Theatrical Attractions Entertain Boston Visitors at Castle Square
Boston patrons witnessed a capital revival of Harry P Mawson’s military comedy A Fair Rebel at Castle Square Theatre. Lillian Kemble led a strong cast including Alice Riker and Leonora Bradley with Franklyn Ritchie and John Craven in support. The program featured vaudeville acts, new sets with electric effects, and upcoming Harvest or Wedded and Parted. The Isle of Spice may come to New York, and The Globe will pause until Sept 5 for Shore Acres.
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Castle Square
Harry P. Mawson
Boston
Lillian Kemble
Clara Monteith
Alice Riker
Joan Fitzhugh
Leonora Bradley
Aunt Margie
Alison Skipworth
Mrs. Wood
Colonel Mason
Franklyn Ritchie
James N. Seeley
Major Stillman
George F. Farren
de Perrin
Howard Wade
Major Monteith
Lindsay Morison
Will Bronson
John T. Craven
Nelse
Isle of Spice
New York
The Female Detectives at Grand Opera House
The Russell brothers star in a three act comedy drama with James and John in titular roles. A familiar plot of a New York scandal unfolds through crime including forgery attempted murder robbery kidnapping and blackmail. The brothers win audience ovation with bold costume shifts and their Irish sketches.
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Charles A. Taylor
Russell Brothers
James
John
Grand Opera House
New York
J. P. Tucker
Dot
Nellie Chandler
The Blue and the Gray at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre offered The Blue and the Gray twice yesterday to eager audiences. The Northern captain is the hero, a Confederate guerilla the villain. Lothrop stock shares strong comedy with Irish and colored characters. Charlotte Hunt leads as Ruth White with Corinne Cantwell and Miss Du Bois in key roles. Charles Miller stars as Captain Stanley. Edwin Denison supports as Colonel White. Butler Haviland and Harry Brooks provide comic and character work. Regular Bowdoin pricing applies with matinee bargains for ladies. Ranch 10 announced to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lothrop Stock Company
Bowdoin
Charlotte Hunt
Ruth White
Corinne Cantwell
Mary Stanley
Miss du Bois
Mrs. Stanley
Florence Hale
Mandy
Charles Miller
Captain Stanley
Edwin Denison
Colonel White
Butler Haviland
Corporal Fagan
Harry Brooks
Uncle Josh
D. I. Gaylord
Henry Alexander
Wilmer Walter
James Larkin
Frank Mason
Thomas Russell
Charles Chase
Bowdoin Square
Isle of Spice final week opens with new Boston stage
The Isle of Spice final week opened at the Globe Theatre with a new stage setting for the court of Nicobar and major changes in act two. Gus Sholke designed a new dance The Broom Dance of the Witches led by Alice Yorke with a dozen pretty witches in fetching costumes. New features include Mercenary Mary Ann song and Peggy Brady number with Leslie Leigh in a revealing costume. The finale introduced hushed years of audience enthusiasm.
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Isle of Spice
Globe Theatre
Majestic Theatre
New York
Court of Nicobar
Gus Sholke
Alice Yorke
Boston
Mary Ann
Peggy Brady
Leslie Leigh
Woodland ends run as Pixley and Luders present
This week marks the closing performances of Woodland in Boston after a 17 week run. It heads to the New England circuit for two weeks before a long engagement at Studebaker Theatre in Chicago. The Shogun at Tremont premieres as Henry Savage presents Adelanders opera, with box office lines showing strong demand for opening nights.
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Boston
New England
Studebaker Theatre
Chicago
Tremont
George Ade
Gustav Luders
Majestic Theatre opens advance sale for Eternal City
The Majestic Theatre announces advance ticket sales beginning tomorrow for the season opener on August 22. The Eternal City stars Edward Morgan as David Rossi with Janet Waldorf as Donna Roma Valonna and Frank C Bangs as the Pope, Fredericke Belleville as the Baron. The production is billed as the largest and most elaborate yet.
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Majestic Theatre
Hall Caine
Edward Morgan
David Rossi
Janet Waldorf
Europe
Donna Roma Valonna
Pope
Frank C. Bangs
Fredericke Belleville
Baron
Girl From Kays to Open Hollis Street Theatre Season
The jolly London musical comedy The Girl From Kay's will open the new Hollis Street Theatre season on Monday Sept 5. Charles Frohman presents it with the original New York cast led by Sam Bernard as the German character and Hattie Williams as the girl from Kay's, along a chorus of American beauties.
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London
America
Hollis Street Theatre
Charles Frohman
New York
Sam Bernard
Hattie Williams
Opening of the Colonial Theatre With The Southerners
A week from Monday the Colonial Theatre opens for the new dramatic season with The Southerners the musical study in black and white. George W. Lederer presents the play and brings back the original favorites including Junie McCree who heads the cast.
