San Toy at the Museum4 and Other Bills at the Different Theatres
San Toy the Chinese musical comedy opened a two weeks run at the Museum4 last night with strong music but uneven singing. Performers like Samuel Collins Minnie Ashley Marie Celeste and George Fortescue led a mixed cast while John Braham kept the lead in the pianist role. Scenery and costumes were praised as lavish and colorful. The show runs to March 15, with Ethel Barrymore set for March 17 in Captain Jinks.
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New England
Samuel Collins
James T. Powers
Collins
Mr. Powers
Minnie Ashley
Anie
Terpsichore
Melville Stewart
Stewart
Joseph Cauto
San Toy
George K. Fortescue
Marie Celeste
Candot
Sarony Lambert
San
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents The Blue and the Gray
Bowdoin Square Theatre staged The Blue and the Gray yesterday afternoon and evening, the first time by any stock company, drawing hearty approval from a full house. Bert Lytell led as Captain Mark Stanley with Cartey as Colonel White CS and E R Pans as Uncle Joe. Supporting actors included E D Nison as Corporal Denis Fagan and D L Gaylord as Squire Griggs. Miss Lorraine Dreux led as Ruth White with Virginia Thornton and Miss Hale in principal female roles. patrons received a souvenir photo of Miss Dreux. The engagement runs this week with daily matinees.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bert Lytell
Mark Stanley
United States
Cartey
Colonel White
Uncle Joe
E. R. Pans
Corporal Denis Fagan
E. D. Nison
Squire Griggs
D. L. Gaylord
Private Smith
Gilmore Hammond
Lawrence Merton
Sergeant Becker
Ames Levering
Frank Anderson
George
Frank Art
Loraine Dreux
Virginia Thornton
Jessie E Prindle
Grence Hale
Miss Dreux
Ruth White
Grand Opera House Presents Human Hearts at Grand Opera House
The current attraction Human Hearts at the Grand Opera House pleases Boston audiences with natural storytelling. Frederick Fairbanks as Tom Lofan leads a strong cast including May Sarget Ruth Larkins Lillian Weston and others, as the tale follows a loyal blacksmith ensnared by a scheming woman and triumphs after persecution. Next week The Outpost featuring J K Emmett and Lottie Gilson promises Boer War action and diamond mine intrigue in South Africa.
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Grand Opera House
Boston
Mr. Nankeville
Frederick Airbanks
Tom Lofan
Herbert Betts Asck
J. K. Emmett
Lottie Gilson
South Africa
Kimoe
Mignon at the Bijou Opera House
The Bijou presents C Ambroise Thomas Mignon by the regular company drawing a large audience Milaine in the title role and Lee Ricci as Filena share top honors with strong vocal performances and a notable polonaise finale set within a favorable review of the production
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Ambroise Thomas
Bijou Opera House
Milaine
Lee Ricci
Miss Lane
Castle Square Theatre Adds Sealed Instructions to Season
Castle Square Theatre presents Mrs J Campbell Verplancks Sealed Instructions with Eva Taylor in the lead as Mrs Haughton and Mary Sanders as Ada Haughton. Marian A Chapman Katherine Ray, Maye Louise Aigen the French maid, J Craig Captain Lionel Haughton, J Seeley Lord Dorchester, and Louis Thiel as M Du deliver strong turns. The production runs this week with Sardou’s Diplomacy to follow next Monday.
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Mary Sanders
Ada Haughton
Marian A. Chapman
Katherine Ray
Suzanne
Maye Louise ‘Aigen
John Craig
Lionel Haughton
Lord Dorchester
J. Seeley
Charles Mackay
Guy Dunbar
James A. Keane
Gerald Dunbar
Louis Thiel
M. du
John T. Craven
Benton
Castle Square Company
Sardou
Last Week of Molly Pitcher at Boston Theatre Review
The Boston Theatre opened the final engagement of Molly Pitcher with strong promise. Kathryn Kidder’s performance as Molly is well sustained through fencing scenes, a prison revolt, and a Monmouth Battle, with vivid staging and fine supporting roles. A gala night is expected next Thursday, possibly featuring Prince Henry if he attends.
