Week at the Theatres Teems With Variety
The week offers many shows including Little Johnny Jones at Hollis Florodora at the Majestic Woodland at the Tremont Arizona at the Globe Mary of Magdala at Castile Square A Prisoner of War at Grand Opera House Country Lanes and City Pavements at Bowdoin Square Strongheart continues at the Park Humpty Dumpty at the Colonial and new bills at Keith s Howard Empire Columbia Lyceum Palace Austin Stone s Museum Walker s Nickelodeon.
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Johnny Jones
Hollis
Florodora
Tremont
Arizona
Globe
Mary of
Keith’s
the Howard
The
Empire
Columbia
Lyceum
the Palace
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Walker’s
Nickelodeon
Little Johnny Jones Opens at Hollis Street Theatre
George M. Cohan presents a three act musical at Hollis Street Theatre with a bright cast led by Tom Lewis as The Unknown and Ethel Levey in key roles. The review praises the music, lyrics, and chorus while noting Cohan’s sharp comic touch and a strong supporting company. The show runs this week only, with Edna May taking over next week for The School Girl.
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George M. Cohan
Little Johnny Jones
Hollis Street
Anthony Anstey
Ken Jerry J. Cohan
Bernard Dyllyn
Timothy D. McGee
J. van Henry Hapgrood
Estes Donald Brian the Unknown
Tom Lewis
Squitvy
Ces Cas Ccces
J. Harrington
Inspector Perkins
Charles Bachmann
Johnny Jongg
George M. Coban
Andrew Kenworth
Helen F. Cohan
Mr. Cohan
Johnny Jones
Mr. Lewis
Boston Lawson
Miss Levey
Mam
Selle Fanchette
Goodby
Flo
Jerry J. Cohan
J. Bernard Dyllyn
Sam J. Ryan
Kenworth
Truly Shattuck
Florabelle
Fly
Hollis
Edna May
Park Theatre Brings Strongheart to Boston Stage
Robert Edeson drew a large audience at Park Theatre with Strongheart which portrays the American college boy amid college life and football. Edeson delivers a strong performance as the young Indian athlete with a memorable last act confrontation with Edmund Breese. The cast features Herbert Cortell Frank Gheen Francis Bonn Sydney Ainsworth Mary Boland and Louise Drew. Mrs Sarah Cowell LeMoyne will star in A Blot in the Scutcheon with Grace Elliston William Beach John W Albaugh Jr Theodore Hamilton and William Heritage in May matinees. A Scutcheon plot runs Mon Tue Thu Fri at the Park while Strongheart plays Wed and Sat as usual.
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Park Theatre
Robert Edeson
Strongheart
Boston
Mr. Edeson
Sarah Cowell LeMoyne
Robert Browning
Florodora Delights Boston With a Strong Majestic Cast
The Majestic Theatre offered Florodora with a capable eastern cast led by Cyrus W. Gilfain t Henry V. Donnelly and Captain Arthur Donegal. Miss Ritchie as Lady Holyrood impressed with charm and dancing while Philip H. Ryley provided witty comedy as Tweedlepunch. A garland dance by six English dancers stirred the final act and the overall performance pleased audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Cyrus W. Gilfaint
Henry V. Donnelly
Arthur Donegal
Cyril Scott Frank Abercoed
Joseph Phillips
EAPO
Sas
Thomas A. Kiernan
Anthony Tweedlepuneh
Philip H. Ryley
BIOO
CME
Maud Lambert
Wrens Bogey Aire Ny
Misa Jennie Bolger
Elsa Ryan
Lady
Tweedlepunch
Ryley
Cyril Scott
Captain Donegal
Dolores
Mr. Donnelly
Frank Abercoed
Angela
Boston Theatre cancels engagement after Joseph Jefferson’s death
The Boston Theatre dark for the week as Thomas Jefferson cancels his appearance and spring tour after his father Joseph Jefferson’s death. Tickets for this week’s run of Rip Van Winkle are refunded at the box office. It Happened in Nordland will open with New York company led by Lew Fields and Marie Cahill for a two week engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jefferson
Thomas
Boston Theatre
Boston
Nordland
Thomas Jefferson
Lawrence McCarty
New York
Lew Fields
Marie Cahill
Harry Davenport
Joseph Herbert
Joseph Carroll
Julius Steger
Bessie Clayton
May Nauaain
Pauline Frederick
William Burress
Castle Square Theatre Praises Mary of Magdala Production
Castle Square Theatre reports a remarkable season success with Mary of Magdala. Lillian Kemble's Mary stands out for dramatic intelligence and artistry while Howell Hansel as Aulus Flavius and John Waldron as Judas receive praise for their strong performances. Next week offers Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.
