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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1901
Page
7
Maude Adams headlines Rostand's L Aiglon at the Hollis in a performance praised for its poetic style and strong acting. The cast includes Edwin Arden as prime minister and a large supporting group amid a lively audience filled with notable Boston figures.
The Castle Square Theatre audience witnessed a premier Boston style production led by Paul Kauvar with John Craig as the romantic hero and J L Seeley as the Duc de Beaumont. Edmund Breese as Marquis de Vaux Charles Mackay General Dela roche Lindsay Morison Edward Wade John T Powers and Li delivered strong turns. The music including Rhoda and Her Pagoda Love It Comes From Lotus Tand The Maid in the Moon and Tron't Be a Man San Toy drew vociferous applause.
The production starring Sarah Stevens earns high praise for its conception and execution. Review notes its splendid carrying of the piece and wishes it full prosperity as it continues its run.
The Mormon Wife received its first Boston presentation last evening at the Boston Theatre. The plot follows a married couple in the West with the husband embracing Mormonism and the wife resisting, leading to separation and reunion. The excellent company includes Thomas Mceharney James F. Kelly W H Gough W A Whitecar J H Hutchinson Dorothy Kent Rolinda Bainbridge Grace Huntington and others with admirable mounting and favorable reception. An upcoming showcase Monday features the Hamion brothers new spectacular Superba with Merrills Tiller troupe and Galetti monkey comedians. The season cast features Robert Rosaire Adra Ainslee Marie Nash Leta Vance Lizzie N Wilton Magda Henry Adolph Roccardi James H Haslam and more.
Last evening at the Grand Opera House a revival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin drew a full house. Milt G. Barlow’s Uncle Tom elicited strong applause, Horace L. Richmond’s George Harris and George W. Park’s Lawyer Marks impressed the audience, with May Woods and Miss Kittie Walsh praised for their roles despite a lengthy program featuring bands, buck and wing dancing, and plantation shouts. The show will be followed next week by Re. D. Stair’s The Suwanee River.
Oliver Doud Byron stars in Across the Continent at Bowdoin Square Theatre this week. The Bowdoin Square stock company supports him with shore staff and actors providing the roles of Joe Ferris and the ferret. The performance is described as capably acted with strong stage presence.
Craven uses clever comedy to temper the grim realism of the drama. Stanley Kent as Carrac stands out as the archetypal anarchist while Diane de Beaumont portrayed by Lillian Lawrence shines in multiple scenes. Diane de Beaumont, Nanette modeled by Leonora Gaito, and Scarlette by Adele Carlton deliver strong performances. Paul Kauvar is announced for this and next week with 7 45 showings to finish on time.
The Park Theatre hosted Kellar the great magician before a large crowd. His feats included raising a rigid hypnotized form, the Hindu clock demonstration, and Mrs. Kellar blindfolded figure work. The finale showed the Princess of Karnacc’s escape between cages high above the stage. The engagement runs for two weeks.
A large clergy audience attended the Colonial Theatre to witness a Ben Hur portrayal set 1900 years ago in Jerusalem with Roman soldiers in the streets. The cast includes William Farnum W S Hart Emmet Corrigan Robert Elliott Francis Kingdon Henry Weaver Jr Nellie Thorne Mabel Burt Adele Black Adeline Adler Mary Shaw and others.
Midwinter attraction at the Columbia Theatre proves profitable with a strong cast. Lillian Green stars as D Artagnan, delivering clear voice and charm while Merri Osborne Violet Holls Eva Tanguay Proto Lotta Faust excite with capable performances. Eddie Foy shines as the Cardinal and comedy from Gregory Sloane McCart lightens the show. Arthur Nelstone’s dances please, and the ballet corps plus chorus draw praise.