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Colonial Theatre
New York
George W. Lederer
Junie McCree
The Season at the Park opens with Kendall comic pair
Ezra Kendall and Liebler Co. present Weatherbeaten Benson at the Park Theatre on September 5. Kendall offers a new life in the Indian Territory while a rival role from The Vinegar Buyer is hailed as even funnier.
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Ezra Kendall
Liebler & Co
Park Theatre
Keiths Theatre presents Our Boys in Blue in Boston show
The Keith vaudeville program featured Our Boys in Blue with fifteen soldiers, Red Cross nurse, and a night fort attack spectacle to please G A R veterans. The all variety bill included Carlin Otto, Golubrucks, Toledo and Price, Clara Ballerini, Arthur Whitelaw, The Fadettes, and biograph films drawing Blue enthusiasm.
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Our Boys In Blue
Boston
United States
Red Cross
Carlin
Otto
Rogers Brothers
Golubrucks
Toledo
Price
Clara Ballerini
Arthur Whitelaw
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Debuts With Isle of Splice
The Howard stock burlesque company opened its season with The Isle of Splice a fantasy musical comedy featuring Fanny Da Costa Lillian Taylor Helen Parr and a group of prize performers. The show promises lively color new melodies and parodic takes on popular productions of last season.
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Howard Stock
Fanny da Costa
Lillian Taylor
Helen Parr
Allie Vivian
Julia Heitzman
Eleanor Revere
Georgie Revere
Mary Belmont
Bessie Rosa
Julia Crosby
Nelle Hartford
Kitty Hartford
Elsie Beach
Jeanette Agnew
Frances Madigan
Amy Lee
Marie Healey
Leah LaJoie
Lillian
Lyceum Theatre Opens Fall Winter Season With Packed Audiences
The Lyceum Theatre opened its regular fall and winter season with both afternoon and evening performances sold out. The program featured a musical melange, a vaudeville lineup with John Ferguson Bulla and Raymond Alice Leslie Deacon and Walker and Ed and Nettie Morse, and a popular burlesque production. Daily matinees and popular pricing are noted, with The Runaway Girls road show scheduled for next week.
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Lyceum Theatre
John Ferguson
Bulla
Raymond
Mr. Bulla
Alice Leslie
Deacon and Walker
Nettie Morse
Manila Bay
Palace Theatre Opens Fall Season With Rose Hill Burlesque
The Palace Theatre launched its regular fall and winter season with Rice & Barton’s Rose Hill burlesque company. The three act Knights of the Red Garter features strong vaudeville and dance numbers with a capable cast led by George Rice. A Terrible Night, featuring John Cain, and other acts by Ponge and Lea, Blanche Newcomb, Katherine Rowe Palmer, the Vanbrothers, the Sison City Quartet, and other specialties keep the program lively.
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Palace Theatre
Rice & Barton
Rose Hill
Knights of the “Red Garter
George Rice
Ponge
Lea
Blanche Newcomb
John Cain
Katherine Rowe Palmer
van Brothers
Sison City
Sato Dances Sahara Whirlwind at Austin and Stone’s Museum
Sato the handsome oriental odalisque dazzles G A R visitors with a Sahara whirlwind dance. The audience roars as she spins faster and faster, bowing without fatigue when the music stops. Her troupe and a parade of attractions, including the De Wolfe sisters and the Spragnellos, headline the show.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Sato
Ben Hur
Big Snake
Cairmans
Martenelli
Modeller
Punch Thoma
Alfred Hall
Gladys Everton
Leon
Bertie Allen
de Wolfe
Kennedy
Clifford
Hayes
Eva Debron
Kimball Brothers
Marsh Family
Spragnellos
Magnificent Week at Popular House Curio Hall
The curio hall displays patriotic girls, stylish costumes, and stage effects. Professor Hawkins performs high style tricks and high jumping while Professor Miller demonstrates broom making. A high kicking contest and a roster of acts including George Platte, Bessie Tene, Donna Dean, Babe Meerson energize the program. Friday features amateur night.
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Curio Hall
Hawkins
George Platte
Bessie Tene
Donna Dean
Babe Meerson
Coon Shouter
Preparations at Point of Pines for Civil War veterans visit
Management decorates grounds and hotel Pines with bunting for visiting Civil War veterans. Entrance areas are prepared as crowds gather for the event. The theatre bill for the week follows this ceremony with planned entertainment.
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Point of Pines
Hotel Pines
Novelty acts headlining summer theatre bill in Boston
Ushers lead a varied act list featuring Emerson and Omega in a bright musical sketch, Kimball and Donovan on clever banjo routines, Nichols and Croix in a travesty act, and other meritorious numbers. A sensational head-on collision between two big passenger locomotives is set for Saturday at 6 pm, fenced grounds ensuring spectator safety. Next Friday a performance by His Majesty's Grenadier Guards band is announced for Boston audiences.
