Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-11 | Page 23 | Alf Hayman, Veteran Theater Man, Dies

ALF HAYMAN, VETERAN THEATER MAN, DIES Incident Attending Early Meeting With Charles Frohmau Told by Old Philadelphia Paper. XE'.V YOKK. Feb. 10. Alt' Hayman, veteran theatrical producer and manager, man-ager, died here early today at the hotel where he made his" home. He was 6(3 vears' old and a native of Wheeling. Mr. Havniau for more than thirty vears was "one of the dominating infln-ences infln-ences in the theatrical business of the country, having started in San Francisco Fran-cisco in 1SS4. The so-called theatrical syndicate was his idea. With the late Charles Frohmau Froh-mau he acquired the ripht to Bronson Howard's Shenandoah," which earned fortunes for both. Alf Hayman began his theatrical career ca-reer iu S;in Francisco in 1SS4, when he became the lessee of the Baldwin theater, thea-ter, which was built bv the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin of Santa Anita ranch fame. Mr. Hayman and the late Charles Frohman were friends as far back as 157S. An episode in the lives of Mr. Frohman and Mr. Hayman is recalled bv the following story: In a Philadelphia' newspaper' office Mr. Frohman met a rangy, keen-eyed young man, named Alf Hayman, who was advance agent for Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Florence. When Hayman and Frohman Froh-man had concluded their business, they started out for a walk. The Colonnade hotel, at the corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets was the fashionable hotei of the Quaker C'itv. In the course of this walk the two boys (they were each scarcely 20), stopped in front of 1 the hostelry, and Charles said: "Some day I hope to have enough money to stop at the Colonnade." Hayman afterward after-ward became general manager of all the Charles Frohman forces and remained re-mained until the end perhaps the closest of all the business associates of the famous fa-mous manager.