Imprudence at Hollis shows Faversham in Boston debut
William Faversham stars in H. V. Esmond’s Imprudence at Hollis with Fay Davis and Hilda Spong. The plot centers on Jack Frere and Wilhelmina Marr amid misunderstandings and a trial of morals. Critics praise the cast, especially Spong, Davis, and Bennett, while deeming the play light but diverting.
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William Faversham
Boston
Hollis
H. V. Esmond
Mr. Faversham
Fay Davis
Hilda Spong
Jack Frere
Mr. Frere
Wilhelmina Marr
Jim Greaves
Mr. Greaves
Victoria Street
Miss Marr
Mrs. Frere
Lady Duncan
Duncan
Frere
Esmond
Empire Stock Company
Val
Miss Davis
Tris
Richard Bennett
Mr. Bennett
King Dodo Delights Boston With Encore Robed Cast
LTAmeren ais reviews the Boston run of King Dodo praising Cheridah Simpson as Piola for Old Father Time and The Lad Who Leads. Flora Zabelle as Annette Greta Risley as Queen Lill Celeste Wynn as Angela and cast members Woole Mudge Bonilla Anderson deliver strong performances. The production will run 15 more performances through Wednesday and Saturday matinees before departing Boston.
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Ltamer
Boston Post
Cheridah Simpson
Piola
Lad
Flora Zabelle
Annette
Greta Risley
Queen Lill
Celeste Wynn
Angela
Arthur Woole
Dr. Fizz
William Corliss
Mudge
Bonilla
Ivar Anderson
Pedro
King Dodo
Boston
Grand Opera House Hosts Fresh Troup For The Rays Show
The Grand Opera House yesterday afternoon hosted a revived performance of "& Hot Old Time" made famous by the Rays. The company appears almost new with a bright chorus and stylish costumes. Ada Henry as Mrs Blazer and John McMahon as General Blazer receive praise for their roles. The bill features the Yalta Duo Russian dancers and gymnasts Marlo and Dunham, delivering a lively specialty lineup.
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Rays
Grand Opera House
Ada Henry
Mrs. Blazer
Edward Collins
Jack Treadwell
William Sellery
Alkali Ike
John McMahon
General Blazer
Maude Sohlke
Nellie Nichols
Yalta
Marlo and
Dunham
Castle Square Theatre Produces Othello With Praise
The Castle Square stock company staged Othello last evening adding to its Shaksperian repertoire. J. R. Pitman’s experience in these productions is praised for careful preparation. John Craig further proves his value as a Shakespearean scholar in his Othello portrayal, earning frequent applause.
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John Sampolis
Iago
Othello
Thomas MacLarnne
Cassio
John T. Craven
Brabantio
Lindsay Morison
Venice
William J. Hasson
Desdemona
Lillian Lawrence
Jane Irving
Emilia
Castle Square Theatre
J. R. Pitman
John Craig
Hearts Adrift opens at Boston Music Hall with airship escape
Langdon McCormick melodrama Hearts Adrift opens a week at Boston Music Hall with afternoon and evening shows drawing crowded houses. The tale follows familiar melodrama beats and features strong performances by HK Snader Edward Mackay Chrystie Miller Nettle Bourne Sylvia Bidwell and Master John Gough as a vivid cast. The highlight is an airship escape that drives the tense climax.
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Langdon McCormick
Boston Music Hall
HK. L. Snader
Teddy
Edward Mackay
Robert Darnay
Chrystie Miller
Old Pidgeon
Nettle Bourne
Julia Lane
Sylvia Bidwell
John Gough
Blue Jeans Returns to Bowdoin Square Theatre in Boston
The five act melodrama Blue Jeans plays for one week at Bowdoin Square Theatre with Charlotte Hunt as June and Maye Louise Aigen as Sue Eudaly. Other cast members include Willard Blackmore Card Fey and E R Phillips. Matinees daily. next week features In Peril.
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Blue Jeans
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Atlantic
Pacific
Bowdoin
Boston
Charlotte Hunt
June
Maye Louise Aigen
Sue Eudaly
A. Perry Bascom
Willard Blackmore
General Risener
Card Fey
Ben Boone
E. R. Philips
Isaac Hawkins
Will Phillips
E. D. Denison
Lawrence Merton
Herbert Chesley
William Vaughan
D. L. Gaylord
James Levering
Frank Henderson
Harold Clarks
Corinne Cantwell
Florence Hale
Jennie Kendrick
Majestic Theatre Opens Week With The Storks
Majestic Theatre enters its second week with two performances of The Storks. The musical has charm and bright, dashy moments. Carle leads the fan makers, with Gregory, Rock, Stanley, De Sousa, Standon praised for singing and visuals.