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Molly Pitcher
Boston
Kathryn Kidder
Molly
Anne Carew
Monmouth
Prince Henry
Tremont Theatre Hosts Fourth Week of King Dodo
Tremont Theatre draws large crowds for the fourth week of the comic opera King Dodo. Audiences demand encores, and jokes from the show are widely repeated in lounges and counting rooms. A souvenir matinee is planned with the King Dodszie featured for ladies, as theatre parties book in groups of over 100.
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King Dodo
Boston
Dodo
Dods Zie
Tremont
Grand Opera Single Ticket Sale at Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre opens its grand opera sale at 9 this morning for the first week of performances starting next Monday. Highlights include Massenet Le Cid in French, Paderewski Maniu, Verdi Aida, Tosca, Lohengrin, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Faust, and two sacred concerts with Verdi Requiem Mass on March 16.
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Boston
Massenet
Paderewski
Park Theatre Morocco Bound entertains Park Theatre crowd
Park Theatre Moroc co Bound scored again last evening as eight weeks of its run opened with a full audience. Dan Collyer Phillip Branson and Hasty Braham provided laughs. EB Lovettaser delivered dances and the Wide Wide World solo. Miss Baker and Miss Holbrook led the women of the cast in a lively show full of comedy.
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Park Theatre
Dan Collyer
Philip Branson
Hasty Braham
Lovettaser
Miss Baker
Miss Holbrook
Merchant of Venice Dominates Hollis Street Engagement
Hollis Street Theatre draws Boston audiences with Henry Irving and Drlen Terry in The Merchant of Venice. Repeats scheduled midweek and Saturday matinee. tonight Miss Jerry stars in Mme Sans Gene. Irving recites The Dream of Eugene Aram. Double bills and other titles follow. John Drew begins his tenth annual Boston run March 10 in The Second in Command.
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Henry Irving
Drlen Terry
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Mr. Irving
Miss Terry
Miss Jerry
Hollis PA Telea
Isaac B. Righ
Ellen Terry
Mme
Sans-Gene Napoleon
Sans-Gene
Eugene Aram
Charles I
Louis XI
John Drew
Btorodora Opens Third Week at Colonial Theatre
Btorodora opened its third week at the Colonial Theatre last evening with Isadore Rush delivering a vivacious and electric performance, drawing local audience praise and prompting renewed interest in the production.
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Colonial Theatre
Isadore Rush
Entertainer R Peyton Carter Headlines Weeklong Engagement
The show featured R Peyton Carter delivering artistic comedy while Maude Lambert Sidney Deane Guelma Baker Frances Tyson and William M Armstrong received honors along with six young women in a double sextet. The engagement will end a week from Saturday night.
Ben Hur to Be Produced at Colonial Theatre March 17
Ben Hur will be produced at the Colonial Theatre on March 17 for a brief engagement. The dramatic version of General Wallace's novel has drawn sensational interest in major cities. The production is backed by Klaw & Erlanger and features a chariot race with more than 12 horses and a new cyclorama. London Drury Lane production planned for March 31 with notable managers attending.
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Colonial Theatre
Boston
General Wallace
Klaw & Erlanger
London
Drury _ Lane Theatre
A. L. Orange
Joseph Brooks
al Hayman
J. Fred Zimmerman
Ben Stevens
John J. McNally
Morrison's Grand Theatre Presents Who of Sin
Frank Harvey's Who of Sin at Morrison's Grand Theatre drew strong crowds with Mattie Choate as Ruth Hale and Jee Beggs as George Brand. Cast included S F Cairnes, W Wells Rainey, J Butler Haviland, Hal F Hern, Richard Disney, Clarence F Lyons, Joseph Dokes, Florence Hastings, Mat Gerat, and Viola Alger. The show runs one week with daily matinees at bargain prices and a post performance reception on Thursday.