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Castle Square
Mary
Lillian Kemble
Mary of
Howell Hansel
Aulus Flavius
Judas
John Waldron
Castle Square Company
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Cale $Q
Castle Square Theatre Dramatic Stock Co
Woodland at Tremont Theatre Revival Gains Praise
Tremont Theatre revived Woodland a two act musical comedy by Pixley and Laiders last evening with a long cast led by Charles Dow Clark Louize Tozier Helen Hale Emma Carus Ida Brooks Hunt Margaret Sayre and others. The production features stronger score, enhanced instrumentation, richer visuals, and refined vocal numbers while keeping the familiar premise and characters. It is scheduled to run three weeks with elaborate scenery and costumes by Mr. Savage.
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Woodland
Frank Pixley
Gustav Laiders
Tremont Theatre
Inf Hazig
Pecee
Icv Cess
Charles Dow Clark Plioce
Issih
S.ee
Charles W. Meyers
Cardinal Grosbenk
Harry Pyke
Miss Nightingales i
Ida Brooks Hunt
Polly Parrot
Ida Mulle
Lady Peacock
Sreeviatoe
Emma Carus
Miss Turtle Dove
pvteCeves
Margaret Sayre
Jenny Wren
eReh Access
Helen Telale
Lady Haw
Sce
Veeeneuseus
Louida Williard
Miss Moeckink
Bgs
Lucille Neilson
Eeyetr Seers
Mattie Nichols
Eva Francis Devas Ouunay
Oeaias
Grace Walsh
Helen Hale
Httle
Mr. Savage
Humpty Dumpty thrills Boston at Colonial Theatre
Boston celebrated Easter Monday by viewing Humpty Dumpty at the Colonial Theatre last evening. The pageant is hailed as Boston’s finest production with lavish ballets and birds and fishes scenes. Performers Frank Moulan, George Schiller, Nellie Daly, Maude Lillian Berrl and others receive strong applause as Boston remains the sole New England venue for this spectacle.
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Boston
Colonial Theatre
America
Drury Lane
Klaw & Erlanger
Frank Moulan
George Schiller
Maude Lillian Berrl
Mexico
Nellie Daly
John McVeigh
Lillian Coleman
William C. Schrode
John C. Schrode
Joseph C. Smith
Nora Sarony
Fredericka Raymond
Arthur Conquest
David Abrams
Frank Todd
Eugene Everett
New England
Prisoner of War melodrama tops Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House featured Theodore Kremer's A Prisoner of War a four act melodrama based on the Russo Japanese conflict. Marie Falls led as Yuki San with Edwin Fox as Kajara Kato and George L Kennedy as Count Okuma in a tale of love loyalty and reprieve ending with Port Arthur fall and a united couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kremer
Grand Opera House
Kajara Kato
Yuki-San
Takahiro
Russia
Japan
Okuma
Kato
Port Arthur
Ivan Cassini
Edwin Fox
Melville Hunt
William Tully
Count Okuma
George L. Kennedy
Charles McDonald
Gustav A. Gauss
Gussie Hart
Ruth Enwood
Olga
Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder News Claim
A Cookshire Quebec pharmacist F A Bot tom reports twenty years of offensive catarrh and says Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder gave instant relief after first use, curing the condition and freeing him from its effects.
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F. A. Bottom
Cookshire
Que
Globe Theatre Presents Arizona by Augustus Thomas
The Globe Theatre opened a week long run of Augustus Thomas's Arizona depicting life in the arid Southwest with strong performances by Carol Arden Harriet Willard and a notable Escamilho Fernandez James Kirkwood and Francis Justice Critics praise the company and note a May 1 Boston premiere of The Seminary Girl as part of the Globe program.
