Charles H. Yale
Charles H. Yale (1856-1920) was an American theatre producer and performer.[1] Early in his career he worked for the Boylston Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] In 1897 he formed a partnership in New York with David Henderson and W.J. Gilmore to produce "spectacular, operatic and musical plays."[3] Among Yale's theatrical productions: "The Sea King," "The Devil's Auction," and "Twelve Temptations."[4] He went bankrupt in 1910.[5]
References
- ^ Dramatic Index for 1920. Boston: Faxon, 1921
- ^ Michael Bennett Leavitt (1912), Fifty years in the theatrical management, New York: Broadway Pub. Co.
- ^ New York Times, September 19, 1897
- ^ Robert Grau (1909), Forty years observation of music and the drama, New York: Broadway Pub. Co.
- ^ "Charles H. Yale bankrupt; manager of 'Twelve Temptations' has $61,545 liabilities, $18,278 assets." New York Times, February 1, 1910
External links
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- University of Washington Libraries. Photo of the chorus from Charles H. Yale's 'Devil's Auction' Company, 1903
- Library of Congress. Posters:
- Chas. H. Yale's forever Devil's auction, 1899
- Chas. H. Yale & Sidney R. Ellis present the German dialect comedian and golden voiced singer, Al. H. Wilson in a new romantic German dialect comedy, The watch on the Rhine by Sidney R. Ellis, 1900
- Chas. H. Yale's fantastic spectacle, The evil eye, or The many, merry mishaps of Nid and the weird, wonderful wanderings of Nod, 1900
- Chas. H. Yale and Sidney R. Ellis' The evil eye, or The further funny freaks of Nid and the continued comical contortions of Nod, 1902