In 1914 Elitch Gardens celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Mary Elitch invited all Denver residents who were there for the opening day of the Gardens to be a guest of hers for the Silver Jubilee.
Held on June 6, 1914, the theatre was officially opened for its 25th season (although, in later years the opening year of the theatre would be considered 1891 — when the theatre structure was built — not 1890 when the Zoological Gardens opened.)
Following a brief ceremony, attendees watched a performance of the season’s opening show, The Spendthrift, and that was followed by a banquet.
[Borrillo, T. A. (2012). Denver’s historic Elitch Theatre: A nostalgic journey (a history of its times). Colorado. p. 107]
Theatre Staff:
- Mrs. Mary Elitch Long, President
- Robert Morris, Director
Resident Company:
- Thais Magrane
- Mary Edgett Baker
- Mina C. Gleason
- Aline McDermott
- Spring Byington
- Bruce McRae
- Charles Miller
- Albert Perry
- Richard Barbee
- Charles White
- Charles Dow Clark.
Productions:
- Week of June 6: The Spendthrift, by Poter Emerson.
- Week of June 14: Mrs. Dot, by W. Somerset Maugham.
- Week of June 21: Years of Discretion, by Frederic and Fanny Hatton.
- Week of June 28: The Conspiracy, by John Roberts.
- Week of July 5: You Never Can Tell, by Bernard Shaw
- Week if July 12: The Virginia, by Owen Wister and Kirke La Shelle.
- Week of July 19: Your Neighbor’s Wife, by Elmer Harris (played in New York as Thy Neighbor’s Wife).
- Week of July 26: The Lottery Man, by Rida Johnson Young.
- Week of Aug. 2: The Deserters, by Robert Payton Carter and Anna Alice Chapin
- Week of Aug. 9: The Master of the House, by Edgar James.
- Week of Aug. 16: The Yellow Jacket, by George Hazelton and J. Harry Benrimo.
- Week of Aug. 23: The Speckled Band, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Week of Aug. 30: Elevating a Husband, by Clara Lipman and Samuel Shipman, featuring Eva Lang.
