Bernhardt Opens Farewell Boston Run With La Sorciere
Edward H. Crosby reports a Glened farewell engagement in Boston by Sarah Bernhardt. The star draws a huge audience as she performs La Sorciere with Spanish Moorish settings, showcasing her mature, human portrayal and striking second act and fourth act scenes under De Max and Coeur. The crowd clapped for curtain calls, and Camille is announced for tonight.
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Boston
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Patrick Campbell
Zorava
Kmnrique
Zoraya
Henrique
Enrique
M. de Max
Cardinal Ximenes
M. Decoeur
Mme. Barbier
Camille
Edward H. Crosby
Castle Square Theatre Delivers Merchant of Venice in Venetian Style
The Castle Square company stages The Merchant of Venice with strong acting and authentic atmosphere. Waldron as Shylock, Kimble as Portia, Ballou as Nerissa, Young as Jessica, Mackay as Bassanio, and Kent as Launcelot Gobbo garner praise for skill and comic appeal. The full house signals high public regard and theatre excellence.
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Shakspere
Castle Square Company
John Waldron
Shylock
Miss Kimble
Portia
Castle Square
Miss Ballou
Nerissa
Miss Young
Jessica
Mr. Mackay
Bassanio
Mark Kent
Launcelot Gobbo
Heart of a Sparrow at Hollis Street Theatre entertains
William Collier stars in a French farce adapted as The Heart of a Sparrow at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening. The flirtation theme drives a light, witty plot with a happy ending. Ida Conquest and Pauline French earn praise for character work. the company delivers a polished premiere with artful staging and vivid settings. The show runs this week with a matinee Saturday before Ruth Vincent's Veronique arrives.
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Cosmo Gordon Lennox
William Collier
Hollis Street Theatre
Claude Iletellier
Ethel Wenchester
Ida Conquest
Mr. Lennox
Claude Letellier
Overstead
Eeesees
Joan G. Saville Martinac
George Nash
Thomas Henchester
Charles B. Poore
Ethel Henchester
Grace Hadsell
Pauline French
Margot Rayburn
Nadia Martinac
Sophia Overstead
Madeline Hazlett
Lady Henchester
Blanche Weaver
Signora Eleonora Pamphili
Irene Avon
Mr. Collier
Antibes
America
New York
Boston
Hollis ST
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Frohman
Kitty
Geo
Edward Edwee London
Catch of the Season draws big crowds at Colonial Theatre
Edna May tops the Colonial engagement with The Catch of the Season drawing strong local enthusiasm. London company support and Frohman backing fuel the sparkling musical comedy, while William Gillette enters a second week of matinees with Clarice. Viola Allen, a Colonial favorite, upcoming The Toast of the Town. Box office opens at 8 this morning.
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Atlantic
Edna May
New York
Miss May
Charles Frohman
London
William Gillette
Viola Allen
Clyde Fitch
Park Theatre Week Two Show Delights Boston Audiences
Blanche Walsh and company enter the Park Theatre for a second week as crowds confirm her popularity. The Woman In the Case showcases her drama range after comedy Fitch works. Digby Bell will follow with The Education of Mr. Pipp next week.
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Park Theatre
Miss Walsh
Boston
Fitch
Digby Bell
The
Pipp
Molly Moonshine debuts in Boston with Marie Cahill as star
Marie Cahill returns to Boston in Molly Moonshine at the Tremont Theatre with a large first-nighters audience. The musical farce features espionage plots between Russia and Japan, Moonshine as a U S secret service operative, Lionel Longacre in English diplomacy, and a comic Napoleon lookalike Marcel Barbier. The show houses a lively chorus, bright lines, and songs like Robinson Crusoe and Don't Be What You Ain't delivering strong audience encore reactions.
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Molly Moonshine
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Marie Cahill
Edward Milton Royle
George W. Hobart
Silvia Hein
Lord Dumbgarven
Home Office
Roy Atwell
Lionel Longacre
Dick Temple
Gweneth
Gladys Claire Earl of
Broadlawns
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Elizabeth Goodall
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Bectod
Cahill
Sadie Short
Sadie Harris
Plunger
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Sheepshead Bay
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George Beban
Lola Charmion
Terence Fogg
Bersee
John Denton
General Moroff
Harrison Steadman Baron Hosaki
Frederick Paulding
Russia
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Secret Service
England
Marciel Barbier
Napoleon Bonaparte
Miss Moonshine
Longacre
Marie Cahell
Robinson Crusoe
Nancy Brown
Tremont Street
Molly
Pretty Girls and Burlesque at Columbia Theatre
The Columbia Theatre hosts New Century Girls Burlesquers for a week with blondes and brunettes among the performers. The bill features two farces The Taking of Mr Raffles and In South Dakota plus nine acts with Harry Stewart Minnie Desmond Jack McCabe and others. Manager Farren offers cash prizes for amateur night next Friday drawing many entrants and promising further laughs.
