Monday Night Drama at Local Playhouses
A compiled review notes Marie Corelli's The Sorrows of Satan staged at Grand Opera House to a receptive audience with elaborate acts set near London. Performances highlighted Charles Kent as Satan and Nellie Yale as Lady Sybil Elton, applauded in act three with a curtain call.
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Marie Corelli
Satan
Grand Opera House
London
Geoffrey Tempest
Prince de Imanez
Willowmere
Charles Kent
Prince Tracio Rimanez
Mr. Kent
Sybyl Elton
Nellie Yale
Carl Ekstrom
Isabelle Bowman
Humpty Dumpty
Bowdoin Square Theatre’s Rip Van Winkle a blockbuster hit
At Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday Jay Hunt starred as Rip Van Winkle in a triumph praised as a masterful impersonation. The strong supporting cast and scenic effects enhanced the enduring tale. a change of programme is planned next Friday with My Best Girl a testimonial for Charlotte Hunt. Souvenir photos will be given tonight. Next week offers Streets of New York.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Rip van Winkle
Jay Hunt
Hunt
Rip
Mr. Hunt
Bowdoin
BE. R. Philips
Derrick van. Silaus
James Leverin
Cockles
E. D. Denson
Nickel S. James
Hendrick Vedder
Carl Fey
Seth
Charlotte Hunt
Henrietta Rich
Florence Hale
Marta Shepard
Miriam Lawton
Gussie Hunt
New York
Opening Ben Hur draws record demand at Colonial Theatre
Fans queued along Boylston Street for hours as ticket lines for the opening performances of Ben Hur at the new Colonial Theatre stretched before the box office. The company arrived by special train from Philadelphia after ten weeks there, where Chestnut Street Opera House posted its largest receipts. Boston citizens will see a premiere in one of the finest playhouses, now fully ready.
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Boston Theatre
Wilton Lackaye
Flitta Proctor Otis
Aubrey Boucicant
Samuel Edwards
Fred Beane
Bijou Fernandez
Charles Riegel
Wadsworth Harris
Carlotta Nilsson
Adeline Dunlap
Georgie Florencece
Nero
Boston
New England
Ee FF
Colonial Theatre
Boylston Street
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Opera House
Willard nets sixth Tremont Theatre week with The Middleman
Willard continues his popular Tremont Theatre engagement in Boston for the sixth week, presenting The Middleman to a large audience with strong applause. He will reprise Cyrus Blenkarn and act David Garrick in Robertson and the Proph’s Love Story in the coming performances. Next week he shifts to Henry Arthur Jones’s The Rogue’s Comedy with Garrick again at Christmas matinee.
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Tremont Theatre
Willard
Cyrus Blenkarn
Mr. Willard
David Garrick
Robertson
Com Pined
Martin Chuzziewit
Masor Goodwillie
Barrie
Prof
Boston
Henry Arthur Jones
Appea
Lay
All on Account of Eliza at Hollis Street Theatre
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman headline the second week at Hollis Street Theatre Boston in All on Account of Eliza. Ditrichstein crafts a natural village mood and the stars’ personalities drive the comedy while audiences fill the house.
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Eliza
Hollis Street
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
Boston
Mann
Miss Lipman
O Ditrichstein
Gil
Nin
Maxin Ee
Ayer’s Pills Offer Liver Supplements Relief
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Prin
Ayer
Frearts Are Trumps Plays Strong at Boston Museum
The second week of Frearts Are Trumps opened to a crowded Boston Museum house. Jessie Busley drew sustained applause from first entrance to final exit, with strong turns by Miss Alter Mrs Crosby and Mr Davidson. The show’s Alps scene and London railway set received notable acclaim as the audience reacted with laughter and excitement.
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Boston Museum
Playhouse
Royal Academy
London
Jessie Busley
Mr. Carlyle
Mr. Davidson
Miss Alter
Miss Morett
Crosby
The House That Jack Built enters final week at Park Theatre
Last night at Park Theatre the skit The House That Jack Built entered its fourth and last week in Boston. The show has drawn large, steadily growing audiences since opening night and earned high praise for Wise Yeamans and the supporting company including Jennie Yeamans and Alfred Klein.
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Park Theatre
Jack
Boston
Ark Theatre
Thomas A. Wise
Annie Yeamans
Jennie Yeamans
Alfred Klein
Charles Cherry
Fred Peters
Herbert Ayling
Miss Brandon
Douglas
Anita Bridger
Grace Dudley
Castle Square Theatre Presents Great Ruby Melodrama Run Ends
Large audiences attended afternoon and evening performances of The Great Ruby at Castle Square Theatre yesterday. The show features impressive scenic effects and clever mechanics that heighten the drama’s exciting episodes. The run continues this week and next, after which rights will transfer to an English manager, ending public performances in America.
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Castle Square
Astle Square
America
Miladi and the Musketeer rehearsals fill Columbia stage
The Columbia Theatre buzzed with activity after closing as manager Chamberlyn’s 100 member company rehearsed Miladi and the Musketeer. New numbers by Clifton Crawford from Edinburgh blend with Heartz music, Angelina’s arch already drawing whistles, and tickets went on sale briskly for the engagement despite no Saturday matinee.
