The Grafter opens Globe Theatre season with Hap Ward
Hap Ward stars as a lone figure in The Grafter at the Globe Theatre opening the season. Lucy Daly, William Friend, and Tony Williams receive praise while the chorus shines and audiences respond with flowers and tips. The show plays two weeks as Ade's comedy gains momentum in other cities. An extra matinee is set for Labor Day.
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Globe Theatre
Hap Ward
Ward
Mr. Ward
Mr. Vokes
Lucy Daly
William Friend
Budd Wilson
Tony Williams
C. Horace Homer
Miss Daly
Hopper Stars in Happyland Opera at Boston Theatre
Opening night next Saturday marks the regular dramatic season with De Wolf Hopper as King Ecstaticus in the two act opera Happyland. Music by Reginald De Koven and book by Frederic Ranken, supported by a strong company including George Frothingham Will Danforth John Dunsmuir Frank Casey Carl Hayden and Marguerite Clark among others.
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Boston Theatre
de Wolf Hopper
King Ecstaticus
Happyland
Imperial Palace of Elysia
Elysian Fields
Reginald de Koven
Frederic Ranken
Mr. Hopper
Wang
Pickwick
el Capitan
New York
George Frothingham
Will Danforth
John Dunsmuir
Frank Casey
Carl Hayden
Joseph Phillips
Marguerite Clark
Ada Deaves
Estelle Wentworth
Bertha Shalek
Eva Tanguay Set to Open Majestic Season with The Sambo Girl
Majestic Theatre greets Eva Tanguay with anticipation as The Sambo Girl debuts Monday afternoon. Tanguay’s famed Chaperones and The Office Boy set a witty vehicle with songs fans will whistle. Box office opens Thursday for seat sales across both weeks.
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Eva Tanguay
Majestic
Tanguay
Miss Tanguay
Harry B. Smith
Gustave Kerker
Cape Cod Steamship Expands Excursion to Provincetown
This season excursion travel to Provincetown rises as the Cape Cod sails full with passengers. Sunday trips run four hours each way with perfect accommodations under strict passenger limits. The daily departure is 9 a m and Sundays 9 30 from Bay Line Wharf 400 Atlantic Avenue with a 90 minute Provincetown layover.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
Cape
Bay Line Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Provincetow
Pilgrims
First Landing
Bay Line
Rowe
Bhon Station
S. A. Moody
Heir to the Hoo rah to Open Boston Season
Hollis Street Theatre begins a new dramatic season next Monday with The Heir to the Hoo rah Paul Armstrong comedy first seen at Hudson Theatre New York. Cast includes Guy Bates Post and Kirke La Shelle favorites. scenery and effects to match prior production. Box office opens Thursday at 8 am.
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Hollis Street Theatre
New York
Boston
The Streets of New York at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented The Streets of New York with strong acting led by Charles Miller as Tom Badger and notable support from Butler Haviland Harry Brooks Edwin Denison and Annette Marshall The production impressed with its scenic and artistic handling and the cast received praise for their performances Next week will feature The Gambler a sensational play.
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New York
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Union Square
Charles Miller
Tom Badger
Mr. Butler Haviland
Puffy
Harry Brooks
Dan Puffy
Edwin Denison
Gideon Bloodgood
Mr. Gaylord
Miners Merry Burlesquers Open Columbia Season
At Columbia Music Hall crowds packed for the Miner's Merry Burlesquers showing A Lively Honeymoon and Doctor She. Lead Charles Emmonds entertained with笑acted skits while Emily Nice delighted as the bride amid five novel acts and Ethiopian songs. The opening night launched the Empire circuit season.
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Columbia Music Hall
Miner’s Merry Burlesquers
Charles Emmonds
Emily Nice
Ono
Columbia
la Toy Brothers
Emmons
Emerson
Gramlich and Kelley
Billy Noble
She
High Rollers Burlesque Company Delights Lyceum Audience
The Lyceum Theatre hosts the High Rollers burlesque company in its second week. The 35 performers include top show girls and a strong vaudeville slate with Crawford and Heintzmann, Crane in palace of enchantment and Cremation illusion, plus Wesson trio and Coulter Stevens and Bissett.
