Noted actor Denman Thompson retires after long career
The article marks Denman Thompson's voluntary retirement from the stage after a storied career highlighted by The Old Homestead. Born in Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1833, he built fame in Toronto and Boston, creating enduring characters and writing successful plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denman Thompson
Joseph Jefferson
Old Homestead
Boston
Thompson
William Lawrence
Swanzey
N. C
Girard
Penn
Mr. Thompson
Fireas
Tyron
Trier
Howard Atheneum
Charlotte Cushman
Duchess of Danishe at Hollis Street Theatre
The Duchess of Danishe a romantic opera plays at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston this week. Miss Greene receives instant acclaim and Mr Hamilton and Mr Brinn receive praise for their performances. lavish costumes enhance the production. Curtain rises 7:45 evenings and 2:00 Saturday matinee with no midweek matinee.
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Tois Street
Boston
Mr. Hamilton
Ivan Cavyll
Hollis Street
Missie Greene
Holbreas Biinn
Napoleon
Duchess of Dantgie
Palace Theatre Burlesque and Vaudeville Bill Shines
Palace Theatre presents the High Rollers company with a no leading ladies format and an all star burlesque and vaudeville bill. Acts include Crawford and Heintzman Lawrence Cone Co Collins and Brown Wessen Walters and Wessen in Hotel Repose and Stevers and Bissett as world championship dancers.
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Palace Theatre
High Rollers
Crawford and Heintzman
Lawrence Cone
C O
Collins and Brown
Wessen
Walters
Radcliffe Library Benefit Plans Pirates of Penzance At Radcliffe
Radcliffe College Library Association to stage early Pirates of Penzance performances to aid the Wbrarts fund as part of a drive toward the Carnegie library grant. James Gilvert directs rehearsals with Harvard and Cambridge support. seats priced 2, 1.50, 1 available to order beginning November 20.
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Radcliffe College
Wbrarts
Radcliffe College Library Association
Ladie
Beach
Andrew Carnegie
James Gilvert
Ihove Entertainments
Cambridge
Boston
Harvard
Susan M. Hallowell
West Medford
Mass
Lion and the Mouse at Park Theatre Enters Third Week
The Lion and the Mouse by Charles Wiein debuts its third week at the Park Theatre tomorrow night. Grace Elliston Edmund Breese and Richard Bennett headline a drama about finance and American womanhood with strong performances, ending November 18.
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Lion and the Mouse
the Park Theatre
Charles Wiein
Finance
Klein
Grace Elliston
Edmund Breese
Richard Bennett
Mr. Breese
Rycer
Boston
Miss Illiston
Lion and the
Park Theatre
Calve Matinee Promises Notable Return to America
Mme Calve and her concert company announce a matinee at Symphony Hall next Saturday with an ovation anticipated. The program features arias from Sapho Carmen Bizet Zaza and other pieces including several folk songs and violin segments by Tiss Kastron and Barrere Barnard.
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Mme. Calve
Symphony Ttal
America
Mme
Calve
Nora Gounod
Sapho
David
Leonenvallo
Miss Molly Dollars at Hollis Street Theatre with Lulu Glaser
Lulu Glaser stars in Miss Molly Dollars, presented by Charles Dillingham with libretto by Harry R. Smith and music by Victor Herbert. Coming to Boston Monday November 13 after a New York run at Knickerbocker and New Amsterdam Theatres, two acts set in Lenley Whames England and a Paris hotel courtyard. Supporting cast includes Carrie Perkins Nella Webb Elsie Ferguson Olive Murray R C Herz Charles Bradshaw Carter DeHaven Byron Ongley Melville Stewart. Seats go on sale Tuesday at 8 o clock.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Lulu Glaser
Charles Dillingham
Molly Dollars
Harry R. Smith
Victor Herbert
Boston
New York
Knickerbocker Theatre
New Amsterdam Theate
Nlenley on-Whames
England
Paris
Hollis Street
Miss Glaser
Carrie Perkins
Nella Webb
Elsie Ferguson
Olive Murray
R. C. Herz
Charles Bradshaw
Carter DeHaven
Byron Ongley
Melville Stewart
Globe Theatre Preview Highlights Two Shows and Cast
Johnny and Ekm ma Ray present Down the Pike a vaudeville style act at the Globe Theatre. The production features a New York apartment opening and a St Louis fair setting with a large, youthful cast led by George W. Bishart and Grapewin in the lead. Also booked is It’s Me to You at John Henry with Grapewin in title role and praise for warm reception and strong company.
