The Thief at Majestic Theatre Prompts Strong Debut
The Majestic hosted the first stock company presentation in the city with Henri Bernstein’s The Thief starring Howell Hansel as Richard Voysin. Anna Cleveland and Marie Tousse faced demanding roles while Wryley Birch Edward Nannery James Barret and Frances Woodbury supported a praised James R. Pitman stage direction. The show runs this week before The Lights o London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Henri Bernstein
Lindsay Morison
Howell Hansel
Richard Voysin
Richard Voysin. Mr. Hansel
Anna Cleveland
Marie Tousse
Miss Cleveland
Wryley Birch
Fernand
Edward Nannery
Raymond Lagades
James SS. Barret
Frances Woodbury
Isabelle Lagades
James R. Pitman
London
Nobody's Widow at Castle Square Captivates with Its Leading Pair
At Castle Square Theatre Mary Young and John Craig star in Nobody's Widow a sparkling comedy about a wife who leaves her husband after discovering his infidelity. The duo deliver sharp wit and strong character work with Donald Meek Hassell Hickey Richmond Montgomery also praised. Next week the Daly farce A Night Off plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Castle Square
Blanche Bates
Mary Young
John Craig
America
Palm Beach
Duke of Morland
Mr. Craig
Donald Meek
Mr. Hassell
Mr. Hickey
All Feature Vaudeville At Howard Atheneum Delights Patrons
The Howard Atheneum presented a strong All-Feature vaudeville program with the Kaka Japs as a standout act. Harriette Devilage Brown and Farlarden, May Bell, Don and Keeler, Professor Karl, Violet Mascotte, May Belmont, and numerous named performers wowed the audience with aerials, canine tricks, songs and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Kaka Japs
Orient
Harriette Devilage
Brown
Farlarden
Charles
Sandy) Chapman
Boston
May Bell
Don
Keeler
Adams
Giroux
Karl
Henry Johnson
Violet Mascotte
Nan Shaw
Helen Lawton
Dolly Clifford
Zola Sisters
McLain Sisters
May Cripps
Blanche de Corret
Ada Corbett
Petta Ferguson
Mabel Parsons
Pinafore Revival Delights Bowdoin Square Theatre Crowd
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore revived by Murray Lane Opera Company drew strong attendance at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Cast included Clara Lane Marie Dunne Rose Dixon Clara Coffin James More J K Murray J E Dunne. Vaudeville featured Dynes and Dynes Reeves Jack Marshall Don and Zelda Lucille Laville and a moving picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert and Sullivan
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Murray-Lane Opera Company
Clara Lane
Marie Dunne
Rose Dixon
Clara Coffin
James More
J. K. Murray
J. E. Dunne
Dynes
J. W. Reeves
Jack Marshall
Don and
Zelda
Lucille Laville
Globe Theatre Weekly ProgrammeHighlights Include Ship Ahoy and Acts
The Globe Theatre presents a strong current week with the Buck brothers bounding bar comedy Ship Ahoy, Jess Edwards with pomeranian pets in trained acts, the Reckless Reck cycling troupe, and Harry Bestry delivering song and dance. Stevens and West, Johnstone and Wentworth, The Rays, and Pathe Weekly headline a packed bill with new photoplays. Tonight trials begin, Thursday features The Country Store, and Friday adds amateur performers to the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Buck Brothers
Jess Edwards
Harry Bestry
Stevens
West
Johnstone
Wentworth
The
Rays
Song Review
Pathe Weekly
Night in a Turkish Bath on B F Keith Stage
B F Keith's Theatre presents Joseph Hart's A Night in a Turkish Bath as headliner this week with augmented music. The New York bath setting mixes singing dancing and comic mishaps as two railroad brakemen cause confusion. Strong cast delivers smooth performance with engaging music and a varied bill including Conlin Steele Carr The Pinochle Fiends The Dancing Demons and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keith
Joseph Hart
Mr. Hart
New York
Keith
Conlin
Steele
Carr
Conroy
Clemaire
Joe Teno
Rosie Green
Londons
Phil Staats
Potts Brothers and Company
Charles Montrell
Romano and
Delano
Alias Jimmy Valentine at Plymouth Theatre Enters Seventh Week
