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Review of Clyde Fitch new comedy The Stubbornness of Geraldine at Hollis Boston with Mary Mannering as Geraldine. Notes the play’s softer tone, witty satire, and strong supporting cast led by Arthur Byron Amy Ricard and Mrs Thomas Whiffen. The piece plays two weeks at Tremont. Crosby urges attendance.
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Clyde Fitch
Geraldine
Green Fields
Boston
Hollis
Mary Mannering
Mr. Fitch
Geraldine Lang
Buda Pesth
America
Kinsey
Butte
Mont
Miss Mannering
Arthur Byron
Count Kinsey
Amy Ricard
Vi Thompson
Butté
Thomas Whiffen
John Saville
Wrighton
H. Hassard- Short
Lord Tillbury
Edward H. Crosby
King Dodo at the Tremont revives musical comedy
King Dodo, revived at the Tremont after a prior season, retains its original book and strong music by Gustav Luders. The cast shines with Raymond Hitchco, Greta Risley, Celeste Wynn, Cheridan Simpson, Flora Zavelle, and others. The chorus, costumes, scenery, and Savage orchestra receive high praise.
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Dodo
Frank Pixiey
Gustav Luders
Tremont
Luders
Raymond Hitchco
William Corliss
Arthur Wooley
Ivar Anderson
Pilsen
Greta Risley
Lili
Celeste Wynn
Angela
Miss McKinney
Cheridan Simpson
Piola
Flora Zavelle
San Toy
Blaney Stars In Across the Pacific at Music Hall
Opium smoke and a real gatling gun highlight Harry Clay Blaney in Across the Pacific at the Music Hall. Cast members include William Desmond as Joe Lanier and Harry W. Fenwick as Bud Stanton with Pearl L. Ford and Frances Desmonde in key roles. The production promises a full week and features a major stage set.
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Harry Clay Blaney
Music Hall
Pacific
Willie Live
William Desmond
Joe Lanier
Montana
Philippines
Lawton
Harry W. Fenwick
Bud Stanton
Elsie Escott
Joe Lanter
Pearl L. Ford
Kitty Wolf
Madge
Blaney
Frances Desmonde
Nell Hazleton
Miss Desmonde
Peddler at Grand Opera House Stars Hale Welch in Four Act Comedy
The Grand Opera House presented The Peddler a four act comedy drama by Hal Reid last evening. Joe Welch starred as Abraham Jacobson the pedlar in a strong performance earning audience sympathy. Supporting roles included Herbert K Betts Beatrice Abbey Fanny McIntire John J Pierson Edward Lawrence Nina Warrington and others delivering solid turns.
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Hal Reid
Grand Opera House
Joe Welch
Welch
Abraham Jacobson
Herbert K. Betts
Sammy
Boston
Beatrice Abbey
Fanny McIntire
John J. Pierson
Edward Lawrence
Nina Warrington
Bowery
Dave Posner
Robert Fllis
William O'Day
R. Brandon Mitchell
Olive Madison
Robson Stars in Henrietta Revival at Boston Museum
Stuart Robson leads a fortnight opening at the Boston Museum with Bronson Howard’s The Henrietta. The revival draws a large, enthusiastic audience as Robson and Maclyn Arbuckle deliver strong, comic performances. Cast members Barry Mayo Addison Thompson impress with charm and attire.
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Stuart Robson
Boston Museum
Bronson Howard
Mr. Robson
Mr. Crane
Bertie the Lamb
Robson
Maclyn Arbuckle
Nick
George Holland
Murray Hillton
Charles Lane
Vanalstyne, Jr
Clifford Leigh
Lord Arthur Trelawney
Eleanor Barry
Frances Mayo
Victoria Addison
Laura Thompson
Miss Barry
Ninety and Nine Melodrama Shines at Boston Theatre
The extraordinary success of Ramsay Morris's melodrama The Ninety and Nine at the Boston Theatre signals strong audience appeal. Critics note its stirring plot, dramatic pacing, and memorable performances driving crowded houses and lasting impressions in the city’s theatrical scene.
