Richard Savage at the Park Theatre in Boston
Madeline Ryleys new play Richard Savage received its first Boston presentation with Henry Miller in the title role. The drama blends literary history with a romantic halo, focusing on Savage, his love for Elizabeth Wilbur, and his prison death on a false murder charge. Florence Rockwell and Louise Boucicault deliver strong performances as Elizabeth and Anne Oldfield. The show runs two weeks amid mixed reviews of Millers nerves but solid supporting cast.
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Richard Savage
Boston
Henry Miller
Colley Cibber
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Anne
Nance Oldfield
Elizabeth Wilbur
Sinclair
Anne Oldfield
Mr. Miller
Mr. Sinclair
Elizabeth
Florence Rockwell
Louise Thorndyke Boucicault
Anné Oldfield
Arthur Elliott
Sir Richard Steele
Owen Fawcett
Joseph Wheelock
Griffen
Charles Cherry
Lord Tyrconnell
A. F. Frank
Colonel Brett
Herbert H. Patee
Phil Metcalf
H. S. Northrup
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Mrs. Brett
Margaret Bourne
Jane Griffen
Deronda Mayo
Other Bills Town sparse fragment reflects names and items
Fragmentary text mentions the Woman in White and Harry Thompson among others in an item labeled Other Bills Town, with scant readable detail about context or action.
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Cers
the Woman In White
Harry Thompson
Delayed Engagement At Tremont Theatre Postponed Opening
Jefferson De Angelis and his company failed to arrive in time for last evening’s Tremont Theatre engagement of A Royal Rogue due to a stalled train. After a snowstorm and long delay, managers postponed the opening to tonight and planned a rush-loaded performance with proper rehearsal and scenery.
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Jefferson de Angelis
Tremont Theatre
Schoeffel
Reynolds
Essex Junction
Central Vermont
Hite River Junction
Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Boston
Anager Reynolds
de Angelis
Holmes on Stage at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston
William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes play opens its third Boston week with strong audience turnout. The production, praised for acting and originality, features Holmes escaping in a gas chamber scene that leaves villains watching as a smoking cigar betrays the detective.
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William Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Boston
Hollis Street
Gas Chamber
Holmes
Isaac B. Rich. Svee
Eve
Charles Frohman
Crowd Demands Recalls as Mr Ilette's Company Shines
The audience roared with repeated recalls, praising the performance. Mr. Ilette's excellent company shared in the honors of the evening.
Still Alarm Revival Draws Strong Curtain Calls
Towers and Potter present Joseph Arthur’s The Still Alarm with Harry Lacy in the fireman role. Lacy earns perfect ovations after act three for his engine race and heroine rescue. Supporting cast includes Elizabeth Baker, Belle Gold, Uma Ince, Charles French, Lynn Pratt, Frank and John Ryan. A Runaway Girl musical comedy by Augustin Daly company comes to Boston Theatre next Monday with Arthur Dunn and Ethel Jackson starring.
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Towers
Potter
Joseph Arthur
Harry Lacy
Mr. Lacy
Central Fire Station
Mr. Ey
Elizabeth Baker
Belle Gold
Uma Ince
Charles French
Lynn Pratt
Frank
John Ryan
Lfe
Augustin Daly
Boston
Arthur Dunn
Ethel Jackson
Return to Boston of In Old Kentucky at Grand Opera House
Last night at the Grand Opera House the audience filled the house for the Boston return of In Old Kentucky. An excellent cast drew strong applause, with standout performances by Risa Ryan as Madge Brierly and Burt G. Clark as Colonel Doolittle. The show will run this week with Across the Pacific billed for next week.
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Columbia Theatre
Messrs. Carroll
Ricketts
Harch
Wilson
White
Deaves
Coleman
Lowry
Grand Opera House
Boston
Old Kentucky
Risa Ryan
Madge Brierly
Frou-Frou Shines at Castle Square Theatre Cast
Castle Square company presents Frou-Frou with Lillian Lawrence as the Gilberte and Corona Riccardo as Louise. Strong performances by Leonora Bradley Marian A Chapman and John Craig earn praise. The cast’s prior success sets high expectations for next week’s Ouida drama Under Two Flags.
