Degenerates and Sapho Shine in Boston Debuts at Grand
Boston critics review The Degenerates at Hollis Street Theatre praising Sydney Grundy’s epigrammatic satire and Mrs Langtry’s standout performance as Mrs Trevelyan. The Degenerates runs one week with an ornate English stage atmosphere and a mild moral ending.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Watch and Ward Society
Board of Aldermen
Board of Police Commissioners
Sydney Grundy
Trevelyan
Frederick Kerr
Boston
John Hare
Duke
Ivy Hertzog
DeLorano
Leslie Kenyon
Ina Goldsmith
Adelaide Astor
Harcourt Beatty
Alfred Wigley
George Grossmith, Jr
Julian Royce
Lawrence
Morrison Debuts in Boston as Broadway to Tokio Opens
Julia Morrison, the noted figure in recent months, makes her Boston debut at the Grand Opera House amid a full house. The article highlights her beauty and potential, praising W. A. Whitecar as a standout supporter, and outlines plot details of the melodrama. It notes the postponed opening of Broadway to Tokio at Tremont and previews next week's Boston Museum bill Wheels Within Wheels led by John Mason and Hilda Spong with a strong supporting cast.
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Julia Morrison
Boston
Grand Opera House
Big Gaiety
Broadway
Tokio
the Tremont
Fay Templeton
Joe Ott
New York
New York Theatre Company
A. B. Sloane
Boston Museum
Kh. C. Carton
Lord
Lady Algy
John Mason
Hilda Spong
Grace Elliston
Kate P. Selten
Grant’ Stewart
Morton Selten
Phillip Cunningham
Edward Lester
Charles Giblyn
Charles ‘W. Butler
Keith's Theatre Vaudeville Delivers Full Evening Show
One of the best rounded shows Keith's booking agent has staged with strong acts and encores. Fanny Rice and Charles Cherry headlined a varied program including Lafayette and Johnson and Dean, Dillon brothers, and the Weston sisters with crowd-pleasing numbers, plus vivid motion pictures and a notable endurance display by Enoch under water. The hall offered many acts from Alabam a Comedy Four to Irene Watson, Bes sie Taylor and multiple other vaudeville and burlesque performers.
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SMP
Keith
Fanny
Rice
Nell Merridew
Jack Merridew
Frank Blair
Weston
Miss Rice
Lafayette
Boeing
Ching Ling Foo
Johnson
Dean
Dillon Brothers
Blockson and Burns
Harry Ladell
Nellie O'Neill
London
Mouliere
Carlos
Voulette
Dawsons
Gertrude Mansfield
Daryl Wilbur
Seth Weeks
Claude Tharde
Boston School Cadets
Eighth Regiment
Enoch
jAbout
Vesuvius
Dallas Gesents’ Police
Reeves
Reckondip
Chevriel
Reed
Shaw
Deicinter
Owen Vincent
Alabama
Eight Comets
Phil. H
Morton
Mayoristers
Hall
Herbert
Cook
Sapho in Boston Delights Few Disappoint Many
Boston audiences packed Bowdoin Square Theatre for Sapho the first time as a dramatization of Daudet's novel. The production followed the novel's action closely, but the much advertised risqué scenes drew little enthusiasm. Cast members included Maud Edna Hall as Fanny Legrand and Horace Mitchell as Jean Gaussin with Edwin R Hilis as Uncle Casaire.
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Boston
Sapho
Daudet
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Nethersole
New York
Jean
Camille
East Lynne
Zaza
Price
Dechelette
Paris
Fanny Legrand
Jean Adieu
Maud Edna
Hall
Rapho
Miss Hall
Miss Nethersole
Hettema
Edith Talbot
Alice Dore Keane
Marguerite Craguette
Leura Erite Arura
Dillon
Idylahl Fog
Stellanford
Mexico
Sultana
Cambell
Pletcher
B. D. Denison
Wytche Hazelle Set For Boston Debut At Park Theatre
The Hasty Pudding Club presents the new musical comedy Wytche Hazelle with four Boston performances starting tomorrow at the Park Theatre. Cambridge readings have shown strong public interest with many seat requests and box pre–emption by Boston’s fashionable society. Manager Lawrence McCarty plans elaborate decorative effects for the run.
