The Little Duchess at Hollis Falls Flat
Boston review savages The Little Duchess with de Koven and Smith at Hollis, noting weak plot and poor singing aside from a boy soprano. It laments Anna Held's dip in chic and calls the show a spring opening high on gowns but low on entertainment.
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Anna
Hollis
Duchess
Reginald de Koven
Harry B. Smith
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Boston
Anna Held
Miss Held
Tosti
Aimee
Jadie
Papa
Charles A. Bigelow
Joe Herbert
George Marion
Franz Ebert
Hollis Vrs
Isaac B. Rich
F. Ziegfeld
JQN
de Koven
Smith
Little Duchess
Uncle Terry at the Boston Theatre in stage adaptation
The Boston Theatre presented Uncle Terry, William Gill's drama based on Charles Clark Munn's novel. The prologue with no dialogue narrates shipwreck rescue, then four acts follow in Southport and Boston, focusing on Uncle Terry, his daughter, a Swedish heiress, and a Boston lawyer who schemes for inheritance.
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Uncle Terry
Boston
William Gill
Charles Clark Munn
Gill
Terry
Has
Foster
St Wing
Southport
Pne
Telly
Nicnolag Rye
Vlain
Mr. Gill
Alcc Page
Fee
Two Week Return Engagement Opens at Tremont Theatre
Frank Daniels and his clever company present Miss Simplicity with additions and new songs including Babette Living Your Own Life and Phoebe Daniels showcases a lively performance with Grace Myers in a leading role and a mix of seasoned and new cast members led by Turner and Uart in new parts The Boston audience greeted the show with enthusiasm and compliments to the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Mr. Waite
John Martin
Nick Frye
Edward Worm
Albert Page
Francis Jones
Frank Nason
Virginia Dormer
Tilly
Claudia Lucas
Alice Ace
Lawrence Barbour
Andrew Glassford
F. Ellsworth
Kate Griffith
Grace Romine
Royce Allen
Terry
Engas
Frank Daniels
Cof Fun Makers
Tremont Theatre
Mr. Daniel
Boston
Mr. Daniels
Babette
Grace Myers
Paris
Frank Turner
Philip Montford
William Danforth
Allene Crater
Grace Belmont
Florence Gemmage
Bill Danforth
Owen Westford
Tom Ricketts
Lawrence Wheat
Kate Uart
Dorothea W. Baggs
The Strollers at the Colonial Theatre in Boston
The Strollers a George Lederer musical comedy played last night to a crowded humid house. Nixon and Zimmerman presented a prologue and two acts with a clever dialogue and a merry plot centered on a diamond necklace. Strong performances by Flenshaw Macart and Donl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Nixon
Zimmerman
George Lederer
Boston
John Flenshaw
William Macart
D. L. Don
Evening stage show delights with rich male chorus
The performers kept the audience in laughter with grotesque make-overs and wit. Harry showcased a fine baritone voice used artistically while Marie George and Josie De Witt contributed songs and dialogue, boosting the evening’s interest. The chorus was strong, and the company excelled in male voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Were
Marie George
Josie de Witt
Ada Gray’s East Lynne drama lights Grand Opera House
Miss Jeffreys Lewis starred in Ada Gray’s East Lynne at the Grand Opera House last evening. The classic emotional drama centers on Lady Isabel and Mme Vine with Miss Lewis praised for her erred and penitent roles. A strong supporting company aided the performance as the week long engagement opens with matinees and looks to be profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffreys Lewis
Grand Opera House
Ada Gray
Lynne
Isabel
East Lynne
Lewis
Mme. Vine
Miss Lewis
Bowdoin Square Theatre Delivers Sensational Melodrama Hit
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Sutton Vane's Life as a sensational production featuring Donazetta acrobats and Bert Lytell as Richard Blunt. Carl Fey and E R Phillips deliver strong performances with Loraine Dreux as Heathcote. The show runs a single week with daily matinees. next week’s bill is The Derby Winner starring Charlotte Hunt.
