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The Players (often inaccurately called The Players Club) is a private social club founded in New York City by the noted 19th-century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth. In 1888, Booth purchased an 1847 mansion at 16 Gramercy Park, reserved an upper floor for his residence, and turned the rest into a clubhouse.
The name, The Players, was suggested by author Thomas Bailey Aldrich, after one of the lines from Jacques' speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Booth and fifteen of his colleagues and friends were the incorporators of The Players.
4 days ago · In 1888, he founded The Players Club at 16 Gramercy Park South together with fifteen other incorporators, including Mark Twain and General William Tecumseh Sherman. The club celebrates its 125th...
The Players (often inaccurately called The Players Club) is a private social club founded in New York City by the noted 19th-century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth.
3 days ago · Uncover the secrets of The Players, a private social club founded by legendary Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth in NYC!
6 days ago · The Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, founded The Players, a members-only theater club on Gramercy Park, as a way to restore the Booth family name after his less-successful brother, also an...
Jun 29, 2016 · Established on New Year’s eve in 1888 by Edwin Booth in an old Victorian home on the South end of Gramercy Park, its mission was to promote theater and the arts, and to stand as an antidote to clubs with memberships based on wealth and title.