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High Rollers
Crawford and
End of Summer Travel Slows But Boston Portland Traffic Remains Steady
The August close usually signals travel decline but Eastern Steamship lines show passenger flow from Boston to Portland Bath Bangor Bar Harbor and the Maritime Provinces remains nearly as high as before. With schools starting in New England the return of vacationists will boost travel away from the region.
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Eastern Steamship Company
Boston
Portland
Bath
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Maritime
New England
Empire Theatre Delights with The Man From Mexico Comedy
The Empire Theatre offers The Man From Mexico this week a lighthearted comedy with a strong cast led by Walter Perkins as Benjamin Fitzhew. Fanny McIntyre Mary Sanders Flora Juliet Bowley and Carl Anthony deliver notable turns alongside William Humphrey William Evarts and others. The season ends this week and the Empire stock company opens The Second in Commanda next Monday.
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Empire Theatre
Hfe
Mexico
Walter Perkins
Benjamin Fitzhew
Blackwell’s Island
Mr. Perkins
Fanny McIntyre
Boston
Clementina Fitzhew
Mary Sanders
Nettle Majors
Flora Juliet Bowley
Sallie Graice
Carl Anthony
Wiliam Humphrey
Willie Loveaul
William Evarts
von Bulow Bismarck Schmidt
Francis Ball
Richard Daunton
Walter Lewis
Edward Farrar
George de Carlton
Timothy Cook
The
Empire
Empire Stock Company
Commanda
Old Heidelberg Heads Castle Square Fall Season
Castle Square Theatre opens the fall and winter season with Old Heidelberg played by its stock company led by John Craig and Lillian Kemble. Craig stars as Karl Heinrich while Marion Ballou William McVay Willard Howe and Maurice Franklin debut with the Castle Square stock company.
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Castle Square Theatre
John Craig
Lillian Kemble
Craig
Karl Heinrich
Marion Ballou
William McVay
Willard Howe
Maurice Franklin
Castle Square Stock Company
Custers Last Fight Melodrama Captivates Grand Opera House
The fourth week at Grand Opera House features Custers Last Fight a four act melodrama starring Hal Reid as Buffalo Bill Montgomery Irving leads Yellow Hand and Louise Ramsey plays a constrained heroine The show boasts vivid action red fire and a climactic Little Big Horn scene with a grand vitagraph reproduction Next week the Byrne brothers bring Hight 8 Bells and the run is expected to draw crowds
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Custer
Hal Reid
Wild West
Buffalo Bill
Little Big Horn
Montgomery Irving
George L. Kennedy
Yellow Hand
Louise Ramsey
Margaret Nelson
Dove Eye
Baby Abbott
Guy H. Bartlett
Ben Jones
Byrne Brothers
Trocadero Burlesquers Open Palace Theatre Season
Manager Waldron presents two burlesques A Saintly Sinner and Doping the Winner at the Palace Theatre with Frank Graham John Boyce Charles Mackie Ben Walker William Black and Charles Belmont in comic roles Mae Taylor May Bryant Grace Graham Annie Hill star in the leading feminine parts. Elaborate costumes accompany musical numbers A Night Patrol and The Yankee Men of War. Skits include Alio juggling cannon balls and a chin balance act. Other acts include Boyce and Black the Grahams Mae Taylor Alf and Marie Wilson and Mackie and Walker in The Derby Day.
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Waldron
Palace Theatre
Trocadero Burlesquers
Frank Graham
John Boyce
Charles Mackie
Ben Walker
William Black
Charles Belmont
Annie Hill
Mae Taylor
May Bryant
Grace Graham
Brian
Boyce and Black
Grahams
Moving Pictures
Alf
Marie Wilson
Mackie and Walker
Boston crowds flock to Austin & Stone's for Southern vaudeville
Colonel White promises public service and crowds pack the museum and theatre in Boston. Turner's Southern serenaders Powell's minstrel maids George Mardo and a Virginia bred troupe deliver continuous performances with a full orchestra. Spectators see plantation life scenes and vaudeville acts crowding the balcony and pit daily.