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Ramsay Morris
Boston
Frank McKee
Edwin Arden
Katharine Gray
George Nash
Amy Atlees
Theo, Hamilton
Harry le Vand
Tomorrow & Sat
Lost in Siberia at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Lost in Siberia a melodrama of life in Russia. The plot centers on corrupt Russian officials and a hero Basil Nordoff while Olga played by Charlotte Hunt shines as a Joan of Arc figure. Cast includes Harper Curtis Will Phillips and Carl Fey with a large corps of supernumeraries and matinees daily. Next week offers On the Stroke of Twelve with bargain prices for ladies.
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Siberia
Russia
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Basil Nordoff
Olga
Joan of Arc
Charlotte Hunt
Harper Curtis
Lienoff
Berganoff
Will Phillips
B. R. Philips
Lawrence Merton
Carl Fey
Herbert Chesley
Williard Blackmore
Julia Gordon
Sophia Eaton
Miss Cantwell
Cerina Berganoff
The Little Host at Columbia Theatre Opens Week Two
Boston audiences fill the Columbia Theatre as The Little Host enters its second week. Pauline Chase performs a new pajama song with eight dancers amid encores, while Alexander Clark and John C. Slavin share top comedy honors with a strong supporting cast. A special professional matinee is set for Thursday at 2 o'clock, replacing the usual Wednesday matinee.
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Boston
Columbia
Pauline Chase
Alexander Clark
John C. Slavin
J. K. Murray
Hugh Chilvers
Ishbele Underwood
Clara Lane
Genevieve Reynolds
Selma Mantel
Frank D. Nelson
Lucinda
Majestic Theatre Grand Opening Promises Big Local Event
Majestic Theatre prepares for its grand opening next Monday evening with Richard Carle and his troupe. The Storks, Rosebud Garden of girls, and Chapin's musical scores are praised for originality and charm. Seats go on sale Thursday as Western metropolis critics and press anticipate a successful showcase with a fully rehearsed production.
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Majestic Theatre
Richard Carle
Songbirds
Frederick Chapin
Storks
Whistler
Jewel of Asia headlines Park Theatre run in Boston
The Jewel of Asia ends its third week at the Park Theatre with James T Powers and Ludwig Englander drawing praise for humor and music. The cast features Eloise Morgan Rachel Booth Carrie Perkins George O Donnell William Cameron and Clifton Crawford. The 12 wives of the Pasha in the chorus are noted as especially attractive.
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Park Theatre
Boston
Casey Theatre
George W. Lederer
James T. Powers
Ludwig Englander
Eloise Morgan
Rachel Booth
Carrie Perkins
George O’donnell
William Cameron
Clifton Crawford
Pasha
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast charms Colonial audience
A large crowd attended the Colonial Theatre last evening to enjoy Klaw and Erlanger’s The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast. The up to date spectacle blends Beauty and the Beast with a sparkling, witty turn by a clever company. Flying dancers numbered seven, moving like fairies as the plot unfolds with original charm.
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Colonial Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
Laxative Bromos Cure Cold Mentioned in Fragment
Fragmentary OCR mentions a laxative remedy called Bromo Q and a 3am fall name with a reference to Delease of E box and a cure for a cold. Context is unclear and names are incomplete.
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E. Box
Boston Stage Evolutions Define Fashion's Evolution
A bold account of fashion's rapid evolution on the Boston stage, tracing prestigious trends and dynamic shifts that astonish observers with their unprecedented tempo and style. Notable designers and venues are highlighted as authorities on this cultural journey.
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Boston
Revival of The Adventure of Lady Ursula at Castle Square
Anthony Hope’s play revived after three years drawing a large audience. Lillian Lawrence repeats her memorable performance as the title role with Mary Sanders as Dorothy Fenton and Leonora Bradley as Mrs. Fenton. Cast praised for artistry. circus acts and other entertainers supplement the program with Sam Lockhart’s elephants and a dozen acts. The show runs this week only before next week’s Parish Priest.
