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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1905
Page
9
Bel leclaire brothers perform muscular feats and humorous parodies while Charles Kenna parodies fakir talk. Dillon brothers provide songs. Blind Tom returns after retirement, delivering vaudeville entertainment. Prof Kreisel stages trained animals for juveniles. Tomorrow Patriot's Day doors open at 11 am.
At the Majestic Theatre last evening the Booth Tarkington drama The Gentleman from Indiana opened with Mrs. Clara Bloodgood and Edward J. Morgan as leads. The cast featured John Harkless and others amid a mixed reception noting uneven dramatization and audible crowd lines.
Miss Nance ONeil stars in Aldrich dramatization of Judith with a capable supporting cast led by Charles Dalton and Louis Massen. The four act tragedy features vivid scenes of Bethulia, Holofernes, and the heroism of women. next week previews include Hedda Gabler and Fires of St John plus a Woodland revival on Monday.
Boston patrons fill Hollis Street Theatre for Mrs Patrick Campbell in The Sorceress a Sardou drama with Zorava praised in the fourth act Inquisition scene Patriots Day adds an extra matinee tomorrow Little Johnny Jones a musical drama by George M Cohan opens next week with a strong company and chorus at Hollis Street Theatre
The summer promises one of the merriest amusement seasons in Boston as Paragon Park opens at Nantasket Beach. The park uses staff to give wood a rocklike feel and the cire perdu method to cast statuary from stucco, enhancing its World’s Fair style.
Robert Edeson leads the Strongheart company as a sympathetic college lad facing social prejudice. The Boston run features a strong supporting cast including Edmund Breese, Herbert Cortell, Frank Gheen, Francis Bonn, Sydney Ainsworth, Mary Boland, and Louise Drew, delivering buoyant youth and convincing campus atmosphere.
The Colonial Theatre last night hosted Humpty Dumpty with strong company strength led by Frank Mowan and George Schiller. Grigolatis aerial dancers drew the greatest admiration as critics praise singing dancing and pantomime in a season limited engagement in Boston.
Wilton Lackaye and company begin the second closing week at the Boston Theatre in The Pit. Lackaye portrays Curtis Jadwin the wheat speculator with commanding emotional force, as Laura Dearborn becomes Mrs Jadwin after his downfall on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Funny George Sidney headlined a week at the Globe Theatre with Busy Stay a lively musical comedy in its third season The ensemble included Izzy Mark the department store owner and hotelier Carrie Weber as Mme Paree Fred Wyckoff as Gee Whiz and William Maussey as the nimble bell-boy Performances by Walter Pearson Maude Campbell Louise Mink and Frank Gibbons drew strong applause The program featured burlesque minstrel scenes a quartet and a conversation song The next show will be Augustus Thomas Arizona.
Tom Taylors famous drama The Ticket of Leave Man was revived at Castle Square Theatre last evening to a large audience. Howell Hansel as Robert Brierly led a strong cast with solid study of Lancashire lad. DeWitt C Jennings as James Dalton and John Waldron as Hawkshaw drew praise. May Edwards as the hero’s ally and Ivy Troutman as Emily St Evremond provided colorful finishes. Next week Mary of Magdala will premiere at popular prices.
M. Paderewski returns to Boston Symphony Orchestra as soloist at a Symphony Hall concert on Sunday evening the 30th. This is his only city appearance with the orchestra this season and proceeds will go to the pension fund, boosting the total with his interest.
A large crowd welcomed Harry Clay Blaney back in Across the Pacific at the Grand Opera House last evening. The brisk, well staged performance featured new scenery including the Lanier home in Montana and a San Francisco restaurant scene, with Blaney and Kittie Wolf delivering strong turns and a roster of noted players supporting. The show runs this week with an extra matinee on Patriots' Day. A Prisoner of War will follow.
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents The Convict's Daughter during Patriots' Day week with strong scenery and stage effects. The melodrama features Charles Miller as Jack Warburton and a popular Lothrop stock cast delivering lively prison action set against Kentucky scenes.
The company presents a one week engagement featuring strong portrayals led by William Woodford as the hero and Mr Butler Haviland as his rival. Edwin Denison powers Colonel Matt Gould while Henry Alexander handles Cashier Blackadder. Major Watson is well played by Wilmer Walter. Leading women Corinne Cantwell Eugenie Du Bois and Pearl De Sousier showcase the best in the cast. Bargain prices for ladies. Next week a new melodrama Country Lanes and City Streets will follow with the Lothrop company.
The novel European mystery Dida is presented to Keith audiences yesterday as a remarkable act to be seen in its brief resort engagement. The illusion of woman arising from nothing is praised as untranslatable in description. Bedini and Arthur provide a laugh provoking burlesque while Milton and Dolly Nobles perform The Days of 49 with Irish character work and an able supporting company including Mayme Remington and the Buster Browns in singing comic numbers.
Scribner and Drew's Tiger Lilies company drew crowds at the local playhouse with a two part program. The curtain raiser Chow Chow sparked laughs from Cooper Brown Bennett and Robinson with a lively chorus. The second part offered Sherwood Fay James Lucia Cooper Orloof Bennett La Veen Cross Brown and Robinson in variety acts and a moving picture sequence featuring the Bold Bank Robbery and Capture of Yegg Bank Burglar s. The closing farce A Night Stand featured many stylishly dressed dancers and the show ran strong from start to finish, praised as one of the season s best.
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