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Mr. Carle
Gilbert Gregory
William Rock
Edmund Stanley
Miss de Sousa
Miss Standon
Way Down East Captures Boston Theatre Attention
The Boston Theatre hosts the second week of Way Down East written by Littie Blair Parker and elaborated by Joseph Griemer. The rural drama features memorable vignettes from Hi Holler and Professor Sterling and a pivotal kiss scene by Mrs Bartlett. Cast includes Phebe Davies Archie Boyd Ulric B. Collins Sara Stevens Marion L. Shirley John Brennan Ella Hugh Wood and Frank Currier with Wed and Sat matinees.
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Boston Theatre
Littie Blair Parker
Joseph Griemer
Hi Holler
Puck
Professor Sterling
Kate Brewster
Mrs. Bartlett
Anna Moore
Phebe Davies
Archie Boyd
Ulric B. Collins
Sara Stevens
Tremont Theatre Brings King Dodo to Record Box Office
Tremont Theatre closes a run of King Dodo with two weeks left and sets house records for regular-price matinee and evening performances. The same cast from the opera return, with Raymond Hitchcock delivering fresh material as the jovial potentate and each principal scoring in their roles.
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Tremont Theatre
Dodo
Raymond Hitchcock
Potentate
Columbia Theatre Delights Audiences With The Little Host
The Little Host at the Columbia continues to draw large crowds with its musical comedy. Seven performances remain before closing next Saturday, then The Knickerbocker Girl with Josephine Hall and Will Armstrong steps in as the next presentation.
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The
Columbia
Josephine Hall
Will Armstrong
Columbia C. Louis
Miondadt
Alfred E. Aarons
Pink Co
Josephine
Crane Tops Boston Museum Harum Run In Final Week
Mr. Crane performed in David Harum at the Boston Museum during its final week. The crowded audience roared with laughter as the deacon was found behind the unmovable horse amid heavy rain. Crane embraced the role with zest and played to the crowd.
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Mr. Crane
David Harum
Boston Museum
Harum
Aunt Polly
Dan Daly Shines In The New Clown At Park Theatre
Not since the Belle of New York has Dan Daly scored such a personal success in the title role of The New Clown at the Park Theatre. The musical comedy features well drawn characters with Dixon and Rosey Platt delivered with vivacity and sentiment by Harrison and Merri Osborne, while Bert Thayer Sumner Gard Eugenie Hayden Eva Westcott and others fill their roles excellently.
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New York
Dan Daly
the Park Theatre
Dixon
Louis Harrison
Merri Osborne
Rosey Platt
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre presents The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast for another week. The production features extensive ballet flyins and lavish scenery, with audiences applauding each scene and leaving impressed by the quantity and quality of the spectacle.
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The
Colonial
Alice Fischer Stars in Mrs Jack at Boston Museum
Alice Fischer will headline the Boston Museum for a week long run starting at 8 am with seats on sale. The comedy Mrs Jack by Grace Livingston Furniss has enjoyed top reviews in New York and across touring cities, strengthening Fischer’s reputation as a leading star.
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Alice Fischer
Boston Museum
Mrs. Jack
New York
Miss Fischer
Metropolis
Jack
Keith's Theatre Show Delights Holiday Audiences
A holiday crowd packed Keith's Theatre for an all variety program featuring Tom Nann, Al Bellman, and Lottie Moore. Ed J. Rice impressed as a newcomer storyteller alongside veterans Kernell and Wilder. The Macarte sisters and a cast including Waterbury, Tenney, Henderson, Leroy, Raymond and Caverly, Keane, and Herbert and Willing delivered lively acts with acrobatics, musical numbers, and comic sequences.
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Keith
Tom Nann
al Bellman
Lottie Moore
Boston
Ed J. Rice
Gotham
Kernell
Wilder
Marshall Wilder
Keith’s
John Kernell
Macarte Sisters
Waterbury Brothers and
Tenney
Henderson
Leroy
Nat Haines
Raymond and
Caverly
J. W. Keane
Herbert
Willing
Ayor
Three Teasers Burlesque Extravaganza Tops Week in Howard House
This week’s Howard program showcases one of the biggest burlesque bills, led by a stock troupe in a new extravaganza titled The Three Teasers. The company promises unmatched popular entertainment with a whirl of gayery from start to finish, featuring notable performer J. Bernard.
