In the Bishop's Carriage at Park Theatre Boston Debuts
Lillian Lawrence and company present the second in their series at the Park Theatre. The play, new to Boston, follows a girl who turns thief then reforms with a helping hand. Lawrence shines as Nance Olden while Miller as Latimer and Lampolis as Tom Dorgan receive strong support. The performance runs through the week with The Gay Lord Quex to follow on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Lawrence
Park Theatre
Boston
Leah Kleschna
Channing Pollack
Latimer
Nance Olden
Ramsay
Nance
Tom Dorgan
Miss Lawrence
Mr. Lampolis
W. H. St. James
W Leonora Bradley
Dorothy Davies
Thomas L. Coleman
Henry Wilton
Quex
Utopians Burlesque Delights at Columbia Playhouse
Last evening at the Columbia Playhouse the Utopians offered a five act burlesque bill featuring notable performers James Hazelton Sadie Huested Julia Seyon Mamie Champion and the Hill brothers. The show impressed with strong comedy acts engaging the audience and a closing Smith and Convey trio number hailed as a standout. Tonight Match with Perrelli vs Smart wrestling and Friday Amateur Night promise additional attractions. The week ends with a monster benefit Monday for striking teamsters presenting a major variety bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
James, Hazelton
Sadie Huested
Julia Seyon
Mamie Champion
Alio
Seyons
Smith
Champion
Sadie
Huested
Hill Brothers
Smith and Convey
Perrelli
Smart
Stock company vaudeville bill thrills audiences
Popular stock company troupes presented two lively skits The Scotch Mixture and At Revere Beach featuring Ed Armstrong Tom White Charles Banks Lou Powers and John Lorenzo The burlesque star Belle Travers led supported by the Martini Mucosa girls Beatrice Annie Goldie and Bessie Rosa also praised A notable segment showcased Farrell Whallen West Armstrong Davis Montgomery Moore Bohannon and Corey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Beach
Ed Armstrong
Tom White
Charles Banks
Lou Powers
John Lorenzo
Belle Travers
Mile
Beatrice
Annie Goldie
Bessie Rosa
Charles Farrell
Whallen
West
Armstrong
Davis
Montgomery
Moore
Bohannon
Corey
Norumbega Park Opens 11th Season With Musical Shows
Norumbega Park at Auburndale on the Charles opens its 11th season on Thursday. Despite a cold spring the grounds are green and ready. Opening features include Lafricain's Band and a slate of acts in the theatre such as the Lee brothers, Irving Jones, Eckhoff and Gordon, Gayvety Quartet, Martinnette and Sylvester, plus a new moving picture program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norumbega Park
Auburndale-on-the-Charles
Lafricain
Lee Brothers
Irving Jones
Eckhoff and Gordon
Gayvety
Martinettie
Sylvester
Hub Theatre Debuts Miss May White in Matinee Show
A large audience enjoyed Miss May White's debut as an illustrated song singer at the Hub Theatre matinee. The program featured Miles' Bros. moving pictures including If You Had a Wife Like This Tight Boots At the Dentist's and The Bandit King. The Bandit King was notably thrilling and the bill will change on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hub Theatre
May White
Corps of
Illustrated Song Singers
Miles’ Bros
Globe Theatre Presents The Darling of the Gods at Globe
John Craig stages Belasco drama The Darling of the Gods with nine sets and rich furnishings. Miss Young shines as Yo San with strong performances by Seeley Johnson and Sanders. Miss Colcord and others praised. curtain at 7 45 pm with a Thursday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craig
Globe Theatre
Miss Young
Yo-San
Mr. Seeley
Boston
Saigon
Mr. Johnson
Miss Ryan
Tonda Tanjo
Miss Sanders
Miss Colcor
Prince Chap Opens Second Week at Hollis Street Theater
Cyril Scott stars in The Prince Chap at Hollis Street Theatre as the second and final week opens. The performance features two charming child roles portraying Claudia from babyhood to young lady. The run closes Saturday with an extra holiday matinee Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Hollis Street