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Emerson and Omega
Kimball
Donovan
Nichols and Croix
Boston
His Majesty’s Grenadier Guards
Kimball and Donovan
J. Coogan
Moving Pictures
R. B
FBI
Band OF His Majesty's Grenadier Guards
Lexington Park Hosts G A R Encampment Week in Boston
Lexington Park near Revolutionary battle sites attracts G A R visitors with elaborate decorations and illuminated displays for encampment week. Manager J W Gorman offers a vaudeville program featuring Howley and Leslie dancing impersonations, a One Act Farce, a monologue by Chalk Saunders, the Rice family violin act, Reed and Shaw flying ring and parallel bar act, plus homograph pictures as part of the week’s entertainment.
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Lexington Park
Boston
J. W. Gorman
Rustic Theatre
Howley
Leslie
Harry Thorne
Chalk Saunders
Rice
Reed
Shaw
Veterans Visit Norumbega Park in Boston
Grand Army veterans and friends arrived in Boston and found elaborate preparations at Norumbega Park. Highlights included an open air theatre with Apollo Quartet war songs, S. F. Keyes war lecture, the Kelly Zouaves marching in perfect unison, wall scaling, and vaudeville acts by Kennedy and Rooney, Will Dockray, and the Prentice trio.
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Norumbega Park
Boston
Apollo
S. F. Keyes
Kelly Zouaves
Kennedy
Rooney
Will Dockray
Prentice
Crescent Gardens at Revere Beach Showcase Acts
Visitors to Boston flock to Revere Beach for Crescent Gardens rustic theatre. Conn and Conrad headline with an aerial act, followed by Al Anderson and Billy Briggs in vaudeville. Simball and Donovan banjo duets impress, J Coogan dances, Shannon children sing and dance, Walshes perform comedy, and moving pictures delight night crowds.
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Boston
Revere Beach
Rustic Theatre
Crescent Gardens
Conn
Conrad
al Anderson
Billy Briggs
S<imball
Donovan
J. Coogan
Shannon
Walshes
Moving Pictures
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Bonita
The
Howard
the Hodges
Harry Brown
Allen and Appleton
Barney
Dolly Flynn
Dudley
Cheslyn
Delberg Sisters
the Hobbs
McDade and
Welcome
Coppinger and White
Kinetograph
Tremont Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Nickelodeon
Fanny Dacosta
Isle of Splice
Mitchells
Gorman
West
Ida Howell
Square Theatre
Scollay Sq
White
Carrollton
Ruth
North
South United
Keith
Majestic
Intiall Caine
of— Pines
Lincoln Wharf
Foot Battery
Housh
Bay Line
Atlantic Ave
Housk’s Neck
Thorn
Fere
Matinee
NG Law School
Men's Christian Association
Boylston St
Entertainments
Critains
A. R
Mt. Hood
Malrose
Combination Park
Medf
Mostir
Sams
Columbia
Sions
Fairsland
Melrose
Penne
Roosevelt
R. R. Laving
Oliver Ditson Co
Tremont St
Ini
Frank FE. Orcutt
Whitcomb
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
And
California
Maritime Provinces
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Quebec
Saratoga
White Mountains
Poland Spring House
St. Louis Exposition
Raymond & Whitcomb CO
Washington St
Old South Church
Tioston
Union Square
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
First Landing
Trip
Provincetown
Staunch & Elegant Steamship
Cape Cod
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Waltham
Mass
Boston & Maine R. R
Union Station
Dr. Flanders
Gen. Pass
Natasket Beach
Nantasket
Martland Brockton
Mace Gay
Williams
J. N. Proctor
Steeplechase
Old Mill
Pemberton
G. P. Cushing
Pleasure Bay
Attaquin
Snow’s Arch
Otis Wharves
Oliver St
Eastern Steamship Company International Division
Portland
C. E. Laechler
Commercial Wharf
Alfred Sorensen
Sun
Iohing Grounds
KING
ED. W. Dixon
Wed
Crescent Street
Moss
Crescent St
Ea Vaily
P.M
oRearre
Lexington
Zoological Garden
Electric Arcade
North Ferry
Battery St
Central Wharf
State St
Cor
Johnstown
Revere
Wade
Woodland
Harry Bulger
Emma Carus
Frank Doane
Stanley H. Ford
Henry W. Sar
Korea
Brooks Hunt
Cheridah Simpson
Helen Halale
Ida Mulles
Gustav Laders
Chas
Evans Chrisie McDonald
Weedon
Carrie E. Perkins
David Torrence
Thos
Eary
Blanche Adams
BE. B. Martindell
National League
Columbus Ave
Walpole St
Geo. B. Appleton’s
Old South Building
Connelly
Adams House
Boston& Gloucester Steamship Co
North Shore
Gloucester
Cape Ann
City of Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
Columbus Orchestra
E. Ss. Merchant
Motinee
Dover St
A.R
Orumbega
Auburndale
Charlies
G. A. R. Attractio Komograph
Haymarket
Peter B. Bradler
Ida M. Chase
Priscilla
Ear State St
City Point
North Side Commercial Wharf
A. I. Freeman
State House
Qhoriston St
Bdg
Tel. Haym
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