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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1901
Page
5
John Hare stars in The Gay Lord Quex at the Hollis The Liliputians show at the Park and Attractions. The notable cast and venue are highlighted as the production continues to draw crowds.
John Hare stars in The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur Wing Pinero at Hollis. Irene Vanbrugh as Sophy the manicurist earns praise with a deft, natural performance. The cast includes Gilbert Hare and Ada Ferrar. three week engagement with a Wednesday matinee due to Queen Victoria’s funeral.
The show features clever midget performers led by Franz Ibert as Tired Mike and Louis Merkel as Weary Willie. The Cauina sisters sing Ballads while Mrs. Kert and Joe Littlefinger contribute to an enjoyable program. James T. Powers and George K. Fortescue provide humor as the mandarin and his secretary in a bright musical with vivid costumes and scenic splendor.
The Royal Liliputians began an engagement at the Park Theatre last evening with a new farce comedy titled The Merry Tramps. The troupe showcased clever stage antics and whimsical humor in their opening performance.
A reader from Towson Maryland Aug. 3 1899 claims Ayer’s Hair Vigor keeps gray hair from appearing and restores color. The advertisement asserts the product makes hair grow heavy and long and stops hair loss. It recommends keeping the bottle on the dressing table and using as directed with a price of one dollar.
Charles I Blaney features A Female Drummer at the Grand Opera House last night with strong performances from Hielen Byron George Richards Oscar Figman Willis Sweatnam Harry Ladel and Nellie O Neill. The Imperial Quartet adds vocal numbers and the show is urged to pack the venue this week.
C fr we Ceee N Wood supported by Bowdoin Square Theatre company won new honors yesterday in one of the best productions of The Waifs of New York. Wood as Willis Rufus the bootblack displays vigor and fun. Other cast members including YT F Thomas BE D Denison True S James E R Philips and Misses Willey Hale Shepard Talbot Southard Hunt contribute strong performances. Souvenir photos will be given to coupon seat patrons. next week features The Queen of Chinatown.
The Castle Square Theatre hosted J at MS a production of Tom Taylor's The Ticket-of-Leave Man as revised by J. R. Pitman. An immense audience attended last evening with strong performances and notable stage settings. The show runs only this week before next Monday’s staging of R. C. Carton's Liberty Hall.
An audience by the thousand attends the Tre Mont Theatre performance of Way Down East. The play’s moral tone and sympathetic moments, especially Mrs Artlett’s scene, showcase a cast of rare excellence led by Phoebe Davies and Ulric B Collins with Scott Cooper Frank Currier Felix Harney and others delivering commendable work.
It is a decade since Hanlons introduced Superba and the current elaborate production marks its second and closing week at the Boston Theatre. Boston buzzes over this new century spectacle as thousands attend the familiar panto mime show. Sport ing Life, a London melodrama booked by Eugene Tompkins, starts next Monday at the same venue.
The seventh week opening of Ren Hur elevates stagecraft with a large Boston audience. William Farnum and a top billed cast deliver strong performances amid superb scenery and period settings.
The sixth week of Miladi and the Musketeer at the Columbia Theatre opened with good attendance due to new scenes and songs. Ross enhances Richelieu with bright humor and artistry while Sherman Wade debuts as Ah Those. New songs and polished ensembles mark careful stage direction as the company showcases strong female leads. The complete production travels to Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre in New York City on February 11.
At noon today a benefit for the widow and child of the late Frank David of the Miladi and the Musketeer is held at the Columbia Theatre.
The PPPR Row company reopened at the Howard after years, boasting a strong lineup led by Lottie Elliott in Sapho with Charles Robinson. The program features James and Sadie Leonard, Polk and Tresh, Kitty Bingham, Mlle. Salina, Matthews and Harris, and the Broadway to Paris finale.
At Boston Music Hall this week performances spark with wit and variety. Fred Niblo impresses as a rapid coherent talker while Bert Coote FE Marie Pavey and Charles W. Macdonald entertain in Supper for Two though Pavey is muffled by a cold. The Donovans and Block som and Burns in black face draw laughs. ventriloquist Bingham charms children as Smith and Opray shoot with rifle and revolver. The Howard sisters dazzle, Queen Victoria and Edward VII pictures grace the vitagraph. many other acts fill the program in curio halls and cozy parlor theatre.
The long standing burlesque troupe brings a bright breezy season to the Palace. A Hot Time opens with a merry burletta and The Forbidden Sweets closes the program with a boarding school satire. The show features Mitchell and Love, Larry McCale and Mabel Carew, the Silvini acrobats, Healy and Farnum, and a lively newsboys quintet.
Henry Lee reprises memorable impersonations with new roles Dickens Ibsen and King Edward VII. Nevsky troupe performs eight Russian singers and dancers with translations of The Mascot. Smedley Sketch Club and Josephine Gassman draw laughs with Pickaninnies. McIntyre and Heath debut The Man From Montana sketch to strong audience applause.
The Sins of the Night a melodrama new to Boston played at the Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon to a delighted audience. Harold Thorne is played by Severin De Deyn with solid effort Rosa is portrayed charm ingly by Miss Hyland. The cast includes Thomas Carroll James A Briss Charles Farwell Evan Harries Archie Deacon W J Walsh and Misses Alice Keane Grace Euler Edith Grand Miriam Lawton among others all delivering capable performances.
An event at Steinert Hall is scheduled for tonight featuring FV CR Kw. Details are limited in the fragment and no further information is available.
A mixed program features Beethoven and Dvorak works with Mr Hawkins and Mrs Beach performing duets and songs. included items span Canadian boat songs, Nottingham Hunt and The Ride of the Clans MSS with Bullard Town and Lang contributing pieces.
Mr. Burton Holmes presents two lectures at Tremont Temple. He will speak tomorrow night at eight about Moki Land and on Saturday afternoon at 2 30 about the Pueblos of the Snake Dancers.
Austin and Stone’s Museum enters its second week starring Senorita Rosita Alarcon and a bull fighting act with Pajorroes. The show includes a canine act and breezy numbers from the Merry Danvilles and other performers.
Yesterday marked the Lyceum's reopening with Miaco's City Club company delivering afternoon and evening shows. The Levines, Cole and DeLosse, Charland and LaPearl, Lund, Fanny Everett, and a chorus of women perform in burlesque numbers with costuming and scenery praised. Rosa Gore appears as Bob Fitzsimmons in a notable character portrayal.
Manager Walker presents a remarkable scene with a fearless young woman entering a den of hissing pythons boas and crocodiles. She grasps the largest alligator by its jaws, holding its gaze as it slowly releases, cowed by the encounter.
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