 The theater became home to the "Manhattan Company" whose players included the well-known actors Tyrone Power Sr., George Arliss and John B. Mason.Over the course of his career, Fiske produced more than 140 plays, many of which he wrote or directed including "Hester Crewe" (1893), "The Privateer" (1903), and "The Queen of Liars" (1896) adapted from a play by Alphonse Daudet and Léon Hennique.He is perhaps best known for his 1911 production of Edward Knoblauch’s "Kismet" starring Otis Skinner.