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Anthony Hope
Ursula
Castle Square Theatre
Lillian Lawrence
Dorothy Fenton
Mary Sanders
Leonora Bradley
Keith's Theatre Bill Delights Crowded Boston House
The program at Keith's yesterday featured long awaited acts from Charles H. Colby and Allie C. Way returning from a world tour. Ventriloquist Colby and impersonator Way offered polished routines. Caron and Herbert impressed with acrobatics, though Rice and Walters still lead in comic ability. Josephine Gassman and the pickaninnies drew repeated encores, and Eugene O Rourke with Nellie Eltinge performed Parlor A, a traveling man mistaken for a bishop tale. Mme Kenorah staged feats of mental arithmetic without helpers, Caroline Shepard sang with elegance and power, and young cornetist Master Godfrey earned recalls.
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Keith
Charles H. Colby
Allie C. Way
Caron
Herbert
Rice
Walters
Josephine Gassman
Pickaninnies
Eugene O’rourke
Nellie Eltinge
Philadelphia
Mme. Kenorah
Boston
Caroline Shepard
Saharet Tops Howard Vaudeville Bill At The Season
The Howard Atheneum showcases Saharet as a premier draw with sensational dances. Also featured are Charles McCarthy with his world travel anecdotes, Lederer’s Goblin Girls, Parros brothers’ acrobatics, Engstrom sisters Broadway Belles, ventriloquist J Barnard Dyllyn, cornetist Jessie Millar, Will Dockery monologist, and Dutch comedian George Yeoman among others. Burlesque travesty Do Barry returns for a second week with new cast and songs.
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the Howard
Saharet
Charles McCarthy
Howard
Old House
Lederer
Parros
Engstrom
J. W. Bingham
Cora Miskel
Morris Alburtus
Jessie Millar
Will Dockery
George Yeoman
Lewis and Delmore
Hanson and
Harris
tTunkey Deelers
Gus Bruno
James Lee
Harry LaMarr
Gladys Fisher
Clara Adams
Caroline Richings
Susie Yulton
Marie Oakland
Ethel Tillson
Dot Davenport
Boston Exhibition Showcases Lalloo-Lala Oddity
A strange half man half woman figure named Lalloo-Lala drew hundreds at Austin and Stone’s yesterday in Boston. Born in Hindustan twenty eight years ago to Indian parents, the duo’s debut sparked crowds from Lucknow to Boston. Also featured were Billy Wells with an iron skull, Sinuous Fleming in athletic feats, and the Delkanos the king and queen of handcuffs in a novel act.
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Lalloo-Lala
Austin & Stone's
Lailoo-Lala
Hindustan
Lucknow
India
Boston
Billy Wells
Fleming
Delkanos
Lyceum Theatre Weekbill of Live Wire Attractions
Sam Devere presents a varied bill at the Lyceum Theatre featuring the Fortuns brothers performing daring horizontal bar feats, Florence Hughes singing coon songs, the New York Comedy Four in Toole's Troubles, and sensational cycle riders Armstrong Baker Armstrong and Gertrude Norton. Edgar Bixley closes with his burlesque Open All Night for a full course of comedy and thrills.
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Sam Devere
Brothers Fortuns
Florence Hughes
New York
Toodle
Armstrong
Baker
Gertrude Norton
Edgar Bixley
Spectacular Attractions At Popular House Show
Immense crowds witnessed yesterday’s attractions with Minnie Clifford’s Sensational act Spathae glativo, Captain Sidney Hinnman and Daisy Bell lifeguard display, the Dexters thought transmission and Pandora illusion, James Morris dermatological feat and a finishing the picture contest. Lizzie Parker’s Parisian beauties burlesque company performs Seeing the Lights, with amateur acts Friday night.
