Favorites Are Holding The Boards At Globe Theatre
Arizona the Easter week offering at the Globe Theatre enters its fourth season with strong house attendance. Joseph Green leads as Henry Canby, Edward J. Farrell shines as Lieutenant Denton, Alma Bradley as Boni ta Canby, Sadie Duff as Mrs Canby, Bernice Buck as Lena, and a strong supporting cast including Price Heritage, Powell, D J Sullivan, Escamilo Fernandez, John Ferris, Thomas Lingham, Isabel Gould, and Thomas Hearn.
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Arizona
Globe Theatre
Henry Canby
Aravalpa Ranch
Joseph Green
Edward J. Farrell
Denton
Bon
Tony Mostano
John Ferris
Sam Wong
Thomas” Lingham
Captain Hodgman
Isabel Gould
Miss McCullagh
Thomas Hearn
Sergeant Kellar
Joe Weber closes second Colonial run with lively burlesque
Joe Weber ends the second and final week at the Colonial Theatre after a large turnout. Dream City and The Magic Knight offer comedic and operatic touches with Cecilia Loftus and Lillian Blauvelt stars, while Fay Templeton's Forty-five Minutes from Broadway tickets go on sale.
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Joe Weber
Colonial Theatre
The
Colonial
Dream City
Mr. Weber
Cecilia Loftus
Hattie Williams
Rose Stahl
Wit’ T.Ho@ge
Maurice Farkon
Lillian Lee
Madelyn Marshall
Lillian Blauvelt
Mats
Web
Weber’s Theatre Co
Weber's Theatre
Broadway
N. Y
Otis Harlan
Beettee Loftus
Maurice Farkva
Oe Weber
Frank Belcher
Clarice at Hollis Street Theatre Draws Strong Crowd
The Hollis Street Theatre hosted the farewell week for Clarice last evening with a large audience. Gillette and Dora perform a well drawn romance amid comedic and near tragic scenes, signaling Dora’s rise toward stardom as final engagements near.
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Clarice
Hollis Street Theatre
Mr. Gillette
Frohman
Dora
Hollis Street
Willon Terry
Brassbouna
Park Theatre Sells Out For The Little Cherub Farewell Week
The Park Theatre drew a large crowd for the last week of The Little Cherub starring Hattie Williams. The Boston favorite shines in song and comedy with a top supporting cast and lavish production. Seats for Robert Deson in Strongheart go on sale this morning.
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Park Theatre
Hattie Williams
Boston
Miss Williams
Cléver & Company
Lyric Theatre Opens Week With Wide Film Program
The Lyric Theatre offers a large week long selection of motion pictures including The Angler's Dream about a fisherman who dreams of fishing and catching a fish. Other titles include Phantom's Botanist's Misadventure and Zoo Gar. Children's programming features illustrated songs and instrumental numbers by Professor Ardock James J. O'Brien and Fred.
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Lyric Theatre
Phil Kenyou Ng
Professor Ardock
James J. O’brien
Fred
The Merchant of Venice at Castle Square Week
The Castle Square stage presented The Merchant of Venice as the week’s fourth Shaksperian offering with rich scenery and a strong cast. Hansel, Johnson, and Waldron rotated as Shylock with Waldron to appear this afternoon, Lawton dazzled as Portia, and Bassanio played by von Metzel, aided by Gratiano Albion and Launcelot Gobbo Kent with Nerissa Lasche and Jessica Browning in prime form.
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Shakspere
Castle Square
Portia
Bassanio
Shylock
Miss Browning
Nerissa
Jessica
Mr. Waldron
Coming Throthe Rye to Open Limited Boston Run
Seats went on sale at the Boston Theatre box office for Coming Thro the Rye. The same company from the holidays returns to perform, led by Frank Lalor and Stella Mayhew with a noted cast. A special matinee is set for Friday April 19 Patriots Day.
