Maguire’s Opera House โ is situated on South D street, near Union ; its size if fifty feet front by 150 in depth; it has four private boxes, a dress circle, parquet and orchestra apartments. No expense has been spared in its construction and finish. The first performance was given on the 2d July, 1863. […]
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Tom Maguire
Thomas Maguire was an established theatre manager who made his name in San Francisco. Known as the “Napoleon of Impresarios” Thomas Maguire was one of the best known and most influential theater entreprenuers on the west coast during the 1860s. Before moving to California in 1849, he had been a cab driver and saloonkeeper in […]
Israel Friedman
Israel Friedman was a Lithuanian Jew who was one of the members of the Yiddish Theatre of New York City.ย Israel traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California.ย Lithuanian Jew member of Yiddish Theatre of NYC, traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California. Forrest was paid $10,000 by Theatre […]