Liebler & Company
| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | The Liebler Company (Incorporated 1897) |
| Founded | November 18, 1898 |
| Founder | T. A. Liebler and George C. Tyler |
| Defunct | December 4, 1914 |
| Fate | Receivership |
| Headquarters | New York City |
Area served | North America and England |
Key people | Hugh Ford |
| Products | Theatrical productions and management |
| Owner | T. A. Liebler and George C. Tyler |
| Subsidiaries | The Liebler Company (Purchased after 1899) |
Liebler & Company, AKA Liebler & Co., was a partnership that produced stage plays and managed theatrical stars and troupes from 1898 through 1914. During this time it produced 97 original plays on Broadway, and a score of revivals. Among its most successful productions was The Christian (1898), Sag Harbor (1900), Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1903), Merely Mary Ann (1903), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1903), The Squaw Man (1905), Salomy Jane (1907), The Man from Home (1908), Alias Jimmy Valentine, The Melting Pot (1909), Disraeli (1911), and Joseph and His Brethren (1913). It sponsored American tours by Mrs Patrick Campbell, George Arliss, Eleonora Duse, and the Abbey Players. Its production of Children of the Ghetto in 1899 sparked controversy, while the American debut of The Playboy of the Western World in 1911 provoked a riot in a Broadway theater. The advent of World War I in Europe and tightening fiscal conditions in America led to a cash-flow crisis in December 1914, causing the company to be placed into receivership.