Transgressor at Boston Museum Impresses in Dark Tale
Olga Nethersole stars as Sylvia in The Transgressor at the Boston Museum. The four act drama unfolds a grim tale of marriage and denial with a sorrowful, wronged heroine. Barrymore and Stewart deliver notable support as audience notes praise Nethersole’s emotional depth amid uneven plotting. Tonight's same program repeats with strong comic opera elements and performances by Carroll and the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Nethersole
Boston Museum
A. W.gattie
Miss Nethersole
Sylvia
Mr. Barrymore
Eric Langley
E. J. Phillips
Henry Meredith
Grant Stewart
Boston Opera Opens With Tristan and Isolde
The season of German opera began at the Boston Theatre with Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for the first Boston performance. Leads Rosa Sucher and Max Alvary drew a large, brilliant crowd. a detailed review appears in another column. The Kendals at the Hollis then gave The Queen's Shilling to a large Boston audience, with a week of varied repertory to follow. Sol Smith Russell will visit the Hollis April 8 for a week of comedies. At Tremont Theatre Stuart Robson offered The Henrietta with Bertie the Lamb, praised as one of the era’s finest comedies dramas, supported by Mrs Robson and a strong cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rosa Sucher
Max Alvary
Kendals
Hollis
Tremont Theatre
Stuart Robson
Bertie
Lamb
Stock Board
Mr. Robson
Robson
Henry Bergman
Vanalstyne, Jr
William Yearance
Vanalstyne
Uranc Mes
Kendal
Tanqueray
Smith Russell
Charley's Aunt Delights Columbia Theatre Crowd Again
The Columbia Theatre welcomed Charley's Aunt to a large audience last night. The same cast from last year entertained with Lord Fancourt Babberly played by Arthur Larkin, Jack Chesney by Raymond Capp, Stephen Spittigue by Owen Fawcett, and Charley Wykeham by George H. Trader. Delia Stacey starred as Kitty Verdun with Grace Thorne Coulter as Donna Licia and Millie James as Ella Delahay. The Dill remains the weekly highlight, likely to repeat this season's success.
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Charley
Columbia Theatre
Arthur Larkin
Lord Fancourt Babberly
Raymond Capp
Jack Chesney
Owen Fawcett
Stephen Spittigue
George H
Charley Wykeham
Delia Stacey
Kitty Verdun
Grace Thorne Coulter
Donna Licia
Millie James
Ella Delahay
Blue Jeans at Bowdoin Square draws strong crowdfers
The Bowdoin Square weekly program features Blue Jeans with Lillian Lamson as Sue Eudaly and Annie Buckley as June. Critics praise the cast especially the realistic scenes and Miss Lamson's performance, while Arthur Moreland as Colonel Risener garners praise for acting polish.
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Bowdoin Square
Lillian Lamson
Sue Eudaly
Annie Buckley
June
Arthur Moreland
Colonel Risener
Rising Sun Roarers
Last Act Of Trilby At Park Theatre Surprises Audiences
The Park Theatre closed Trilby’s last act with a marked improvement over the earlier version. Taffy’s news of potential healing for Trilby, Zouzou’s new scene, and a refined death scene heighten suspense before a brief end that lets suburban patrons catch trains.
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Mr. Potter
Trilby
Park Theatre
Taffy
Svengali
Zouzou
Billee
Sven- Bali
Mme. Vinard
Abbey Schoeffel Grau season opens at Mechanics Hall
Seats for five nights two matinees of Abbey Schoeffel Grau artists go on sale yesterday at Tremont Theatre box office. Absent is the press list of operas forward including Lohengrin Nozze di Figaro Romeo et Juliette Aida Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Lucia di Lammermoor Faust and a grand Sunday concert with popular price tickets.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Tremont Theatre
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria
Lucia
Faust
Conroy and Fox Star In Hot Tamales At Grand Opera House
Conroy and Fox presented their new variety piece Hot Tamales at the Grand Opera House last night. The act delivers lively songs and dances with spirited charm and clever supporting performers, aiming to amuse more than offer a tight plot.
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Conroy and
Fox
Conroy
Grand Opera House
Meers brothers dazzle in Boston variety show
The Meers brothers, renowned English wire performers, delivered a fifteen minute act that outshone all prior Boston acts in twenty five years. Lew Dockstader offered a humorous Trilby travesty while Huth and Clifford returned to applause. Leo Cervalto wowed with a 130 foot ascent on a spinning globe and the bill featured Anthan and other veterans in fresh acts.