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Columbia Theatre
Chamberlyn
Milad
Usketeer
Clifton Crawford
Edinburgh
Scot
Eartz
Barnet
Heartz
Miladi
Musketeer
Crawford
Keith's Theatre Presents vaudeville high standard week
Keith's Theatre continues strong vaudeville with acts like Tschernoff's dogs Ralph Johnstone and Barnes and Sisson. Jessie Bartlett Davis headlines with Oh Promise Me. Allison family acrobatics and Joseph Adelman on the xylophone receive strong notices for top Boston season acts.
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Keith
Tschernoff
Ralph Johnstone
Barnes and Sisson
Seven Allisons
George C. Davis
Joseph Adelman
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Barnes
Sleson
Allison
Boston
America
Stuart Barnes
A Tunnan
Mabel Sigson
Hall
Staley
Grant
Ivan Tschernoff
Kruger
Paris
Biograph
Acrobats and comic acts headline show with notable ventriloquists
The program featured two La monts performing clever acrobatics led by a strong male partner and a female standout. The Olracs delivered mixed comedy and daring stunts, including a four-high pose followed by a backward fall. George C. Davis offered solid impersonations though no new material. Duncan added minor ventriloquial routines while Hall and Staley drew laughs with burlesque tricks and instrumental bits.
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Cluded
Lamonts
Olracs
Keith’s
George C. Davis
Irving
J. W. Kelly
Duncan
Hall and Staley
Wine Woman and Song Burlesque Heads Howard bill
This week at the Howard a major program features the Wine, Woman and Song burlesque company. Stars include Will Gilbert, Walter Goldie, John Sheehan, Tony Kennedy, Phil Gotthold, Reta Goff, Mignon Gilbert, Jessie Holden, Josie Kine, Lou Kennedy, Ada Ray, Dot Ward, Violet Griffin, Blanche Bourland, Zoe Gordon, Gertrude Walcott, Edna Wells and Hattye Clark. A new travesty The Vaudville Craze opens the show, followed by a strong variety segment with Gilbert and Goldie, the Reta Goff trio, the Racketts, Sheehan and Kennedy, and Kline and Gottbold. The Real Mr. Reilily closes. Other acts include Irving Jones, the Yamamoto Japs, Mile. Rialta, Charley Banks, La Toska, Inga Orner, Myers and Davis, Larene Bayard, and Fred Bowman.
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Howard
Will Gilbert
Walter Goldie
John Sheehan
Tony Kennedy
Phil Gotthold
Priest Rackett
Reta Goff
Mignon Gilbert
Jessie Holden
Josie Kine
Lou Kennedy
Ada Ray
Dot Ward
Violet Griffin
Blanche Bourland
Zoe Gordon
Gertrude Walcott
Edna Wells
Hattie Clark
Gilbert
Goldie
Itski
Philoski
Racketts
Sheehan
Kennedy
Kline
Gotthold
Mr. Reilily
Levi Rozinski
Shrewsbury Jones
Irving Jones
Yamamoto Japs
Mile. Rialta
Charley Banks
la Toska
Eldyn and Currier
Inga Orner
Myers and Davis
Larene Bayard
Fred Bowman
Boston Music Hall Becomes Beehive of Industry Reconstruction Under Way
Ff FT Boston Music Hall undergoes major interior work this week as the asbestos wall is removed, scaffolding rises, and Benvenuti’s team finishes a new proscenium arch to become a lasting decorator’s monument. Christmas Eve reopening promises a marvellous change with next week’s Uncle Ephs Christmas. Paul Laurence Dunbar writes, Will Marion Cook composes, H Logan Reid handles scenery for a large cast of nearly thirty performers.
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Boston Music Hall
Benvenuti
Music Hall
Uncle Eph
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Will Marion Cook
H. Logan Reid
Blow for Blow shines at Grand Theatre in melodrama
An exceptionally good melodrama titled Blow for Blow played at the Grand Theatre with a crowded audience yesterday and again last night. Gilmore Hammond stars as Sir Harry Linden, Aldred Hyland plays Mildred and Alice Craddock, and Frank J. Kirke charms in the comedy Spraggs as the sport.
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Grand Theatre
Gilmore Hammond
Harry Linden
Ldred Hyland
Mildred Craddock
Alice Craddock
Frank J. Kirke
Spraggs
Lentini and Lo Tom Highlight Austin & Stone's Curio Hall
Crowds visit Austin & Stone's by day and night to see Lentini the three legged man and Lo Tom the big python, sharing honors with a long list of performers and famed acts including Charles Clayton and the Alpine Trio, Jim Kingston’s costers, and the Howard sisters.
