Ivan the Terrible opens at Colonial with Mansfield in Cape role
Richard Mansfield leads a large Boston audience in Tolstoi Tolstoi Tolstoi's Ivan the Terrible at the Colonial Theatre. The performance portrays a ferocious, morally monstrous Czar amid defeat and superstition, with Mansfield delivering a masterful, psychologically precise impersonation. The production features 35 speaking parts and strong support from Lester Kenyon and Eleanor Barry, with lavish scenery and costumes. It repeats Thursday Saturday and Thanksgiving night.
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Tremont Theatre Delights with Belasco's Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Tremont Theatre presents David Belasco's Sweet Kitty Bellairs based on Egerton Castle's The Bath Comedy for the 19th time, praised for spectacle and wit. Henriettta Crosman embodies the vivacious heroine, and the production is hailed as a pretty comedy with lush ornament and a truthful portrait of manners. Two weeks remain in Boston with a Thanksgiving at home event planned for all audiences.
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Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Egerton Castle
Bath
Tremont
Henriettta Crosman
Kitty Bellairs
Lady Froth
Beelaston
Rackett
Delamaine
Maurice Campbell
Henrietta Crosman
Recital by Alexandre Guilmant at Symphony Hall
Alexandre Guilmant, famed French organist, gave a recital at Symphony Hall to a good sized audience. His program included his Sonata No 7 in F, a Handel concerto, works by Klein Bach Cocci Dubois and Buxtehude, and an improvisation on Way Down Upon the Suwanee River. The Handel concerto was praised, and the improvised theme was considered ingenious.
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Symphony Hall
Klein
Bach
Capocci
Dubois
Buxtehude
Suwanee
Guilmont
Gillette shines in Barrie satire The Admira ble Crichton at Hollis Street
William Gillette delivers a splendid performance in The Admirable Crichton at Hollis Street Theatre Boston. The cast casts the desert island tale with wit and satire as Crichton outshines lords and butler, aided by Barrie’s clever dialogue. Extra matinee on Thanksgiving Day announced.
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William Gillette
Boston
Crichton
Hollis Street Theatre
J. M. Barrie
Sone
Lords
Hollis Onnaree
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Srotmamlan
Park Theatre Boston: The Secret of Poli chinelle acclaimed
The Secret of Poli chinelle at Park Theatre drew a large audience for its second week in Boston. An American company led by James K. Hackett impressed as W. H. Thompson and Ida Darling stood out with strong performances. final week announced with no extension possible.
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Park Theatre
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Paris
Pierre Wolff
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Ida Darling
W. J. Ferguson
Drina DeWolfe
Old Homestead Shines in Boston Theatre Run
The Old Homestead at the Boston Theatre closes its final fortnight after a highly profitable season with new scenery and strong musical numbers. Notable performances include Uncle Josh Cy Prime Seth Perkins Walter Gale Aunt Tilda and Happy Jack. Three matinees are planned next week including Thanksgiving Day. Bulletin readings of the Harvard Yale game are set for next Saturday afternoon between acts.
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Uncle Josh
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Globe Theatre Revival of The Fortune Teller Delights Crowd
The Fortune Teller a three act revival at Globe Theatre stars Doris Goodwin as Irma and Musette, Elsie Janis as Mile Pom Pom, with James McElhern, Phil Bronson, and Herman Hirschberg in key roles. Cast includes Ledward Metcalfe, James McElhern, Count Berezowski, Captain Ladislas, and others. Music by Victor Herbert. book by Harry B Smith. The production pleases a large audience though orchestra is small and some score detail is missing. The show runs this week ahead of The Errand Boy.
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Victor Herbert
Globe Theatre
Sandor
Ledward
Metcalfe Pyone
James McElhern
Count Berezowski
Phil Bronson
Ladislas
Pices Grafton Baker
Herman Hirschberg
Doris Goodwin
Elsie Janis
Alice Nielsen
Irma
Musette
Mile
Edward Metcalfe
Grafton Baker
Parsifal in English costliestBoston operatic venture
The Parsifal English production led by Mr. Savage is described as among the most expensive on American stages. Initial outlay reached 75000 dollars with weekly running costs over 15000 dollars, aided by a 10 car special train for about 200 personnel during a Boston engagement at Tremont Theatre starting Oct. 17 and returning Nov. 28.
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Keith's Theatre vaudeville delights with broad laughter
A lively Keith's Theatre vaudeville bill draws large crowds with two thirds of its fifteen acts delivering steady merriment. Notable highlights include liquid air experiments, Eliza crossing the ice parody, Raymond and Caverly dialect fun, Fred Hallen and Mollie Fuller in Election Bets, Powell's marionettes, and Christmas on the Island with a strong vocal quartet.
