Garrett O Magh brings Chauncey Olcott to Boston stage
Chauncey Olcott opens at the Boston Theatre in Garrett O Magh a new play by Augustus Pitou. The production blends Irish wit songs and a love plot as Garrett returns from America to woo Eileen Nagle. Supporting cast includes Edith Barker and Margaret Fitzpatrick with period costuming set in 1812.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Olcott
Boston
Garrett O’magh
Augustus Pitou
Lfe
Ireland
Yarrett O'Magh
America
Hileen Nagle
Garrett
Eileen
Mr. Olcott
Paddy
Sweet Queen
Edith Barker
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Charles M. Collins
Tottie Carr
Daniel Gilfether
Louise Marecelli
Leslie Matthews
Paul Everton
Mary Moran
George Brennan
Henry Watson
Luke Martin
Garrett O'Magh
Royal Liliputians charm Grand Opera House audience
The Royal Liliputians gave a royal entertainment at the Grand Opera House last night to a large appreciative audience. Laughter filled the farce from start to finish as new scenery and electrical effects enhanced the show. James Rosen and Louis Merkle as the brothers in rest, Major James D. Doyle as Mr. Sparks, and Howard Knowles in his dwarf parts were standout features with a pretty chorus contributing to the success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
James Rosen
Louis Merkle
James D. Doyle
Mr. Sparks
Howard Knowles
Matinee Matinee: Only Saturday Afternoon Showings
The schedule notes that matinee performances are limited to Saturday afternoons only, with no matinees on other days. The measure specifies that afternoon showings occur exclusively on Saturdays, affecting patrons seeking daytime performances.
Fiddle Dee Dee at Park Theatre Delights Large Audience
Park Theatre presented Fiddle dee Dee under Joseph Howard II percent management. The rustic to burlesque show drew the largest crowd this season with Dutch comedians Jake Bernard Bobby Harris and Al Johnson delivering much of the laughter. Howard sings and performs with Ida Emergsom. the ensemble features xylophones Laura Comstock and the Americus Quintet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Fiddle Dee Dee
Joseph
Howard
Jake Bernard
Bobby Harris
al Johnson
Doirez
Mr. Howard
Ida Emergsom
Johnsons
Misa Laura Comstock
Americus
Beccaccio at Columbia draws crowd with top cast
Von Suppe's Beccaccio was presented at the Columbia Theatre last evening. Minrion Manola Marie Jansen and Jivia Cox headlined a strong company to an enthusiastic crowd. Manola revived the title role with grace and vigor while Jansen as Leonette gained warm praise. Crox as Fiannetta pleased, and De Lange Thamas and Clarke provided lively comic interludes. Joseph W. Smith sang as the Prince of Palermo. The chorus showed some rough edges but improved with rehearsal. overall Rocecaccio should enjoy a successful run.
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Grare
Marie Jansen
Leonette
Miss Crox
Messrs
de Lange
Thamas
Clarke
Joseph W. Smith
Palermo
Rocecaccio
The
Columbia
Bowdoin Square Theatre Trish Comedy Shines in Ivy Leaf
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents YVihe Ivy Leaf a scenic boffo farce with Lakes of Killarney moonlight and ivy tower. Edwin Han ford stars as Marty Kerrigan in a role he performs about 100 times, with Loraine Dreux Marguerite Hayfland Florence Hale and James Neary in key parts. The Dillon brothers vaudeville team adds lively interludes as the one week engagement offers daily matinees and popular prices.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lakes
Killarney
Ivy Tower
Lothrop
Edwin Hanford
Marty Kerrigan
Unction
Collie O'Brien
Loraine Dreux
Maureen Deelish
Marguerite Hay Fland
Mrs. Deelish
Florence Hale
Bridget Magee
Deltig
James Neary
Gilmore Hammond
Gerald Daly
7Ace
E. D. Denison
Carl Fey
Dennis Donovan
Robert Dolan
Lawrence Merton
D. L. Swing Lord
James Levering
John Harney
Dillon Brothers
Tremont Theatre Arizona Revival At Tremont Boston
The Tremont Theatre presents Augustus Thomas Arizona in a second Boston engagement after a New York Chicago vogue. The cast includes Theodore Roberts Edwin Holt Stephen PB French Mattie Earle Grace Henderson Adora Andrews Vincent Serrano Eleanor Robson George Nash Edgar Selwyn Lionel Barrymore and others. The play features swift action strong character drawing with both comedy and tragedy in equal measure.