Cyril Scott
Scott
Claudia
Hollis St.isaac B. Rich
Castle Square Theatre Delights With Patience
Castle Square audience applauds Gilbert and Sullivan as Patience opens. Thayer as Bunthorne shines with comic flair while Lane as Patience leads a strong supporting cast including Earl Earl Le Baron Bartlett Ladd Shields Davies Murray Pringle in a vibrant Victorian farce set amid English forest scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square
Mr. Thayer
Bunthorne
Miss Lane
Miss Earl
Saphir
Miss le Baron
Angela
Miss Bartlett
Ella
Miss Lad
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents The Blue and the Gray
The Civil War romance theater piece draws crowds at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Captain Mark Stanley loves Ruth White as guerilla chief is paroled after capture. romance and humor intertwine with war drama. Cast includes Arthur Behrens, Charlotte Hunt, and Rifkah Harrison. show runs one week with matinees daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Mark Stanley
Ruth White
Stanley
Captain Mark
Ruth
Arthur Behrens
Bowdoin Square Stock Company
Charlotte Hunt
Rifkah Harrison
Mary Stanley
Theatre Comique Features Derby Winner and Variety Acts
The Derby Winner is the feature at Theatre Comique this week. The Sign of the Times shows a tramp with a signboard. A Square Deal offers cowboys meting out justice. Madeline Ripley, Mildred Elsa, Catherine Schell, Thomas Bullock, Martin Walsh and Joseph Conroy sing ballads with instrumentalists Katherine Hawkins, Helen Qualey, Eunice McDougall. Impersonations by Johnson and Graham accompany the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Comique
Sign of the Times
Madeline Ripley
Mildred Elsa
Catherine Schell
Thomas Bullock
Martin Walsh
Joseph Conroy
Katherine Hawkins
Helen Qualey
Eunice McDougall
Johnson and Graham
The Other Girl revived at Majestic Theatre with Ross lead
Augustus Thomas drama The Other Girl was revived at the Majestic Theatre by Thomas W. Ross and company to an attentive audience. Ross as Sheldon the Kid Garvey impressed, supported by a strong cast including Russ Whytal, Martin G. Brown, William H. Tooker, Dallas Tyler, Ivy Troutman and Ethel Brandon. The run continues this week before David Warfield closes the season with The Music Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Thomas
Majestic Theatre
Thomas W. Ross
Boston
Kid Garvey
Mr. Ross
Ross
Russ Whytal
Clifton Bradford
Martin G. Brown
Lumley
William H. Tooker
Henry Waterman
William Redmund
Fulton
Dallas Tyler
Catherine Fulton
Ivy Troutman
Estelle
Ethel Brandon
Laura Pierpont
M. J. G. Briggs
Harry Mills
Edna Irvine
Maggie Fielding
David Warfield
Wonderland to Open Second Season at Revere Beach
Wonderland at Revere Beach plans a 10 am Thursday Memorial Day opening with a full revamp and new attractions. Lincoln Beachey will headline the opening days with daily airship ascensions weather permitting. Other features include First Corps of Cadets band concerts, Hardy on the high wire, Mlle De Loro contortions, Walter Wentworth stunts, and a Florida Jungle exhibit boosted by 500 more alligators and other Everglades beings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonderland
Revere Beach
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
First Corps of Cadets
Hardy
Mlle. de Loro
Walter Wentworth
Mr.d. 8. McDonald
Florida
Everglades
Palace Theatre presents A Senator for an Hour burlesque
The Palace Theatre offers a two act burlesque A Senator for an Hour written by T. E. Thomas with Mike Slattery in the lead. Cast includes Harry Buckley Al Patterson Phil Matthews Milton Schuster Meriam Martell Garry Barry Lillian Watters May Bryant Edith Roberts Grace Toledo and Helen Carr. The vaudeville lineup features Fulton and Larkin Trish Fos tell Emmett James Maxwell Bell manr and Pratt J. W. Harrington Elliott and Neff C. W. Williams Grace Toledo Er nie and Honeger and the Palacescope’s new moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron