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Eliza
Will H. Murphy
Blanche Nichols
Zara
Uncle Tom
Raymond and
Caverly
Rogers Brothers
Fred Hallen
Mollie Fuller
Earl and Wilson
Powell
Clay M. Green
Lambs’ Club Gambol
James F. MacDonald
Ada Arnoldson
Wilton Brothers
Charles Kenna
Herbert Brooks
Marinellas
Queen's Messenger in New Vaudeville Debut at Music Hall
Jessie Millward stars as a Russian spy in A Queen's Messenger in a one act drama that held audiences breathless with its sharp pacing and dramatic closing. Edna Aug performs lively Anna Held like imitations while Louis Simon and Grace Gardner tease with The New Coachman. Brown Harris and Brown impress in eccentric singing and dancing. the Redcay Duffin troupe astound with hand to hand trapeze.
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Music Hall
Jessie Millward
Miss Millward
Edna Aug
Anna Held
Miss Aug
Elsie Fay
Bill
Louis Simon
Grace Gardner
Brown
Harris
Boston
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Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Escaped From Sing Sing
Bowdoin Square Theatre stages the sensational melodrama Escaped From Sing Sing with Butler Haviland in seven varied roles. The cast includes Charles Miller and Henry Alexander with a strong supporting lineup. Songs by Charles Shackford accompany the show, running this week only with daily matinees and bargain prices for ladies. Fallen Among Thieves follows next week.
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Sing Sing
Boston
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Butler Haviland
Richard Fernley
Sandy McPherson
Barry McShane
Dr. Clermont
Claude Livingstone
Charles Miller
Dr. Vanstone
Henry Alexander
Matthew Redford
Edwin Denison
Gabriel Vanstone
Wilmer Walter
Porky Clark
Harry Brooks
D. L. Gaylord
Charles Wheelock
Thomas Russell
Frank Carter
Wilmer Fulmer
Miss Cantwell
Alice Vanstone
Miss du Bois
Pearl Lassour
Charles Shackford
Richard Thibault
Columbia Music Hall presents Tiddle-Dee-Winks at Columbia Theatre
A review of the Columbia Music Hall extravaganza Tiddle-Dee-Winks at the renovated Columbia Theatre highlights Mae Taylor as a standout, the lions cage act, lively show girls, sparkling costumes, and a crowd-pleasing Uncle Sam's Children march encore.
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Columbia Theatre
Columbia Music Hall
Carmen
Columbia
Mae Taylor
Fay Templeton
Sam
Dancing Girl at Castle Square Thrills Local Crowd
Castle Square Theatre presents Henry Arthur Jones The Dancing Girl at popular prices. Lillian Kemble leads the cast as Sybil with Howell Hansel and DeWitt C. Jennings delivering strong performances. The production runs only this week ahead of In the Palace of the King stage version.
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Castle Square Theatre
Henry Arthur Jones
Lillian Kemble
Howell Hansel
Valentine Danecourt
DeWitt C. Jennings
David Ives
A. H. van Buren
John Christison
Ben A. Field
Reggie Slingsby
Mark Kent
Drake
Lindsay Morison
Frances Starr
Sybil
Blanche Hall
Faith Ives
Ethelle Earle
Lady Bawtry
Leonora Bradley
Mrs. Christison
Palace of the King
Howard Atheneum Delivers One of the Best Vaudeville Shows
A large Howard crowd enjoyed an outstanding vaudeville program from 1 PM onward. Acts ranged from the Sandor trio’s European ring exhibition to Sears and Violet Allen in The Sign Painter, Irene La Tour and Zara, Wood and Ray’s travesty, Golden and Hughes, La Vine and Waltone in A Tramp's Dream, Carter and Bruford in A Kickapoo Romance, Fields and Hanson, Pierce and Maizee with Mile Maizee costumes, and many others plus new moving pictures. The stock burlesque Captivating Curves closed the night with four new musical numbers.
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Violet Allen
Irene la Tour
Zara
Wood
Ray
Golden
Hughes
Golden Trio
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Riley
la Vine
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Mile
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Zanfretta
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Madge Anderson
Ball of Catholic Club of Dorchester Nov 21
The Catholic Club of Dorchester plans a dancing party on November 21 at Wheelock Hall Upham's Corner. It is the first social event of the season and expected to be a swell affair. George F. Lawton named floor director at last Sunday's club meeting.
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Upham’s Corner
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