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Columbia Theatre
New Century Girls
Mr. Raffles
Kyrle Bellew
South Dakota
Alip
Harry Stewart
Minnie Desmond
Jack McCabe
Halley
Meehan
Edyth Murray
Barnes and Stockwell
Barry
Wolford
Bowen
Lina
Margie Stewart
Farren
Globe Theatre Delights with Rufus Rastus at Night
Ernest Hogan stars in Rufus Rastus at the Globe Theatre with strong support from a capable company and bright music. The show keeps the audience laughing and impressed by the costumes, chorus, and brisk pacing, with a full house enjoying the lively entertainment.
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Globe Theatre
Ernest Hogan
Rufus Rastus
Catarrhal Powder Endorsed by Canadian Minister Party
A historic ad copy urges immediate use of Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder to ease lingering catarrh. It claims rapid relief from cold in the head and catarrhal headaches within ten minutes, endorsed by The Hon. David Mills, Minister of Justice for the Dominion of Canada.
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David Mills
Dominion of Canada
Wonderland at Majestic Theatre Opens City Run
Majestic Theatre presented Wonderland a three act musical by Glen MacDonough and Victor Herbert for the first time in the city. The cast featured Lotta Faust Bessie Wynn Gladys Hildegarde Figgers Elvin Crox Seabrooke and James Harris among others with Sam Chip as Dr Fox and George McKay as King of Hearts. The production includes colorful costumes scenic effects and a lively chorus praised for its appearance and voices.
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Majestic Theatre
Glen MacDonough
Victor Herbert
Dr. Fax Veeese
Bob
Elvin Crox Seabrooke
Gladys Hildegarde Figgers
Lotta Fausteeanie
BP Otsunig
Bessie Wynn
Montague Blue
Charles Barry James
the Stoker
George McKay
King of Hearts
William Cameron Leander
Doris Mitchell Mateols
Sue Kelleher
Hulda Halvers Rollo
Dr. Fox
James Harris
Eugene Kelley
William McDaniels
Sam Chip
Charles Barry
Lotta Faust
Boston
Gladys Fox
Prince Fortunio
Phyllis
William Cameron
Keith's Theatre presents Cleopatra illusion at Neith's Boston
Mme Adelaide Herrmann widow of Herrmann the Great reappears at Neith's Boston with new illusions including Asleep in the Air and The Flight of the Favorite. Sydney Grant and the Hebrew comedy team perform mimicry and parodies. The Duffin-Redcay troupe impress with stunts and the Train Wreckers kinetograph short receives applause.
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Adelaide Herrmann
Herrmann the Great
Neith’s
Mme, Herrmann
Cleopatra
Boston
Sydney Grant
Brookline
Albert Chevalier
Sone
George Mr. Cohan
Mr. Grant
Matthews
Ashley
Chinatown
Emil Hoch
Jane Elton
Dora Pelletier
Brazil
Performance Briefs Promote Page 8 Notes
Last night’s performances are summarized, with a pointer to Page 8 for full coverage. Readers are urged to consult the page for complete details on acts, dates, and featured performers.
Return of Britt Nelson boxing pictures lights up Howard Atheneum
Old Howard patrons enjoyed a week long revival of the Britt Nelson California duel films. The crowd witnessed fast action and non brutal footage showing the bout from start to finish with referee Jack Sheehan commentary. Also featured were vaudeville acts Hi Greenway Naomi Ethardo Cramer and Casper Ben Johnson and the Lowry pair. The Howard scope presented race death by own action, a season hit, while A New Deal burlesque closed the program.
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Old Howard
Britt-Nelson
California
Britt
Nelson
Jeffries
Jack Sheehan
Hi Greenway
Naomi Ethardo
Cramer
Casper
Ben Johnson
Lowry
New York Symphony in Boston With Weingartner Debut
Boston audiences showed strong support for Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra with tickets selling briskly for tomorrow evening and Wednesday afternoon. Felix Weingartner will conduct for the first time in this city, altering the program to include the Der Freischutz overture in place of The Fingal Cave and Berlioz Fantastic Symphony fifth movement The Witches Sabbath. Thursday’s matinee will be led by Damrosch with Rafael Joseffy at the piano.
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Boston
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Felix Weingartner
Berlioz
Rafael Joseffy
Empire Theatre Revives A Message From Mars To Packed Audiences
The Empire Theatre revived the clever satire A Message From Mars to large afternoon and evening crowds. Howell Hansel excels as Horace Parker, Evarts showcases character work, Seeley excels in delivering lines, and Miss Jeffie Tilbury enchants as Minnie Temple. Director Snader adds novel quake effects, with the company set to stage Shenandoah next week.
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Mars
Hmpi
Howell Hansel
Horace Parker
Snader
Empire Company
Bronson Howard
The Confessions of a Wife opens at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents The Confessions of a Wife a melodrama that thrills a full house. Tom Calder the villain returns after six years as a bigamist and tries to kill Alice but she overpowers him at a balcony railing amid thunderous applause. Evelyn Faber stars as Alice Rutherford with Arthur De Voy delivering a strong Oliver Ashmore.
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Grand Opera House
Tom Calder
Alice
Oliver Ashmore
Arthur de Voy
Evelyn Faber
Alice Rutherford
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