Margaret Anglin Debuts in Zira at Majestic Boston
Edward Crosby reports that Margaret Anglin stars in Zira at the Majestic in Boston. The cast includes Gordon Clavering Charles Dalton Sylvester Jack Standing and Ruth Wilding with Hester Trent alias Zira, in a plot linked to Wilkie Collins The New Magdalen. Anglin earns curtain calls for a tense performance and strong ensemble work.
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Majestic Theatre
Margaret Anglin
Boston
the Majestic
Zira
J. Hartley Manners
Henry Miller
Gordon Clavering
Charles Dalton Tain Arnold Sylvester
Jack Standing
Frederick Knowles
Aarine Bishop
Wapping
Arthur Lawrence Ark Trent
James Grey
Constance Clavering
Ruth Wilding
Hester Trent
Cape Town
Hester
England
London
Charles Dalton
Miss Atson
Ruth Wilder
Thomas Whiffen
Constance
Edward H. Crosby
The Marriage of William Ashe at the Colonial Theatre
Grace George headlines a strong Colonial Theatre company in Margaret Mayo adaptation The Marriage of William Ashe. The production earns high praise for Lady Kitty Bristol’s delicate portrayal, restrained emotion, and the elaborate scenery.
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Colonial Theatre
William Ashe
Grace George
Garrick
New York
Kitty
Miss George
Seeeese
H. Reeves-Smith
Geoffrey Cliffe
Ben Webster
Lord Parham
W. J. Constantine
Lord Grosville
Fred W. Sidney Eddie Helston
Mortimer H. Weldon
the Tittle Dean
Walter Plough
Kitty Bristol
God Kee
Lady Parham
Katherine Stewart
Lady
Tranmere
Rgway
Mary Lyster
Uth Holt
Lady Grosville
Reginald Carrington Blanche
Justine Cutting
Margaret Mayo
Humphry Ward
Mr. Reeves-Smith
Lord
the Colonial
Tremont Theatre Stolen Story Delivers Fresh Newsroom Drama
In its second Tremont Theatre week the play The Stolen Story draws strong crowds and favorable opinion. The author presents a vivid new topic about newspaper life, offering romance and an exciting plot. A capable company maintains high standards shown in prior tours before Boston engagement.
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Tremonteatre
Og Pantic
Boston
Fays and company at Globe Theatre thrill Boston crowd
The Globe hosts the Fays in a second week of thaumaturgy and mysterious feats. Crowds fill seats as audiences chase a solution to occult power, while a strong vaudeville bill including Murphy and Willard and others adds to the show’s appeal.
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Fays
Globe
Boston
Mr. Fay
Murphy
Willard
Cameron
Toledo
Walters
Bower
McIntire
Bimm-Bomm-Err
Secon
Louis M. Granat
Whistler
Phil Braats
Yankee Circus on Horsebacks heads to final Boston week
The Boston Theatre bids farewell to the New York Hip podrome show Yankee Circus on Horsebacks as it nears its last week. Audiences fill matinees and evenings with enthusiasm praising the circus acts, lions, rifle feats, dancing ponies, and high skill tumblers showcased by the company.
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Ars
Boston
Claire Hel
Colonel Bordevery
EU Seok
Rome
Magda at Ollis shows O'Neil mixed in final week
Nance O Neill starred in Sudermann's Magda at the Ollis as the season winds down and the Hollis season ends. Rankin as Colonel Schwartze drew strong praise while Griffith and others delivered solid support in a mixed verdict on O Neill's emotional scenes.
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Nance O’neil
the Ollis
Hollis
Comee Schwarz
McKee Rankins Vnd
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Medeup
Miss O'Neill
Marie
Dane Marbury Augusta Schwartze
Clara Thompson
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Lawrence Griffith
von Keller
Andrew Robson
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Professor Beckman
Nce Cot Vanteees
Fia Ron Prangiska
Ceseerseees Theresa
Euddeuencesaneas Na Snell
Erc
Miss O'Neil
Miss O’neil
McKee Rankin
Colonel Schwartze
Parisian Belles Burlesque At Columbia Theatre
The Parisian Belles burlesquers greeted a full house at the Columbia Theatre last evening on Manager Farren's big bill. The show featured moving pictures of the covemancer, burlesque numbers by John Grieves with a seasoned chorus, two burlettas The Sultan's Wives and The Girl From Manila, and a cast including the Hellmans, Bertha Ames, Harry Sutton, Kitty Sutton, B J Morris and Maurice J Burns. Friday's amateur show adds an elaborate finale to the program.