The Plymouth Theatre continues the melodrama Alias Jimmy Valentine with H. B. Warner leading a strong cast. A Thursday matinee features Warner and the company for the benefit of Boston's poor children, under the Traveller Charitable Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jimmy Valentine
Plymouth Theatre
H. B. Warner
Frank Monroe
Frank Kingdon
Charles Graham
Charles Rigel
Frank Allworth
William Turner
Albert Cowles
Phyllis Sherwood
Maude Gordon
Celene Kirk
Traveler Charitable Society
Tremont Theatre Revival The Spring Maid Charms Boston Audience
It was comic opera night at the Tremont Theatre last evening as The Spring Maid in its third week revived the legitimate style and drew a large Boston following. Christie Mac Donald returned as the masquerading princess to cheers, with Tom McNaughton and a strong ensemble including Thomas Conkey Ben Hendricks Mae Phelps Charles Hart Charles Meyers and Isabelle Francis enhancing the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Werba
Lueseher
Christie MacDonald
Thos
Conkey
Pow Stone
Ben Hendricks
Chas
Meyers
Tom McNaughton
Boston
Thomas Conkey
Mae Phelps
Charles H. Hart
Charles W. Meyers
Isabelle Francis
Paul J Rainey African hunt pictures draw crowds at Park Theatre
Interest grows in Rainey African hunt films at Park Theatre with next week seat sales announced. Matinees attract school children while teachers praise the films as strong natural history lessons. Water Hole shows minutes of jungle life as it exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Rainey
Park Theatre
Water Hole
New Roxbury High School Plan Is Cancelled
The School Board cancelled its order for a new high school for boys in Roxbury citing anticipated drop in high school enrollment next year. Acting Superintendent White estimates a 150 to 175 pupil decrease in high schools outside Hyde Park.
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Roxbury
White
Hyde Park
Corcoran
New York
Scripture
Ellen F. Jones
Wells School
Corner Blossom
McLean Streets
West End
Esther M. Andrews
Boston Council of Jewish Women
Eva W. White
Elizabeth Peabody House
Washington School
Ellis
Dorchester High School
Brock
Emerson School
Poplar Street
Everett School
Athol Street
Brighton
School attendance shifts under course length changes noted
Chairman Ellis cites drop in high school attendance following elementary eight year shift, with a temporary 2000-a-year spike previously. Despite overall decline, 200 more admission applications to High School of Commerce than capacity, and crowding signs at several schools.
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Ellis
High School of Commerce
Girls’ High
Brighton
Hyde Park
Farrar Weds Miss Young at Her Waltham Home
Frank F. Farrar an official with the Boston and Maine Railroad marries Miss Mabel Louise Young of 150 Crescent Street Waltham. The Rev Dyas conducts the ceremony at the bride’s home with Miss Gertrude M Halloran as bridesmaid and William J Walsh as best man. After a honeymoon in Lancaster Pennsylvania the couple will live in Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Farrar
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mabel Louise Young
Crescent Street
Waltham
Dyas
Gertrude M. Halloran
William J. Walsh
Lancaster
Penn
Fascinating Widow continues at Boston Theatre with Eltinge
The Boston Theatre opens another prosperous week with Julian Eltinge in The Fascinating Widow. Audiences praise his masquerading widow performance and feminine manner imitation, noting his strong comedic talent. The engagement will be brief.
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Boston Theatre
Julian Eltinge
Eltinge
Orpheum Theatre Week Bill Promises High Standard Shows
The Orpheum extends another strong program with the 14 Boys in Blue in sensational drills of the VU 5S A. A lineup includes Clayton, Hughes and Drew in Othello Outdone plus Josephine Saxton and her Picks, Anderson and Goines, Egan and DeMar, Lee Barth and Manning and Ford. The second half features Bernard and Roberts in The Cabby and the Fare, with Reiffs and Murray, Mary Keogh, Landes and Knowles, Mary Ambrose and more.