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Austin & Stone’s
Lentini
Lo Tom
Charles Clayton
Hercules
Tom Kingston
Wallace Dacre
Hanburys
Marie Lawton
Matthieus
Nell, Tot
Katie i T
Howard Sisters
Prince Wentworth
Baker and Burnell
Howard and
Hazard
Height
Myra Deane
Mrs. Criqui
del Pontas
le Roy
China town queen Dolly Davenport to star at popular house
The limited description touts Dolly Davenport as the queen of China town and promises a vivid portrayal of opium den dangers. The program includes Alphonzo the champion bagpusher, Kid Haley, Rattlesnake Rick, conjuror Professor Andrews, and a slate of vaudeville acts, moving pictures, and amateur performances Friday night.
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Dolly Davenport
Chinatown
Alphonzo
Bag
Kid Haley
New England
Jack Onwell
Professor Andrews
Sam Cohen
Mile Estrada
Wall Street
de Mora
All Star Specialty Company
Violet Jerome
Fred Hart
Daly and Austin
Tom Carroll
Nellie Hartford
Barney Leibin
Ward Brothers
Parker Sisters
Felen
Minnie
Herbert Warren
Bert Shaw
Violet Hilton
Rosie Parker
Miss New York Jr Opens at Lyceum in Two Large Houses
The Miss New York Jr company opened at the Lyceum Theatre yesterday to two large houses. It promises entertaining acts mocking apartment store methods and includes numbers like It's Up to You Babe by Hattie Mills and Joe Farnum and The Reapon Models by the Misses Hill. Performers Emma Kraus, the American nightingale, the Hilton brothers, East Side jugglers, Julia and Marty Sevon, in Button Bender's Reception, Clifford and Burke and the twentieth century also appear.
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Pate
Nellie Hill
Hattie Mills
Joe Farnum
Jil Nelson
Madge Fox
New York
Cleopatra
Coney Island
William Clifford
Antony
Julia Seyon
Walter Burke
Harry Seyon
Hilton Brothers
Julia and
Marty Sevon
Button Bender
Clifford and
Burke
Wanderer's Psalm Delights Harrisburg Audience in Concert
H G Tuckers third concert featured H W Parker's Wanderer's Psalm in the People's Temple with soloists Miss Gertrude Miller Mrs Helen Hunt ten or Frederick Smith and Herbert Witherspoon. Parker conducted with Carl Behr leading the orchestra as B K Whelpley played organ. The program ended with Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise as the audience applauded Parker and Tucker.
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H. G. Tucker
People’s Temple
United States
H. W. Parker
Ereford
Gertrude Miller
Sprano
Helen Hunt
Essrs
Frederick Smith
Herbert Witherspoon
Carl Behr
B. K. Whelpley
Parker
Bach
Handel
Mendelssohn
Witherspoon
Bushnell
Tucker
Rker
England
Mr Goodwins Engagement Promises Boston Return
Nat C Goodwin and Maxine Elliott return to Boston next Monday evening with their new comedy When We Were Twenty-one. The original company includes Henry Woodruff Neil OBrien J R Crawford George Bellamy Woodthorpe Ethel Brandon Gertrude Green Kathryn Morse and Gertrude Tidball in a tailor-made, cleverly portrayed farce with witty epigrams and delicate situations.
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Hollis Street
Nat Co. Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Boston
Henry Woodruff
Neil O’brien
J. R. Crawford
George B. Bellamy
Woodthorpe
Ethel Brandon
Gertrude Green
Kathryn Morse
Gertrude Tidball
The Belle of Bohemia to Open at Boston Theatre
The Belle of Bohemia returns to the Boston Theatre for a fortnight engagement starting Monday. Produced by Dunne & Ryley it features Sam Bernard Dick Bernard and PD L Don with Sadie Kirby Marie Dainton and others in a Casino flavored musical comedy with lavish scenery and pretty chorus girls. A Christmas matinee is planned alongside regular matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
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Belle
Bohemia
Boston
New York
Sam and
Dick Bernard
PD. L. Don
Sadie Kirby
Marie Dainton
Anna Laughlin
Trixie Briganza
Humpty Dumpty Christmas Week at Grand Opera House
The English pantomime Humpty Dumpty returns to the Grand Opera House next week with Harlequin tricks and Sprite feats. Matinees on Christmas day and additional performances are on sale, drawing large demand despite high production costs and London-style stakes.
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Grand Opera House
London
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Stuart
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Canada
Rush for Colonial Theatre Seats Opens in Cold Line
Crowds waited in frigid air as the Colonial Theatre began selling seats for Ben Hur. By 8 am the box office opened and within minutes the opening night seats were gone, with even higher prices reported for prime seats.
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New Colonial Theatre
Ben Hur
Woman Bites Policeman in Lynn Over Night Court
Annie M. Franklin, arrested by Officer Tarbox on Fayette Street for making night hideous, bit the policeman on the neck and arm while in custody. She requested to be sent home claiming Washington as her home. Judge Beary fined her five dollars with the usual alternative.
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Lynn
Annie M. Franklin
Tarbox
Fayutte Street
Washington
Beary
Eee
Milford Special Meeting Votes Funds for Town Project
At a six minute session of a special town meeting tonight Milford voters approved an appropriation to complete the town project. The brief session approved funds to advance the construction work and move the project forward.
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Milford
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