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Africa
Sutton Vane
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Donazetta
Bert Lytell
Richard Blunt
Castle Square Theatre opens summer with Tennessee’s Pardner
The Castle Square Theatre summer season opened with Tennessee's Pardner featuring new company members Lavinia Shannon as Tennessee Kent and Martha Rudes as Nettle Bice. Hallett Thompson impressed as Caleb Swan while John Craven and Robert Elliot offered strong comic turns. The run lasts one week before Ord Chumley follows starting next Monday.
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Castle Square Theatre
Tennessee
Lavinia Shannon
Tennessee Kent
Castle Square
Martha Rudesill
Nettle Bice
Leonora Bradley
Mrs. Hay
Hallett Thompson
Caleb Swan
Charles One
Asa Bice
John Craven
Ghewilliker Hay
Robert Elliot
Tom Romaine
James L. Seeley
Amos Barlow
Edward Wade
Yank Spike
Pardner
The County Fair at Park Theatre Enchants Audiences
The County Fair continues at the Park Theatre with a large nightly audience. Burgess as Aunt Abby delights, Emma Pollack charms as Taggs, and the full company delivers strong performances including the notable Cold Molasses. A matinee is scheduled for Saturday.
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Park Theatre
Burgess
Abby
Emma Pollack
The Girl From Paris at Columbia Theatre Delights Boston Audiences
The Girl From Paris now playing at the Columbia Theatre pleases Boston area playgoers with a lively mix of entertainment and expert dancing. An innovation starts next Thursday with a series of professional matinees and invitations sent to performers from other theatres. A. H. Chamberlyn previews the nautical opera The Defender by Allen Lowe and Charles Dennee, expected to be a standout with a company of 100.
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Paris
Columbia Theatre
Boston
A. H. Chamberlyn
Allen Lowe
Charles Dennee
Are You a Mason enjoyed two more weeks at Boston Museum
The Boston Museum stage staged another prosperous evening of the comedy Are You a Mason. Leo Ditrichstein delivered the standout performance with broad humor while John C. Rice and Thomas A. Wise played the two Masons. Esther Tittell and Gertrude Whitty led the guiding wives, supported by George Richards, Charles Halton, Charles Greene, Grace Hadsel, Hazel Chapple, Amy Muller, Sally Cohen, and Maude Travers.
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Boston Museum
Leo Ditrichstein
John C. Rice
Thomas A. Wise
Esther Tittell
Gertrude Whitty
George Richards
Charles Halton
Charles Greene
Grace Hadsel
Hazel Chapple
Amy Muller
Sally Cohen
Maude Travers
Boston Music Hall Draws Noted Guests for Rauschle Show
Boston Music Hall hosted a crowded afternoon and evening audience drawn by the impersonator Rauschle. Notable figures praised included McKinley and Roosevelt, while performers J. Sear Allen and Al Weston impressed with song and dance. Clivette, the Man in Black, returned to entertain with his shadow acts as the ensemble staged varied scenes.