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Orpheum
Clayton
Hughes
Drew
McGill
Livingstone
Josephine Saxton
Anderson
Goines
Egan
DeMar
Lee Barth
Manning
Hanky Panky Continues Strong at Shubert Boston
Lew Fields star company remains popular at the Shubert Theatre with Hanky Panky drawing solid crowds. Extra matinee and Decoration Day night show seats go on sale, as cast members emulate Weber and Fields style with Joe Weber and David Warfield analogues among a roster of famed contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lew Fields
Shubert
Weber and Fields
Max Rogers
Joe Weber
Bobby North
Harry Cooper
David Warfield
Trio of Funmakers
Carter de Haven
Montgomery and Moore
Vera Michelena
Hugh Cameron
Myrtle Gilbert
Virginia Evans
Lewis Sisters
Vaudeville Thrills at Gordon’s Olympia This Week
Large crowds pack Gordon’s Olympia with seven high class vaudeville acts plus the latest photo plays and Pathe views. Show changes Mondays and Thursdays with continuous performances from 10 a.m. to 10 30 p.m. Eight musicians headline an impressive orchestra as the audience praises the entertainment and comfort of the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Pathe Illustrated
the Olympia
Scenic Temple Merriment Attracts Large Laughing Audience
The Scenic Temple week features a laughable show with a continuous state of humor. Earle and Bartlett present a galway comedy O’Brien From Galway, Melody Trio performs a cabaret sketch with songs and piano, Barrett Keene and Baggett offer Comicalities, and Lenna Howe's Union orchestra provides incidental music.
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Earle and
Bartlett
O’brien
Galway
Barrett
Keene
Baggett
Lenna Howe
Union Orchestra
Durbar in Kinemacolor at Palm Beach Aims to Delight
Mayor Fitzgerald appears in motion color views of Palm Beach society with excellent pictures of the city chief executive. A special feature screens Thursday night alongside The Dunbar in Kinemacolor which replays the Delhi royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary. The Dunbar showcases India's pageantry with 700 elephants and 60 000 troops recorded in full color.
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Fitzgerald
Palm Beach
Kinemacolor
Dunbar
George
Mary
England
India
Delhi
Dave Marion headline act at Waldron's Casino in Stageland
The king of burlesque comedians Dave Marion and his Dreamland company drew a full Waldron's Casino crowd. Marion performed as Snuffy the Cabman and elicited roars of laughter, with a brief moment of tears from his poem It Am Calling You Kate. The troupe staged two act musical Stageland, with Whittington's Cat in the second scene and Agnes' Rebler leading the female chorus. Scenic investment and costumes rival Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Marion
Dreamland
Waldron
Mr. Marion
Snuffy
Kate
Whittington
Agnes’ Rebler
Old Kentucky Minstrels Revive Sunny South Songs at Austin & Stone
The Old Kentucky Minstrels performed revived Southern songs at Austin & Stone's Museum with dancing including rag time stunts. Notable acts featured Joe Moxley and Mle. Lamberto the serpent queen. Two separate shows were staged, one by the Floradora Girls led by Cassie French.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Sunny South
Joe Moxley
Mle
Lamberto
Floradora Girls
Cassie French
Obituary notices from Boston area May services list
A compiled notice of deaths and funeral arrangements across Somerville Charlestown Roxbury Medford Dorchester and surrounding towns for May 18 to May 23. Entries name Ellen Addison George Baker Sabra Bassett Kent Converse Helen Coyle George Downes Thomas Ford Bridget Gill Ira Harris Hannah Holden Israel Horn Harry Hutchins Walter Johnson Harriet Kincaid Donald McCormick Catherine McGrane Sarah McMullin Dennis Murphy Leslie Spinney Willis Stark James Williams Clarence Zarney and others with residence details and service times.
