Alcazar Theatre (1885)

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37°47′11″N 122°24′26″W / 37.78652°N 122.40709°W / 37.78652; -122.40709

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See also Alcazar Theatre (1911) and Alcazar Theatre (1976) for two other SF theaters of the same name.

The Alcazar Theatre was a theatre at 116 O'Farrell Street, between Stockton and Powell, in San Francisco, California. Opened in 1885, the structure served as a lecture and music hall, but soon housed a popular resident stock company, which included Maude Adams, Harry von Meter (before 1908);[1] John Ince (in 1910);[2] Howard Hickman (in 1910),[2] Grace Travers (in 1910),[2] and Evelyn Vaughan (in 1910).[2] It was under the management of the younger brother of David Belasco, and Fred Belasco (1862–1920).

The Alcazar Theatre was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1911, another Alcazar Theatre opened one block to the west.

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  1. ^ "Dramatic Music" (PDF). The Grizzly Bear. University of California, Berkeley. November 1908. p. 22.
  2. ^ a b c d "Love is the main theme in "St. Elmo"". San Francisco Chronicle. January 11, 1910. p. 18 – via Newsbank.
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