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Augustus Thomas
Arizona
Tremont Theatre
Theodore Roberts
Edwin Holt
Stephen PB. French
Mattie Earle
Grace Henderson
Adora Andrews
Vincent Serrano
Eleanor Robson
George Nash
Edgar Selwyn
Lionel Barrymore
New York
Chicago
Boston
Denton
Hodgman
Tony
Thomas
Henry Canby
Remington
War
Omen
Bonita
Hazeltine
Cope
Farnum
Hodgson
Gson
Iter
Ben
Haworth
Kellar
O’donnell
Harbor Lights at Castle Square Theatre Delights Audiences
Castle Square Theatre presents Harbor Lights as a top season attraction with strong performances. J R Pitman excels as stage manager and Max Heindl provides notable incidental music. The production features a revolving interior to sea view scene and a deck sequence aboard HMS Brittanic. Cast members Edmund Breese Edward Wade John Craig Eva Taylor Marian A Chapman and others deliver vivid villain and ensemble roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
J. R. Pitman
Max Heindl
John Craig
Lieutenant Kingsley
Edmund Breese
Nicholas Moreland
Edward Wade
Frank Moreland
Charles Mackay
Mark Helstone
Captain Nelson
Lindsay Morison
Hardy
James A. Keane
Tom Dossiter
Eva Taylor
Dora Varie
Marian A. Chapman
Lina Nelson
Seonora Bradley
Mrs. Chudleigh
Mary Sanders
Rogers Brothers in Washington at Hollis Street Theatre
An audience filled Hollis Street Theatre to enjoy The Rogers Brothers in Washington now in its fourth week closing Boston season. The performers delivered nonstop Teutonic humor with clever parodies and dream-mystery bits that drew loud laughter. The beauty show featured exceptionally glamorous young women in dazzling gowns, including memorable costumes and striking attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street
Rogers Brothers
Washington
Sky Farm in Ninth Week at Boston Museum
Last evening drew a large Boston crowd as Sky Farm entered its ninth week here. Charles Frohman presents a Massachusetts comedy with Forrest Robinson Frederick Trueswell Katherine Florence Carolyn Whyte and Frank Losee Wright Kramer delivering solid performances. Sarah McVicker Jessie Busley William T. Hodge Edwin Holt Maude Hosford and others contribute notable turns in a village setting with flavorful villains and lively supporting roles.
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Boston Museum
Sky Farm
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Charles Frohman
Katherine Florence
Carolyn Whyte
Ufe
Frank Losee
Wright Kramer
Carmen Opens Second Bijou Opera Run With Ladd Sighting
The Bijou drew a larger crowd for the second week of Carmen last night. Hattie Bell Ladd sang the title role with familiarity and vigor, pleasing the audience as she continued her successful season. The rest of the cast remained close to last week’s lineup. Next week features a double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan Pirates of Penzance and Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana, with a live double show beginning December 10 due to Cercle Francais booking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou
Carmen
Hattie Bell Ladd
Miss Lane
Miss Lada
Miss Ladd
Castle Square Opera Company
Gilbert & Sullivan
Masecagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Cercle Francais
Keiths Theatre Presents Jim Piccolo and Diverse Acts
Keith's Theatre showcases Piccolo's Lilliputians, a German song, acrobatics, wrestling, and boxing. A Japanese troupe, Cinquevalli tricks, Papinta color light shows, O'Brien Havel acrobatics, Hamilton Hill ballads, Daisy Ogden on cornet, and dancing by Pequilena Sullivan and the Asbeys. Biograph films and Baer's music close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Piccolo
Lilliputians
East
Cinquevalli
Glorious Papinta
Eiven
O’brien
Havel
Hamilton Hill
Daisy Ogden
Pequilena
Sullivan
Asbeys
Baer
Julia Marlowe Stars in When Knighthood Was in Flower at Colonial
In Boston the Colonial Theatre opens its second week of Julia Marlowe in When Knighthood Was in Flower Mary Tudor. The play captivates young women with tears and gentle laughter as sumptuous sets and costumes evoke early sixteenth century fashions. Men are selling remaining three weeks seats as the engagement continues.
