The ''New York Dramatic Mirror'' (1879–1922) was a prominent theatrical trade newspaper.
History
The paper was founded in January 1879 by Ernest Harvier as the ''New York Mirror''. In stating its purpose to cover the theater, it proclaimed that coverage of the dramatic profession had been "degraded by having its affairs treated in the professedly theatrical papers side by side with prize fights, cocking matches, baseball, and other sports." This referred to competitors such as the ''
New York Clipper
The ''New York Clipper'', also known as ''The Clipper'', was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924. It covered many topics, including circuses, dance, music, the outdoors, sports, and theatre. It had a ...
''.
The word "Dramatic" was inserted in the title in 1889, and the "New York" dropped in 1917.
Harrison Grey Fiske
Harrison Grey Fiske (July 30, 1861 – September 2, 1942) was an American journalist, playwright and Broadway producer who fought against the monopoly of the Theatrical Syndicate, a management company that dominated American stage bookings ...
started contributing in 1879, and eventually obtained ownership of the paper.
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A History of American Magazines, 1865–1885
p. 198 (1938) Fiske's involvement ended in 1911.
Frederick Franklin Schrader and Lymon O. Fiske then took over.
The paper published until April 1922, after changing from a weekly publication to a monthly at its very end.
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Contributors
Frank Luther Mott
Frank Luther Mott (April 4, 1886 – October 23, 1964) was an American historian and journalist, who won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History for Volumes II and III of his series, ''A History of American Magazines''.
Early life and education
Mott w ...
, a historian of American magazines, called the ''Mirror'' the "matchless chronicler of the New York stage," though it also included reports from other cities including London and Chicago. Contributors over its history included
William Winter ("Dramatic Diary" column),
Nym Crinkle ("Feuilleton"),
Frank E. Woods
Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. He wrote for 90 films between 1908 till 1925. He first became a writer with the Biograph Company. Woods was also a pioneering film reviewer. As a w ...
("Spectator" column),
Burns Mantle
Robert Burns Mantle (December 23, 1873February 9, 1948) was an American theater critic. He founded the ''Best Plays'' annual publication in 1920.Chansky, Dorothy (2011)"Burns Mantle and the American Theatregoing Public" in ''Theatre History Stu ...
, Mary H. Fiske ("The Giddy Gusher"), and Charles Carroll.
See also
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New York Clipper
The ''New York Clipper'', also known as ''The Clipper'', was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924. It covered many topics, including circuses, dance, music, the outdoors, sports, and theatre. It had a ...
''
*''
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
The ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' was a British weekly magazine founded in 1874 and published in London. In 1945 it changed its name to the ''Sport and Country'', and in 1957 to the ''Farm and Country'', before closing in 1970.
Hi ...
''
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The Morning Telegraph
''The Morning Telegraph'' (1839 – April 10, 1972) (sometimes referred to as the ''New York Morning Telegraph'') was a New York City broadsheet newspaper owned by Moe Annenberg's Cecelia Corporation. It was first published as the '' Sunday ...
''
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Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
''
References
External links
Archives of paper at fultonhistory.com{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415171246/http://fultonhistory.com/my%20photo%20albums/All%20Newspapers/New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror/index.html , date=2012-04-15
''The New York Dramatic Mirror'' Vol. 62 (July–September 1909)''Dramatic Mirror'' Vol. 95 No. 2249 (April 1922)
Publications established in 1879
Publications disestablished in 1922
Defunct newspapers published in New York City
1879 establishments in New York (state)
1922 disestablishments in New York (state)