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Frank Harvey
Morrison’s
Grand Theatre
Mattie Choate
Ruth Hale
Jee Beggs
George Brand
Miss Choate
S. F. Cairnes
Stephen Mailer
Josiah Dean
W. Wells Rainey
J. Butler Haviland
Harry Wentworth
Hal F. Hern
Richard Disney
Clarence F. Lyons
Joseph Dokes
Florence Hastings
Mat Gerat
Viola Alger
Woodward's trained seals shine in Keith's month engagement
Woodward's trained seals and sea lions drew large crowds with expert handling and a striking finale. Captain Woodward scored a hit as audiences demanded curtain calls, while the act combined education and entertainment for children. Also featured were Charles F. Grapewin and Anna Chance in Above the Limit, Parros brothers in balancing feats, Carroll Johnson with songs and stories, and Mlle Marzella's birds with the Dumonds violinists.
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Woodward
Keith's
Captain Woodward
Charles F. Grapewin
Anna Chance
Parros Brothers
Carroll Johnson
Mlle. Marzella
Dumonds
Lst
Boston
Chas
E. Grapewin
Two Schrades
Three Damonds
Rousseaus
Mike Marzella
Biograph
Boston Music Hall Varied Vaudeville Pleases All Classes
A Boston Music Hall weekly bill blends wholesome comedy high class musical numbers cycling feats and a big novelty. Cushman Holcomb and Curtis in a bright musical comedy appear with Louise Gunning and a lively group including D Alma and trained dogs. The bill features athletic acts dancers and monologues making one of the season’s most enjoyable variety shows.
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Boston Music Hall
Pomerer Brothers
White
Peer
Cushman
Holcomb
Curtis
Sadie Cushman
D’alma
Wills
Hassan
William Cahill Davies
Ireland
Fred D. Lucier
Nello
Wilson
Coulson
Kerin
Nyham
George Yeoman
Ralp V. Farley
Vitagraph
Whirl Cushman
Holcomb & Curtis
Jimmie Barry
Louise Gunningain
Cahill Davies
Dogs
Wills & Hassan Smith
Doty & Coe
Amusing Skit Bill Led by John Mayon and Company
A lively program features Ar minta the aerialist performing daring trapeze feats. The Glissandos present a clever musical comedy bite. The three Marvelles return from Europe with Bar num Bailey and offer a top grotesque act. Monroe and Wesley Irish comedians and dancers headlines. The program includes ventriloquist Bingham, Burks porch act, Barr and Evans comedy skits, Belle Veda contortion, Rice brothers horizontal bar, Browning sisters, Johnson and Wells singing variety, Maxwell and Dudley in The Singing Lesson, Roger sisters swift soubrettes Letta and Della acrobatic comedy, and the Howard four in a brisk farce.
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John Mayon
Arminta
Marvelles
Europe
Monroe and
Wesley
Bingham
Burks
Barr and Evans
Belle Veda
Rice Brothers
Browning Sisters
Johnson and Wells
Maxwell and
Dudley
Will Cressey
Veola
James Thornton
Jones
Grant and Jones
Leo Cervalto
Powers Brothers
John Mayon and Company
Monroe
the Burks
Barr
Dazzling Orient at Austin and Stone's thrills Boston crowds
A vivid review of Sheik Hadji Tahar's Dazzling Orient at Austin and Stone's notes its Moorish dancers and exotic feats. Lahlah Bahl's whirlwind Sahara dance wows, with nautch numbers and a Damascus nuptial tableau. The vaudeville bill also lists Bourchiers, Stanley, Nizarras, the Bijou Duo and others.
