Letty at the Colonial heads Boston stage sweep
Letty a Pinero drama starring William Faversham and the company opened at the Colonial Theatre Boston. The play portrays a working girl tempted by a married man and aided by a friend, with Letty later marrying Richard Perry. Nevill’s death and epilogue wrap the tale. Cast includes Marion Allardyce Hilda Gunning Bernard Mandeville Ivor Crosbie Mrs Crosbie. praised for restrained treatment and strong performances.
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Letty
Arthur Wing Pinero
Boston
William Faversham
Colonial Theatre
Nevill Letchmere
Ivor Crosbie
Coppinger Drake
Bernard Mandeville
Richard Perry
Neale _—s
Josephine Mack
Mr. Pinero
America
Marion Allardyce
Hilda Gunning
Marion
Mr. Faversham
Nevill
Carlotta Nielson
Julie Opp
Arthur Playfair
Mandeville
Fritz Williams
Katherine Florence
Mrs. Crosbie
Pinero
Colonial
Charles Wyndham
Mary Moore
London
Faversham
Park Theatre Presents Brother Jacques With Miss Annie Russell
Miss Annie Russell stars in a three week engagement at the Park Theatre with Brother Jacques a four act comedy by Bernstein and Weber. Genevieve marries a fortune hunting marquis son but falls for Jacques Jouvenin as complications unfold ending in their union. The cast includes Charles S. Abbe and Yorke with strong support from Miss Johnson Mrs Walcot and George W. Wilson.
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Annie Russell
Park Theatre
Brother Jacques
Henry Bernstein
Pierre Weber
Genevieve
Miss Russell
Jacques Jouvenin
Charles S. Abbe
Mr. Abbe
Mr. Yorke
Miss Johnson
Barrymore Stars In Final Week Of Sunday At Hollis Street
Ethel Barrymore opens the second and last week in Boston at Hollis Street Theatre in the four act play Sunday. The London hit follows Sunday the miner's orphaned ward whose adventures in California and England unfold with strong performances by Joseph Brennan Harrison Armstrong Edgar Selwyn William Sampson Bruce McRae and others. Barrymore shows poise in a demanding role aided by a vivid mining camp set and a dramatic third act climax.
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Mise
Ethel Barrymore
Boston
Hollis Street
London
Thomas Roseward
Bret Harte
Roaring Camp
California
Sunday
England
Miss Barrymore
Messrs
Joseph Brennan
Harrison Armstrong
Edgar Selwyn
William Sampson
Bruce McRae
Colonel Brinthorpe
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Wow Boston Theatre Crowd
The Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch company fills the Boston Theatre with standing room only in the last week of its New England engagement. Madge Carr Cook shines in the title role, while Will T. Hodge and Helen Lowell provide strong comic support as Lovey Mary and Hazy. The production receives universal praise for its vitality and humor as audiences leave eager for more performances.
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Hpngland Playhouse
Madge Carr Cook
Comedienne
Will T. Hodge
Mr. Stubbins
Sag Harbor
Mr. Hodge
Mrs. Wiggs
Hazy
Helen Lowell
Burgomaster enters 250th Boston run at Globe Theatre
GLOBE THEATRE W P Cullen presents The Burgomaster in Boston for the 250th performance to cheers. The production is praised as the best Boston cast yet with Figman and von Hatzfeldt delivering standout work. The chorus is strong and Luders' score is celebrated as enduring. A new musical comedy The Lost Boy with Edward Blondell opens Feb 13 at the Globe.
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Bank Officers’ Association
Tremont Theatre
John P. Wilson
William Lorraine
South America
Lorraine
Peggy
Paris
Marmalade Seuttle
Edwin
Crowne
Francis Seabrooke
Charles W. Cole
Bustamente Y Cabrillo Y Gonzales
Frank B. Lawler
Pibalto cc
Waldo Glidden Oconee
Cascewee
Harry
Johnson Gatling
Robert A. Perkins
Jack Featherbrain
Pe&u d'Espagne
Inn
Stephen A. White Tree
Ralph W. Cushman
Donna Dolores
J. J. Dooley
Dolly Cashington
Henry D. Gardner
Waldo Glidden
Harry C. Johnson
Walter B. Lawlor
Mr. Johnson
Edwin S. Drowne
Stephen A. White
Lew Dockstader
the Tremont
Dockstader
W. P. Cullen
Boston
Globe
Luders
Oscar L. Figman
Olga von Hatzfeldt
Willie
Charles Sharp
Edward Blondell
Mr. Blondell
Castle Square Theatre Hosts Civil War Drama Held by the Enemy
Last evening's Castle Square performance of William Gillette's Held by the Enemy drew a large crowd and earned praise for faithful period staging. Newcomer John Waldron impressed in Surgeon Fielding, with support from Hansel, Jennings, Van Buren, Kent, and Field. The run continues this week, then opens with The Sixth Commandment next Monday.