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Julia Marlowe
Colonial Theatre
Miss Marlowe
Boston
Mary Tudor
Vaudeville at Boston Music Hall features Leon illusionist
A vivid vaudeville review credits Leon as the standout act at Boston Music Hall this week with astonishing tricks kept secret, and praises Captain Webb and his five educated seals, the eight Cornallas, Blanche Ring, Julian Rose, the Poiriers, and many others for a varied program that delights from start to finish.
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Boston Music Hall
Leon
Captain Webb
Cornallas
Blanche Ring
London
Julian Rose
Poiriers
Burton and
Brookes
Claudine Riley
Frank J. Barton
John Dempsey
Brownings
Ryeford Sisters
May Bell
Cunningham and Coveney
Wilson and
Leicester
Vitagraph
the &Ight Corvallas
Jimmie Barry Burton & Stookes
Three Poiriers
Sherwood Delights Small Audience At Chickering Hall Recital
At Chickering Hall yesterday afternoon William H. Sherwood, the pianist now based in Chicago, played before a small enthusiastic audience. His program featured Chopin polonaise in A flat major, berceuse op. 57, study op. 2 no. 11, parts of Schumann Carnival, and works by Bach Saint Saens Liszt Klein Sherwood Templeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickering Hall
William H. Sherwood
Chicago
Sherwood
Schumann
Bach, Saint- Saens
Liszt, Klein, Sherwood, Templeton
Sherwood Concert Delivers Brilliance Amid Sparse Attendance
Strong, Moszkowski, Sgambati, Raff and Wagner Brassin impressed with polished, intellectual tone. Mr. Sherwood, once a Boston luminary now head of a Chicago conservatory, gave a brilliant recital and thanked the audience briefly. Despite superb artistry, poor attendance reflects an era with too many recitals and many empty seats.
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Sherwood
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Bill With Nat Wills
The Howard continues its series with Broadway burlesquers and a variety program led by Nat M. Wills. Wills draws steady crowds with fresh parodies and sharp monologues, before moving on to Chicago and possibly Australia. The Broadway Burlesquers on Broadway delivers 40 minutes of fast, stylish fun with a sparkling cast and elaborate costumes. The Howard’s own acts include John Healy in Cut It Out, Lew Wells, Ritchie and Ritchie, the Howard Comedy Four, and Morrissey and Proctor. The Corean jugglers and a dazzling troupe close the show with feats, dances, and vivid costumes. The week’s vaudeville features a star-studded lineup of Thalbergs, the Burtines, the Princeton sisters, the Kyote brothers, and many others in an unusually brilliant program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tine Howard
Nat M. Wills
Wills
Howard Wills
Chicago
Australia
Boston
Pretty Girls
Minnie Woodford
Jessie Burns
Corinne Wallace
Margaret Koster
Marie West
Florrie Gilligan
Bessie Montrose
Maude Beaumont
Gertie Thorn
Michael Kelly
Nat LeRoy
George Davis
Oscar Fredericks
William Fredericks
LeRoy
Woodford
Carlos and
Vouletti
Fredericks Brothers
Burns
Rosalie
Kelly
Davis
Mozart
Howard
Cork
John Healy
Lew Wells
Ritchie
Morrissey and
Proctor
Corea
Thalbergs
Blake
Adams
Lowell
Russell
Queen Sisters
Burtines
Dudley
Ormes
Kate Chavalier
Cogan
Bacon
I Frank
Ida Williams
Agile Partello
Princeton
Florence Zeller
Richards
Herbert
Rosa Wolffe
Kyote
Ella
Ida Bishop
Instrumenttal Silvo
Harriet Lennard
Millie
Austin Stone stuntman astonishes crowds with nerve
A little dark skinned man amazed hundreds of spectators at Austin Stone's yesterday performing daring stunts and break-away ladder work with apparent disregard for his own safety. The crowd watched as he moved with fearless precision.
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Austin & Stone’s
Nickelodeon House Hosts Big Wedding Week Attractions
Thousands visited a popular house to see Manager Walker's varied show. The main act featured John Bolton and Emma Groves, the 600-pound bearded lady, who will wed Saturday night. The week includes vaudeville shows with Phillips and Parker and many other artists, plus free shampoos by lady barbers. Amateur night Friday closes the program.