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Austin & Stone
Boston Common
Far East
Sheik Hadji Tahar
Orient
Charleston
Theuseum
Lahlah Bahl
Sahara
Damascus
Bourchiers
Cynthia Stanley
Evalier Nizarras
Holbrook and
Hopkins
Edward
Josia Evans
Bijou
Jugeling Diamonds
Cushing and Merrill
Lioy Brothers
Lotta Melford
Riggs
Charles Whalen
Washington
Rentz-Santley company at Lyceum Theatre shines anew
Abe Leavitt's well known Rentz-Santley company drew packed houses at the Lyceum Theatre yesterday. The bill featured Daisy Dumont the Leonards James and Sadie, Charlie Robinson, the Misses Willard and Wheeler, Gruet and Gruet, Lottie Elliott, and Lyons the Rube jugler. A novelty travel on Florodora and a new burletta Under Two Jags closed a strong program amid a lively response from patrons.
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Abe Leavitt
Rentz-Santley Company
Daisy Dumont
Leonards
James
Sadie
Charlie Robinson
Willard
Wheeler
Gruet
Lottie Elliott
Fue
Lyons
Rube
New York
Oulda
Bostock's Animal Arena A Week of Thrilling Zoo Acts
The programme features Mme Pianka in daily matinee and evening acts after a recent recovery. Trainer Hermann Wee don handles a newly trained jungle tiger showing early obedience issues. Captain Bonavita performs a stellar act, Esau the ape-man fascinates crowds, and Frank C. Bostock highlights Bsau the ape. Princess Brandon handles deadly snakes, feeding times at 4:30 PM and 10 PM, with free rides at intermissions. The arena bills itself as a Noah's ark of wonders.
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Mme
Pianka
Hermann Weedon
Captain Bonavita
Esau
Frank C. Bostock
Bsau
Brandon
Cyclorama
Tremont St
Madame Plankt
Bonavita
Princess Brander
Howard Atheneum Presents Novel Acts This Week
Twenty acts fill the Howard bill with variety, led by James Thornton the prince of monologists whose new songs boost the show. The Jones Grant and Jones team returns as a top laugh feature with Irving Jones. Leo Cervalto delivers a sensational spiral ascent and the Powers brothers debut a new bicycle turn Alphonse and Gaston Awheel with fresh humor. The act titled The Man Next Door closes the lineup.
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the Howard
James Thornton
Prince of Monologists
Howard
Jones
Grant
Irving Jones
Leo Cervalto
Powers Brothers
Nickelodeon Manager Walker's House Draws Large Night Crowd
Audiences of ladies and gentlemen filled the Nickelodeon yesterday for a varied program. Curio halls featured Signor Ferreri's rat circus, Martha Peters the 600-pound fat woman, tattooed Colemans, Prince Wentworth, Charles Jackson the contortionist, Sam Furst the Yankee whittler, and German Rose. The theatre offered two vaudeville companies with alivera the great female impersonator and many acts, concluding with amateur night.
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Walker
Signor Ferreri
Rat Circus
Martha Peters
Colemans
Prince Wentworth
Charles Jackson
Sam Furst
Yankee Whittler
German Rose
Sadie Burgess
Coon Shouter
Imperial Chinese Troupe Delights Huntington Audiences
The Imperial Troupe from Shanghai performs a dazzling sleight of hand and acrobatics at Huntington Chambers, drawing crowds as the five member group includes two men two women and a child. They present tricks similar in style to Ching Ling Foo and Lafayette, with the elder woman and the child delivering standout feats. Alice Farrell from the Children's Theatre adds songs and solos between acts. They return Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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Huntington Chambers
Shanghai
China
Ching Ling Foo
Lafayette
Alice Farrell
Recitals at Steinert Hall Featuring Blauvelt and Sli vinski
Steinert Hall hosts Lillian Blauvelt in a Thursday afternoon program including La Fauvette La Danzz Amiarilli Momesiete Gentil Day Bist die Ruh Fruh lingslied O Komm im Traum Gutem Morgen Absence Péurquoi Vepres Sicilienne Spirit of the Past April Birthday My Bairnie Sweetheart and I. Accompanist Isidore Irkstone. Next Wednesday Josef Slivinski presents a farewell program with Bach Liszt Pach Beethoven Schumann Nocturne Etudes Carnaval Marchurka and Chopin.