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Castle Square
J. R. Pitman
Gilberte
Lillian Lawrence
Corona Riccardo
Louise
Frou-Frou
Leonora Bradley
Barronne de Cambri
Marian A. Chapman
Pauline
Leonora Gaito
John Craig
Henry Sartorus
J. L. Seeley
Sbiigard
Edmund Breese
Compte de Valreas
John T. Craven
Baron de Cambri
Ouida
Bowdoin Square Theatre Stages The Stealer and Next Week The White Rat
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents The Stealer with Miss McIntyre as Jane Rutherford and Mr De Deyn as Lieutenant Weston. James plays Jonathan Poynter. Caroline Cook shines as Lady Chesterton and Sadie Handy supplies songs and wit. Silver souvenir spoons are given on weekday shows except Saturday. Next week’s offering is The White Rat.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Miss McIntyre
Jane Rutherford
Mr. de Deyn
Weston
Mr. James
Jonathan Poynter
T. F. Thomas
Caroline Cook
Lady Chesterton
Sadie Handy
Jane
Florence Hale
Miriam Lawton
May Irwin Delights Boston Museum With New Songs
May Irwin entertains a full Boston Museum audience with three new songs including Everything Is Lovely and the Goose Hangs High My Southern Queen and Little Jungle Queen. Three handsome young ladies join ensembles enhancing charm and beauty as the performance of Madge Smith Attorney draws great laughter and acclaim.
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Boston Museum
May Irwin
Theoston Museum
Madge Smith
Ben Hur Thrills Colonial Theatre Audiences in Record Run
Colonial Theatre reports twelve weeks of success for Ben Hur with a sold out last evening crowd. Star William Farnum leads a strong cast including W S Hart Nellie Thorne and Adele Black as part of a larger lineup as plans for the March 11 tenth performance at the Colonial unfold. General Lew Wallace may attend and Pagar Bullman Kelley may conduct as the orchestra enhances the show.
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Colonial Theatre
William Farnum
Hart
Messala
Nellie Thorne
Esther
Adele Black
Remsen
Immet Corrigan
Robert Elliott
Brands Ingdon
Francklyn Roberts
Marisi Burt
Adeline Adler
Maryan
Ben Hur
Lew Wallace
Pagar Bullman Kelley
Keith's Theatre Variety Delights Audiences Once More
Keith's Theatre continues a strong run with a national themed pageant, a transformation scene by the Girl with the Auburn Hair, and a mix of sketches. The four Otts perform a lively farce inspired by the Cohans, while Milton Nobles and Dollie Nobles star in A Blue Grass Widow. Other acts include Brandon Hurst, John Hickey, Dorothy oars, cellist Emrico Mario Scognamili, Adelina Roettino, Mallory brothers and Mies Brooks, Ed Gifford the trick cyclist, and the Anderson Quintet with McKenna brothers.
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Keith's Theatre
Milton
Dollie Nobles
Brandon Hurst
John Hickey
Dorothy Oars
Mr. Hickey
Evaller
Emrico
Mario Scognatmilio
Adelina Roettino
Mallory Brothers
Mies Brooks
Ed Gifford
Anderson Quintet
McKenna Brothers
Kid Broad Headlines at Howard Atheneum in Boston Debut
The Howard Atheneum features Kid Broad, 126 pound world class challenger, making a Boston debut with sparring partner Sam Bolan. Also on the bill is a lively burlesque revue A Jamboree with Dot Davenport Parker Retardo Cuponti and a dozen performers, plus Sageridgeley Gertie Carlisle and a cast of variety acts.
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Terry McGovern
Boston
Sam Bolan
Broad
Dot Davenport
Parker and Retardo
Cuponti
Mlle
Dazzia
Coryphees
The Musical Blacksmiths at Boston Music Hall
Staley and Birbeck present The Musical Blacksmiths at Boston Music Hall this week. A rapid two scene change show ends in a darkened shop and a bright parlor with elaborate dancing and piano, concluding with the anvil chorus as sparks fly. The crowd applauded six recalls. Kernell, Canfield and Carleton, James and Pettingill, O’Brien and Havel, Mardo, Mazug and Mazette, and Billy R. Van’s California minstrels all entertain.
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Boston Music Hall
Staley
Birbeck
Mr. Staley
Ohn Kernell
Canfield
Carleton
Ames
Pettingill Iso
O'Brien
Havel
Mardo
Mazug
Mazette
Tramp
Billy R. van
California
Ford Brothers
Dan
Money to loan on first mortgages in Boston area
Workingmen's Co-operative Bank advertises loans on real estate with monthly principal and interest payments. Encourages readers to become their own landlords, pay off debt, and build equity, promising no commission and easy systematic payments.
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Boston
Thorn
The Shadow Detective at Grand Theatre Review
Patrons praise The Shadow Detective at the Grand Theatre this week. Lorimer Johnstone leads in a three character title role with strong performances from J Jens as the villain and Frank J. Kirke as the genteel comedian. Virginia Thornton shines in the female lead with grace and dignity. Next week features Liberty and Love.
