Merely Mary Ann at the Colonial Theatre
Eleanor Robson stars in Israel Zangwill's four act play Mere ly Mary Ann at the Colonial Theatre in Boston Fri Phon. The production is hailed for Miss Robson's Mary Ann and a capable supporting company led by Frank Mills Ada Dwyer Hosle and Louise Lovell The plot follows a maid who loves a musician then becomes a heiress and the lovers meet again years later in different social worlds The review notes the acting and portraiture in the role and recommends seeing the show this week and next Klaw and Erlanger present Humpty Dumpty starting March 20
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London
New York
Eleanor Robson
Israel Zangwill
Mary Ann
Colonial Theatre
Boston
Lancelot
Cssesescseses Pueeeyevass
Frank Mills Li
Ernest Mainwaring
Samuel Smedge
William A. Hackett Herr Brahmson
Cccseseses
Ecebveeseveses
Louise Lovell
LeGy Gheimoce
Tees
Ida Vernon
Countess of
Foxwell
Kate Pattison Selten
Gladys Tottenham
Ethel Strickland
Fitzgerald
Helen Strickland Rowena
Violet Hook
Glynn
Margaret Fuller
Zangwill
Miss Robson
Marian
Mr. Zangwill
Frank Mills
Ada Dwyer
Leadbatter
Colonia
Klaw & Erlanger
Willard Delivers Masterpiece The Middleman In Week Two
The second week of S. H. Willard's engagement opens with The Middleman. Cyrus Blenkam stars with six curtain calls while Alice Lennon and H Gittus Lonsdale garner praise. The cast includes H Cooper Cliffe, Marie Linden, Gladys Granger, Nelly Angell, Mabel Dubies, Lelia Repton and others. The run continues tonight and Wednesday with David Garrick after a brief comedietta.
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S. H. Willard
Cyrus Blenkam
Alice Lennon
May
H. Gittus Lonsdale
Sir Seaton
H. Cooper Cliffe
Joseph Chandler
H. Cane
Batty Todd
Ernest Stallard
Jesse Pegg
Marie Linden
Nancy Blenkam
William Lanter
Julian Chandler
Gladys Granger
Felicia Umfraville
Nelly Angell
Lady Umfraville
Mabel Dubies
Maude Chandler
Lelia Repton
Mrs. Chandler
David Garrick
Little
Comedietta
Boston Symphony Quartet at Jordan Hall Performs Noted Sextet
The Boston Symphony Quartet with Max Zach on viola and Carl Barth cello played at Jordan Hall. The program featured Dvorak Sextet in A major Op. 48 and Cherubini in C major Op. 59 with a refined performance. The ensemble was praised for its finish and the Dvorak sextet noted as a novelty in the composer’s early style.
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Boston Symphony Quartet
Elven
Jordan Hall
Max Zach
Carl Barth
Dvorak
Cherubini
Beethoven Dvorak
Hess
Tucker
A M Palmer Stricken On Elevated Train In New York
A M Palmer, noted theatrical manager, suffered an apoplectic stroke on an Elevated train and was taken to a hospital where recovery was considered unlikely.
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A. M. Palmer
New York
Piff Paff Pouf Returns to Majestic for Fortnight Run
A full Majestic Theatre audience enjoyed the breezy musical comedy Piff Paff Pouf with Fred W. Mace as Peter Pouffin delivering standout humor. Cast includes Warry Stuart Lord George Piffle Templar Saxe Marcaroni Pantlé John Hyams Abby Stange August Melon Lillian Montague Alice Fischer Mabel Hollins Vinie Daly Blanche Morrison Rose Melon Hilda Hollins and Joe Silver. The show features lively solos by Saxe and Hyams, a handsome chorus, and the famous radium dance ending in strong applause.
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Majestic Theatre
Pomirs
Warry Stuart
Lord George Piffle
Templar Saxe Marcaroni Pantlé
John
Blanche Morrison
Peter Poorg
Ceese
Fred. W. Mace
Joe Silver
Martin Cheesman
Peter Pouffin
Fred W. Mace
Alice Fischer
Boston
Lillian Russell Shines in Lady Teazle at Hollis Street Theatre
Lillian Russell commanded the Hollis Street stage in a regal performance opening the second and final week of Lady Teazle. The Boston audience, matched by fashion and artistry, praised her brilliancy in comedy and singing as the finale approaches next Saturday. Maxine Elliott heads next at Hollis Street in Her Own Way, continuing the theatre’s season.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Lillian Russell
Lady Teazle
Sheridan
John Ixendrick Bangs
A. Baldwin Sloane
S. S. Shubert
Miss Russell
Boston
Maxine Elliott
Pacific Coast
Cycle Fitch
Lee
St. Hocdiss
Isaac B. Rich
S. S. Shubert Amusement Co. (Inc
New York
Cecilia Loftus Shines in The Serio-Comic Governess at Park Theatre
The Park Theatre enters the final week of Cecilia Loftus in The Serio-Comic Governess with a large Boston audience applauding her mimicry of Sarah Bernhardt and Ada Rehan among others. The role shows her versatile range from governess to music hall impersonator. The supporting company receives praise for faithful portrayal of British life themes. Seat sales open at 8 am for Charles Hawtrey's coming engagement with A Message from Mars.
