Comments on: Netflix, 1910

By: Rameumptom

Rameumptom — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:01:23 +0000

But if I purchased tickets, would the actors perform in my house the next day? And could I return them at any time without paying an additional late fee, etc?

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:58:38 +0000

Lest there be any question about the correct name of the theater -- er, Theatre -- Mark sends this clipping from the New York Times of 19 September 1906:

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:22:22 +0000

Did they really spell Stuyvesant that way in New York back in 1910?

My two daughters who graduated from Stuyvesant High School (founded 1904) know very well how the old Dutchman spelled his name.

Google leads me to several sources that say that the theater was founded in 1907, designed by somebody or other for the “impresario David Belasco”–and that it was named the “Stuyvesant Theatre” when it opened, but that it’s been known as the Belasco Theatre since 1910. And the New York Times archive has several articles, about the building and opening of the new theater, and it’s spelled “Stuyvesant” in each. So I guess it’s just the semi-literate ad copywriter and editor in Salt Lake City. Oh, those provincials!

At least they got “Theatre” right–that’s how it was spelled in all the Times articles.