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Relationships of Daly, John

To explore the relationships between the various bohemian writers and artists who frequented Pfaff's bar, select a person or group, and then select a relationship type. This section of the site is currently under construction; new content is being added on a regular basis.

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acquaintances

Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835-1868)

Brown, T. Allston. " 3 Vols." A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1903.

Augustin Daly claims Menken's real name was Adelaide McCord.

Wallack, John Lester (1820-1888)

Eytinge, Rose. The Memories of Rose Eytinge: Being Recollections & Observations of Men, Women, and Events, during Half a Century. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1905. [pages:113-114]

Daly convinced Wallack to add a provision to Rose Eytinge's contract.

collaborators

Briggs, Charles Frederick (1804-1877)

Winter, William. Old Friends; Being Literary Recollections of Other Days. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. [pages:137]

Daly worked at The Courier while Briggs was in charge of it.

Brougham, John (1810-1880)

Odell, George C.D. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VIII (1865-1870). New York:Columbia University Press, 1936. [pages:432]

Daly takes over Brougham's theater.

Curtis, George William (1824-1892)

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:103,196,299,485,638]

Curtis is listed as one of the few critics who "did justice to the drama" in reviewing Augustin Daly's Deborah.

Eytinge, Rose (1838-1911)

Eytinge, Rose. The Memories of Rose Eytinge: Being Recollections & Observations of Men, Women, and Events, during Half a Century. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1905. [pages:113-115]

Eytinge acted in number of plays at Daly's New York Theater.

Fiske, Stephen Ryder (1840-1916)

Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:108]

Stephen Ryder Fiske worked as an agent for Daly.

Keene, Laura (1826-1873)

Quelqu'un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 15 Sep. 1860: 3. [pages:3]

Performed in The Monkey Boy at Laura Keene's theater.

Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835-1868)

Menken, Adah Isaacs. "Current Literature--Adah Issacs Menken, Some Notes of Her Life in Her Own Hand." The New York Times. 16 Sep. 1868: 2-3. [pages:2-3]

Daly writes the introduction to Menken's short autobiography.

Wheeler, Andrew Carpenter (1835-1903)

Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:155]

After spending most of his career attacking Daly's work, A. C. Wheeler reversed his opinion about Daly.

Wood, Frank (1840-1864)

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:550-551, 617]

Daly was assisted by Frank Wood (for the play Taming the Butterfly), who wrote a burlesque, called Leah the Forsook that caught Daly's eye and led to their partnership.

friends

Eytinge, Rose (1838-1911)

Eytinge, Rose. The Memories of Rose Eytinge: Being Recollections & Observations of Men, Women, and Events, during Half a Century. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1905. [pages:95]

Refers to Augustin Daly as her "fast friend" for arranging the details of her voyage to Europe "in just twelve hours from the time I had settled to go."

Winter, William (1836-1917)

Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:96]

The friendship between Daly and William Winter during the 1880s and 1890s caused people to question Winter's "critical integrity and earned him the nickname of 'Daly's house poet.'"