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William Gillette
Castle Square
Miss Kemble
Miss Starr
Rachel
Susan
Miss Bradley
Euphemia McCreery
John Waldron
Fielding
Mr. Hansel
Prescott
Jennings
Stamburg
van Buren
Hayne
Kent
Rufus
Mr. Field
Thomas Henry Bean
Boston
Shepherd King Captures Boston Crowds at Majestic Theatre
The closing week of The Shepherd King at the Majestic Theatre drew packed houses in Boston. Wright Lorimer as David, Edward Mackay as Jonathan, and May Buckley as Michal receive praise for a dramatic love story inspired by Old Testament figures, with an extended run planned in New York after February 1$.
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Majestic Theatre
Mr. Wright Lorimer
Boston
David
Jonathan
Wright Lorimer
Edward Mackay
Michal
May Buckley
Princess Merab
Nellette Reed
Saul
Margaret Hayward
Witch
Endor
Shepherd King
New York City
New York Theatre
Howard Theatre Hosts Eight Laugh-Pilled Vaudeville Acts
Patrons praised a marquee night at the Howard with top liners Charles J. Ross and Mabel Fenton closing the bill. The program featured McCabe Sabine and Vera, Alf Grant, Rice and Elmer, LeRoy and Woodford, the Drummer Quartet, Athos family acrobats, and a variety of novelty acts plus kinetoscope pictures.
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Keith's
Charles J. Ross
Mabel Fenton
Sardou
Mr. Ross
Miss Fenton
Foy and Clark
LeClair and Bowen
Hal Merritt
Waterbury Brothers and
Tenney
Stuart Barnes
Frank Rae
Gussie Broesche
Sam Watson
Dixon and
Holmes
Mlle
Martha
Rosa Lee Tyler
Biograph
The
Howard
McCabe
Sabine
Vera
Kitty McCarthy
Athos
LeRoy and
Woodford
Golden Light
Toledo
Price
Lawrence
Thompson
Spedden
Herson
Calhouns
Duke of
Donegal
le Vine
Alma
Castle
Collins
Howard Stock Burlesque Company
Mary Wise
Viola Allen to Open Winter's Tale in Boston Engagement
Viola Allen, acclaimed Shakspearian actress, returns to Boston next Monday evening to perform The Winter's Tale. She will portray Perdita and Hermione, mother and daughter, in a rare local presentation. Box office at Hollis Street Theatre opens at 8 o'clock this morning.
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Viola Allen
Boston
Hollis Street
Patrice Stars In Driven From Home At Grand Opera House
Patrice delivers a vivid portrayal of Margie Maynard in Hal Reid's four act melodrama Driven From Home at the Grand Opera House Miast. The cast includes F Howard Sange as John Maynard and Hamilton Van Cruger as the adventurer with Leila E Davis as his partner. The story follows a country girl torn between home and a wandering allure as a dairy maid and a farm hand provide lighter romance amid a bustling plot. The production is described as action packed with strong performances and a lively comic trio.
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Patrice
Hal Reid
Margie Maynard
a _ stern
New York
F. Howard Sange
John Maynard
Hamilton van Cruger
Leila E. Davis
Charles Hutchinson
Eleanor Kent
Silas Schroade
Ezekiel Smart
Boston vaudeville at Music Hall delights family audiences
The review hails Wisie Janis and her troupe for clean fun spanning artistic songs imitations and dainty dancing. Janis, once Little Elsie, is praised as a gifted versatile performer with precise impersonations of Fay Templeton and Clara Morris, signaling genuine talent behind the act.
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Boston Music Hall
Wisie Janis
Little Elsie
Miss Janis
Fay Templeton
Clara Morris
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