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Austin & Stone
Turner
Powell
George Mardo
Boston
Cotton
Curio Hall
Mary McGrery
Bob Marshall
Mason and Mason
Ward
Beekman Offers Labor Day Tours From City Agent
Mr. G. E. Beekman, ticket and tourist agent at 298 Washington Street, arranges Labor Day tours from $8.90 covering all expenses. Trips include the mountains, Old Orchard Beach, Lake Winnipesaukee. Tickets and details available by contacting Mr. Beekman.
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Washington Street
Mountains
Old Orchard Beach
Lake Winnipesaukee
Beekman
Weirs Centre Harbor
Wolfboro
New York Hippodrome
White Mountains
G. EK. Beekman
Washington St
Main
Boston
Keith's Theatre Show Delivers Nine New Acts and Laughs
Keith's patrons enjoyed nine new acts including the Colonial Septet in three scenes with varied instruments and costumes. Berzac's Circus donkey and ponies drew laughs, while Jane Courthope's sketch, Spissell and Mack, and others offered clever specialties. A Gordon Bennett races film closed the program with strong reception.
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Keith
Virginia Wood
Berzac
Kruger
Keith’s
Jane Courthope
Spissell Brothers
Mack
Stanley and
Brockman
Mark Sullivan
Mirzi von Wenzl
Castanos
Paragon Park Offers Week End Free Open Air Circus
The last week of Paragon Park opens with Lunette performing perilous life leap on a wire from the electric tower to the Palm Garden steps. Speedy the high diver plunges 150 feet into a 35 inch deep tank. Delmore and Oneida balance on a Japanese perch as part of the featured acts. The midway promises more attractions before Labor Day closure and hints at a full programme change next year.
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Paragon Park
Lunette
Palm Garden
Speedy
Delmore
Oneida
North Pole
Johnstown
Lexington Park Sees Closing Season Attracts Wide Amusements
The resort at Lexington Park closes its season with a varied program. Lenna Claire Howe presents a women orchestra while the zoo features deer park monkey house elk preserves and bear den. Entertainment includes Morgan and Crone Bailey and Fletcher Newell and Steele Ellsworth and Burt Fredericks and his trick pony Don plus motion pictures in the komograph.
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Lexington Park
Lenna Claire Howe
Zoological Garden
Deer Park
Monkey House
Elk Preserves
Bear den
Rustic Theatre
Morgan and Crone
Bailey and Fletcher
Newell
Steele
Comedietta
Ellsworth
Burt
Fredericks
Don
Komograph
Gibson Girl at Point of Pines Ends Regular Season
The Point of Pines rustic theatre presents The Gibson Girl with Phil Ott in a tale of a man returning with a second wife after 15 years away. Fireworks nightly begin tonight with new novelties for the final week. Child contralto Jennie De Haan sings Just We Two with the Lynn Cadet Band at 4:30 and 8 p.m. Next Saturday the Lynn lodge of Elks leases the grounds with 60 cents admission for the day.
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Point of Pines
Rustic Theatre
Gibson Girl
Phil Ott
William Gibson
Jennie de Haan
Miss de Haan
We Two
Lynn Cadet Band
Lynn Lodge of Elks
Walker's Museum Draws Crowds for Big Show
Crowds filled the curio hall at Walker's Museum with Mrs. Emily Fisher Hoch as the featured attraction. The program included the Mello brothers from Rhode Island, Gavin the perfect man, a Trilby feet contest, Hartford and Davis burlesque, top vaudeville olio, and a grand Amazon march led by Mlle. Richardson. Amateur acts compete for prizes Wednesday evening. Manager Walker promises big entertainment for little money.
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Curio Hall
Emily Fisher Hoch
John Hoch
Hoch
Mello Brothers
Rhode Island
Gavin
Casey Auditorium
Hartford
Davis
Mlle. Richardson
Walker
Steamer Old Colony Offers All Day Plymouth Excursion
The Nantasket line runs from Rowe's Wharf to Plymouth daily and Sundays at 10 a m until mid September. Plymouth is rich in forefather memorials and relics and the town's history draws visitors. The Old Colony returns to Boston shortly after 6 p m for onward train connections.
