Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at Bijou Theatre
Last night at the Bijou Theatre John Craig presented the first professional staging in this city of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. The reviewer notes strong cast, praise for Craig's venture, and warns that uneven preparation marred the performance. The piece foresees improvement later in the week before the next show Innocent as a Lamb.
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Bijou
John Craig
Boston
Ibsen
Thomas Stockman
John Crai
Stockman
Peewee
Mabel Colcer
Steet
Mary Sanders Morton
Seeeeev
John McGuire Veter Stockman
Verner Clarges
Mary Young
Dr. Stockman
John Craig Co
Barrymore to Close Colonial Run With Captain Links Run
Ethel Barrymore has one more week at the Colonial with Captain Links and Nora in A Doll's House. Otis Skinner follows Monday with The Duel, a French adaptation, and is praised for the priest role. Box office opens this morning.
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Ethel Barrymore
The
Colonial
Captain Links
Miss Barrymore
Nora
Ibsen
Otis Skinner
the Colonial
Skinner
Colonial Theatre
Charles Frohwan
Ethel BA
Clyde Fitch
Captain Jinks
Faversham to Open The World and His Wife in Boston
William Faversham selected Boston as the first city for his new production The World and His Wife adapted from El Gran Galactico by Jose Echegaray. A special matinee will be given at Hollis Street Theatre next Tuesday afternoon February 12.
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William Faversham
Boston
Charles Frederick Nirdlinger
Jose Echegaray
Hollis Street
Majestic Theatre Hosts Happyland with De Wolf Company
Majestic Theatre presents Happyland with De Wolf Topper and an all star cast led by Hopper as Ecstaticus and Marguerite Clark. Strong support from Wolff Danforth Phillips Hendricks Odell and Odell enhances the operatic comedy. Washington's Birthday matinee adds a special showing for Lew Fields' About Town.
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de Wolf Topper
Majestic Theatre
Happyland
Mr. Hopper
Ecstaticus
Elysia
Marguerite Clark
Adonis
Lew Fields
Washington
Mr. Fields
New York
Boston Theatre Presents Ben Hur in Final Boston Run
The Boston Theatre enters the fourth week of Ben Hur with a full house each night and matinee. The lavish production and strong company keep patronage high, with no change expected to end the engagement. Next is an elaborate staging of Way Down East, forecast to draw another large audience.
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Boston
Raffles at Castle Square Delights Cast and Critics
The amateur cracksman Raffles opens at Castle Square with Howard Hansel as the uncatchable gentleman thief. Thais Lawton portrays the heroine while John Waldron, Ben Johnson, Edward Wade, and Charles Miller deliver solid support. Next week Dickens Little Emily.
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Raffles
Castle Square
England
Lord Amersteth
London
Howard Hansel
Thais Lawton
Captain Bedford
John Waldron
Crawshay
Harry Manners
Ben Johnson
Edward Wade
Charles Miller
Dickens
Emily
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Her Fatal Sin
The Bowdoin Square Theatre opens a one week engagement of Her Fatal Sin. Robert West is played by Alexander Gaden with Annette Marshall as Carmen. The cast includes Butler Haviland Gertude Binley Ralph Brown and others. Matinees daily with Friday souvenir night.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Robert West
Alexander Gaden
Annette Marshall
Carmen
Butler Haviland
O’callaghan
Gertrude Binley
Mabel Clarke
Ralph Brown
Harry Brooks
Edwin Denison
Dwight Gaylord
Ollie Plunkett
Leonard Broughton
May Irwin Delivers Notable Trial Run at Park Theatre
May Irwin and company presented a trial run of Mrs Peckham’s Carouse as a curtain raiser to Mrs Wilson-Andrews at the Park Theatre last evening. The one act farce impressed, with Irwin praised for strong comedy and the show expected to stay in her program. Seats for next week’s Hattie Williams musical The Little Cherub go on sale this morning.
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May Irwin
Park Theatre
Express
Bartlett
Peckham
William Faversham Stars In The Squaw Man At Hollis
Hollis Street Theatre reports strong patronage for William Faversham in The Squaw Man with a two week run. The melodrama and heart interest captivate audiences, Faversham delivering a manly heroic performance. Annie Russell to perform Midsummer Night's Dream on Feb 18.
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William Faversham
Hollis
Mr. Faversham
Annie Russell
Baermann Recital Impresses as High Art Temple of Music
Carl Baermann delivered a superb second Miss Terry recital at the Hotel Somerset. He opened with Beethoven and Liszt, followed by Chopin, Baermann studies, Field nocturne, and Liszt rhapsodie, ending with a Rubinstein encore amid fine tone and virtuosic clarity.