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Boston
Big Playhouse
Frank Lalor
Stella Mayhew
John Park
Frank Doane
William Riley Hatch
Alma Youlin
Besse Gibson
Florence Townsend
Vernie Ross
Charles Wallace
Billee Taylor
Percival Jennings
Tremont Theatre Show Ends English Farce Run
The Tremont Theatre finished its final week of the English farce Mr Hopkinson with large audiences praising Dallas Welford and the comedy. Box office sales began for Ramsey Morris society drama The Girl in White to run two weeks starting next Monday under manager Mackett with a strong company.
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Tremont Theatre
Mr. Hopkinson
Dallas Welford
Ramsey Morris
Girl In White
Tremont Théatre
Mackett
Orpheum Vaudeville Presents Gennaro Band and Dazzling Acts
Last night at the Orpheum the capital vaudeville bill featured Gennaro's Band of Italian musicians in a sensational debut. Also on the program were gymnastic feats by Charles Serra on a column, the Village Choir quartet, Quo Vadis Up Side Down burlesque, O'Meers sisters on tight wire, Redford and Winchester juggling, Murray K Hill monologue, Fields and Ward skit, and Mazuz and Mazett acrobatic comedy.
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Orpheum
Gennaro
Creatore
Sousa
Charles Serra
Musical Boston
Shean and
Warren
O'Meers Sisters
Redford
Winchester
Murray K. Hill
Fields and Ward
Mazuz and
Mazett
Columbia Theatre Feature Act Crane Delights Audiences
The Columbia Theatre bills the Alcazar Burlesquers and Lawrence Crane headlining with a glass trunk illusion and a run of talk that has audiences roaring. Acts include Mc Devitt and Kelley, Et ta Victoria, and Davis and Hart with Anna Yale leading song and comedy. Tomorrow hosts Perrilli versus Busch wrestling. Friday brings amateur acts.
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Columbia Theatre
McDevitt and Kelley
Etta Victoria
Davis and
Hart
Tim Sullivan
Sullivan
Phillipines
James F. Leonard
Anna Yale
Perrilli
Busch
The Haunted House at Theatre Comique Delights
The Easter bill at Theatre Comique features The Haunted House drawing loud laughs. River Panorama offers a grand Hudson River panorama view. Puck's Pranks shows a suburban flower bed destruction. The Yawner presents a sleepy figure causing audience fatigue. Illustrated songs showcase Madeline Ripley and others with instrumental pieces by Grace Merriman and Katherine Hawkins.
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Theatre Comique
Hudson River
Puck
Scollay Square
Uncle Tom's Cabin at Grand Opera House Appeals Strongly
Grand Opera House presents Uncle Tom's Cabin by Al W. Martin to a large crowd. A balanced company sings plantation songs with a fine chorus and quartet while Woody Van as Uncle Tom and Baby Beland as Eva earn praise for moving performances.
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al W. Martin
Opera House
Woody van
Uncle Tom
Eva
Baby Beland
Freddie Brookman
Eliza
Lawyer Marks
Dave H. Boles
Grace la May
C. W. Langstaff
Phineas Fletcher
Charles Wesley
Simon Legree
Fred Debble
Skegg
W. W. Shutleworth
George Harris
George Edward
Mr. Shelby
Planter
Emma Beland
Ophelia
Ida Langstaff
Chloe
Keith's Theatre Show Abounds With Comedy and Dance
Keith's Theatre features Vesta Victoria from England with songs Waiting at the Church and Poor John and multiple encores. George W. Wilson and company perform My Old Kentucky Home, plus Har ry Tate's troupe, the Jackson family cyclists, Rae and Broste satirical skit, Quaker City quartet, Livier parallel wires, Monts ponies, Peel and Diamant jugglers, Green brothers athletic turns, Black and Jones comedians, Harry Breen monologue, and a Kineto graph.
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Keith's
Vesta Victoria
Comedienne
England
John
George W. Wilson
Harry Tate
Jackson
Rae
Broste
Quaker City
Sweet
Beaumont
Peel and
Diamant
Green Brothers
Waifs of New York thrills Bowdoin Square audience
Mr. N. 8. Wood again attracts friends with Waifs of New York at the Bowdoin Square Theatre. The drama features Willie Rufus a bootblack who is really a heroine sister and follows a thrilling melodrama around two main characters. The Bowdoin Square stock company supports Wood with a notable cast for one week only including Denison Walter Haviland Brooks and Hale.