Palace Theatre
T. E. Thomas
Mike Slattery
Harry Buckley
al Patterson
Phil Matthews
Milton Schuster
Meriam Martell
Garry Barry
Lillian Watters
Pop Concert Programme at Symphony Hall Features Diverse Selections
The concert opens with Obersteiger and Merry Wives of Windsor overtures, continues with waltzes and selections from Strauss and Hoffmann, a solo cello piece by Josef Keller, and ends with works by Tchaikowsky, Raff, Eilenberg, Zehhrer, Thomas, and Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony Hall
Obersteiger
Zeller
Nicolai
Strauss
Dolly Dollars
Herbert
Lalo
Josef Keller
Tschaikowsky
Dream of Love
Fahrbach
Leonore
Raff
Eilenberg
Tremont Theatre Ends Run For The Time Place And The Girl
The Tremont Theatre announces the three week run of The Time the Place and the Girl will close Saturday night. Arthur Deagon and Georgia Drew Meachum drew strong welcomes with the ensemble praised for energy. The show’s music was a standout feature and a Memorial Day matinee is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Arthur Deagon
Georgia Drew Meachum
Boston
Peary to Give Farewell Lecture at Tremont Temple
Commander R. E. Peary United States Navy Arctic explorer will deliver his lecture Nearest the Pole at Tremont Temple tomorrow night. The talk offers a final chance to hear Peary before his ultimate dash for the Pole and to support the expedition through patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Peary
United States Navy
Pole
Tremont Temple
Peary
Comdr
Keith's Theatre Vaudeville Show Ends Run With Mixed Acts
Last evening at Keith's Theatre featured Cressy and Dayne in The Wyoming Whoop, marking their final vaudeville appearance in this city. The Futurity Winner racing drama and a lively variety lineup included Marion Shirley, Pat Rooney, Ymile Subers, a Zazell Vernon pantomime, and others with strong laughs and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith's
Cressy
Dayne
Shackleton
King Solomon
Marion Shirley
Boston
Betty Shackleton
Pat Rooney
Marion Bent
Belle Blanche
Vesta Victoria
Hattie Williams
Richard Carle
Bobby North
Zazell-Vernon
Ymile Subers
Harry
Kate Jackson
Eugene Joly
Toledo
Price
Kelso
Leighton
Ashers
Coon
Lyric Theatre Delivers Busy Show Despite Weather
The Lyric at 784 Washington Street drew crowds yesterday as Manager Lombard presented All For a Necklace a tearful drama followed by A Good Cigar a lively feature comedy. Roll Around a hit song adds to a night of new instrumental numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Washington Street
Lombard
Peary Lecture Shows Frozen North and Icebound Animals
The talk features vivid views of the frozen North as Peary and his team saw it with roaming animals among icebergs. An informal reception for Commander Peary follows, offering attendees a chance to shake his hand and Boston to send him off. School pupils can buy tickets at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Boston
Theatre Premier Holiday Week Bill Promises Strong Show
The Theatre Premier opens with If You Had a Wife Like This a long title but fitting for the film. The Two Gossips shows two women in a grocery store scandal. Lost in the Alps features mountain scenery and a St Bernard rescue. Acts include Beth Roble Grace Merriman John Gardner and others with musical numbers by Norton Wilmore Beasley and impersonations. Decoration Day adds an extra feature a march honoring flag followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Beth Roble
Grace Merriman
John Gardner
M. van Horne
George Francis
Harry J. Norton
Ruth Wilmore
Bessie Beasley
Cheney
Turner
Dodge-Spear Spreads Free Circus Tickets to Purchasers
Dodge-Spear Company offers a free Ringling Brothers circus ticket to every shopper who buys $1.98 or more of boys' or girls' clothing shoes or millinery this week on Huntington Avenue. Hundreds of youngsters will attend thanks to the store's generosity and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers Circus
Dodge-Spear Company
