Willard stages Pe Seeety in a vivid Italian scene
The Tremont Theatre premier of a new drama features Willard and rising star Miss Hoffman with a strong supporting cast. Corona the actor leads a troupe through romance, patriotism, and war with elaborate sets and striking moonlit battlefield tableaux. Some players show warmth while others read with polish but lack passion, yet the production remains sturdy and visually impressive for Boston audiences.
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Tremont Theatre
Ron
Acere
Willard Guxing
Corona
Fiorella
Wilard
The Great Ruby at Castle Bauare Theatre a pronounced success
The English melodrama The Great Ruby, staged at Castle Bauare Theatre last evening, reflected the London original with identical costumes and settings. Cast members like Garnett Corona Rio and Leonora Gaito drew praise for their portrayals, while Prince Craven and Cap Clive provided notable turns. the show is slated to run again next week at Castle Square Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Bauare
Drury Lane Theatre
London
Man Lawrence
Garnett
Corona Rio
Charkoff
Sone Eee
Leonora Aes Oy
Mrs. Elsmere
Marian A
Cada
Elsmere
Leonora Gaito
Cordelia
Densil
Hope Ross
Prince
Craven
Ork
Raston
Montyghal
Tony Cumwine
Aga
Cap Clive
Geoean
Amu
Simon
Charles Mackayn
Arly
James Good
Bowdoin Square Theatre Draws Crowds for Michael Strogoff
The Bowdoin Square Theatre offered the Russian tale Michael Strogoff in dramatic form this week to its patrons. Audiences yesterday afternoon and again were crowded to the house doors and seemed enthusiastic. The cast was described as better than ever.
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Bowie Theatre
Offeri
Michael Strogoff
Esterday
Ita Ouse
A Young Wife at Grand Opera House Delights Boston Crowd
The Grand Opera House presents A Young Wife by J. K. Tillotson drawing a crowded Boston audience. Adolph Jackson and John T. Nicolson give strong villains Danvers Douglas and H Hubert Douglas, with Selina Herman delivering artistic Ethel Douglas. Scenic effects praised as the play visits Boston before Siberia revival next week.
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Grand Onera House
J. K. Tillotson
Boston
Clarence Douglas
Adolph Jackson
John T. Nicolson
H. Hubert Douglas
Vilain
Charles B. Craig
Horace Greengage Dobbins
Selina Herman
Ethel Douglas
Siberia
Hollis Street Theatre Farewell Night for Leane Carter
Large Hollis Street Theatre audience bids farewell to Leane Carter in Zaza with a strong supporting cast. The Belasco ending noted as superior to the French version. Box office opens at 8 this morning for Louis Mann and Clara Lipman All on Account of Eliza next Monday.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Leane Carter
Zaza
S Carter
Zara
Belasco
Charles A. Stevenson
Mark Smith
Marie Bates
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Hollis Street
Eliza
Leo Dietrichstein
New York
West
Mann
Miss Lipman
Boston
David Belasco
Clar Lipman
Elisa
Whitney & Knowles Stage Quo Vadis At Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre hosts Whitney and Knowles in Sienkiewicz’s Quo Vadis dramatized by Stanislaus Stange with strong audience praise. Noted for retained unity and comedy, Edmund Lyons and Fred P. Beane anchor scenes, especially Rome’s burning and Circus Maximus. Curtain calls greet all leads including Lackaye Otis Dons and others.
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Whitney & Knowles
Boston Theatre
Stanislaus Stange
Sienkiewicz
Stange
Eiven Nero
Chile
Edmund Lyons
Fred P. Beane
Rome
Circus Maximus
Wilton Lackaye
Elizator Otis
Wamund Dons
Aubrey Ucicault
Bijou Fernandez
Carlotta
Pride of Jennico thrills at the Museum in Boston
The Boston Museum crowds fill the theatre for the final week of James K. Hackett in The Pride of Jennico. Bertha Galland, W. Barbier and a strong cast deliver a fast moving drama with Hackett’s standout performance in key scenes. The production runs only until Saturday night.
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Jennico
James K. Hackett
Hackett
Bertha Galland
W. Barbier
Arthur Hoops
Omas A. Hall
Theodore Hamilton
Langley Taylor
Stephen Wright
Ralph Lewis
Edward Donnelly
James Otley
George Alison
Gertrude
Margene Tilington
Frances Nelilson
Elizabe Halloway
Mr. Sackets
Boston Museum
Jas. K. Hackett
The House That Jack Built in Boston Farce Review
The play The House That Jack Built enters its second week in Boston with strong comedic energy. It features a paint shop worker chasing mishaps in Dr Jack’s reception room, paired with a standout Irish persona by Jennie Yeamans and an apt vaudeville turn by Mrs Annie Yeamans, supported by Charles Cherry and Herbert Alying.
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Jack
Ant
Nieht
Willle
Jennie
Léli Qntos
Annie Yeamans
Ennie Yeamans
Charles Cherry
Herbert Alying
Peters Miss Douglas Anita Bridger and Grace Dudley
Peters Miss Douglas Anita Bridger and Grace Dudley are named in a brief notice listing individuals in a local society or event. The fragment lacks context but records these four individuals as part of a published item in the community pages.
