Manhattan Theater under new independent management
Harrison Grey Fiske takes a multi year lease on the Manhattan Theater, plans extensive improvements and aims to present Mrs. Fiske’s productions with a stronger company and a larger orchestra, while curbing ticket speculation and opening the house in autumn for American and foreign drama.
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Manhattan Theater
New York City
Shepard
Harrison Grey Fiske
Fiske
Manhattan
The
London
New York
Dress in White Satin Embellished with Gold and Jewels
Description of Miss Walsh’s wedding attire features a white satin gown with gold embroidery and jewel garniture, pearl shoulder drape, jewel network sleeves, gold girdle, and a yellow velvet ermine-lined mantle embroidered in gold.
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Miss Walsh
The Week's Attractions at the Grand and Margaret Theater
At the Grand, Tuesday and Wednesday feature La Love Fuller. Thursday and Friday show The Evil Eye. Sunday and Monday present Nathan Hale. Suttons Theater is dark. Margaret in Anaconda lists La Love Fuller on May 12, The Evil on May 15 and Nathan Hale on May 18.
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Henry Miller
Denver
Columbia Theater
San Francisco
May Irwin
Butte
Northwestern
Gudgeons
Heartsease
Frederick Lemaitre
Wagenhals & Kemper
Mr. Miller
la Love Fuller
the Evil
Eye
Nathan Hale
the Evil Eye
Blanche Walsh in More Than Queen costumes with royal robes
Blanche Walsh wears seven costumes in the stage production More Than Queen. Prologue outfits Josephine in 1795 silver gray with sable edging and a pink satin shawl then a pink queen of Egypt gown. The coronation robe arrives with imperial red velvet and gold embroidery. Other acts feature white velvet and pale gray cloth gowns with jet sequins, pearls, and gold touches. Walsh is supported by Miss Walsh styled for the Manhattan theater renewal and Frohman company members.
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la Loie Fuller
Grand Opera House
America
Butte
Pocatello
Ogden
New York
Paris
la Loire
la Lojie
China
Japan
Berlin
London
la Loire Fuller
la Lole
la Lote
la Loie
Ada Lewis
Frohman
New York Lyceum
Blanche Walsh
Miss Walsh
Josephine
Mme. de Beauharnais
Napoleon
Egypt
Stage Furniture in Vaudeville and Stock Theater
An older observer sings the praises and quirks of stage furniture. He notes how painted street scenes and props, from lamp posts to doors, fuel slapstick and audience laughter in Syracuse, Troy, and Kokomo. He mocks the anachronistic costumes and the risk of elaborate sets while praising the craft of stock companies and their furniture.
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Liberty
Union
Syracuse
Troy
Kokomo
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Fitzsimmons
Chimay
Rigo
Sires Roof Garden
Chicago
Riv
Clara Ward
Prince Husband
Madame Modjeska
Kemper
Louis James
Barry Johnstone
Kathryn Kidder
James-Kidder
Modjeska
William A. Brady
Brady
Hamburg
Germany
the Grand
Suttons Theater
Ida Banning
Charles Arthur
Frohman Forces
Harry Braham
East
Isabelle Dawson
Washington
Jessie Ralph
Charles H. Yale
Mayme Mayo
Gus Bruno
Lora Lieb
Charlies Flynn
Phasey
Chicago Auditorium
Academy of Music
Windy City
Henry Greenwall
Melbourne MacDowell
Fanny Davenport
Corinne
Liverpool
John R. Rogers
Continent
Rogers
Butte Theaters
Con
Antioch
Ben Hur
Caesar
Ehadr
M.A. McLaughlin
First and
Columbia Sts
Seattle, Wash
la Flor de
Vallons
Havana
Louis S. Cohn
Bette, Distrioster
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