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Arizona
Augustus Thomas
Globe Theatre
Mr. Thomas
Bonita
Francis Justice
Denton
James Kirkwood
Henry Canby
Boston
Globe
Country Lanes and City Pavements at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre hosted a crowded run of the melodrama Country Lanes and City Pavements written by George W. Heath. The cast includes Patience Fanshaw Prudence Fanshaw Miss Charlotte Hunt Charity Fanshaw Miss Corinne Cantwell Vera Collier Margaret Cook Florence Hale Harwood Prang Charles Miller Obediah Fanshaw Edwin Denison Seth Aesop Thaddeus Gray James Poultney Wilmer Walter Silas Cook Harry Brooks Mike rady Butler Haviland Lillian Henrie. The play follows two sisters on a rural NY and city life arc with a reporter hero who moves from city to farm life. Miss Hunt delivers a difficult dual role praised as best. The one-week run features matinees and bargain prices for ladies. Next week Jay Hunt melodrama Hearts of Gold opens.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
George W. Heath
Patience Fanshaw
Prudence Fanshaw
Charlotte Hunt Charity Fanshaw
Corinne Cantwell
Fationogs
Vera Collier
Margaret Cook
Florence Hale Harwood Prang
Charles Miller Obediah Fanshaw
Edwin Denison Seth Aesop
Thaddeus Gray
James Poultney
Wilmer Walter Silas Cook
Harry Brooks
Mike Rady
Butler Haviland Mang
Ceee
Lillian Henrie
Stockbridge
Berkshire Hills
New York City
New York
Miss Hunt
Mr. Miller
Denison
Haviland
Jay Hunt
Abbott Parker burns mark tops Austin and Stone show
A crowded program at Austin and Stone's Museum featured Abbott Parker with a torchlike burn on his back resembling a crucifix from lightning. The lineup included Bonettes on the wire, Danoras acrobatics, Dahomey chieftain Johan and daughter Kokovi, Lew Mettler imitator, Mme. Myers bearded illusion, and two hourly vaudeville stage shows with 40 stars.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Bouvais
Adelaide
Mazzoti
Benedict-Powell
Lew Benedict
Harry Powell
John Earle
Tom Bryant
Anna Dixon
Marie Glenn
Pearl Gray
Ruth Winship
Tom Bateman
Rose Jeannette
Vice and
Viola
Musette
Morin _ sisters
Patchen
Clifton
McGrevy and
Marshall
Mary Shaw Headlines Keith's Theatre Debut in Boston Varieties
Big crowds at Keith's Theatre welcomed Mary Shaw in her first Boston varieties appearance with The Silent System a 30 minute farce driven by moods from anger to happiness Harold Cahill played a leading man without lines The bill featured Celina Bobe Dida Bedini and Arthur the juggling duo Yoscarrys Nate Leipzig and more Gillette's musical dogs drew cheers as Professor Gillette's dogs thrilled both adults and children
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Keith
Boston
Mary Shaw
Miss Shaw
Harold Cahill
James J. Morton
Celina Bobe
France
Bobe
Dida
Bedini
Arthur
Yoscarrys
Nate Leipzig
Mark Murphy
Gillette
Keith’s
Paderewski at Symphony in Boston Finale
The Boston Symphony Orchestra finishes its season with a full troupe in Symphony Hall next Sunday. Paderewski will likely give a farewell Boston appearance in the Emperor concerto. Gericke plans a brilliant orchestral program to accompany the pianist.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Paderewski
Boston
Beethoven
Gericke
Howard Atheneum Vaudeville Show Bonanza This Week
A star studded Howard programme features Gardiner and Vincent in Winning a Queen with moon themed moving pictures, European gymnastic comedians Leigh, the Cowboy and the Lady sketch, Potter and Hartwell balancing act, Bailey and Fletcher in The Coontown Minstrels, Honey Johnson and Bevan Desmond operatic singing, Spraguellos instruments, Ella Richards light wire act, buck and wing duo McKinnon Reed, Joe Ellis German humorist, new kinetograph pictures, and The Gladness Brigade musical skit with Mary Wise and Susie Smithers reworks.
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the Howard
Gardiner and
Vincent
Sketch People
Earth
Leigh
Cowboy
Dude
Roberts
Hayes
Potter and Hartwell
Howard
Bailey and Fletcher
Coontown Minstrels
Honey Johnson
Bevan
Desmond
Spraguellos
Ella Richards
McKinnon
Reed
Joe Ellis
Alios
Gladness Brigade
Brigade
Mary Wise
Susie Smithers
Empire Theatre Vaudeville in Boston Earns High Praise
Boston audiences enjoyed a strong vaudeville bill at the Empire Theatre this week led by Miss Jessie Millward in a Russian intrigue role. Comedian Pat White sparked laughter at the Columbia with lively routines while Amy Butler and Boston acts Cunningham Fowley Humes Lewis and Ezier Webb contributed spearheading acts and witty dialogue.
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Empire Theatre
Boston
Jessie Millward
Mme. Mantelli
Pat White
Columbia
Olip
Amy Butler
Cunningham and
Fowley
Humes
Lewis
Ezier and Webb
Grand Opera Star Leads Diverse Vaudeville Program at Empire
Prano, a renowned opera figure, drew loud demand for more after a superb intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, an excerpt from Faust, and The Suwanee River. John Ford and Mayme Gehrge staged ten costumed girls in ensemble dancing, thrilling on the Empire stage alongside Terms troupe acrobats and Eddie Clark's witty monologue. Gracie Scemmett and Lillian Mills with Elida Morris provided comedy and song, while La Tell brothers and Carl Cook offered variety acts, with pleasing va facade views throughout.
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Prano
Cavalleria Rusticana
Suwanee River
John Ford
Mayme Gehrge
New York Hippodrome
Empire Stage
Eddie Clark
Gracie Scemmett
Mrs. Murphy
Lillian Mills
Elida Morris
la Tell Brothers
Carl Cook
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