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Boston
Plymouth
Old Colony
Rowe's Wharf
America
Howard Atheneum Show Delivers Top Vaudeville Acts
The old Howard hosts a clever all round vaudeville bill led by the Crane brothers with The Mud town Minstrels and Bellman and Moore in A Bit of Vaudeville. World’s comedy tour and Le Roy La Vanion also perform, with acts by Polk and Tresk, the Gregs, Annie Morris, Kane, D Alvines, Paragon trio and Mika Scott among others. Continuous shows from 1 to 11 pm feature lively songs, balancing feats, magic, and novelty acts.
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Howard
Crane Brothers
Mudtown Minstrels
Bellman and Moore
le Roy
la Vanion
Polk
Tresk
Gregs
Smith
Annie Morris
Edestus
Kane
McAvoy
Hughes
D’alvines
Crouch and Richards
Paragon
Mika Scott
Dublin
Howardscope
Steamer Service Maintains Patronage at Lincoln Wharf
The Lincoln wharf steamer line remains busy as fall nears and summer excursions end. Steamers Mannatawket and Favorite provide fast reliable service and attract pleasure seekers each fine day.
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Lincoln Wharf
Bass Point
Mannatawket
Favorite
Shepherd King to Open at Colonial Theatre September 4
Mr. Wright Lorimer stars in the four act romantic biblical drama The Shepherd King at the Colonial Theatre for a holiday matinee on Monday September 4. Lorimer’s David and the production are praised as epoch making in modern romantic drama with a 150 member company and a 24 piece orchestra under William A Brady.
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Wright Lorimer
Colonial Theatre
Ben Hur
Mr. Lorimer
David
Saul
Goliath
Jonathan
Michal
William A. Brady
Charles Kent
Carl Eckstrom
Ethlebert Hales
Preston Kendall
O’kane Hillis
Helen Holmes
Nellete Reed
Margaret Hayward
Marian Ward
Prodigal Son Staged In Washington Debut
Hall Caine's dramatization of his own story The Prodigal Son opened in Washington with a large audience. The cast featured Edward Morgan Aubrey Boucicault Charlotte Walker Drina De Wolfe Marie Wainwright Ida Waterman and W H Thompson.
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Washington
Hall Caine
Prodigal Son
Edward Morgan
Aubrey Boucicault
Charlotte Walker
Drina de Wolfe
Marie Wainwright
Ida Waterman
W. H. Thompson
Faith Mather to Open Park Theatre Season in Boston
Park Theatre wraps vacation week and schedules a new season opening with Faith Mather, a drama by local author M. Douglas Flattery. The cast includes Margaret Pyn, E. R. Mawson, Lionel Adams, Russell Bassett, Eleanor Ikins, and A. L. Jarrett. The engagement lasts two weeks with a Labor Day matinee. Seats go on sale Thursday at 8.
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Park Theatre
Charles Frohman
Rich & Harris
Boston
M. Douglas Flattery
New York
Margaret Pi
E. R. Mawson
Lionel Adams
Russell Bassett
Eleanor Ikins
A. L. Jarrett
Faith Mather
Norumbega Park Theatre Weekline Features
The Norumbega Park covered open-air theatre offers weekly entertainment. The Drummer Quartet performs color comedy and songs, Newell and Niblo display xylo phones saxophones and violins, Sullivan and Pasquelena present The Newsboy's Appeal, and Larrett the dancing juggler with Mile Ethel showcases dexterity and charm. Performances run every afternoon and evening this week.
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Norumbega Park
Newell
Niblo
Sullivan
Pasquelena
Larrett
Mile
Ethel
Special Excursion to Cottage City by New Haven Railroad
The New York New Haven and Hartford announces a special excursion to Cottage City by special train via Wood's Hole and steamer for tomorrow. Round trip tickets cost $1.60. The train departs South Station at 8 25 a.m. and Cottage City returns at 5 p.m.
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Union Station
Boston & Maine R. R
Alton Bay
Boston & Maine City
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