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Benjamin Franklin Keith (January 26, 1846 – March 26, 1914) was an American vaudeville theater owner, who played an important role in the evolution of variety theater into vaudeville. [2] [3] Biography. Early years. Keith was born in Hillsboro Bridge, New Hampshire.
Benjamin Franklin Keith (born Jan. 26, 1846, Hillsboro, N.H., U.S.—died March 26, 1914, Palm Beach, Fla.) was an American impresario who founded the most powerful circuit of theatres in vaudeville history. Keith was a circus concessionaire before 1883, when he opened a curio museum in Boston.
The theater-owner Benjamin Franklin Keith was born in Hillsboro Bridge (Hillsborough), New Hampshire on January 26, 1846. He is the theatrical impresario generally credited with the creation of vaudeville in America, which evolved out of variety theater.
25 de feb. de 2016 · Vaudeville was born in the city thanks to a man from New Hampshire named Benjamin Franklin Keith. Keith joined the world of show business in his early days as a touring carnival barker, and...
Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the foremost theatre architects of his day, it was erected at the behest of Edward Franklin Albee (1857-1930) to memorialize his late partner, Benjamin Franklin Keith (1846-1914), co-founder of the Keith-Albee theatres and originator of the refined vaudeville entertainment that ...
The theater-owner Benjamin Franklin Keith was born in Hillsboro Bridge (Hillsborough), New Hampshire on January 26, 1846. He is the theatrical impresario generally credited with the creation of vaudeville in America, which evolved out of variety theater.
Learn how Benjamin Franklin Keith built a vaudeville empire with the support of the Catholic Church and a strict code of conduct. Find out how he banned the word 'pants' and influenced the expression 'blue' for off-color jokes.
