4. Sarah Bernhardt Once Got Stuck on The Players Elevator
The tiny antique elevator in The Players, nicknamed “Sarah Bernhardt’s room,” had a slightly notorious reputation. The story goes as follows: At a time when only men were ordinarily permitted inside the club, a petition was started to invite the famous French actress to visit. The Board granted the petition. During her visit to the club in 1911, Berhardt was on her way upstairs and got stuck in the elevator while en route to see Booth’s famous bedroom.
Miss Bernhardt was eventually freed and climbed the stairs to the Booth Room. The club’s members joked that the elevator was Sarah Bernhardt’s room, and it’s been called that ever since.