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Hasty Pudding Club
Wytche Hazelle
Cambridge
Park Theatre
Boston
Lawrence McCarty
Ws i. Ae
Quo Vadis Draws Big Cast and Crowds at Castle Square
Theatregoers enjoyed the dramatic version of Quo Vadis at Castle Square Theatre with the company delivering strong performances. Arnold Reeves as Chile Choles received praise for his standout portrayal as the run continues through the week. The final performances show high advance seat demand before the house shifts to Henry Guy Carleton's American comedy A Gilded Fool next Monday. evening shows start at 7 45.
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Castle Square
Arnold Reeves
Chile Choles
Henry Guy Carleton
Lady Slavey at Columbia Draws Large Crowds
The engagement of The Lady Slavey at the Columbia continues to draw big crowds. Dan Daly delivers strong Daly lines with wit. Marie Dressler amuses as Flo Honeydew while Sweet Madge Lessing charms as the Slavey. Charles Danby and Harry Davenport provide key comedy, and Adelaide's dancing impresses audiences.
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Columbia
Dan Daly
Hall of Sykes
Daly
Marie’ Dressler
Flo Honeydew
Miss Dressler
Madge Lessing
Charles Danby
Harry Davenport
Little Adelaide
Why Smith Left Home Delights Boston Audiences
The Boston Museum crowd enjoyed the London and New York hit Why Smith Left Home with broad smiles. Maclyn Arbuckle leads as Smith while Annie Yeamans shines as Lavina Daly the cook, supported by Anita Bridger as the maid and Gertrude Roosevelt as the bride.
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Boston
Smith
New York
London
Maclyn Arbuckle
Annie Yeamans
Lavina Daly
Anita Bridger
Gertrude Roosevelt
Dan Mason
Branden Douglas
Black Entertainer’s Octoroon Troupe Debuts at Howard
Four-year veteran company led by John W Isham returns with the octoroons. Belle Davis headlines the show with a mix of songs and dances, supported by Walter Smart George Williams Billy English Billy Miller and a strong chorus. Vaudeville acts follow and a closing operatic medley showcases celebrated voices.
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G Poe
John W. Isham
Octorvon
Howard
Belle Davis
Walter Smart
George Williams
Billy English
Billy Miller
William Mozambique English
Smart
Williams
Brittons
Joe and
Adie
Buck
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Pantser
Jones
Walton
Graham Sisters
Soubrette Army
John J. Harrington
Mitchell
Marion
Evans
Melrose
the Sayans
Belle King
John Goss
Wood
Ray
Amos
Spectator Echo as Enoch Delivers Daring Underwater Feat
A large crowd at Austin and Stone's watched Enoch swim in a vast glass tank and praise his endurance. The aquatic star reportedly holds the world record for long underwater breath holding, with a 4 minute 4 second stay.
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Enoch
Austin & Stone
Popular little house hosts a grand circus parade
A lively description of a popular venue with a vast crowd, Georgia minstrels and the congress of creole belief, new additions Ashley Roberts Georgie Vigal and James Wade, and a string of acts from toe dancing to clairvoyants and vaudeville. Theories, performers, and novelty attractions draw big audiences.
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Curio Hall
Georgia Minstrels
Congress of
Ashley Roberts
Georgie Vigal
James Wade
Primrose and West
Sydney Hinman
Prairies
Mme
Lincoln
Alphonzo
New England
Thumin
Ece
Viola’Jerome
Alice Davidson
Claytons
Phyllis Gilmore
Oscar Courtney
Lottie Neilson
Lillian Moore
Bioscope Moving Picture Machine
Transvaal
Bon Ton Burlesquers Enter Lyceum Theatre
The Bon Ton Burlesquers presented a lively all round show at the Lyceum with a cast including Gilbert as Lord Rashburry and Reid as Ludwig Best. The program opened with specialty acts by Reid and Gilbert and featured Aggie Behler Aime L Travis Morris and Armour Al and Mamie Anderson and a finale "A High Ball" set on Asbury Park. The company offered songs dances and comic sketches with a cosmopolitan appeal.