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Furry Beast
Mexico
New York
Bureau
Johnny
Ekmma Ray
St. Louis Fair
Casey
Mr. Ray
Cone
Dan Coleman
George P. Murphy
Louise Powers
Frank Bohm
Ralph Rockways
John Clahane
Will Llewellyn
Id. B. Wescoe
Arthur Holah
T. J. Lee
John Henry
George W. Bishart
Charles i. Grapewin
Globe
Frank Lhfone, Jr
Grapewin
Anna Chance
St. Cecilia Quartet
Irish Ladies Choir to Open Huntington Hall Concerts
The Irish Ladies Choir from Dublin will inaugurate a week of concerts at Symphony Hall Huntington Avenue tonight. Conducted by Mme Gwen Cosslett-Heller the 25 member ensemble features soloists Joan Holland Alyce Linde Madge Murphy Violet Kelly Janie Jellie and more. Proceeds benefit the Musicians Aid Society with daily performances through the week and an informal reception at the United States Hotel this afternoon.
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New York
Philadelphia
Dublin
Symphony Hall
Huuntington Avenue
Ireland
Great Britain
Mme
Gwen Cosslett-Heller
Joan Holland
Alyce Linde
Madge Murphy
Violet Kelly
Janie Jellie
Boston Theatre Concert Features Eddie Leslie in Sunday Program
A remarkable Sunday concert is set at the Boston Theatre tonight headlined by Eddie Leslie the renowned comedian and mimic. The bill includes Lizzie B Raymond Galletti and others with acts from Kennedy and Quatrelli the Brownings Delzaro and Meade and the Manhattan Comedy Four plus the new vitagraphic sensation The Escape From Sing Sing.
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Boston
Yankee Doodle Girls Burlesque Opens at The Columbia
The Columbia presents the Yankee Doodle Girls burlesque with 20 chorus girls and lavish scenery starting tomorrow matinee. A Misfit able Insurance Company satirical farce leads the bill with Frank Murphy George Guhl Teex Magee and Sadie MacDonald in a witty cast. Additional acts include Ox and Duball the Baker troupe looping the gang Del a phone and a Hippodrome finale amid 19 costume changes daily matinees.
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Columbia
Frank Murphy
George Guhl
Teex Magee
Sadie MacDonald
Duball
Annie Yaie
Sadie Husted
Murphy
Masee
Baker
Hippodrome
Smiling Island at Lyceum Promises Casino Girls Spectacle
Casino Girls company presents Smiling Island at the Lyceum Monday in a polished operetta style with stylish costumes bright music and witty dialogue. The show follows its Philadelphia 108 night run and Chicago 38 performances featuring Tim Trealy Andrew O Neil Joseph Chaillee Allan Coogan Joe Price Joe Sullivan Eugene Soule Grace Foster Ethel Wall Kittie Soule and a large chorus of pretty performers.
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Casino Girls Company
Iuyveeum
Philadelphia
Chicago
Tim Trealy
Andrew O’neil
Joseph Chaillee
Allan Coogan
Joe Price
Joe Sullivan
Eugenie Soule
Grace Foster
Ethel Wall
Kittie Soule
Babes in Toyland Returns to Boston for Two Weeks
Hamlin and Mitchell bring Babes in Toyland to Boston for a two week engagement starting next week. Librettist MacDonough weaves Mother Goose characters into a fairy story with Victor Herbert’s noted score. Cast includes Ignacio Martinelli Katherine Bell Albertine Berson Gus Pixley Walter Schrode Maud Campbell Florence Sylvester John F Ward Edward Sullivan Robert Burns James Wilson Idi Ward Katherine Murray Ida Doerge Irene Cromwell. Seat sale opens tomorrow morning.