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Carl Baermann
Miss Terry
Baermann
Somerset
Jer sey Lilies at Lyceum Delights Audiences This Week
The Jer sey Lilies at the Lyceum Theatre deliver a lively comedy program with a graceful chorus. Fannie Vedder Isabelle Hurd and George X Wilson star in multiple skits while Gordon and Chacon impress in song and dance.
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Lyceum Theatre
Phonograph Girls
Fannie Vedder
Isabelle Hurd
George X. Wilson
Charles Levine
Harry Wood
Olio Gordon
Chacon
Lillian de Turk
Franklin
Buckley
Lyceum
Moonshiners thrill at Theatre Comique Casey show
At the Casey Theatre Comique the Moonshiners drew sensational crowds with a policemans Run and The Wonderful Album illusion. Foxy Grandpa and the two boys pleased audiences while illustrated songs featured Grace Mordaunt May Vincent and others with instrumental sets by Helen Qualey and crew.
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Casey Theatre Comique
Grace Mordaunt
May Vincent
Thomas Bullock
John MacDonald
Harry Downing
Frank Cohen
John Beasley
Helen Qualey
W. O. Johnson
Harry Russell
M. Des Riveres
Unique Theatre Week Opens with Kaleidoscopic Shows
The Casey venue debuts a week featuring Lights in the Great City a multiform glimpse of the tumultuous town The Newsboy's Reward follows a city foundling rising from juvenile paper vender to judge The Antics of an Automobile showcases a wild fun rampage with illustrated songs on stage.
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Unique
Casey Unique
Tremont Theatre Engages Henrietta Crosman in All-of-a-Sudden Peggy
The Tremont Theatre enters the final week of Henrietta Crosman in All-of-a-Sudden Peggy with praise for its plot and presentation. Afternoon performances continue. morning seat sales start for Glorious Betsy starring Mary Mannering next Monday, a play about Elizabeth Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte.
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Henrietta Crosman
Peggy
Tremont Theatre
Miss Crosman
Betsy
Mary Mannering
Miss Mannering
Aida Johnson Young
Elizabeth Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Wizard of Oz at Globe Theatre Enchants Large Audience
The Globe Theatre’s second week of The Wizard of Oz opened to a large crowd last night. The young, talented cast entertains and outshines many troupes. The show closes next Saturday with The Matchmaker to follow, a light comedy about a parish priest’s romantic missteps.
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Globe Theatre
Hamlin & Mitchell
Eve
Daniel Sully
Old Isaacs From the Bowery Thrills Grand Opera House Crowd
A large audience packed the Grand Opera House for the first city performance of Old Isaacs From the Bowery. Harry First stars as Old Isaacs in this four act comedy drama blending heart and humor with Bowery Hebrew life.
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Old Isaacs
Bowery
Charles I. Blaney
the Bowery
Harry
Isaacs
Brigadiers Deliver Hilarious Show at Columbia Theatre
The Brigadiers wow two large crowds yesterday with Mr Dooley on the Empire Circuit a two act skit. Tim Healy stars with support from William Lester Jack Symonds Bernard Williams Mae Sullivan Gladys St John Tillie Cohen Juliet Moure May Pike Nellie Burt The Mullins sisters charm in a musical act Lester and Moure present A Day at the Beach Sherman and Fuller perform as the candy boys Jack Symonds entertains with stories Prokos to wrestle Nelson Ward tonight
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Columbia
Mr. Dooley
Empire
Tim Healy
William Lester
Jack Symonds
Bernard Williams
Mae Sullivan
Gladys St. John
Tillie Cohen
Juliet Moure
May Pike
Nellie Burt
Mullins
Lester
Moure
Sherman and Fuller
Jack
Prokos
Nelson Ward
Michigan
Cowboys and Indians Parade at Austin and Stone’s Museum
Broncho John led a frontier exhibit with Buffalo-hued locals while Nee-ne-moosha the Indian princess, Irwin on the ladder, and Till’s Marionettes drew crowds. The Minstrel Maids showcased new costumes as dancers and comedians performed.
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Austin & Stone
Broncho
John
Cuba
Philippines
Nee-ne-moosha
Curio Hall
Irwin
Till
Topp
Lew Benedict
Charley Clark
Frank Cook
Billy Hall
Jack Stockton
John Barker
Joe Maxwell
Mason
Palace Theatre Presents Continuous Burlesque and Vaudeville
Charley Waldron’s Palace Theatre debuts a continuous burlesque and vaudeville policy to strong patron support. The traveling Vanity Fair company performs two musical burlesques, On the Fall River Line and Our Georgia Rose, with a stacked vaudeville bill including Miss Anna Arline Reed and Shaw the gymnasts Conley and Jones and the Wangdoodle Four. Also features Pinard and White, McKeever and Landry, Dynes and Dynes, Howard and Colby, Bailey and Fickett, Adolph Adams and the Palacescope.