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Mimi Chk
KCK
Lyceum Theatre
Reid
Gilbert
Aggie Behler
Curtis and Watson
Aime L. Travis
Morris and Armour
al and
Mamie Anderson
Asbury Park
Miss Gilbert
Lord Rashburry
John Reid
Ludwig Best
Promeo
Juliet
Ruby
True Irish Hearts Dramatic Offering Shines at Grand
At the Grand Theatre yesterday the Celtic drama True Irish Hearts drew hearty applause between acts the Irish cast led by John Walsh as Lanty Lanagan and J J Owens as George Wolf with Mildred Hyland Florence Mack Grace Euler Virginia Thornton and others delivering strong turns in well staged scenes and authentic costumes.
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John Walsh
Lanty Lanagan
J. J. Owens
George Wolf
James A. Buss
T. F. Thomas
George W. Watson
Mark Kent
John Harney
Frank J. Kirke
W. P. Kitts
Thomas Carroll
Mildred Hyland
Rose O’connor
Florence Mack
Mrs. Brady
Old Isle
Grace Euler
Kitty Brady
Virginia Thornton
Mother Mooney
Collee
New Palace Theatre Opens Summer Season
Manager Charles Wald inaugurated the summer season at the Palace Theatre with a new burlesque stock company. The program features two lively burlesques, Java, a Foreign Imbecile and A Merry Go Round, written and arranged by Lew H Carroll, introducing the full strength of the company.
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Charles Wald
Palace Theatre
Java
Lew H. Carroll
Forepaugh Circus to Feature Sea Lions in Boston
The Forepaugh and Sells Brothers show adds Captain Woodward's trained sea lions to its lineup in Boston for one week starting May 71. The creatures perform drills dance mermaid fashion play instruments sing and imitate humans with skill and precision.
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New York City
Captain Woodward
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Boston
Our New Minister brings Denman Thompson to Park Theatre
Denman Thompson and George W. Ryex present the comedy Our New Minister in three acts. Set in the village of Hardscrabble New Hampshire it follows a liberal minister and his parishioners in lively Yankee humor with a New England cast.
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Park Theatre
Denman Thompson
George W. i Ryex
N. H
New England
George F. Nash
Charles Barron
P. Augustus Anderson
Thomas M. Hunter
Leonard Grover, Jr
Walter Lennox, Sr
John Barker
Henry R. Scott
May Noble
Lillan Dix
Rogers Brothers in Wall Street at Hollis Street Theatre Benefit
The Rogers Brothers in Wall Street will headline at Hollis Street Theatre with their usual songs parodies and a large supporting cast. The show at the Boston Museum in January will be a benefit complimentary to Charles J. Rich, assistant manager, drawing many friends to packed orchestra and galleries in his honor.
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Klaw and Erlanger
Rogers Brothers
Wall Street
Hollis Street
Boston Museum
Boston
John Sparks
Ross Snow
Lee Harrison
Jon Papr
Peter Curley
Maude Raymond
Georgia Caine
Ada Lewis
Jeannette Bageard
Edith St. Clair
Carolyn Elberts
Charlies J. Rich
The Pops Rise in Concert at College Hall
A brief concert note highlights The Pops performing at College Hall. Details are scarce but audiences are invited to enjoy a classical program featuring local ensembles and guest soloists.
Opening of Pop Concerts at Mechanics Hall
A brilliant opening is assured next Thursday at Mechanics Hall. Reserved tables are sold out while unreserved tables are doubled from the old Music Hall for admission ticket buyers. Balconies will be reserved for listeners and the choice seats section is now on sala.
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Mechanics’ Hall
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