The Grand Theatre presents the domestic melodrama For given? with Severin De Deyn leading a strong stock company. Supporting stars Mildred Hyland Virginia Thornton Grace Euler and James A Bliss deliver solid performances. Vaudeville numbers between acts by Harrington and Harrington Kittie Hoffman and Ben Hunns draw applause. The show runs one week with bargain matinees for ladies and previews Northern Lights next week.
The Howard's weekly bill features Vanity Fair burlesquers led by Chuck Connors and Joe Flynn with Frank Bush. The program opens with Gayest Paris a lively burlesque show and closes with The Cadet Girls Frolic a lavish farce style spectacle. Joe Flynn leads the Howard section with a cast including the Lukens brothers Martinetti Sutherland and others in varied acts.
The Augustin Daly company enters its second Museum week with San Toy. Flora Zabelle charms in a boyish guise and song It s Nice to Be a Boy Sometimes. Yen Flow and six wives reappear in Pekin parody amid vivid scenes and playful court humor. The Emperor and Bobby add further entertainment as the performance continues.
Keith's Theatre features a varied program led by G Knowles with storytelling and humor. Mrs Knowles banjo performance precedes Knowles in a new costume while Odell Williams, Thomas J. Ryan, Mary Richfield and others perform sketches, songs, and dances including Latty and Latina acts.
At Boston Music Hall this week Clo rindy or the Origin of the Cake Walk proves entertaining with bright lyrics and rhythmic music. Ernest Hlogan and Ugo Biondi shine in quick change sketches while Ford and Francis star in The Tryst and Zelda Rotali performs operatic excerpts.
Reuben Skinner of Coos county New Hampshire visited Austin and Stones Museum yesterday while in Everett. He enjoyed the Mitsutas troupe and Geisha girls and hoped to meet manager Yaco Ishviti. The museum featured Oriental juggling and daring feats as the last week of the show opened with many famed acts and vaudeville stars listed in attendance.
The first of five illustrated lectures by Garrett P. Serviss at Symphony Hall drew strong interest. The second talk next Saturday will explore Paris the City of Fashion with over 100 illustrations of the capital's artistic attractions.
The Lunette show excites thousands of patrons in the main curio hall with a European sensation. Professor Rankin referees a committee to verify the illusion, declaring no mirrors or deception. The program includes Alexander the conjuror, La Sertonia sisters, fencing by a Vienna expert, sword work, and shooting exhibitions.
At the Lyceum yesterday the pictorial extravaganza The Sousa Girl presented by New York stars opened the satire. The company includes Burke and McEvoy Glockers Carlin and Brown Henrietta Dryer Sam J Adams Howard Milo Louise Gymnastics Professor and Mme Robinson Belle Parsons. The closing burletta The Artist's Model features a bevy of young burlesque performers.
A promotional pitch urges readers to stop renting and buy land, promising debt freedom and ownership free of mortgage burdens. It claims others have achieved ownership and encourages similar steps to put profits into the buyer’s own pocket.
Rice and Starton's Rose Hill English Folly company began a week at the Palace Theatre with All at Sea a lively blend of mirth and music. Featured acts include Joe J. Sullivan Carrie Webber Catherine Stone Palmer Collins and Collins Allie Willard Etta Wheeler Phil Mc Warland James P. Lee and Berry and Hughes. Stolen Pleasures closes the engagement.
Seats for the popular music concert next Sunday at the Boston Theatre go on sale at the box office. The Red Cross Bureau presents the first in a series following last year’s Columbia Theatre run. Tickets range 15 to 50 cents for the best seats. The program features Collins’s First Regiment Band with soloists J Aldrich Libbey Ethel Robinson Frances Curran and Johnnie Quigley.
The sale of seats for Mme Carreno’s piano recitals at Association Hall next Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon is large. Capital programmes are arranged for both occasions. Seats are sold at the Symphony Hall box office until each recital, with Manager Mudgett in charge.
Little Mollie Stovin of Malden sends a calendar photo in character costume. The Selmay studio of Malden produced the high class calendar. She notes she is currently engaged at the Colonial Theatre with several other children.
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