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Grand ‘Theatre
Lorimer Johnstone
J. Jens
Frank J. Kirke
George Raniall
Grand
James A. Bliss
Thomas Carroll
Charles Farwell
Evan Harries
William Walsh
Virginia Thornton
Orence Mack
Grace Euler
Magyar Gypsy Girl Delights Austin & Stone Museum Audience
Audiences praised a Budapest theatre program at Austin and Stone's Museum featuring twenty dancers and singers led by a gypsy girl band. The act included the national Hungarian dance and a lineup of acts such as Mile Suzinette, La Toska, Hillion sisters, Murdock sisters, and Bijou Russell among others.
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Austin & Stone
Budapest Court Theatre
Cuitar
Mile
Suzinetta
West and
Williams
la Toska
Hillion Sisters
Sley Family
Juggling Thorns
Morris and Daly
Frederick Verto
Mack and Mack
Bijou Russell
Howard and Johnson
M. J. Needham
Villiam Wood
Marlowe
Plunkett
Anna Southard
Ed Brown
Murdock Sisters
Wade and
Ward
Cora Collette
Hazard and Howard's Creole Beauties at the Curio Halls
Manager Walker opens the week at Hazard and Howard's popular venue drawing a large crowd. The program features ten clever colored comedians and twenty dusky ladies led by George Hazard and Georgie Vigal, with acts like the choco late Venus Rosie Johnson and Dreamy Eyes. The theatre also presents two grand hourly companies with Richards the female impersonator and Nettie Hartford among the stars contributing to a lively show.
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Hazard
Howard
George Hazard
Agency
Georgie Vigal
Venus
Rosie Johnson
Selim Sid
Frank le Barr
Mlle. Estrada
Wall Street Wonder
Captain Murphy
Richards
Lewis
Delmore
Nettie Hartford
Daly
Austin
Kippy
Charles Ladel
Viola Jerome
Nellie Buckley
Dorothy Post
Eva Reid
Living Pictures
Waldron and Bryants Trocadero Bur Lesquers at Lyceum
Waldron and Bryant's Trocadero Burlesquers began a week at the Lyceum Theatre with two skits A Fifth Avenue Reception and A Night at the Paris Exposition. The clever company and handsome girls entertained two audiences with a lively mix of skits and specialties.
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Waldron
Bryant
Lyceum Theatre
Fifth Avenue
Olio
Millard to Lecture on China War at Tremont Theatre
Mr Thomas F Millard London Daily Mail staff correspondent and Scribner s Magazine writer will lecture on the China war at Tremont Theatre on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday afternoons next week and Sunday evening March 17 at 8 o clock. Mr Fret Ackerman will illustrate with a remarkable motion picture series. Seats go on sale today.
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Thomas F. Millard
London Daily Mail
Scribner’s Magasine
China
Tremont Theatre
Fret Ackerman
C. Fred Ackerman
Bowdoin Square Museum Hosts Varied Week Program
Manager Strom presents an eclectic Bowdoin Square display with Captain George Ward the mirator of wildlife, Wilson the expansionist, Carey the strongman, a miniature broom factory with Frank as maker, and entertaining female wrestlers. Two vaudeville troupes show stars to large crowds.
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Bowdoin Square Museum
Strom
George Ward
Wilson
Carey
Frank
Boston Theatre Popular Music Concert Next Sunday
The eighth popular music concert at the Boston Theatre will feature soloists from the First Regiment Band including Nina Collins New York vaudeville vocalist Adelina Roattino Italian dramatic soprano Georg R Donaldson baritone Frank Albion Howard boy soprano H J Harding piccolo soloist and the Symphony Comedy Quartet.
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Boston Theatre
First Regiment
Nina Collins
New York
Adelina Roattino
Georg R. Donaldson
Frank Albion Howard
H. J. Harding
Symphony
Hofman Piano Recital Promises Noted Virtuoso Solo
Josef Hofman, the child prodigy turned mature pianist, prepares a Symphony Hall recital tomorrow. His recent success in Russia and favorable receptions in Berlin and St Petersburg, along with esteem from American embassies, heighten anticipation in social and musical circles.
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Symphony Hall
Ofmann
Russia
Thes
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Osgood's Record Breaking Clearance Sale Opens
Osgood's staged a vast clearance of furniture carpets draperies and china drawing upwards of 6000 visitors. Despite nearly 100 salesmen the crowd overflowed the floor and the sale continues through Thursday night with stock marked in plain figures and six months credit offered. Store and deliver options are free of charge until needed.
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Osgood
Attleboro Factory Targeted in $2000 Claim
The Nelson Roy factory in South Attleboro was attacked for 2000 dollars by an attorney for Angus McLean. McLean says a Roy dog, near the Roy place, attacked him on February 8 wounding his arm without provocation.
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Nelson Roy
South Attleboro
Angus McLean
McLean
Roy Place
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