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Addison
Somerville
Ellen E
Kiney
Thomas Addison
Charlestown
Adrian Street
St. Joseph's Church
Baker
George H
Maria Baker
Quinlan
North End
Marion Street
St. Catherine’s Church
Vine Street
Basset
Sabra T
Orlando Basset
West Springfield Street
George M. Basset
Egleston Street
Roxbury
Cape Cod
Collins
South Boston
Julia Collins
James Moriarty
Dorchester Street
St. Augustine's Church
Converse
Portland
Kent R
John Converse
Melrose
Coyle
Helen F
James H
Ellen F. Coyle
Healey
Iuneral
Chestnut Street
Berkeley Street
Spring Hill
Gill
Bridget Gill
John
Church Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Harris
Ira L. Harris
Mallion Place
Marblehead
Mass
Holden
Dorchester
Hannah F. Holden
East Cottage Street
Horn
Broadway
Israel F. Horn
Fount
Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Hutchins
Brookline
Harry Chaplin
Harry C
Anna Hutchins
All Saints’ Church
Beacon Street
Dean Road
Bangor
Johnson
Walter G
Andrew
Charlotte Johnson
Ashmont
Maya Street
Kincaid
Medford
Harriet G
George H. Kincaid
Court Street
McCormick
East Boston Relief Hospital
Donald McCormick
Cunard
Spinney
Winthrop
Leslie A. Spinney
Pleasant Street
Provincetown
Stark
Willis L. M. Stark
W. Maxwell
Grace A. Leighton Stark
Evans Street
Williams
James P. Williams
Waldemar Avenue
Zarney
Natick
Clarence B
Sumner
Esther Fay Zarney
Wellesley
Florence Street
St. Mary's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Waltham
Death of Dennis F. Murphy Mentioned by Charitable Irish Society
Dennis F. Murphy died May 18 1912 at 400 Seaver Street Roxbury. Funeral at St Johns Church May 21 at 10 am. Society officials Richard J. Lane president and John J. Keenan secretary note the death and funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charitable Irish Society
Dennis F. Murphy
Seaver Street
Roxbury
St. John’s Church
Richard J. Lane
John J. Keenan
Norumbega Park Opens 16th Season With New Theatre
Norumbega Park began its 16th season Sunday with the new open air theatre offering shelter for 500 spectators. The same vaudeville lineup will run all week with acts such as Lucifer eccentric dancers Mystic Loraine Flying Mertons and Adamini Taylor. The park’s zoological garden features new cages and animals enhancing the visitor experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norumbega Park
Lucifer
Mystic Loraines
Jolly Bean
Adamini Taylor
Mertons
Norumbega
Zoological Garden
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May Delmont
Alice Dudley
Florida de Lisle
McLain
Blanche de Cortet
Catherine Crawford
Zola
Alice Jordan
Harriet Duflage
Sandy
Chapman
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India Game Stock CO
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Zand
Castle Sa. Tel. Tremont
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Gordon
Olympia House
Werkeley
Steele & Carr
Plymouth
Tel
Oxford
Eliot St
Tremont
Big Max Hogers
Canin Va Haven
Bobby Noati
Wyrtle Gilbert
Montoom
All-Star Co
National Theatre Gardens
Offpun
Rolf E Eano
Howard Atheneum
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket
Pemberton
Cushing
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Via Rail and Boat
Washington St
Colonial Line
Globe Theatre
Old Ball Park
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Hallet & Davis Piano Co
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Miss Young
RED Sox
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Cornell
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Jordan Hall
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Greater Boston
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Lynn
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Gordon’s Olympia
Waldron’s Casino
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Chelsea
Charles H. Pratt
Domenica Basayinno
Nondencia Penyard
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David W. Donovan
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Co Steamship Lines
Philadelphia
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Newport News
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Parc Et. Co
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Halifax
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F. W. Bedell
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Hoosac Tunnel
Furness, Withy & Coo., Ltd
Broad St
Fort Hill
Thomas J. Flynn
Essex Street
City Sq
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Bow ST
Mass. Ave
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Charles River
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Milford
Densmore Mercantile Corporation
Tremont St
Colonial
Hancock
Highboy
Pemberton Bldg
N. M. Hatch
Park Sq
American Feather Co
Dover St
City Hall
Aldermanic
John F. Dever
Frank H. Rogers
N. ©. Hubley & Co
Beacon Theatre
Court Sq
Uxbridge
Douglas
Fair House
Aldrich
East Douglas
Arthur Fpf. Randall
Atkinson Law Fick
Beacon St
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