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Keith
Meers Brothers
Boston
Lew Dockstader
Huth
Clifford
Maud Huth
Billy Clifford
Leo Cervalto
Manhattan Four
Anthan
Gouget
Seelye
West
Hines
Remington
Vanda
Foreman
Huested
Guyer
Leonard
Lacey
Howard Atheneum Show Delivers Nonstop Variety All Day
The Howard Atheneum featured a ten hour variety program with Joe Flynn and the St. Felix sisters praised for new material. Sam Bernard’s Dutch act and The Life Boat recitation drew strong laughter while Eddie and Lotta Maginley offered a startling aerial finale. Other acts included Bryant and Richmond, Ryan and Richfield, Signor Luigi Dell Oro, Elvira Sansoni, the California Trio, Celeste the baton artist, Bell Darling, Dick Leggett, Billy Chase, Ella Caldwell, and the Morelo dog act. Katharine Robere at the Grana Museum presented The Hidden Hand to large crowds with Cap’ola as a highlight. tomorrow and Saturday showtimes noted.
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Howard Atheneum
Joe Flynn
St. Felix Sisters
Sam Bernard
Eddie
Lotta Maginley
Bryant
Richmond
Ryan
Richfield
O’brien
Buckley
Signor Luigi Dell Oro
Elvira Sansoni
California
Celeste
Bell Darling
Dick Leggett
Billy Chase
Ella Caldwell
William
Ida Morelo
Howard
John McVicker
Frars
Chase
Specia
America
Luigi Dell Oro
ST. Felix
Gee
Lee and
O'Brien
Notable cast featured in weekly vaudeville bill
The program salutes a celebrated star as the headliner and showcases a lineup including Richmond and Jenroy in a bright comedy sketch Barr and Evans in a fresh specialty Ed Gallagher and Alice Hanson in waits and dances Fred J. Bacon Tom Haley Billy Jackson Harry LaMarr and Ida Howell in recent New York hits all appearing at the house today.
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Aera Lyons
Richmond and
Jenroy
Barr and Evans
Ed Gallagher
Alice Hanson
Fred J. Bacon
Tom Haley
Billy Jackson
Harry LaMarr
Ida Howell
New York
City Sports bow at Palace Theatre delight crowds
Flynn and Sheridan's City Sports debut to large audiences at the Palace Theatre. Nelson sisters top the bill with extraordinary acrobatics, joined by Jack and Rosa Burke boxing act and Vincenzo Romeo ballet. Lillian Lancaster shines in the ballet, with burlesque and musical sketches by Sheridan, Snyder and Buckley, Flynn and Zuttella. Wren and Daly sing, curtain-raiser Love vs Mischief, closer A Hot Night Elopement.
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Palace Theatre
Flynn
Sheridan
City Sports
Nelson Sisters
Jack Burke
Rosa Burke
Vincenzo Romeo
Lillian Lancaster
Miss Lancaster
Phil
Crissie Sheridan
Snyder
Buckley
Matt Flynn
Milo Zuttella
Wren
Daly
Colossal Bride and Skeleton Duo Draw Boston Crowds
Yesterday audiences packed the lecture hall to see Mr. and Mrs. Coffey, the notable newlyweds. The couple will host daily receptions through next Saturday night before leaving Boston. Other acts included Professor Wilson the expansionist and a lineup of tattooed siblings, snake charmer, whistling Creole, and the Rolando sisters with a long list of supporting performers.
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Two Mikes
Carmenelli
Lucille
Moreland and
Thompson
Waterbury Brothers
McAvoy
Rogers
Harry Thomson
Ed. Rogers
Fox
Marie Lawrence
Watson
Nelson
McDonough Brothers
Boynton
Walker
Fay Fosters Burlesque Opens Week at Lyceum
Fay Foster's burlesque company opened the week at the Lyceum to a large house. The program started with a skit titled Electric Hotel, followed by a long and very good clip. Performers Fanny St Clair Barton and Cameron Howard and Williams were well liked. The evening closed with a new burletta A Knave of Paradise, noted as very clever.