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Nickelodeon
John Bolton
Emma Groves
Thompson
Sturant
Wire Walker
Great Blondel
Walker
Miss Groves
John
Pine Tree
Phillips and Parker
Tommy West
Hartford Sisters
T. C. Mettler
Whistler
Smith and Leslie
Clarks
May Carroll
Donnelly
Williams
Ida Gallop
Herbert Kingston
Marie Sainsbury
Gertie Long
Jolly Grass Widows Company at the vaudeville show
A kaleidoscopic vaudeville burlesque blend featured the Jolly Grass Widows as the attraction, delivering mingled brilliancy and confusion in a lively stage performance praised for variety and energy.
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Jolly Grass Widows Company
Lyceum opens with Paris star and strong vaudeville cast
Fulton’s company this season outdoes prior efforts with Mile. Dika starring in opening and closing burlesques. Carrie Fulton and eight chorus girls join a lineup of Mackie and Walker, Montague and West, Harvey and Moore, Wangdsadle Four, Paulo and Dika. A grand scenic review features policemen engineers and men of war as its core.
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Lyceum
Menager Fulton
Mile
Dika
Carrie Fulton
Mackie and
Walker
Montague and West
Harvey and Moore
Chris Lane
Paulo
Through the Breakers at Morrison's Grand Theatre Delights Crowd
Morrison's Grand Theatre hosted Owen Davis's sea melodrama Through the Breakers last evening. The production, written by a Harvard ’98 alumnus, drew strong praise for its nautical tale of sailors and smugglers and featured a standout cast led by Emily Dodd with curtain calls echoing praise. The show runs for one week only and marks the final traveling production of the season before the stock company resumes next summer.
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Owen Davis
Morrison
Grand Theatre
Harvard
Emily Dodd
John ‘I. Nicholson
William G. Warran
John Fenton
G. E. Martin
Willis Baker
Robert Dudley
Mabel Warren
Jassie Dodd
Bostock Animal Show Features Exotic Trainers
At the Cyclorama, Mme Louise Morelli billed as queen of the jaguars wowed 700 attendees with trained jaguars leopards and panthers including a head between jaguar paws. Captain Bonavita the creation tamer directed ferocious beasts with a whip. Mme Hranden the Reptilian Queen handled snakes with ease as crowds watched feeding of animals throughout the day.
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Bostock
Mme
Louise Morelli
Bonavita
Mme. Hranden
Cyclorama
Kneisel Quartet Performs Third Concert
The Kneisel Quartet delivered a third concert with its standard program, highlighting refined string performance and balanced ensemble harmony. The group continued to draw attentive audiences, showcasing sustained technical mastery and a cohesive chamber music approach.
Performance Review of a Chickering Hall Chamber Concert
Ernest Hutcheson assisted by piano, Kneisel Quartet performs Borodin in D major and Beethoven in F major op.125. Chadwick’s piano quartet falls short, echoing German school traits. Hutcheson impresses with balance and tone. Concert praised for high ensemble quality. next concert on Monday, Dec 30.
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Chickering Hall
Ernest Hutcheson
Borodine
George W. Chadwick
America
Chadwick
Hutcheson
Kneisel
Are You a Buffalo Are Coming to Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents the musical farce Are You a Buffalo by Harry B Marshall and Walter Webb. The witty dialogue lively songs and lavish costumes promise an entertaining show. The company is 345 strong featuring Ed Favor and Edith Siachair among the cast.
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Grand Opera House
Buffalo
Harry B. Marshell
Walter Webb
M. Favor
Edith Siaclair
Bertha Galland to Star in The Forest Lovers at Hollis
Bertha Galland under Daniel Frohman presents her new star status at the Hollis for two weeks starting December 9 in The Forest Lovers, a dramatization of the novel. She comes from a 10 week engagement at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, with high expectations for a bright career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frohman
Gertha Galland
Hollis
Miss Galland
Mr. Frohman
Lyceum Theatre
New York
Children’s Theatre Christmas Party Scheduled
Three weeks to Christmas, four days remain until Little Miss Muffet’s party. On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, the Children’s Theatre will host Little Miss Muffet and her playmates at the venue on Dec. 7.
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Children’s Theatre
Huntington Ave
Little Miss Muffet
Miss Muffet
Children's Theatre
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