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Cecilia Loftus
The
Park Theatre
Israel Zang
Miss Loftus
Sarah Bernhardt
Patrick Campbell
Ada Rehan
Ellen Terry
Iolftus
Boston
Charles Hawtrey
Mars
Castle Square Theatre Stage Fresh Revival of The Magistrate
Castle Square Theatre stock company delivers a bright revival of A. W. Pinero's The Magistrate with strong comic timing. Ben A. Field as Magistrate Posket draws standout laughs. Lillian Kemble and Frances Starr also shine in key roles. Next week the troupe presents Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn.
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Castle Square Theatre
A. W. Pinero
Ben A. Field
DeWitt C. Jennings
Mr. Bullamy
Howell Hansel
Colonel Lukyn
John Waldron
Captain Vale
A. H. van Buren
Cis
William Vaughan
Achille
Edward Wade
Clerk Wormington
Edwards Davis
Inspector Messiter
Mark Kent
Isidore
Lindsay Morison
Sergeant Lugg
Lillian Kemble
Agatha Posket
Ivy Troutman
Charlotte
Frances Starr
Beattie Tomlinson
Helen Lackaye
Popham
Maid
Boucicault
Colleen Bawn
Globe Theatre Presents In Old Kentucky in City crowds
The Globe Theatre revived In Old Kentucky last night drawing strong crowds after 12 years on tour. Nellie Callahan leads as Madge Brierly with George Heath as Frank Layson, Rapley Holmes as Colonel Doolittle, Scott Higgins as Joe Lorey, Otis Turner as Ned, and Estelle Dale and Mary Anderson in supporting roles. Eugenie Blair to headline Sapho next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Kentucky
Blue Grass
Globe Theatre
Casey Theatre
Madge Brierly
Nellie Callahan
Frank Layson
George Heath
Colonel Sandusky Doolittle
Rapley Holmes
Kentucky
Horace Holton
George Mitchell
Joe Lorey
Scott Higgins
Madge
Otis Turner
Ned
Woodlawn Wangdoodles
Charles Randall
Luke Johnson
Estelle Dale
Barbara Holton
Alathea Layson
Mary Anderson
Eugenie Blair
Grand Opera House Presents Only a Shop Girl Starring Lottie Williams
Last evening the Grand Opera House featured Only a Shop Girl with Lottie Williams as Josie. The four act drama centers on a poor working girl resisting temptation and poverty, ending in triumph over evil powers. Williams led a 40 member cast with notable support from Gordon Key Frank Richardson and others. Matinees are scheduled for Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with an on stage reception by Williams after Thursday’s show. Next week offers At the Old Cross Roads.
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Lottie Williams
Josie
Grand Opera House
Herald Square
Hudson River
Palisades
Lottie Willians
Gordon Key
Frank Richardson
al Wester
William J. Woods
Eugene la Rue
Theodore Lytell
Henrietta Tedro
Margaret Brownlee
Maud Keller
May Woods
George Cooper
Miss Williams
Old Cross Roads
Bowdoin Square Theatre A Working Girl's Wrongs
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents A Working Girl's Wrongs a sensational drama praised for its heart interest and strong performances. Miss Hunt as Mamie Malloy and Charles Miller as Jack Fallon anchor a cast of stock favorites with notable scenes and new scenery including Union Square settings. The production is expected to draw large crowds all week before next week’s Irish comedy Shandon Bells takes the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square
Union Square
Toothrop Stock Company
Miss Hunt
Charles Miller
Mamie Malloy
Mr. Miller
Jack Fallon
Corinne Cantwell
Annie Lawrence
Pearl de Sousier
Katie Kerrigan
Lillian Henry
Rose Howard
Evelyn Fenner
Florence Hale
Mrs. Malloy
Harry Brooks
D. N. Gaylord
Henry Alexander
Edwin Denison
Charles Wheelock
Wilmer Walter
Frank Carey
Thomas Russell
Butler
Chauncey Olcott to Open Fortnight at Boston Theatre
Chauncey Olcott and company begin a two week engagement at the Boston Theatre with A Romance of Athlone in revival production. Terence from last season will head the second week. Olcott will perform sentimental and patriotic ballads in both shows. Matinees Wednesday Saturday and a Friday St Patrick’s Day special.
