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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1910
Page
4
Sothern and Marlowe appeared as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth at the Shubert Theatre, delivering a lavish production with new scenic effects. The critics praised their performances for unconventional interpretation and noted Sothern's restraint and moments of explosive passion.
Comedians Fred A. Stone and David Montgomery headline a two act musical comedy in Boston titled The Old Town by George Ade with Gustav Luders music. The show parades various characters from a California town and Washington politics, delivering abundant humor and tuneful songs.
The Majestic Theatre opened another week of The Chocolate Soldier with an audience delighting in Oscar Strauss music and the book’s humor. Fairleigh excels in the title role, Gene Luneska shines in comedy and dance, Boyle provides comic bravado, and the chorus shows strong training.
The Globe Theatre ends its final week of The Fam ily with the same company praised for two weeks of charming acting. Muriel Starr fits Madeline gracefully, delivering a strong sympathetic portrayal. Sam Edwards Mabel Bert Thomas Meighan and John Westley star in their usual roles as minor parts are well sustained. Lew Dockstader's Minstrels will follow with novelties and timely topics, featuring burnt cork comedians in a lively airship act.
The Yankee Doodle Girls opened at the Columbia Theatre with two new acts An Irish Devil and On the Road by Harry Sevon. The Road features a Pullman Sleeping car replica and dazzling scenes with a bewitching chorus. A strong vaudeville lineup includes Julia and Harry Seyon Dixon and Hearn Collins and Hawley Valveno and Lamore the Gladstone sisters Sadie Huested and La Mysterie. Wrestling with Sam Anderson and amateur acts to follow.
The Gaiety Theatre hosted the Queens of the Jardin de Paris with a capable company of comedians singers and dancers led by Harry Koler and John Fields. Mile Rontini and Miss Eva Van Osten head the female contingent as new songs appear throughout the two acts and the scenery charms audiences.
The stage production at Castle Square drew strong applause for its lively dialect and brisk plot. Prolific writers Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach deliver a rattling good farce that has the audience roaring, as the show promises more laughter next week with Charles Klein's The Lion and the Mouse starring Mr. Craig and Miss Young.
The Hub Theatre showcases Number 44 a dramatic playlet headlining the bill. Buckley and Barry bring comedy singing and patter, Brooks and Kingman perform as comedy acrobats, with Plunkett and Ritter a singing and dancing act and W gar Serger a sensational hand balancer. The show runs Thursday and the play holds over.
William Gillette revived The Private Secretary at Hollis Street Theatre after 20 years. The production impressed Boston audiences with his versatile, uproarious performance and a strong supporting cast including Louise Rutter Josephine Brown Marie Wainwright Marion Abbott and Margaret Green.
The Ducklings burlesque at the Howard features headliner Frank Damsel and a stellar lineup including Frances Farr Blanche Martin Katherine Ross Alice Brophy and Evelyn Sterling. The act Oh You Lemon and the Night on the Roof Garden finale showcase the troupe while young performers Harry Matthews McDonald Price and others perform visually engaging pantomime moments.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre this season offers a top billed vaudeville bill. Ted Steele and the Jolity Girls perform McGowan's Troubles. Ali Pasha provides palm readings. Bob Ferns delivers original material. Mae Clark showcases her singing. The Jacob brothers, Charles O'Boyle, Hines and Fenton, the Day trio and others round out the program offering broad comic and musical variety.
Hundreds visited the Austin and Stone’s Museum to see Sumatra sun bears in what authorities called a highlight of the season. The second show featured the Aerial Girl illusion and a bright vaudeville skit with the Murphys Frank Walsh Walk er and Ferguson plus Elizabeth Taylor in a German dialect specialty.
A nurse reads a testimonial about Dr Williams Pink Pills aiding debility in women. The patient Mrs Joseph Vandegriff of West Chester Pennsylvania describes post operative weakness dizziness swelling and headaches followed by relief after using the pills. The advertisement notes pills are non habit forming and available at druggists or by mail from the Dr Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
The Park Theatre opened its fourth week run of Seven Days last night with a huge Boston crowd. Georgia O Ramey Florence Reed Hope Latham Lucille LaVerne starred in the leading roles as the farce unfolds with comic interruptions, a quarantine mishap, and a bustling dinner party. Albert Brown and Jay Wilson head a strong supporting cast making the production one of the theatre’s liveliest in years.
Fiske O Hara known for Irish roles headlines at the Grant Opera House in The Wearing of the Green. The play blends comedy melodrama and pathos with new Irish songs sung in his pleasing voice. Engagement promises lucrative season with next show The House With the Green Shutters.
Gus Edwards headlines a Keiths Theatre Song Revue featuring 35 performers including Jimmy Valentine and a racing playset by Tommy Meade. Laddie Cliff returns with new songs and dances from London, Harry Tighe presents Thursday Night, and the lineup includes the McAleavey Marvels, Spencer Kelly, Marion Wilder, Sammy Watsons Barnyard Circus, and Karl the one string violinist. The bill promises lively variety and broad appeal across all ages.
The Tremont Theatre opens the ninth week of The Fortune Hunter engagement with strong ensemble work led by John Barrymore. The performance depicts rustic life types as amusing and well executed, signaling a long successful run for the show and a night of fun.
The Speckled Band closes its Boston Theatre run this week as Sherlock Holmes fans flock to the thriller. Next week Charles Frohman presents Kyrle Bourne in Raffles, a noted heist tale, with seats now on sale for Thanksgiving week.
The Bon Ton Burlesquers opened a week at Waldron's Casino in a lively bar besque and vaudeville show. Mrs Backbay's Bon Ton College introduces the troupe with Miss Fannie St Clair delivering standout songs. The cast includes James J Lake James Rowland Pete Kelly Michael Feeley and others with 20 chorus girls led by Fannie Thatcher Emily Miles May Romar Mabel McCloud Anna Kelly and Lyddy Berg. Vaudeville features include Chanticleer Rag by May Romar and chorus Feeley and Kelly and acrobatic cyclists Din Din Troop.
Many cases of piles have been cured by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure without further treatment. Send your name and address to Pyramid Drug Company 270 Pyramid Bldg Marshall Mich for a free trial package in plain wrapper.
St Clair sings Dont run after the girls and Some of these days. The Bowery McGuirk's Hall stage features an Americanized Apache dance and a Pullman car scene that draw big crowds and strong applause.
A Wisconsin mother details a recovery from nervous exhaustion by stopping tonics and adopting Grape-Nuts with cream and milk. She reports sleep improvement, a 20 pound weight gain, and her daughter’s health returning as they left tonics behind. The letter promotes digestion and fresh air as key factors and invites readers to see "There’s a Reason."
An old home remedy recipe promotes Essence Mentho Laxene as a laxative cough syrup. It claims quick relief from chronic coughs and colds, with a tonic action and potential weekly cures for many cases. Provides a 2¾ oz packaging and simple sugar syrup preparation.
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