Miss Priant at Columbia Theatre Delights Audiences
Miss Dressler stars in Miss Priant at the Columbia Theatre delivering lively entertainment with a burlesque of Zara that brings down the house. The satire and spoofed Mrs Carter mimicry showcase Dressler at her best, making the performance brighter and funnier than before with broad audience appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Carter
Miss Dressler
Miss Priant
Erlanger's Ben Hur to Open at Colonial Theatre Boston
The production of Ben Hur by Klaw and Erlanger arrives in Boston for the opening night at the Colonial Theatre on December 19. It has shattered attendance records with high advance sales in New York and Philadelphia and will feature a 360 person cast, the famed chariot race, lavish scenery, and over 6000 costumes as in New York.
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Klaw Erlanger
Boston
New
Colonial Theatre
Gocalots
New York
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street’ Opera House
Keith's Theatre Presents Managerial Troubles at Keith's
Idalene Cotton and Nick Long lead a strong vaudeville bill at Keith's featuring a lifelike Mrs Fiske style study and a vivid Italian dialect piece. Clayton White Marie Stuart reprise a hit from The Waldorf Metropole Incident with encores. The six Eddys circus act, D'Alma dogs and monkeys, Strakosch troupe scenes from I Trovatore, and Katherine Bloodgood's singing round out a varied program praised for wit and charm.
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Keith’s
Idalene Cotton
Nick Long
Miss Cotton
Mr. Long
Boston
Shanley Metropole
Maxmilian Mugg
Mr. White
Miss Stuart
Belle D’arcy
Will C. Matthews
Nellie Arms
Adam
Six Eddys
Tung
Eddie Pinau
Prince Satsuma
Grace
Alvarez
Best
Clinton
Tom Brown
D’alma
I Trovatore
Strakosch Opera Company
Katherine Bloodgood
Blanche Morrison
Eith
Howard Atheneum Bowery Burlesque Bill Tops Week
The Howard Atheneum features the Bowery Burlesque company with Billy Van Verne Nobriga and Fields and Ward in a lively bill. Notable acts include Durlettas Chop Louey and The Sheik's Slave with Andy Lewis Frank Taylor James Murphy and Fred Nolan leading the comedy. The vaudeville roster adds Neva Aymar the New York Four and Murphy and Nolan among many featured performers.
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Bowery Burlesque Company
Billy van
Verne Nobriga
Fields and Ward
Van
Miss Nobriga
Patsy
Genevieve
Bowery
Maude Eliott
Ethel Cope
Lewis
Hattie Hilton
Margie Hilton
Alice Palmer
Edna Palmer
Lillie Lewis
Belle Maxwell
Bower
Elliott
Ricmond
Neva Aymar
Farrell- Taylor
New York Four
Murphy and Nolan
Nobriga
Howard
L Hy Fields
Ard
Manning
Ducrow
Marsh
Sartella
Howard and Clan
Frecks
May Lovington
Comedienne
Mile Franks Show With Lions at Music Hall
Mile Franks bids fair to equal last week’s success at Music Hall with trained lions. Lions resist until urged to detest tricks, then show clear animosity. Mile Pianka’s eyes secret act climaxes by guiding leaps. Carleton and Mae Crossley provide a pretty musical comedy sketch with Carleton’s baritone and Crossley’s acting. Nellie Burt and her Ragtime Band perform a lively specialty. Lorens fod etn and other acts round out the program.
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Mile
Franks
Music Hall
Mile Pianka
Char Ang
Ae Carleton
Mae Crossley
Carleton
New York Herald
Misa Crossley
Nellie Burt
Miss Burt
George Ans
Lorens
MUSEE
Hamilton
Oxford
Misia
Fpian
W. T. Carleton
Gertrude Haynes
Celestial
Raschetta Brothers
GeorgeSvans
Lorenzo
Doans Kidney Pills Featured By Boston Citizen
A Boston reader endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after years of back pain and kidney discomfort. The testimonial cites relief from pain, better sleep, and restored ability to work, urging readers to remember the Dean's brand and buy from Foster Milburn Co as sole U S agents.
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Boston
Thomas
A. Rollins
Hudson &St
Clark's Factory
Beverly Street
Knight's Pharmacy
Court St
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Dean’s
Dancers and Comedians Highlight Variety Bill
The show features good dancers and passable comedians led by Sharp and Flatt in a substantial musical comedy sketch. The Raschetas provide a splendid acrobatic act, May Cooke shines on cornet and song, Reinhold offers colored sands sketches, Hale and Francis juggle, Williams and Williams perform as the Darktown belle and soubrette, and the Guyers present acrobatic bats. The week’s vitagraph and Musee are unusually attractive.