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Boston Music Hall
Rauschle
Boston
Admiral Schley
Admiral Sampson
General Crant
Bismarck
Napoleon Bonaparte
Allen
Oro Japs
Clivette
Man In Black
Furnish a Home in Boston for Just $100
The Shawmut Furniture Company offers a full home furnishing list for 100 dollars. A parlor set, bed, dining room items, kitchen basics, and carpet are included with a small down payment and weekly remittances. Most items are overhauled to look like new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Shawmut Furniture Company
Shawment Furniture Company
Tremont Street
Notable Variety Night Delivers Laughs and Displays
The show featured J. A. Murphy and Eloise Witeres in a farcical Doughnuts sketch, Rio brothers displaying flying rings strength, Kitty Mitchell and Wesson Walters in Teaching Her a Lesson, Mark Sullivan’s clever celebrity mimicry, and performances by the Bodwells, Daly, Devere, and the American vita graph with motion views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Murphy
Eloise Witeres
Rio Brothers
Kitty Mitchell
Wesson and Walters
Mark Sullivan
Bodwells
Daly and Devere
American Vitagraph
Keith's Theatre Show Delivers Balanced Variety
Keith's weekly bill features the Meers wire act and Hal Davis with Inez Macauley in The Unexpected, a betting miscue that becomes a winner. Willie and Frances Hale perform hoop rolling and juggling, Jess Dandy offers new songs, Vernon the ventriloquist entertains, Ed Gray regales with stories, Aston Raymond trio grills The Heart of Maryland, Carlisle’s dogs and ponies delight youngsters, and biograph films provide strong attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
the Meers
Euehus
Hal Davis
Inez Macauley
Mr. Davis
Miss Macauley
Willie
Frances Hale
Jess Dandy
Vernon
Ed Gray
Biograph
Inex Macauley
Willie Hale
Frances
Boston
Jens Dandy
Weston-Raymond
Marynd
Brown and Willing
Howard Atheneum Presents W B Watsons American Burlesque
A company of twenty attractive women and ten comedians headlines this week at the Howard with the opening skit Levi’s Christening featuring W B Watson Dan Crimmins Pete McCloud John Leslie Lew Watson and more The bill includes chic soubrettes Cessy Grant Rene Washburn and lively acts by Crimmins Gore Leslie Curdy Gelbini McCloud Melville and the closing Zebs Corner with Billy Watson leading a full company Also listed are George C Davis Bryan Nadine Tanner Gilbert T A Russell George Kane Morrissey Proctor and the Howard four in a Charlie Gurnham comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Watson
the Howard
Madge Darrell
Bila Barrett
Edna Stevens
Kitty Lucette
Arion ‘Howe
Eddna Cook
Clara Melville
Rene Washburn
Cessy Grant
Leslie and Curdy
Crimmins
Gore
Gelbini
McCloud
Melville
Zeb's
Billy Watson
Howard's
George C. Davis
Bryan
Nadine
Tanner
Gilbert
T. A. Russell
George Kane
Morrissey and
Proctor
Howard Comedy
Charlie Gurnham
Austin and Stone's Eight Sepoy Women Entertain Boston Crowd
A vaudeville display at Austin and Stone's drew hundreds of Bostonians and New Englanders to see the show. The group, described as “yogi-men,” demonstrated magic, juggling, and snake charming feats by ten men and eight women with attendants. The lineup included Carno's musical dogs and the Yorke sisters among other notable acts.
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Austin & Stone
Museu
Carno
Trubbard
Paulton
Yorke
Wahlunds
Smart
Williams
Annie Southard
Ramir
Hamlin
Ile Foresters
Helene Thorn
Military Surprise of 1902 Features Notable Names
Dora and Nora Eliot appear among musical Naenats along with Tom Herron Banerft sisters Seaman Monti Murray Colby and the soldier Sandow Captain Charles Layton in the Military Surprise of 1902 with other cited figures.
Celestial Day delight at Bos tock's Great Animal Arena
Yesterday's Celestial Day in Boston drew huge crowds at the Great Animal Arena. Chinese bands played afternoon and evening as the Cantonese Bazaar attracted visitors with foreign booths lanterns and oriental display. The parade from remont street to the drama building featured Chinese mission school groups and many from the Boston Chinese colony with ten carriages and exotic animals. Mme Morrelli the Queen of Jaguars and Bonavita the Lion Monarch led a standout performance enhanced by added animals and novel routines drawing the warmest welcome.
