colonial Girl. Drama. Written by Abby Sage Richardson and Grace Livingston Furniss [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyceum Theatre: 31 Oct 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Virginia Harned (as "Mollie Heddin"), Eleanor Moretti (as "Judith"), E.H. Sothern (as "Godfrey Remsen"). Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: The White Flower. Drama. Written by Minnie Maddern Fiske [credited as Mrs. Fiske]. Lyceum Theatre: 31 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
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