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Columbia
Farren
San Francisco
John Grieves
Giria
Mr. Grieves
Manila
Sam Adams
Hellmans
Castle Square Theatre Delivers Strong Jim the Penman on Opening Night
Castle Square Theatre patrons praised Sir Charles Young’s Jim the Penman with a smooth first-night performance. The cast showcased engaging make-up choices, notably in Ralston and Nina Ralston, with Hansel and Emble delivering standout portrayals.
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Castle Square Theatre
Sterling
Charlies Young
Jim the Penman
Bailiwick
Ames Ralston
Nina Ralston
Tae Ardly
Mr. Hansel
Mr. Chapstone
Jackass
Boston
Park Theatre to reopen with Miles brothers moving pictures
Boston and San Francisco will be linked for the Park Theatre reopening tomorrow evening. The Miles brothers, California photographers, present a moving picture series showing a year in vivid form. The exhibit aims to recreate distant events with time and space collapsing into a single viewing experience.
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Boston
San Francisco
Park Theatre
Miles Brothers
California
Keith's Theatre Variety Gala Delights Boston Crowd
The Keith program wowed audiences with jugglery by Salerno and a favorite cast. John C. Hyams Leila McIntyre performed in Two Hundred Wives and Mother Goose numbers while Willa Holt Wakefield drew praise for Song Readings. Newcomers The Camilles and Leona Thurber’s Black Birds impressed, with comedy from Callahan and Mack and an array of acts plus San Francisco disaster footage.
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Keith
Leila McIntyre
Boston
Mr. Hyams
Miss McIntyre
Willa Holt Wakefield
New York
Miss Wakefield
Camilles
Callahan
Mack
Brockman
Belmont
Leona Thurber
Blackbirds
Louise Montrose
San Francisco
Willie
Edith Hart
Mile
Mabel
Klein
Ameey
Gaylor
Graff
Empire Theatre Show Recalls The Last Appeal
The Empire Theatre audience enjoyed Leo Strichstein's romantic play The Last Appeal with strong turns by Katherine Grey as the Crown Prince’s fiancée and William Humphrey as the king. The company also featured William Lamp and Bertram Yost in notable roles. The Last Appeal runs only this week before Too Much Johnson debuts next Monday with John Craig in his first lead role.
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Leo Strichstein
Empire Theatre
Katherine Grey
Melitta Arendt
William Humphrey
William Lamp
HB. W. Morison
Major von Pahlen
William H. Evarts
Bertram Yost
Eric
Frank Peters
Franz Arendt
Thomas Neff
Dr. Essel
Louis Owen
Hanna
Cordelia MacDonald
Adelaide von Arendt
Lillian Bayer
Kathryn von Bensberg
Empire Stock Company
Too Much Johnson
John Craig
Bowdoin Square Theatre Delights With The Slave Girl
The Slave Girl a four act melodrama wins favor at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Wilmer Walter as Robert Perrin and Edwin Denison as Colonel Grove lead a strong cast with Thad Gray Casper and Miss Gertrude Binley as Leota Grove. The Merchant of Venice with Miss Charlotte sunt Portia is announced for next week.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Coton Field
Robert Perrin
Wilmer Walter
Colonel Grove
Edwin Denison
Uncle Johnson
Mandy Johnson
Messrs
Butler Maviland
Harry Brooks
Casper
Thad Gray
Frank Wright
D. L Flord
Charles Wheelock
Leota Grove
Gertrude Binley
Austin and Stones Museum Arts Vaudeville Week Review
A weeklong engagement at Austin and Stone's showcases magic levitation, mind reading horse Roscoe, Liutenant Walter nde swordplay, Oklahoma Bill, and Banjo the friendly six year old bull. The theatre presents top vaudeville acts including George E. Hara, Ruby Hart chansonette, Charles Dolan, Harbock and Harris, Mignon sisters, Cole and Dolby, and the Minstrel Maids with Charley Clark centering the show.
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Austin & Stone
Matsonis
Roscoe
Walter Nde
Oklahoma Bill
the Plains
Curio Hall
Banjo
George E. Hara
Ruby Hart
Charles Dolan
Harbock and
Harris
Mignon Sisters
Cole and
Dolby
Lyceum Theatre Presents The Sultan's Dimma Farce
The Lyceum Theatre offers two acts of a musical comedy The Sultan's Dimma with an interim three act interlude. Bert Wiggins Abe Reynolds lead with strong chorus numbers and fresh dialogue while Frank Damse Tillie Stork and Susie Goodwin provide solid solos. The show includes colorful costumes, stage effects, juggling and crayon pictures and features the Boys quartet with solid baritone power.