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Howard
J. Bernard
Quaker City Quartet Leads Varied Vaudeville bill
The bill features the Quaker City Quartet with Carrie Scott and the Faust trio. Act titles include Fun in a Barber Shop and Hotel Repose. Cast lists feature Victor Jerome Lottie Fremont Dick Garnella Elsie Bernard and more in a lively program of comedy song and dance.
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J. Bernard Dyllyn
Toby Lyons
Billy Hart
Will Johnson
Harry la Marr
Gladys Fisher
Dot Davenport
Kitty Bingham
Mabel Leslie
Marie Oakland
Quaker City
Carrie Scott
Faust
Elsie Bernard
Weeson- Walters Company
Charles Harris
Carver
Pollard
Frazier
Walsh and Winters
England
Comediennes
Little Monk
Miss Scott
Victor Jerome
Lottie Fremont
Dick Garnella
Wesson-Walters Company
Harris and
Walters
Casmore
Florence
Walsh
Winters
Will Dockray
Brannock Sisters
Chalita
Pete Griffin
Buck
Koreans at Austin & Stone's tour draws wide crowds on Washington Birthday
A color portrait of George Washington graces the lobby but the main draw is the $500 a week Korean twins xiphopagis Liao-Toun-Chen and Liao-Sien-Ne-Chen brought from Europe by Stone & Shaw. Each twin has independent life and differs in height and strength. Professor Hutchings described their distinct biology and mind. Crowds pressed to see Zip the famous curio and other acts including Lavina Gray McNamee Edith Richards Harry Burns and Helen Hart in the main hall.
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George Washington
Austin & Stone
Washington
Messrs. Stone & Shaw
Europe
America
Hutchings
Liao- Sien-Ne-Chen
Old
Zip
Boston
Curio
Lavina and
Gray
McNamee
Edith Richards
Harry Burns
Helen Hart
Hannon
Har
Vanity Fair Burlesque at Lyceum Theatre Delivers Strong Programme
The Vanity Fair burlesque and vaudeville company led by Bob Manchester debuted this season at the Lyceum Theatre with a robust matinee and evening show. Featured acts include Mile. Ann the European aerialist with The Frame of Life, Brown and Harris in A Pleasure Party, McIntyre and Rice in a quirky comedy routine, Martella and Lancaster in acrobatics, the Jacksons in boxing and club swinging, and Lyon and Held in a polished picture act. The opener A Coronation to Uncle Sam and closer A Hot Finish impressed audiences with energy and wit.
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Vanity Fair Burlesque
Vaudevill Company
Bob Manchester
Mile. Ann
Brown, Harris
Brown
Nickelodeon Draws Big Crowds With Varied Amusements
Immense crowds at Nickelodeon yesterday demanded extra showings. The program features Miss Clifford in Spathaeg latiro with Lingerman and his wooden headed family, Jannetta, Luna, Barteno and Vaughan, Blitz, and a magic act among others. Lizzie Parker's burlesque troupe performs A Trip Around the World with notable specialties. Friday night showcases amateurs.
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Elodeon
Spathaeglativo
Lingerman
Luna
Blitz
Janice Barteno
Wang
Lizzie Parker
Burlesque Co
Miss Clifford
Professor Lingerman
Jannetta
Sword Walker
Barteno and
Vaughan
Professor Blitz
Palace Theatre Presents Tiger Lilies in Bright Weeklong Run
Scribner's and Drew's Tiger Lilies company opens a week at the Palace Theatre with two skits Her Twin Sister and Wink Van Ripple. The show features rapid action specialties and medleys by the company plus high class acts. The Garrity sisters Deeze brothers Milo and Marshall Black and Kooper McKaye Wyatt and the three Poles headline aerial and musical acts.
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Palace Theatre
Scribner’s and Drew
Tiger Lilies Company
Wink van Ripple
Garrity Sisters
Deeze Brothers
Milo
Marshall
Black and Kooper
McKaye
Wyatt
Three Poles
Thompson Seton to Speak at Tremont Temple
Boston youths look forward to Thompson Seton's visit as he discusses Indians and his Seton Indian camps. He will appear at Tremont Temple at 11 o'clock next Saturday morning and share descriptions of wild animals during the talk.
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Boston
Thompson Seton
Mr. Seton
Tremont Temple
The Mocking Bird at Park Theatre Returns Star
Mabelle Gilman will be a welcome visitor at the Park Theatre next week. She has always been a great favorite in this city and now returns as a star at the head of a strong company.
