Alabama
McDonald’s Opera House
Thursday, June 29, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper reports
The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA), June 30, 1882
The Montgomery Advertiser, June 30, 1882
Newspaper advertisement
Montgomery Daily Advertiser, June 29, 1882, 4
The illustration of Wilde used in the advertisement is taken from The Kelly Sketch.
McDonald’s Opera House
214 Bibb Street, Montgomery, AL
Built: 1881 (Prof. George Freeman McDonald)
Opened: October 26, 1881
Seating capacity: 1000
Name changed: 1905, Bijou Theatre (Jake Wells, lessee)
Name changed: 1909, Majestic (vaudeville house)
Later: Various retail outlets
Destroyed (fire): June 4, 1927 (as Frank Tennille Furniture Company)
It is likely that Wilde stayed overnight in Montgomery, but no record of his stay has been found.
WILDE ATTENDS THE DANCE
Newspaper report
The Montgomery Advertiser, June 30, 1882
Oscar Wilde In America | © John Cooper, 2023