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Charley Waldron
Palace Theatre
Bob Manchester
Vanity Fair
Palace Theatre Company
Fall River Line
Georgia Rose
Anna Arline
Reed and Shaw
Conley and Jones
Wangdoodle
Belle Wilton
Jessie Sharp & Co
United States
Pinard & White
McKeever & Landry
Dynes
Howard and
Colby
Baily
Fickett
Adolph Adams
Malden Auditorium Plans Feb 9 Show of Coming Thro the Rye
Malden Auditorium hosts a Saturday evening musical comedy presented by a notable company of 80 performers. Star names include Frank Lalor Stella Mayhew Alma Youlin Bessie Gibson Florence Townsend Frank Doane John Park and William Riley Hatch.
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Malden
Frank Lalor
Stella Mayhew
Alma Youlin
Bessie Gibson
Florence Townsend
Frank Doane
John Park
William Riley Hatch
Beauty Chorus
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Keiths Theatre Show Delights With Wide Variety of Acts
The program featured Trixie Friganza in Said the Little Bird on Nellies Hat and a Kaufmann troupe bicycle act. Volta electrified with feats like lighting cigars from touch and a strong electric display. Sidney Drew with Mrs. Drew performed When Two Hearts Are Won, plus dog humor and a mix of skits, dances, and juggling by diverse troupes including the Marco twins and the Kinograph act Grace Hazard Five Feet of Comic Opera.
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Keith
Nellie
Trixie Friganza
Comedienne
Weber & Fields
Kaufmann
Volta
Mr. Volta
Sidney Drew
Lind
Jack Wilson
Marco Twins
Cook
Madison
Grace Hazard
Nessen
Hunter
Waldron Brothers
Council resumes today Foxboro home hearings
The Governors council restarts testimony on Foxboro institution for dipsomaniacs and inebriates amid charges of cruelty and possible graft. Many witnesses remain to be heard this week, with Chairman Fosdick and Superintendent Woodbury expected to testify.
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Foxboro Institution
Foxboro
Fosdick
Board of Trustees
Woodbury
Reinstatement Clears Boston Latin Player for Key Game
Leo Fish of Boston Latin School was reinstated by the A A U after a ban for playing with Dorchester Central against East Boston L A. This allows him to play in the South Boston High versus Boston Latin game this afternoon.
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Leo Fish
Dorchester Central
Orpheum Bill Draws Crowd With New Acts
A large Orpheum audience enjoyed this week’s attractions led by Henri de Vries in A Case of Arson. New features included Will M. Cressy’s The Man From Macy’s and Walter C. Perkins’s comedy, with George Mozart’s burlesque, Kemp’s Tale of the Wild, juggling by Paul le Croix, Cook and Stevens Coon and Chinaman routine, Callahan and St George sketch The Old Neighborhood, Snyder and Buckley Street Musician, gypsy acrobats, Crea brothers, and fresh Vitagraph views.
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Orpheum
Henri de Vries
Will M. Cressy
Macy’s
Walter C. Perkins
George Mozart
Kemp
Arizona
Paul le Croix
Howard Atheneum Ends With A Stirring Old Howard Show
A lively Old Howard theater program featured My Lady Nicotine, “The College Gymnasium” sketch, Artie Hall’s strong performance, and the quiet burglars Conn and Conrad. Acts by the Holman brothers, the O Brien duo, Cahill rag-time bits, and Zip the canine wowed the audience along with vivid burlesque numbers. Charmion booked for next week.
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Old Howard
West
van Sielen
Artie Hall
Georgia
Artie
Conn
Conrad
William Cahill
Holman Brothers
Charmion
Sportsmen Plan to Have Record Show This Year
The Sportsmen's Show opens in Mechanics Hall on March 30 and runs two weeks to April 13. The venue will host a larger exhibit with a deer park, an Indian camp, motor boat section, aquaria with salmonidae, and a fish spawning exhibit. Guides from Maine and New Brunswick will be on site and lectures will be expanded.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Mechanics
Boston
A Walton
Maine
New Brunswick
New England
Revenue Cutter Bill Passes With $650000 Allocation
The House, under suspension of the rules, approved an amendment omnibus revenue cutter bill carrying 650000 for revenue cutters at Puget Sound, Savannah Ga New Bedford Mass and New Orleans.
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Washington
House
Puget Sound
Savannah
New Bedford
Mass
New Orleans
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