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Lillian Blauvelt
Steinert Hall
Gretry
la Danzz
Durante
Amiarilli
Caccini
Pirant
Josef Slivinski
Steinert Hill
Praeludium
Pach-Liszt
Beethoven
Schumann
Marcurka
Chopin
Paderewski Delivers Second Recital at Symphony Hall
Ignace Paderewski gave his second piano recital in Symphony Hall before a large audience. He played Beethoven and Haydn, Schumann, Liszt and Bach pieces with generally flawless technique though with moments of restrained enthusiasm. Encores followed and interest grew in Paderewski's upcoming Marrue in Boston Theatre.
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Ignace Paderewski
Symphony Hall
Mr. Paderewski
Haydn
Schumann
Liszt
Ubinstein
Paderen
Renteia
Paderewski
Marrue
Boston
Burton Holmes To Lecture On Siberia Travel At Symphony Hall
Burton Holmes continues illustrated lectures at Symphony Hall next Saturday afternoon. He will describe travels through Siberia and inspect the Trans Siberian railway. He will show a dozen motion pictures and about 100 photographic views from the journey. single tickets are on sale at Symphony Hall.
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Burton Holmes
Symphony Hall
Siberia
Trans- Siberian Railway
Holmes
Warner's Safe Cure offered free to readers of the Post
An advertisement promises a free bottle of Warner's Safe Cure, claimed to treat kidney liver bladder and blood diseases. It touts safety being vegetable and non constipating, with doctors endorsing it and hospital use for 30 years. Readers urged to request a sample and a symptoms booklet by writing to the Warner Safe Cure Company in Rochester New York.
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Warner
Warner Safe Care Company
Rochester
N. Y
T *He Post
Funeral of Annie Veronica Sullivan at St Gregory’s Church
The funeral of Annie Veronica Sullivan nee Lynes, wife of Daniel Sullivan, was held at 9 yesterday morning at St Gregory’s Church Milton Lower Mills. The church was crowded. Father Deegan of St Gary’s presided with assistants from nearby parishes and the ceremony proceeded with due reverence.
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Annie Veronica B Sullivan
Lynes
Daniel ”. Sullivan
St. Gregory's Church
Milton Lower Mills
Father Deegan
St. Gary’s
Mags
St. Matthew's
Coffey
Gregory's
Vinperous
St. Gregory's
Den
Sullivan kinfolk attend funeral. Mrs Sullivan aged 28
Sullivan of Lynn attended by her uncle in the sanctuary. The death of Mrs Sullivan is regretted. she was 28 and leaves an infant. Mr Sullivan is the eldest son of Daniel P Sullivan, deputy superintendent of the sanitary division. Interment occurred in Milton.
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Nis Sullivan
Lynn
Mr. Sullivan
English High School Class Ninety-Two Dinner Plans
The English High School class of 1892 met at Hotel Brunswick to finalize arrangements for its 10th annual dinner. Commodore Foster Hooper chaired as the Hull Yacht Club at Rowe's Wharf hosts the Saturday event on March 8 at 6 PM with about a dozen school masters invited and Lieutenant-Governor Bates expected to speak on American Supremacy. over 60 members already plan to attend.
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Brunswick
Commodore Foster Hooper
Hull Massachusetts Yacht Club
Rowe's Wharf
Casey
H. C. Shaw
Thomas
le Bon
Travis
Walker
Bates
Westward rail rates advertised to major Pacific coast cities
Travel offer lists trips to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Seattle in March and April with greatly reduced rates to other West points over the Rutland railroad. Tickets and information available from Simmons & Marsters agents 20 Washington Street Boston.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Rutland Railroad
Simmons & Marsters
Washington Street
Boston
Testimonial Planned for Father Byrne by St Joseph Parish
A large meeting of St Joseph's male members at St Joseph's Hall Allen Street resolved to raise a collection for Father Byrne as he departs to lead St Cecilia's Church Back Bay. A large working committee was formed to organize the tribute for the vicar general.
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St. Joseph's Parish
St. Joseph's Hall
Allen Street
Father Byrne
St. Cecilia's Church
Back Bay
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