The Oyster Man is a play originally staged in 1907 with Ernest Hogan in the starring role.
It subsequently played at the Grand Opera House and 14th Street Theatre.
Hogan starred as an oyster vendor named Rastus.
He retired from the show due to tuberculosis and it was his last role before the illness took his life.
[5] The New York Public Library has a photograph of Hogan in costume for The Oyster Man.