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Clark
Lyceum Theatre
Bert Wiggins
Abe Reynolds
Tey
Frank Damse
Tillie Stork
Susie Goodwin
Bert Wiggin
Wealthy Brookline Man Secretly Marries Girl He Met at Beach
A Brookline business man Bernard Marvin secretly wed Miss Gertrude L. Brandis after a beach romance begun three years ago. The couple married quietly last Thursday and announced the union yesterday to friends.
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Brookline
Gertrude L. Brandis
Bernard Marvin
Love at First Sight Ties Two Lovers in Brookline
A 22 year old Halifax born bride and Marvin wed after a romance sparked during a Canadian resort visit. They met in a hotel ballroom, carried on long correspondence, and married with the bride's sister present, receiving friends’ congratulations in Brookline.
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Marvin
Brookline
Halifax
Brandis
General Charles H. Taylor Addresses Chelsea Men’s Club
General Charles H. Taylor spoke at the Central Church Chelsea on American Journalism and Success in Life. The club elected officers: President J. Lewis Carr, vice-president Winthrop F. Butler, treasurer Albert H Pickard, secretary H. C. Phelps, auditor Harlan P. Sanborn. A reception followed with Taylor, Rev. John A Higgins and Mrs Higgins, former president William Alcott and Mrs. Alcott, and President J. Lewis Carr and Mrs. Carr in the receiving line.
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Charles H. Taylor
Central Church
Chelsea
J. Lewis Carr
Winthrop F. Butler
Albert H Pickard
H. C. Phelps
Harlan P. Sanborn
Taylor
John A. Higgins
Higgins
William Alcott
Alcott
Carr
How ard and Herrmann headline sensational pantomime acts
The program features Byers and Herrmann in a sensational sensational pantomime with a contortionist and a lively wire act. Byron and Langdon headline The Dude Detective with Irving Jones and Irene plus her acting dog in strong audience appeal. Ed B. and Rolla White perform a boxing skit with Laura Ordway, Malumby, LeClair, LeClair and est in rapid sketch, Barlow and Nicholson in a comedy, Frederick the illusionist, Howardscope, two moving picture dramas, and The Twins and The Rabbit hievées. A burl esque A Clear Course with George B. Alexander in a special number closes.
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The
Howard
Byers
Hermann
King of the Wire
Byron
Langdon
Irving Jones
Irene
Ed B
Rolla White
Laura Ordway
An Malumby
Boston
Ang LeClair
Est
Barlow
Nicholson
Frederick
George B. Alexander
Palace Theatre offers two comedies with musical acts and vaudeville
The Palace stock company performs A Merry Whirl and Grogan's Alley filled with comedy music and dances. Patterson Stevens Dixon Schuster and Phillips headline a witty quintet. Mae Bryant Esher sisters Cora Evelyn Lillian Keeley and Hattie Mills sing bright numbers. Flatow Dunn perform acrobatics Jones Sutton present a colored sketch team Nat Gill ventriloquism Estabrooks music acts Palacescape moves pictures and San Francisco earthquake and fire scenes draw audience reactions.
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the Palace
Grogan
Mesers
Patterson
Stevens
Dixon
Schuster
Phillips
Mae Bryant
Esher
Cora Evelyn
Lillian Keeley
Hattie Mills
Flatow
Dunn
Jones and Sutton
Nat Gill
Estabrooks
San Francisco
Pops Concert Tonight Delights List of Pieces
The program for the Pop concert features selections and overtures including Under the Double Eagle Fra Diavolo Babes in Toyland Louise Kuryanthe Erminie Second Rhapsody The Cavalry Night Barili and the Girl Vienna Dahlia and other works with names like J F Wagner Auber Strauss Rein hart Weil and Ziehrer listed among the items performed.
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J. F. Wagner
Auber
Herbert
Louise
J. Strauss, Jr
Weber
Sweet Girl
Reinhart
Erminie
Jakobowski
City bars Sunday sales of ice cream and fruit in Waltham
The Board of Aldermen ordered shops serving ice cream and fruit to stay closed on Sundays and denied common victualler licenses to Felix Russo Mrs J B Farmer John H Lewis and Angelo Catoni. Petitions circulate to appeal the decision.
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Waltham
Board of Aldermen
Felix Russo
J. B. Farmer
John H. Lewis
Angelo Catoni
Ruins Tour and Refugees Parade at Golien Gate Park
A feature shows the ruins from a recent fire and previews new refugees at Golien Gate Park. The piece highlights public response and upcoming relief efforts.
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Golien Gate Park
City Collector Targets Poll Tax Dodgers
City Collector Scollard plans full enforcement this year to collect every cent owed. He dispatches statute extracts to all deputy collectors to curb evasion by prominent residents and reduce the dodging numbers.
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Scollard
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