{"id":1100,"date":"2023-10-30T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:11:00","slug":"managers-of-the-union-square-theatre-published-june-21-1885","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/managers-of-the-union-square-theatre-published-june-21-1885\/","title":{"rendered":"Managers of the Union Square Theatre [published June 21, 1885]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheaterInterior.png?resize=640%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5042735042735043;width:202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheaterInterior.png?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheaterInterior.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Union Square Theatre interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By one of those odd coincidences which sometimes happen, the death of the first manager and originator of the Union Square Theatre, \u201cBob\u201d Butler, took place on the very day the benefit of the last manager of the Union Square Theatre, \u201cJim\u201d Collier was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBob\u201d Butler has been \u201cretired\u201d for some time, but in his day he made a little \u201clocal\u201d noise. He was brought up to \u201cbusiness,\u201d but got \u201cshow life\u201d on the brain, and gave up Wall Street for \u201cthe variety\u201d line of the show business. At one time he had four \u201cvariety theatres\u201d in full blast, two of \u2018em in this city. Of course he busted. He had some first class variety talent in his employ, at different times. Men like Tony Pastor, Hugh Dougherty, Sam Ryan, Ben Yates, Add Weaver, and women like Mlle. Galetti, Clara Harrington, Mlle. Katrina and Annie Hindle. He took seven different theatres at various periods, three of the seven bein\u2019 burned down while he leased \u2018em. It is due to him altogether that the Union Square Theatre was ever started. Butler interested Shook in the enterprise, and it was Butler that kept the theatre goin\u2019 for years, and then left Shook in possession. It was \u201cBob\u201d Butler, too, who discovered (for America) the Vokes Family and brought \u2018em over; and altogether, \u201cBob\u201d Butler deserved and got a good deal of notoriety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vokesfamily.jpg?resize=507%2C567&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8941798941798942;width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vokesfamily.jpg?w=507&amp;ssl=1 507w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vokesfamily.jpg?resize=268%2C300&amp;ssl=1 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vokes Family, actors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As for \u201cJim\u201d Collier, he has had a stronger \u201clocal\u201d pull on New York then most managers\u2013except, say, Lester Wallack and Augustin Daly\u2013for he was born in New York and has always lived in it, and knows a good deal about it, and a good many in it. He grew up in the old Fifth ward, where he not only \u201cran wid de machine\u201d but was a machinist himself. He learned his trade under John Carney, who was the finest engineer in New York thirty years ago, at least, so others considered him\u2013including himself. Carney is carrying on his business in the Fifth ward still, I am told. He looked upon \u201cJim\u201d as a promising apprentice, if he would only \u201capply himself,\u201d which was just what Collier wouldn&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/collier_james.jpg?resize=272%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6238532110091743;width:186px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/collier_james.jpg?w=272&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/collier_james.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Collier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead of attending to \u201cbiz,\u201d Jim was always \u201cspoutin\u2019\u201d at the old Murdoch Amateur Dramatic Association Rooms, which occupied a part of a house just back of old Noblo\u2019s. Any quantity of dramatic talent was lying around loose in those rooms. Billy Florence was originally a member of the \u201cMurdoch,\u201d and though a good deal younger than Jim Collier now, was a good deal older than Collier then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maggie Mitchell, who still plays the youthful Fanchon, was also a member of the \u201cMurdoch,\u201d and quite as old, if not older, than Billy Florence himself. Jane Coombs, who has long since flickered out, was one of the members at that time, as were Mat. Lingham, George Boniface and Frank F. Mackay. Sam Ryan, later on, joined the \u201cMurdoch,\u201d and, altogether, this old time amateur society produced a heap of good actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mitchell_maggie_fanchon.jpg?resize=313%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.750599520383693;width:189px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mitchell_maggie_fanchon.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mitchell_maggie_fanchon.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maggie Mitchell as Fanchon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Once Billy Florence and Jim Collier wanted the same part, and after a lot of chin-music the point was settled accordin\u2019 to John T. Raymond&#8217;s present style, by matchin\u2019 pennies. Collier won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On another occasion some of the older members of the \u201cMurdoch\u201d tried to \u201cfreeze\u201d Collier out, thinkin\u2019 he was too ambitious for a youngster. But Jim wasn&#8217;t to be frozen. He was indefatigable. He set to work and studied every male part there was in the piece, so as to be ready to play any part. There was no \u201cfreezin\u2019\u201d out this kind of a chap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The same man discovered \u201cJim\u201d Collier who discovered Henry Irving\u2013I mean \u201cPop\u201d Bateman. He saw Collier at his first appearance on the public stage at Newark, liked him and engaged him that night to join his travelin\u2019 company. Bateman and Collier were a good deal alike, hated \u201cfrills\u201d and were genuine. To this hour Collier always expresses his obligation to Bateman, but Henry Irving don&#8217;t. To the contrary, it has been stated that Irving was directly instrumental in oustin\u2019 out the family of his deceased benefactor from his theatre in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And like Sothern, Collier\u2019s \u201cgreatness,\u201d such as it was as a performer, was thrust upon him. He didn&#8217;t like the role of Landry in Maggie Mitchell\u2019s \u201cFanchon,\u201d but played it under protest and made a tremendous hit in it\u2013the hit of his life as an actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If Collier had kept right on actin\u2019 in New York, he might have become perhaps the most popular actor in the city, for his manly, free and easy way pleased men and women alike, but he \u201ctook to the road,\u201d went out under Maggie Mitchell and then took to keepin\u2019 a saloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The saloon was well kept, but it kept Collier out of the public eye. It made him a prime social favorite with men about town and sports, but it told against him theatrically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And when he gave up his Saloon he didn&#8217;t trust himself again before the public as an actor, but as a manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cShed\u201d Shook had taken a likin\u2019 to him, just as Bateman had done twenty years before. The two played tricks and cards, cracked jokes and bottles, and told stories together, and so Collier drifted into bein\u2019 Shooks theatrical head man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheater.png?resize=640%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2553606237816763;width:303px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheater.png?w=644&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jerrykuntz.org\/harryhill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UnionSquareTheater.png?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a practical joker, \u201cJim\u201d Collier ranks with Sothern and John McBride Davidson in the past and \u201cNed\u201d Gilmore and \u201cBilly\u201d Birch in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His strong point in carryin\u2019 out a joke is the air of hearty, honest indignation with which he will resent before his victim the bare suggestion of the undignified idea that he, James Collier, actor, manager, etc., could be for a moment guilty of even entertainin\u2019 the suggestion of a joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhat! You accuse me, sir\u2013me\u2013of participatin\u2019 in such a vulgar atrocity as a low prank of this sort!\u201d he exclaimed, drawin\u2019 himself up and lookin\u2019, as well as speakin\u2019, daggers at a callow youth, on whom he had just \u201cput up\u201d a stupendous sell. \u201cApologize, sir!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And the callow youth did apologize and wilted, whereupon Collier unbended, forgave him and gave him a drink. But to this day the callow youth is prepared to swear that if ever there lived a man who would resent the imputation of a practical joke, it is James Collier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By one of those odd coincidences which sometimes happen,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actors","category-theater"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Managers of the Union Square Theatre [published June 21, 1885] - 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