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Mr. N
Wood
Bowdoin Square Theatre
New York
Mr. Wood
Willie Rufus
Bowdoin Square Stock Company
E. D. Denison
Wilmer Walter
Butler Haviland
Harry Brooks
Ralph Brown
Gertrude Binley
Florence Hale
Alice Thornton
George Randall
Leonard Broughton
Frank Wright
Dwight Gaylord
Ollie Plunkett
Batchellor's Boston Belles At Palace Theatre For Easter Week
Palace Theatre opens Easter week with Batchellor's Boston Belles in a varied program crowding both matinee and evening shows. Star Frankie Bailey leads with Patsy and other acts include Clarence Wilbur and The New Scholar, Dooley and the Land Age, and a broad cast of musical and comedy performers.
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Waldron
Batchellor
Boston Belles
Palace Theatre
Patsy Boliver
Morocco
Frankie Bailey
Clarence Wilbur
Patsy
Harry la Mar
John Walters
Richard Black
George McCone
John Murray
Phil MacFarland
Hattie Mille
Clara Adams
Tiny Rice
Kitty Morgan
Clarence Wilbur and
Hattie Mills
Harper
Desmond
Hilliard
Rice
Walters
Black
McCone
MacFarland
Murray
The
Palace Company
Paul Quinn
Joe Mitchell
J. W. Harrington
Mimic
Kincaid
Piettes
Holmes
Louis Boraire
Bon Ton Extravaganza at Lyceum Theater
The Bon Ton Extravaganza company presents two burlesques and an alio at the Lyceum Theater this week. A Pousse Cafe features Guy Rawson and Harry Bentley with Frances Clare. Just Kids showcases Rawson and Miss Clare. Girl With the Red Mask offers a novel six mirror dancing illusion followed by The Girl Mars.
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Bon Ton
Lyceum Theatre
Guy Rawson
Harry Bentley
Frances Clare
Browning
Bentley
Rawson
Miss Clare
Pierce
Opp
Mars
Miss. Clare
Majestic Theatre Hosts Snow Man Final Week and Harvard Play
The Majestic Theatre closes its Boston run of The Snow Man with strong stage direction by Burnside and new business additions. Box office opens for Henry Woodruff in Brown of Harvard, a Radcliffe graduate penned play praised for youthful spirit. Woodruff returns with the same company for the engagement at Majestic.
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Majestic Theatre
Boston
Huberts
Netherlands
Burnside
Henry Woodruff
Brown
Harvard
Cambridge
Aida Johnson Young
Radcliffe
College
Woodruff
Howard Atheneum Show Delights Audiences With Variety Acts
An afternoon and evening program at the Old Howard featured the Yankee Doodle girls, the Tramp and the Golf Girl Sidonias, new acrobatic stunts by Mariam and Pearl, and a rousing reception for Edward B. White. Performers included Tucker's Farm Farce, The Majestic Trio, Patchen and Clifton, the Zogarras on the globe, the Gardner brothers as German comedians, and David MacFadyen singing In the Evening by the Moonlight Dear Louise. The Howardscope promised many new films.
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Old Howard
Edward B. White
John L. Sullivan
Franklin Batie
Munroe
Macx
Lawrence
Charles
Fanny van
Patchen
Clifton
Zogarras
Gardner Brothers
David MacFadyen
Louise
Howardscope
Easter Monday Show at Austin and Stone's Museum
The leading attraction was a world famous Swedish symphony orchestra performing vocal solos ensemble pieces and novelty instruments. Other acts included contortionists Fielding underwater illusionists Till's Marionettes Topp's Tennessee trio and a vaudeville bill with Bowden Quinn Ethel Norton May Wagner Stella King Lew Benedict and Frank Cook plus Henry Waite and Douise Walton.