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Chauncey Olcott
Boston Theatre
Terence
Mr. Olcott
Lucia Opens Boston Opera Season Debut for Caruso
The Metropolitan Opera company opened at the Boston Theatre with Lucia di Lammermoor. It marked the city debut of Signor Enrico Caruso and featured Mme Sembrich in the title role. A full review follows elsewhere.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Boston Theatre
Keiths Theatre vaudeville offers varied acts and strong performances
Keiths Theatre presented a diverse Monday program with jiu jitsu by Japanese experts, Albert Chevalier's second week of songs, Sid Grant’s vocal imitations, and acrobatic stunts by the Dollar troupe. Carnie and Crucie Delmore, Russell and Tillyne, Carl Herbert, and a G overnor Douglas and General Miles biograph were featured amid strong audience enthusiasm.
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Keith
Albert Chevalier
Sid Grant
Raymond Hitchcock
Eddie Foy
Dan Daly
Grant
Brookline
Gardner Crane
Maddox
Prouty
J. A. Murphy
Murphy and
Willard
Carolyn
Crucie Delmore
Russell
Tillyne
Carl Herbert
Douglas
General Miles
State House
Empire Theatre Vaudeville Delivers Variety and Novelty
The Empire Theatre presents a lively vaudeville program featuring Katie Rooney and the Yankee Doodle Girls with witty numbers and Irish lads costumes. Ten Ichi wondrous magic and daring hand tricks delight the audience as Lawrence Harrington stage a sharp new skit. Numerous musical acts, comic performances, animal stunts, and motion views round out the bill ending a full evening of entertainment.
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Empire Theatre
Katie Rooney
Pat
Ten Ichi
Ten Ichi the Elder
Lawrence
Harrington
Mr. Lawrence
Miss Harrington
James Russell
Russell Brothers
Theodore F. Smith
Jennie St. George
Miss St. George
Harry Klein
Pearl Clifton
Three Polos
Columbia Music Hall Features Sensational Contortion Act
A singularly beautiful woman headlines at Columbia Music Hall with an elaborate contortion act begun in street costume and ending in acrobatic display. The show includes burlesque by Black Crook Jr and a strong vaudeville lineup with Fitzgibbons McCoy Trio Castleton Stewart and more. Smoking is permitted during the performance.
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Columbia Music Hall
Mme
Victoria
Fitzgibbons-McCoy
Castleton
Stewart
Williams
Darmody
Mathews
Haverly
Devine
Wooley
George H. Dimond and Company
Cadets Stage First Public Performance of Boodle & Co
The Cadets present the Barnet and Otis play Boodle Co at the Tremont Theatre with a Thursday dress rehearsal for corps members and friends. A recent Sunday rehearsal showed near perfection and two previews precede the Monday opening night.
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Barnet and
Otis
Boodle & Co
Tremont Theatre
Howard Atheneum Presents Top Line Variety Act Lineup
The Howard stage this week features Dolan and Lenhart in A High-toned Burglar, Bellman and Moore in A Bit of Vaudeville, Irving Jones the comic, La Velle and Grant acrobatic act, Lew Wells musical comedian and saxophonist, Carter and Bradford popular singing duo, Sutton and Sutton acrobats, Jenks and Clifford acrobats, Al Burton solo monologue, Carmody club swinger, Martine and Babo Chinese acrobats, moving pictures, and the Howard burlesque All the Money with new songs Mary Wise and Susie Smithers all on offer for broad variety entertainment.
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The
Howard
Dolan
Lenhart
Bellman
Moore
Irving Jones
la Velle
Grant
Lew Wells
Carter
Brnford
Coen
Boston
Sutton
Jenks
Clifford
al Burton
Carmody
Martine
Babo
Mary Wise
Susie Smithers
Maids of Siam at Lyceum Theatre Opens Week
Lyceum Theatre launches its annual visit with City Sports Company presenting The Maids of Siam a two act musical comedy. The burlesque second act features Crissie Sheridan Ruther Beecher Adelaide Marsden and others with Phil Mills and Stockwell leading a lively troupe. Stunning costumes bright drill routines and striking electrical effects highlight the show.
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Phil Sheridan
City Sports
Lyceum Theatre
Maids of Siam
Crissie Sheridan
Ruther Beecher
Adelaide Marsden
Fanny Dryden
Flossie Gaylor
Miss Hunter
Schaefer
Stilwell
Jennie Cottrell
Devaney
Nettie Rogers
Stanley
Phil Mills
Barrett Brothers
Shearer
Ali
Ali Barnes
Stockwell
Leonard and Stockwell
Palace Theatre Exploits Frank B Carr Burlesque Troupe
The Palace Theatre showcases Frank B Carr's Thoroughbred burlesquers with two acts Looking for a Duke and The Thoroughbreds. The cast features Blanche Washburn Josie Flynn Til lie Ardell May Strehl Eva Mitchell Fanny Jones and a 20 girl chorus performing comedy song and dance numbers plus contortion and whirlwind dancing. The troupe also presents The Mysterious Venus and other specialty acts highlighted by Will ie Weston and a lively finale.