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Fay Foster
Lyceum
Fanny St. Clair
Barton
Cameron
Howard
Williams
Sandow Jr Stuns Crowd At Nickle Odeon With Feats
A 17 year old Sandow Jr wowed audiences at the Nickle Odeon performing feats of strength lifting three men and pulling them with his teeth and breaking iron spikes. The bill included Professor Hollis with stamps, a mini circus of educated reptiles, and a lineup of entertainers led by Joe Harrison, Lillie Merritt, Kelley Bill, Kittie Love, Lillian Spencer, Kittie Randall, Walker and Randolph and a female minstrel company.
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Sandow, Jr
Nickle-Odeon
Professor Hollis
Curio Hall
Joe Harrison
Lillie Merritt
Highlights of Boston theatre week previews
Donnelly and Girard perform in The Rainmakers at the Columbia as a testimonial to T Buxton Lothian and Conrad H Foster. Boston Theatre closes April 11 and 12 for rehearsals of Black Crook with new scenery costumes and effects. Stuart Robson debuts Marmaduke at Tremont. Cissie Loftus at Music Hall features Yvette Guilbert and more plus The Highwayman. McFadden's Elopement comes to Grand Opera House next week. Wagner Fetherston testimonial at Hollis Street Sunday night. Stone & Shaw present at Austin Stone's Museum. Tom Martin leaves Palace Theatre to begin a benefit at the Howard Sunday night. A star troupe supports the event.
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Donnelly
Girard
Columbia
T. Buxton Lothian
Conrad H. Foster
Boston Theatre
Tompkins
Black Crook
Music Hall
Cissie Loftus
Yvette Guilbert
Ada Rehan
Modjeska
Sarah Bernhardt
Fritz Williams
New York Lyceum Theatre
Joseph F. Wagner
Vincent T. Fetherston
Hollis‘Street
Tom Martin
Palace Theatre
the Howard
Money Led to Murder in Connecticut Family Feud
John O Mara, a laborer from Stamford, shot Mrs. Thomas O Mara, widow of Thomas O Mara, over an insurance payout of 600 dollars tied to Thomas O Mara's death. The killer was captured after fleeing on a passing truck. The case stems from motives linked to contested insurance money and previous poisoning rumors.
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Stamford
Conn
John O'Mara
Thomas O'Mara
O'Mara
Fairfield County
O’maras
Alleged Burglars Caught on Waterfront
Three young men Patrick Connelly Dennis Herlihy and Michael J O Donnell were arrested for a series of burglaries at the waterfront. The trio faces $1200 bail each after appearing in court. items stolen from James Emery Rich Bros Storey and Stevens and Commodore Dixon’s yacht Acteon included a compass clock concertina and other goods.
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Station 1
Police raid on South Boston policy shop at 41 Dorchester
Officers from Division 6 seized policy slips and paraphernalia during a raid on a Dorchester street policy shop in South Boston. John Breeman John McLean and Frank Turner were arrested for being present where gaming implements were found.
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Division 6
Dorchester Street
Boston
John Breeman
John McLean
Frank Turner
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S. F. Smith
Handel and Haydn Chorus
Carl Zerrahn
Washington
Harvard
Vutners
Jennie Patrick
the Star Spangled Banner
Handel and Haydn Singers
Joseph L. White
Creenhalge
John D. Long
Albert A. Pope
Joseph W. Thayer
G. A. BR
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Dr. Smith
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Tremont
Charley’s Aunt
Rob Roy
Carroll
Juliette Corden
Lizsie Macnichol
Anna O'Keefe
William Pruette
Barron Berthold
William McLaughlin
Castle Square Theatre
de Koven
Mechanics’ Building
B. F. Keith
NEW Theatre
Gyrand Museum
Grana Museum
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Miss Rober
Cap‘ola
Thuredey
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McFadden
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Prince Takezawa
Westnna
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Toxicut
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Cami
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Rer
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Lohengrin
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Marie Brema
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Franz Schwarz
Rudolph Oberhauser
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Die Meistersinger
Castle
Edward B. Wares
Tremont P. O Telephone
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Tremont St. Telephone
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Whitney Opera Company
Tremont Row
En & Stone
Scollay Square
Coffey
Gertie Platt
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Boston Music Hall
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Mats
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Fay Foster CO
Petrescu
Wonder
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