The New York Dramatic Mirror (1879–1922) was an American theatrical trade newspaper published in New York City.
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 word "Dramatic" was inserted in the title in 1889, and the "New York" dropped in 1917. Harrison Grey Fiske started contributing in 1879, and eventually obtained ownership of the paper.The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 11, p. 296 (1919)Mott, Frank Luther. 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.Dramatic Mirror – Oxford Reference, Retrieved 13 December 2013The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater, Retrieved 13 December 2013
Contributors
Frank Luther Mott, 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 ("Spectator" column), Burns Mantle, Mary H. Fiske ("The Giddy Gusher"), and Charles Carroll.
See also New York Clipper Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News The Morning Telegraph Variety
References
External links
New York Dramatic Mirror collection at the Internet Archive Archives of paper at fultonhistory.com