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Waldron
Frank B. Carr
Thomas Coyne
Willis Weston
Tim Healey
G. Edwards
Larry Lawrence
Blanche Washburn
Josie Flynn
Tillie Ardell
May Strehl
Eva Mitchell
Fanny Jones
Franklin
Bijou Hopkins
Bennett Mitchell
Mile
la Yoska
Thoroughbreds
Ardell
Coyne
Lawrence
Edwards
Venus
Mitchells
Bennett
Lulu
Hopkins
Willie Weston
Belle Rosa Returns to Austin & Stone's in Dazzling Orient World
Hundreds welcome back Belle Rosa the Sahara dancer at Austin & Stone's as part of theDream of the Orient show. The program features Rosa with 20 other performers including gymnasts and magicians, plus DeMar cos on enchanted rings and Punch and Judy.
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America
Austin & Stone
Sun Belle Rosa
Egypt
Rosa
Professor Hutchings
Cairo
la Belle Rosa
Sahara
DeMarcos
John Till
Trixie
Punch and Judy
Curio Hall
Jenny Keller
Marie Ta Percy
Agnes Parsons
May Morris
Tom Bryant
Benedict
Powell
Earle Comedy Company
Babst
Euponti
Marie
Harvard professor outlines immigration issue at Baptist Union
Professor R. C. Ward of Harvard spoke at the Baptist Social Union last evening on Some Present Aspects of the Immigration Problem.
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R. C. Ward
Harvard
The
Baptist Social Union
Walker's Museum Crowd Dives Into Curio Hall Show
Big crowds fill Walker's Museum yesterday as Kid Partington defends 140 pound class in daily mat bouts. Tonight he meets the Shode Island champion with Young Hickey and others due to perform. European magicians Chefalo and a gold slipper contest headline capers in the curio hall alongside a wild monkeys cage. The Girard sisters' vaudeville surrounds the Casey Theatre with Kenney Clark and others. Wednesday night features over 20 amateur acts promising continued sport and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid Partington
Curio Hall
Shode Island
Young Hickey
Wid
Chefalo
Magne
Europe
New York
Wilds
India
Casey Theatre
Girrard Sisters
Kenney and Clark
Chris Clark
Hammond
Miss Jefferies in American Debut at New Amsterdam
English actress Miss Fllis Jefferies opened in New York at the New Amsterdam Theatre under Liebler & Co in The Prince Consort a fantasy comedy. She played Queen Sonia to a warm reception with co stars Bern Webster Kate Phillips Henry E. Dixey and William H. Thompson in the London cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fllis Jefferies
New Amsterdam
Liebler & Co
Prince Consort
Bern Webster
Kate Phillips
London
Henry E. Dixey
William H. Thompson
Reception to Commander Wolff and Wife
An informal reception to Department Commander James H. Wolff and his wife of Brighton was held by William C. Kinsley Post 139 G A R Somerville. The new department commander of the Woman's Relief Corps Mrs Harriet H Ralph was remembered. Members of Major John A Cummings Camp Sons of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Wolff
Brighton
William C. Kinsley
Somerville
Woman's Relief Corps
Harriet H. Ralph
John A. Cummings
Sons of Veterans
Daughters of Veterans
Fisherman William Carney Found With Skull Fracture
William Carney a fisherman from T wharf was found insensible on Atlantic Avenue last night. Doctors at Relief Hospital report a fracture of the base of the skull. Police at Station 2 say there is no sign of foul play.
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William Carney
T Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Hsevital
Station 2
Satinet Mill Burned Near Charlton
Satinet mill of the Aldrich Manufacturing Company near Charlton was destroyed by fire today with all contents. Loss estimated at 25 000 dollars, with 12 000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Charlton
Aldrich Manufacturing Company
Charlton City
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Boufe
C. Whitney
Pouf
Boston Music Hall
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Castle Square Theatre Dramatic Stock Co
Pinero
Down Town
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Palace Theatre
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Walker’s Museum
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Satinet Mills
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Delmore
Crane Russell
Theo. Morse
Dollar Troupe
Zancigs
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Curio
Haymarket
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Black Crook, Jr
Burlesquers Daily Mats
Lawrence McCarty
Grand Opera
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Nordica
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Goritz
Journet
Hertz
Cavalleria Rusticana
Vagliacel
Tremont
Burton Holmes
Ireland
Russia
Japan
Mace
Colonial ‘Theatre Tonight
I. Zangwill
E. Blaney
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