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James Morris
Lizzie Parker
Palace Theatre Burlesque Week Delivers Vivid Skits
W B Watson's American burlesquers bring stage two skits A Japanese Honeymoon and Krausmeyer's Alley with lavish costumes. Serbini headlines as a top bicycle act with daring feats. Joe Hay man and William Johnstone perform a humorous Hebrew character sketch.
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Palace Theatre
W. B. Watson
Serbini
Joe Hayman
William Johnstone
Lost in the Desert at Grand Opera House
Next week's Grand Opera House attraction is the Owen Davis play Lost in the Desert a vivid land and sea drama featuring a sinking ship a desert sand storm and a race for life on Arab steeds A troupe of 10 Arabs performs native Orient athletic sports in a powerful tale set to thrill audiences.
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Grand Opera House
Desert
Owen Davis
Dramatic Residents Stage Ideal Company Performance
An excerpt notes an ideal company of melodramatic players enacting scenes with flair and order. The line hints at a theatrical troupe rehearsing a performance, emphasizing the performative nature of melodrama.
Dan Daly Opens New Clown in Boston Next Monday
Dan Daly arrives in Boston to begin a limited engagement of The New Clown as an English lord pressed into clown service. He performs catchy songs and is welcomed warmly. Seats go on sale at 8 this morning.
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New England
Edwin Arden
Katherine Grey
Theodore Hamilton
George F. Nash
Thomas Ince
BK. A. Hberle
Jane Peyton
Emma Janvier
Harry le van
Boston
Phebe Davies
Archie Boyd
Squire Bartlett
Sara Stevens
Alice B. Collins
Marion Lt. Shirley
Ella Hugh Wood
Frank Currier
John FE. Brennan
Robert Gaillard
J. H. Bunny
Charles A. Burke
Dan Daly
Daly
Ibsen’s Ghosts Revival at Hollis Street Theatre
Boston audiences will see an Ibsen season with a revival of Ghosts at Hollis Street Theatre next week. George Fawcett presents Mary Shaw and an exceptional company in this famed drama of heredity on Tuesday and Thursday matinees.
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Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
George Fawcett
Mary Shaw
Ibsen
Steinert Hall Concerts Highlight Afternoon Recitals
This afternoon at 3 Herbert Witherspoon presents a song recital in Steinert Hall featuring Brahms Tirindelli Richard Strauss and the Arm Arm Ye Brave aria from Handel Judas Maccabaeus. The Hoffman String Quartet joins in Steinert Hall for a second chamber concert with Stasny as assistant pianist performing Haydn in B flat major Dvorak Dumky Trio Op. 90 and Schumann A minor quartet Op. 41.
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Herbert Witherspoon
Steinert Hall
Franz Brahms
Tirindelli
Richard Strauss
Handel
Judas Mac
Hoffman String Quartet
Carl Stasny
Haydn
Dvorax
Dumky
Kneisel Quartet Concert in Chickering Hall Review
The Kneisel Quartet presented its sixth season concert in Chickering Hall with August Spanath piano K Keller bass P Metzger clarinet A Debuchy bassoon and A Hackelbarth horn. Eschewing showy flair Spanath impressed as a thoughtful partner in Chaussons piano quartet Op 30 Footes variations and Schubert octet Op 166 all performed with solid ensemble and refined taste. The Schubert finale was notably strong and the concert ended on a high note with the next program set for March 9.
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Kneisel
Kneisel Quartet
Chickering Hall
August Spanath
K. Keller
P. Metzger
A. Debuchy
A. Hackelbarth
Eriest Chausson
Arthur Foote
Chausson
Spanath
New York Staats Zeitung
Amanda Fabris
Foote
Mace
Fels-Naptha Soap Promotes Easy Washing Method
A contrast is drawn between the Fels-Naptha washing method and older hard labor, claiming no hot water or boiling is needed and praising the soap as truly wonderful.
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