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Hamlin & Mitchell
Boston
MacDonough
Victor Herbert
Ignacio Martinelli
Katherine Bell
Albertine Berson
Gus Pixley
Walter Schrode
Maud Campbell
Florence Sylvester
John F. Ward
Edward P. Sullivan
Robert Burns
James Wilson
Idi Ward
Katherine Murray
Ida Doerge
Irene Cromwell
Grand Opera House Presents For His Brother's Crime and Vaudeville
This week at Grand Opera House Charles B Blaney's dramatic offering For His Brother's Crime stars Robert Gaillard with an extensive vaudeville lineup. The production features 10 sensational stage scenes, a morality driven plot of twin brothers and a confessed murder.
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Grand Opera House
Charles B. Blaney
Robert Gaillard
Nero
Galliiard
Ear
Lillian Mortimer
Ben Greet Players Prepare Henry V in Boston Tour
The Ben Greet players recently staged Henry V in New York and will bring the Elizabethan production to Jordan Hall in Boston starting December 5. The company favors minimal scenery to focus on the text and aims for period performance, with the Boston run featuring evening and matinee showings and a subscription seat sale.
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Root
Ben Gree
Ben Greet
New York
Mendelssohn Hall
Boston
Jordaan Trail
Dee
Globe Theatre Concert Features Top Vaudeville Acts
Tonight at the Globe a high class vaudeville program includes the Colby Musical Family George C Davis the premier monologue comedian Pearl Andrews Knox brothers Cooper and Robinson and other acts. A top salaried vaudeville headliner cannot be announced due to New York management contracts.
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Globe
Colby Musical Family
George C. Davis
Gainty
Pearl Andrews
Knox Brothers
Cooper and Robinson
New York
Kneisel Quartet Concert Opens Season at Potter Hall
The first of the season’s chamber music series features the Kneisel Quartet with Harold Randolph as assisting artist. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at Potter Hall and remain available until the concert begins.
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Knebsel Quartet
Potter Ha'l
Tresquay
Harold Randolph
Potter Hall
Secret Service Returns to Castle Square Theatre
William Gillette’s Secret Service brings its English world revival to Castle Square after four years. John Craig takes the Captain Thorne role, Florence Kahn stars as the heroine, with a full stock company plus extra players under Gillette’s settings. Principal cast includes McVay, Clemens, Wade, Waldron, Aitken, Bradley, Ballou, and Winslow.
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William Gillette
Secret Service
Castle Square
Mr. Gillette
Captain Thorne
John Craig
Florence Kahn
Marian
William McVay
Cameron Clemens
Edward Wade
John Waldron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Leonora Bradley
Marion Ballou
Leah Winslow
Austin and Stones Museum Pony Show Leads Week
AUSTIN & STONE'S MUSEUM features Sweetie Gleaman's pony troupe with 14 ponies including a velvet stallion and famed equestrienne Sweetie Beaman. Special acts include Davante the Italian conjurer and Trixie the snake charmer. The week adds Powell's Minstrel Maids and a slate of vaudeville performers led by Miriam Martell and Charley Clark.
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Austin & Stone's Museum
Little Sweetie Gleaman
Pony Circus
America
Snake Charmer
Punch and Judy
Powell
Merry “Minstrel
Floron Robinson
Miriam Martell
Marion Cleveland
Vivian Bernard
Cora Evelyn
Ida Campbell
Gertrude Campbell
Pearl Irving
Harry Powell
George Foster
Sam Renfrew
Charley Clark
Maids
Melrose
Melrose and Elmer
Burkhart and Berry
Dooley and Dunn
Montrose Sisters
Third Evening of Majestic Concert Series Promises Impersonations
At the Majestic Theatre this evening the third concert in the series will feature Henry Lee performing impersonations of notable figures. New to the program are Thomas W. Lawson and Jares Hazen Hyde, with other billed personas including President Roosevelt, the Japanese Emperor, Mark Twain, Pope Leo XIII, General Ulysses Grant, Andrew Jackson, and John Paul Jones. The bill also lists Earl Andrews, Orpheum Comedy Four, Cooper and Robinson, Hawthorn and Knut, Taylor Twin sisters, and Mazestiscope.
