The Players Club
Address:
16 Gramercy Park S, New York, NY 10003
Phone:
(212) 475-6116
Hours:
- Mon: 6pm-12am
- Tue: 6pm-12am
- Wed: 12pm-12am
- Thu: 6pm-12am
- Fri: 6pm-12am
Nice to Know:
- Noise Level Average
- Smoking No
- Coat Check Yes
- Good For Groups Yes
Other Details:
In 1888, Edwin Booth, America's pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, and 15 other incorporators, including Mark Twain and General William Tecumseh Sherman, founded The Players. Modeled after London's famed Garrick Club, The Players was the first American "gentleman's club" of its kind.Its purpose: "The promotion of social intercourse between members of the dramatic profession and the kindred professions of literature, painting, architecture, sculpture and music, law and medicine, and the patrons of the arts..." The Players, located in a Greek Revival townhouse facing historic Gramercy Park, is also home to the Hampden-Booth Theater Library, reflecting Booth's express wish to create "a library relating especially to the history of the American stage and the preservation of pictures, bills of the play, photographs, and curiosities connected with such history...".Today, men and women from a variety of professions in the arts, business, and commerce enjoy The Players' unique spirit of conviviality and tradition that truly makes it a certain club.
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