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Bostock
Great Animal Arena
Remont Street
Dorama
Mission Schools
Boston
Mme. Morrelli
Jaguars
Bonavita
U S Cruiser Bohemia Steals Show At Lyceum Theatre
Miner and Van's Bohemian Burbequers headline the popular Lyceum with U. S. Cruiser Bohemia, a lively, humorous revue. The cast includes Bixley Hughes in The Well, Well Man and Girl, Maddox Wayne as actor and messenger boy, and Gracey Burnett in a travesty, with Soubrettes and live pictures produced by Miner.
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Miner
Van
U. S
Bohemia
Bixley
Hughes
Maddox
Wayne
Gracey
Burnett
Riley
St. John
Nicolai
Ana Huckley
Miner An
Living Pictures
A Night of Vaudeville Acts At The Lenox Club
Nick el odeon Mann Walker presents a varied bill with Serpentile the South American snake eater Johnny Taylor sparring Beverly Kent and upcoming match with Young Gardner at the Criterion Club. Testinos knife throwers perform while Professor Wilsons dog Jack enlivens the act. Knot tying, wood sawing, blackface comedy, singing and instrumental numbers fill the programme with amateurs joining Friday. The play featuring the great American tramp as portrayed by Ross Snow is praised for its humor and spectacle Seats are selling rapidly.
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Idney Hinman
Really Ford
Ritter and
Leavitt
Morgan and Crone
Fannie Edwards
Gertie Zola
George Platt
Nellie Hartford
Frank Collins
Herbert Swift
Rosaline Morgan
Happy Hooligan at Grand Opera House Next Week
All lovers of pure mirth and merriment who may witness the comedy "Happy Hooligan" next week at the Grand Opera House will be treated to a lighthearted stage performance. Local residents are invited to attend for an evening of humorous antics and cheerful entertainment.
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Grand Opera House
Malden Auditorium to Host Florodora Cast May 3
Sydney Deane who originated Frank Abercoed in Florodora leads the Malden Auditorium company touring from Casino and New York Theatres. Deane’s solo Under the Shade of the Palms is praised as a gem and a major hit in this tuneful musical comedy.
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Sydney Deane
Frank Abercoed
Casino
New York
Malden Auditorium
Deane
Young Men's Catholic Association to Meet
A meeting will be held this evening at the Young Men's Catholic Association hall 41 East Newton Street to consider and adopt a new constitution prepared over several months.
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The
Young Men's Catholic Association
East Newton Street
Y M A Congress Reunion Held in Brattle Street Hall
The Y M C A Congress reunion and banquet will occur at Quincy house, Brattle street, on Tuesday evening April 29 at 6 30 p m.
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Y. Cc. A. “Congress
Ts Quincy House
Brattle Street
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Castoria
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New York City
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Edward H. Crosby
the Strollers
Keith’s Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Tremont
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Mats
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Hi. L. Heartz
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Fsa
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Phoebe
Hamilton Place
Winter Bt
Oxford
the Great Rauschle
Weston & Allen
Sugimoto Jay 8
Rio Bros
Murphy & Willard
Billy Howard
Laskys
Castle Varaven
Tremont St
Music’ Hall
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Monda
Merineca
Hkonbons
Lord Chumley
South End
Col. Columbus Av
Walpole St
Brooklyn
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Adam
Matinee
Lemay
Malden
G. D. Campbell
Boston Company
Sam
Beauty Sextet
Nick Hlodeon
Serpentila
Curlo Halls
Animal Arena
Lyceum Theatre
Epie
Neil Burgess
NEW County Fair
Keith S
Carlisle
Columbia
Billiant Bratricade
Symphony Hall
Pops
Max Zach
Brege
Nixon & Zimmerman‘s Co
Geo. W. Lederer
Strollers
Adamless
Haymarket
Theatre
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
Mgr
James R. Waite
Charles River Park
Wright & Ditson’s
Park
Gyclorama
MUSE
Mason
Howard i. Khs
George
Davis
Ae and Gore
Selbini
Cassy Grant
Leslie
Curdy
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Revere House
Torres
Realit
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Mahatmas
W. C. Loftus Co
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