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Majestic Theatre
Henry Lee
Mr. Lee
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Jares Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Roosevelt
Japan
Mark Twain
Pope Leoi Ti
Grant
Andrew
Admiral John Paul Jones
Earl Andrews
Orpheum Comedy Four
Cooper and Robinson
Hawthorn and
Knut
Taylor
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Driven From Home Comedy Drama
The Bowdoin Square Theatre stages Driven From Home this week with Miss Charlotte Hunt headlining as Margie Maynard and Mr Charles Miller as Tom Anderson. Edwin Denison and Henry Alexander lead supporting roles with Wilmer Walter and Harry Brooks in key parts. Annette Marshall and Pearl De Sousier support the star. a week of daily matinees and advance ticket sales are reported.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Uunt
Bowdoin
Miss Hunt
Margie Maynard
Charles Miller
Tom Anderson
Edwin Denison
John Maynard
Henry Alexander
Wilmer Walter
Dave Maynard
Harry Brooks
Smart
Mr. Butler Haviland
Silas Throde
Messrs
Thaddeus Gray
Charles Wheelock
Frank Wright
Annette Marshall
Pearl de Sousier
Burton Holmes Travelogues Schedule for Tremont Temple
Burton Holmes presents five new travelogues in Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee and soon at Tremont Temple Port Arthur siege pictures The Passion Play of Oberammergau Tyrolean Alps from Innsbruck to Italy Switzerland Part I and II Two courses for travelogues A and RR beginning Nov 18 Sat 2 30 pm and eve Seats go on sale Nov 9 at the box office.
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Burton Holmes
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Port Arthur
Oberammergau
Tyrolean Alps
Innsbruck
Italy
Switzerland
Holmes
Ludwig
Bavaria
Tremont Temple
Raoul Pugno Returns for Jordan Hall Recitals
Boston audiences recall Raoul Pugno’s past pianoforte recitals and await his return this month. Manager Mudgett schedules performances at Jordan Hall on the afternoons of the 15th and 22nd with interesting programmes planned.
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Boston
Raoul Pugnoe
Mudgett
Jordan Hall
Bowdoin Square Charity Concert Stars Local Talent
Bowdoin Square Theatre hosts its standard charity program Sunday night featuring George B. Alexander tunnys mean Wills and Hassan Cherry and Bates Myles McCarthy company McCue and Cahill Al Carlton the monologue artist the Zarnes Goets and Neilson Madell and Corbley McGloin and Smith Clemo and Casseel Henry Myers and others. Show starts 7 45 PM ends 1 15 AM.
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Bowdoin * Square Theatre
George B. Alexander
Tunnys Mean
Wills
Hassan
Yereloth
Cherry and Bates
Myles McCarthy and Company
McCue
Cahill
al Carlton
Zarnes
Goets
Neilson
Madell and Corbley
McGloin
Smith
Clemo
Casseel
Henry Myers
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Salem Scunder
Uncle Tom
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Toronto
Dr.hompson
Lfe
Salem Scudder
Octoroon
Drury Lane
Henry Linden
Richard Ili
Duke of Richmond
Mr. Linden
Richard
Richmond
Joshua Whitcomb
Harry Martin
Pittsburg
Roundy
Hoothiack
Pat
J. M. Will
San Francisco
George W. Ayer
Mrr. Thompson
Josh
Stead
Paradise Alley
Winfred Goff
Henry W. Savage Opera Company
Minneapolis
Wagner
William Wegener
Trowell Hansel
Adams
Hansel
Washington Street
Worcester Electric
Park Square
Hansé
Evie Greene
Miss Greene
London
Andy
Canada
Engeland
Sir Henry
Les
Abd
Asjrroe
Larry Farren
Colimbia
Sherlock Holmes
George Prumcoss Murboe
Treland
Dunton
St. Patrick
Tessin
Primrose
Gteorge
Mgr. Primrose
Duntow
George Primrose
Henry W. Savage
Afme
Marioara Serena
Jean de Reszke
M. de Reszke
Savage
Serena
DeMailly
Metropolitan Opera
Gaillard
Opera
Marion Ives
de Reszke
de Keszke
Roumania
Queen Victoria
Budecme
Radcliffe Library
Globe Theatre
Irish Ladies’ Choir
THE
Lyceum Theatre
Kneisel Quartet
Castle Square Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Raoul Pugno
Bowdoin Square
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