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Austin & Stone
Sweden
Snakerinos
Fielding
Till
Topp
Bowden
Quinn
Ethel Norton
May Wagner
Stella King
The New Theatre Premier Opens With Glowing Reception
A grand opening at the New Theatre Premier on Washington and Beach streets featured a 5:30 to 6 p m inspection for government members and press. The fireproof venue boasts 12 exits, pressed steel decor, white marble lobby, 5000 lights, and a modern ventilation system. Dignitaries including Mayor Fitzgerald praised the new addition to Boston’s stage scene. The program showcased The Hand of the Artist Tell tale Telephone Oh that Molar Constructing a Fishing Boat Bostocks Trained Animals and Cosmopolitan Dances with performances by Lavin Vincent Bullock and Wright Beasley. The opening night marked the house debut with a formal rat opening to follow today.
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Washington and
Beach Streets
Washington Street
Fitzgerald
Boston
EK. J. Ludvigh
E. E. Shauer
J. H. Micheal
Thomas A. Mullen
Alderman Berwin
John P. Lavin
May Vincent
Thomas Bullock
Clara Belle Herzt
Harry J. Norton
Ruth Wilmore
Bessie Beasly
Immense Opening Crowd At Mechanics' Sportsmen's Show
Immense throng attended the opening at Mechanics' Building with fly casting contests won by C. E. Jacobs and L. D. Chapman. Exhibits include buffaloes, game birds, forest plates from the U S government, Indian village, guides cabins, and biographs. Prof E. E. Prince to lecture on Salmon Life tonight.
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Mechanics’ Building
C. E. Jacobs
Frank West
F. E. Soule
Francis A. Niccolls, Jr
C. J. McCarthy
Exhibition Hall
William Lord Smith
United States
E. E. Prince
Fish Commission of the
Dominion of Canada
Work Horse Parade in Old Home Week
Boston prepares for Old Home Week with a trade procession planned for July 31 or August 1. An exhibit of blue ribbon work horses from Memorial Day may join, with Mayor seeking cooperation from the Boston Work Horse Parade Association as this plan is considered.
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Boston
Boston Work Horse Parade Association
Bicycle Paced Roller Skate Race At Park Square
Tomorrow night at the Park Square rink the bicycle paced roller skating race will be run off. Williams the little champion will skate against Fred White the veteran roller skater. Hugh MacLean will pace White and Patsy Logan of South Boston will look after Charley Williams. Williams claims he can outpace White, while White aims to prove his speed against the younger rider.
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Park Square
Williams
Fred White
Hugh MacLean
Patsy Logan
South Boston
Charley Williams
White
Pneumatic balls the new excuse for losing a game
Macon defeated Cleveland 2 to 1 with a pneumatic ball used in practice. Murdock fouled out as Doc Payne tossed the hollow sphere from the Naps bench, and the ball’s miscue helped the winning run score while Harry Bay chased a long foul ball.
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Macon
Cleveland
Naps
Lajoie
Murdock
Doc Payne
Harry Bay
Florida
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Howard Atheneum
Austin & Stone’s Museum
the New Theatre
Maine Guides
Newr Cao
Remiera
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Columbia
Tonicht Petrelli
Carl Busch
Broadway Sea
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Castle Sq
Percy Williams
Oxford
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Lawi Ice McCarty
Lessee
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Heinrich Conried
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Tristan Und Isolde
Pagliacci
Haensel
Gretel
Weber
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Geo. W. Wilson and Co., ‘Motoring
Jackson Family
Rae and Brosche, Beaumont’s Ponies
Quaker City Quartet
Dallas Welford Mats
Mr. Hackett
Charles Frohman
Weer
Robert
Rich & Harvie
Laeness &Managers
Mattie Williams
Little Cherub
Edeson
Strongheart
Hollis ST
Xtra Mats
Dnnke
Miss Doro
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Stanislaus Stange
Reginald de Koven
Thomas
Souven
Globe
I'Veosz
E. Cooley
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