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Sharp and Flatt
Raschetas
May Cooke
Reinhold
Hale and Francis
Lliams and Williams
Two Guyers
Musee
Miladi and the Musketeer Burlesque Planned in Boston
Announcement that A H Chamberlyn will mount a professional production of Cadet opera extravaganza Miladi and the Musketeer in Boston excites local interest. Paul Schindler directs the musical side with choruses trained while Chamberlyn and R A Barnet supervise business and staging. A strong cast and a grand ballet by Czarina promise a countrywide appeal after its Columbia Theatre run, potentially moving to New York.
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A. H. Chamberlyn
Chamberlyn
Columbia Theatre
New York
Czarina
Long Tom the Python at Austin and Stone’s Museum Show
The largest human gathering watches Long Tom the giant python at Austin and Stone’s Museum. Colonel Frank P. Stone, a reptile expert, touts the snake’s beauty and size as crowds pour in. Performers Ching Foo Lee Antonio Van Goffe Mile Emme Cotrelly and many acts thrill the audience with tricks and stunts.
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Long Tom
Austin & Stone
Frank P. Stone
Ching Foo Lee
Antonio van Goffe
Baby Lions
Mile Emme Cotrelly
Peerless Delmore
Mamie Anderson
Till
Royal Marionettes
Amador and Blondell
Lee
Crimmins
Zanfretta
Mansfield
Wilferts
Marian
Trenan
Lester
Stevens
Tom Herron
Flora Scott
Jackson
Douglass
Three del Pontas
Clever Jerrould Brothers
Ernesto
Parisian Widows at Lyceum Open With Comic, Song, Farce
Weber's Parisian Widows opened yesterday at the Lyceum Theatre. Williams and Aleene presented a sketch Mr Obbs of Dobbs Ferry. Snyder and Buckley offered musical comiques. Elliott and Aleene performed acrobatic routines. Gallegher and Barrett starred in a ludicrous farce Domestic Pets. Charles Falke sang popular songs. The program opened with Miss Breezy of Chicago and closed with The Banquet at Fogarty, featuring the full female company.
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Weber
Lyceum
Williams
Aleene
Mr. Obbs
Dobbs Ferry
Snyder
Buckley
Elliott
Galelagher
Barrett
Blisworth
Burt
Charles Falke
Charles Lillian
New Palace Theatre Presents The Sapho Trial and More
Patrons at the New Palace Theatre will see two lively skits The Sapho Trial and The Bayse Soubrette featuring Mabel azieton as Sapho with Pete Griffin Ben Neff George Hoyt and others. A dancing act by Griffin and Mille Beatrice follows an artistic living pictures segment with Julia Natus and a cast of versatile entertainers.
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Palace Theatre
Sam T. Jack Buresque
Ayse
Sapho
Mabel Azieton
All Gone Leathersole
Pete Griffin
Ben Neff
George Hoyt
James Simpson
Lew Reynolds
Mille Beatrice
Alio
Julia Natus
George B. Hoyt
Con. Neff
Wallace and Allen
James
Flora Simpson
Fischer and Clark
Lulaine and
Darrell
Kneisel Quartet in Association Hall Concert Review
The Kneisel Quartet with Perabo Longy Selmer Litke and Hackebarth performed last evening. New works by Vincent D Indy and T H H Verhey divided the program with a melodic Schubert movement. The Verhey quintet drew greatest applause and the ensemble was recalled at curtain call. The fourth concert is scheduled for Monday evening December 31.
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Kneisel
Association Hall
Ernst Perabo
G. Longy
A. Selmer
H. Litke
A. Hackebarth
Vincent D'Indy
Boston
T. H. H. Verhey
Hearts Are Trumps to Open at Boston Museum Box Office
Boston playgoers may buy seats at 8 this morning as Hearts Are Trumps opens at the Boston Museum next week. The English melodrama, brought from Drury Lane by Charles Frohman, cost him about 40000 dollars and features fourteen large scenes. Principal cast includes Eleanor Moretti and others.
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Boston
Boston Museum
Charles Frohman
Drury Lane
London
Music Hall
National Academy
Alps
Eleanor Moretti
Ansis Bussey
Notte
Alter
Necis
Davidson
Miller
Outcasts of a Great City staged at Grand Theatre twice
Fr or Outcasts of a Great City a comedy drama was presented at the Grand Theatre twice yesterday. The cast is praised as one of the best ever seen there with Frank J. Kirke delivering a standout Denny O Hara performance and Severin to Deyn impressing as Paul Winthrop. The ensemble includes J J Owens Carroll Piggy Butts and Edith Grand in key roles with Mildred Hylangs Nellie Vane Grace Euler Virginia Thornton and others delivering solid work.
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Grand Theatre
Grand
Frank J. Kirke
Denny O’hara
Severin
Deyn
Paul Winthrop
J. J. Owens
George Ktonomas Carroll
Piggy Butts
Charles Farwell
James A. Bliss
Evan Harris
James Walsh
Edith Grand
Ildred Hylangs
Myrtie Vinton
Nellie Vane
Virginia Thornton
Fitza Dove
Foe ee maneger joins team in bold move
A figure described as a foe or manager makes a bold move to engage with a club or organization, signaling strategic intent and potential leadership change. The exact names, places, and dates are unclear but the action centers on recruitment or negotiation.
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