Daniel Frohman

Born in 1851, Daniel Frohman became one of the best-known theatrical managers and producers in the United States. Working in New York, he built a career presenting stage productions and managing prominent theaters at a time when American theater was growing into a national industry.

He was closely connected with many leading performers of his day and played an important part in bringing popular plays to broad audiences. Later, he was also involved in early motion pictures, linking the stage world he knew so well with the new film business that was beginning to take shape in the early 1900s.

Frohman is also remembered as a writer of theatrical reminiscences. For readers interested in theater history, his work is valuable not just for dates and names, but for the vivid sense it gives of how American entertainment was made during a period of rapid change.