Return of 1492 and Hopper in Boston Stage History
A survey of Boston stage pages recalls DeWolf Hopper born March 30, 1858, and his rise from amateur beginnings to a leading comic opera presence with McCaull and Frohman. The Tremont, Globe, and Bowdoin theatres feature Christmas and New Year shows by The Bostonians, Della Fox, and company, with melodrama and festive reappearances.
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DeWolf Hopper
Mr. Hopper
New York
Harrigan
Madison Square Theatre
Pomert
Desiree
McCaull Opera Company
Franz
Hackenback
General Olendorf
Tremont Theatre
Tremont
The Limited Mail and Saints and Sinners at Columbia Theatre
A Boston program highlights the A. M. Palmer stock company returning to the Columbia Theatre for a month opening with Saints and Sinners by Henry Arthur Jones. The company, famed for quality productions, offers star performances including Barnabee Hoff and Bartlett Davis, with a Christmas matinee cast and evening substitution. Also featured is Arthur W. Pinero's Mayfair, a modern American premiere adaptation of Sardou, focusing on a Bloomsbury couple drawn into social gaiety and ruin, noted for its strong though somber dramatic tension.
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Elmer BE. Vance
Bowdoin Wie
Boston
A. M. Palmer Stock Company
Columbia Theatre
Henry Arthur Jones
Charater
Palmer Stock Company
Henry Clay Barnabee
Edwin W. Hoff
W. MacDonald
Eugene Cowes
Flora Finlayson
George Frothingham
Peter Lang
Fitimah Diard
Josephine Bartlett
Bertha Waltzinger
Tom Kari
Mr. Hoff
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Miss Finlayson
Camille Warville
Miss Diard
Museum
Arthur W. Pinero
Mayfair
America
Sardou
Pinero
Marie Burress
Miss Burress
Mr. Wilson
Nicholas Barrable
Boston Theatre Season Promises Holiday Entertainment
The column catalogues a packed schedule at Boston venues. Cast lists for Saint and Sinners at Columbia and Hollis Street Theatre return engagements, plus performances of Rice's Surprise Party in 1492 at Hollis Street. reviews praise Marie Burress in Mayfair and highlight new acts at Palace, Lyceum, Howard Athenæum, and Grand Opera House with notable performers like Herbert Johnson and Miss Purcell.
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Hollis Street
Rice
Park Theatre
New England
Boston
Theresa Vaughan
Mae Branson
Edgeley
Harrow
Sig. Perugni
Dying Bishop Bissell in Vermont Resting Comfortably
The condition of Bishop Bissell remains practically unchanged. He is resting comfortably this evening, and though no hopes are entertained of ultimate recovery, his friends are encouraged by the patient's continued hold on life.
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Buriincon
Bissell
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Abbey, Schoeffel & Grady
Hollis ST
Isaac B. Rich
Chas. J. Rich
Dac
the Jolly Company
OF Fun Makers
Barne & Pfiuegear
Terr
Herbert Joinson
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Bostonians
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Karl & Macdonald
DeKoven & Smith
New York City
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Robin Hood
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Harry B. Smith
Urania
Columbia
Theatre
Rich & Harris
Charles Vroidman
A. M. Palmar
Mer.al. Hayman
Evenir Regul
Alabama
Boston Theatre
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Globe Theatre
de Wolf
AKD
WANG
Austin
O “Contineous Entertainment
Theate Wiliam AlsTin
Geeorge
Milbank
Bertoto
Rose Hill English Folly Company
Rice and Barton
Castle’s Ce'shrities
Christas
Globe
Limited Mail
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Hollis
Tremont and Palmer’s Company
Della Fox
George H. Hayes
Mystery of
DE Wolf Hopper and
Alfred Klein
Emerson Piano CO
Tremont ST
Mass
Fifth Ave
N.Y
Ferdinand
BLUE
Washington St
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Columbus
Fioodwood
Barney
Saints and Sinners
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J. H. Stoddart
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Maurice Barrymore
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Edward Bell
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Frederic Robinson
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E. M. Holland
Prabble
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Peter Greenacre
Herbert Millward
Uncle Bamberry
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Walter Ramsey
Leeson
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Mr. Edeson
Mr. Hansel
Miss Glenn
George A. Schiller
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Lyceum Theatre
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Fields and Transon
Howard Atheneum
Mlle. Charcot
Jules Kellar
Courtney Thorpe
Rosina Vokes
Thorne
Rudyard Kipling
Thorpe
Roman
Austin & Stone
Grand Opera House
E. R. Mawson
Fannie Gillette
Grand Museum
Kate Purcell
Firefly
Queen of the Plains
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Yfair
Lowell
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St. John’s Hospital
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Sears
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Kneisel Quartet
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Musical
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