Huntington Avenue
Howard Atheneum Carnival Show At Old Howard This Week
A grand athletic carnival at the Old Howard features B H Benton with a 35 year prize ring view and a Cribe Club boxing reel. Matty Baldwin headlines boxing talent from New England while a female minstrels troupe and comedians perform. Acts include Reed and Shaw fiving rings Gertie LeClair Tom Herron Lewis and Thompson Old Mardo Siddons brothers Lippincotts and Dr Dippy farce. One week only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Howard
B. H. Benton
Cribe Club
Boston
Matty Baldwin
New England
Reed
Shaw
Gertie LeClair
Tom Herron
Crutch
Lewis and Thompson
Old Mardo
Mardo
Siddons Brothers
Lippincotts
Howard Comedy Company
Dr. Dippy
George B. Alexander
Warfield Set To Bring The Music Master To Majestic
David Warfield’s visit to the Majestic Theatre in Boston attracts heavy box office interest for the Monday evening performance of The Music Master. This engagement is his last in the role before he studies a Belasco project for a New York Stuyvesant Theatre opening in fall. Tickets go on sale Wednesday with no phone orders. mail orders will be processed after the first day’s sale. Warfield will present matinees on Saturdays during his Boston stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Warfield
Majestic Theatre
The
Majestic
Mr. Warfield
Belasco
Stuyvesant
New York
Warfield
Boston
Excep tionally strong Orpheum bill this week
The Orpheum offers a mainly laugh driven program headlined by Guyer and Crispi with eccentric singing and dancing. It features The Alphabet Class by Holcombe Curtis Co and A Honeymoon in the Catskills by Estelle Verdictte, plus Mul len and Corelli acrobats and Mayme Remington with her pickaninnies. Netta Vesta and C Arthur Brown appear with new material. Orth and Fern perform Sign the Book. New kinetograph pictures close the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
Guyer
Crispi
Holcombe, Curtis & Co
Catskills
Estelle Vordette and Company
Mullen
Corelli
Mayme Remington
Melrose
Netta Vesta
Comedienne
C. Arthur Brown
Orth
Fern
Austin and Stones Museum Hosts All Star Colored Show
The big all star colored show Down in Mobile filled the Austin and Stones Museum yesterday. A score of dusky girls in showy costumes led the program with many colored gentlemen in Southern attire. The Yellow Dora double quartet and a large chorus highlighted the musical portion. Stage programs featured Minstrel Maids with Morgan and Manley and others, plus an all vaudeville act with John Brown, Arthur West, Coppinger and White, and Mogan and West earning applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Austin & Stone
Morgan and
Manley
Rene Sisters
Lilyan Crone
Carroll and
Benedict
John Brown
Arthur West
Coppinger and White
Mogan and West
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Columbia Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Hollis Street Theatre
Castle Square Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Tremont
Gia
Carle and Marks
H. L. Hearts
MR. Carle
the Prince
Edward Peple
Blanche Cressy
Wyoming
Marlon Bent
la Belle Blanche
Zazell-Vernon Company
Fimile Subers
Harry and
Thomas RO $S
Atos
David Belasco Warfield
Sane
Robert E. Peary
Gilbert & Sullivan
Poet Tee
Winter St
Scollay Square
Miles Bros
Family Circle
Washington and Dover
Klatt
Pfaf
Dodge-Spear Co
Percy Williams
Oxford
Guyer & Crispi Holcombe
Curtisco
Estelle Wordette & Co
Melrose Troupe
Mayme Remington Mullen & Corelli
Howard
Ben Benton
Rob Roy
Howard Atheneum
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Boston & Maine Railroad
America
M. Burt
Mass
Maine
New. York
Van’s
Washington St
Rolley Information Bureau
Pearl St
New England Street Railway Club
John J. Lane
JOY
CLOBE
John Craicco
Darling of the Gods
Aus
Museu Scollay
Square
TIN & Stone
Fa Bas A
London
Lyceum Stock Co
Bowdoin the
Nendelan
National League
Columbus Avenue
Connelly & Burke’s
Adams House
Boles
Cashin’s
Young's
Parker's
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