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 are The Sea King, The Devil's Auction and Twelve Temptations.[4] He went bankrupt in 1910.[5] He belonged to the National Theatrical Producing Managers Association.[6] He died in Rochester, New York, in 1920.[7]
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References
edit- ^ Dramatic Index for 1920. Boston: Faxon, 1921
- ^ Michael Bennett Leavitt (1912), Fifty years in the theatrical management, New York: Broadway Pub. Co., OL 7252273M
- ^ New York Times, September 19, 1897
- ^ Robert Grau (1909), Forty years observation of music and the drama, New York: Broadway Pub. Co., OL 7230500M
- ^ "Charles H. Yale bankrupt; manager of 'Twelve Temptations' has $61,545 liabilities, $18,278 assets." New York Times, February 1, 1910
- ^ "Syndicate Quits Producers Body." New York Times, May 15, 1910
- ^ New York Times, March 24, 1920
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- Library of Congress. Sheet music:
- Da, da Gussie dear by Chas. H. Yale. Boston: White, Smith & Co., 1878.
- George Augustus D'Arcy by Chas. H. Yale. Boston: Perry, John F., 1879.
- Early in de mornin'; The great Ethiopian patter-song, by Chas. H. Yale. Boston: Perry & Co., John F., 1881.
- University of Louisville, Kentucky. Portrait of Yale