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Mabelle Gilman
Park Theatre
Mocking Bird comic opera at Park Theatre
Miss Gilman presents The Mocking Bird a new comic opera by Sydney Rosenfeld with music by A Baldwin Sloane featuring Violet Hollis Louis Mackintosh Sydney Dean Frank Doane Edgar Atchison Ely Robert Rogers and Roland Carter in the cast Seats go on sale at the Park Theatre box office at 8 this morning.
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the Mocking Bird
Miss Gilman
Sydney Rosenfeld
A. Baldwin Sloane
Boston
Violet Hollis
Louis Mackintosh
Sydney Dean
Frank Doane
Edgar Atchison-Ely
Robert Rogers
Roland Carter
Park Theatre
Holmes Lectures Across Scandinavia At Tremont Temple
Mr Holmes leads a two part journey from Gibraltar to the North Cape at Tremont Temple on Wednesday at 2 30 and 8 oclock. Lantern slides reveal Sweden the Capital the Country and the Canal with tours through Stockholm Trollhattan and Visby. The final talk on Saturday at 2 30 and 8 oclock covers Norway the Land of the Midnight Sun.
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Mr. Holmes
Gibraltar
North Cape
Tremont Temple
Sweden
Stockholm
Trollhattan
Gotland
Visby
Norway
Land of the
Desperate Chance at Grand Opera House
Next week the Grand Opera House presents the new melodrama A Desperate Chance by Theodore Kremer. Based on incidents from the notorious Biddle brothers, the plot features the wife of the warden aiding a prison escape under the elder brother’s influence.
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Grand Opera House
Theodore Kremer
Orchestra Pension Fund Concert At Symphony Hall
The Boston Symphony Orchestra plans a benefit concert next Sunday at Symphony Hall to fund a pension for members. Conductor Gericke leads the group in the third Leonore overture the sixth Tschaikowsky symphony and selections from Siegfried Gotterdammerung. Mme Szumowska will join on Saint Saens for a sextet arrangement.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Gericke
Leonore
Tschaikowsky
Gotterdammersung
Mme
Antoinette Szumo
Clara Morris Benefit Planned in New York
Plans for a benefit for actress Clara Morris have formed with the theatrical profession backing. Rev A F Underhill will serve as treasurer and Amelia Bingham will manage the event. Patrons contributing include Bishop Potter W C Whitney J P Morgan George J Gould H O Havemeyer John D Crimmins and John G Carlisle.
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New York
Clara Morris
A. F. Underhill
St. John's Episcopal Church
Yonkers
Miss Morris
Amelia Bingham
Bishop Potter
W. C. Whitney
J. P. Morgan
George J. Gould
H. O. Havemeyer
John D. Crimmins
John G. Carlisle
Royal Blue Line Tour Details and Pricing
Royal Blue Line offers personally conducted trips to Washington Philadelphia and New York on March 6 and 20 April 8 and 17. A week long tour is offered at 25 dollars with possible longer stopovers. Florida trip on March 9 costs 59.50 and includes Washington stopover. For itineraries and full guide to Washington contact Joseph P Taggart New England passenger agent 211 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Royal Blue Line
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Florida
Joseph P. Taggart
New England
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Senate Hears Debate on Race Policy and Booker T Washington
A large crowd at the Senate hears passages from Washington's farewell and discusses an omnibus public building bill and postoffice funding. Senator Tillman, amid criticism of federal policy on Negro equality, says he would support Booker T Washington for Cabinet if endorsed and urges pro rata black employment nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Dubois
Idaho
Tillman
Spooner
Indianola
Miss
Booker T. Washington
South
Potomac
Booker Washington
Army
Navy
Protest Over Reed Smoot Credentials Heard in Senate
Washington Feb 23 Senator elect Reed Smoot faced a protest alleging disqualifications. Mr Kerns of Utah presented Smoots credentials while he sat in the rear of the chamber. Senator Burrows of Michigan said a protest had been filed with his committee against Smoots admission.
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Washington
Kerns
Utah
Reed Smoo
Senate
Smoo
Burrows
Mich
Stoot
Queen Helena Receives Americans at Private Audience
Queen Helena of Italy entertained a group of Americans in private audience in Rome including Mrs. George Lee Peabody and Robert M. Winthrop of Boston and Miss Ives Goddard of Providence. The court ball followed, marking the first foreign guest gathering under the current reign.
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Helena
Italy
Rome
George Lee Peabody
Boston
Robert M. Winthrop
United States
Brussels
Mies Ives Goddard
Providence
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