Marion A. Brooks Explained

Marion A. Brooks was an actor, playwright, and theater businessman.^{[1] [2]} He partnered on the Bijou theater company at the newly established Bijou Theater in Montgomery, Alabama with players from Chicago. After it folded, he returned to work at the Pekin Theatre in Chicago.

With Flournoy Miller, he founded the Bijou Stock Company in Montgomery, Alabama in 1908.^[3] It closed in May 1908.^[4] He helped open the Chester Amusement Company with J. Ed. Green, a theater operator in Chicago.^[5]

Theater

• Ephraham Johnson from Norfolk (1908), co-starred as Harry Blue and co-wrote^[6]

Works

• Out All Night co-wrote with J. E. Green^[7]
• Panama (1908) co-wrote with Charles A. Hunter^[8]

Notes and References

1. Blacks in Blackface page 1381
2. Book: A History of African American Theatre. Errol. Hill. James V.. Hatch. July 17, 2003. Cambridge University Press. 9780521624435. Google Books.
3. Book: Sampson, Henry T.. Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. October 30, 2013. Scarecrow Press. 9780810883512. Google Books.
4. Web site: archives.nypl.org -- Flournoy Miller collection. archives.nypl.org.
5. Blacks in Blackface page 56
6. Book: Peterson, Bernard L. Jr.. A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. October 25, 1993. ABC-CLIO. 9780313064548. Google Books.
7. Web site: The Stage Year Book. Lionel. Carson. April 14, 1909. Stage Offices. Google Books.
8. Book: Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers: A Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. Bernard L.. Peterson. Bernard J.. Peterson. April 14, 1990. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313266218. Google Books.