Chantecler in Boston With Maude Adams at Hollis Street
Edward H. Crosby reviews the Boston premiere of Rostand’s Chantecler at Hollis Street Theatre starring Maude Adams. The piece notes symbolic drama, translation flaws by Parker, and Adams’s clear but limited physical staging of the Cock’s vanity.
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Edmond Rostand
Chantecler
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Maude Adams
Paris
M. Rostand
Louis N. Parker
Miss Adams
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Chantecler Delightfully Stages Clever Animal Comedy
Review notes strong Animal characters led by the Hen Pheasant and Cock in Chantecler. Miss Adams struggles with masculinity, yet the Cook arc shines as faith in him grows. Josephine Victor excels despite illness, with a skilled costuming performance and a lively long cast including George H. Trader and Marion Abbott.
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Josephine Victor
George H. Trader
William Lewers
Marion Abbott
Majestic Theatre Presents Everywoman to Rapt Audiences
The Majestic Theatre reports overwhelming success for Everywoman with overflowing houses and enthusiastic applause all week. Manager Savage leads an admirable company as the production provokes deep thought while entertaining, likened to Balzac’s Comedie Humaine in effect.
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Majestic Theatre
Savage
Balzac
Comedie Humaine
Tremont Theatre Delights Patrons in Madame Sherry
Tremont Theatre patrons enjoyed the musical comedy Madame Sherry in its fifth Boston week starring Miss Lina Abarbanell. The show and the star drew renewed warm praise with repeated encores for each song and a strong supporting company.
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Tremont Theatre
Madame Sherry
Boston
Lina Abarbanell
Miss Abarbanell
Charles J. Ross
Florence Mackie
Elizabeth Murray
Ignacio Martinetti
Jack Gardner
John Reinhard
Frances Cameron
Drama League Holds Third Meeting At Hollis Street
The Drama League of Boston meets this afternoon at the Hollis Street Theatre to discuss Rostand's Chantecler with Maude Adams as the feathered hero. Professor Samuel P Capen of Clark College Worcester will present the French version. Conference begins at 3:30 p.m.
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Hollis Street
Drama League of Boston
Maude Adams
Edmond Rostand
Samuel P. Capen
Clark College
Worcester
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Thrills Boston Audiences
The Park Theatre enters its ninth week hosting Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. Since arriving in the city last September the genial star and George M. Cohan's witty dialogue have drawn enthusiastic crowds. Performances promise lively, sharp, humorous lines and energetic acting.
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Wallingford
Park Theatre
Boston
Theatre
Alway
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Ben-Hur Draws Big Crowds at Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre presents Ben-Hur drawing nightly crowds and high praise for star turns. Richard Buhler leads as Ben-Hur with William J. Kelly as Messala and Oscar Adye impressing as Simonides in the lavish production noted for its spectacle.
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Boston
Richard Buhler
William J. Kelly
Messala
Oscar Adye
Simonee
Waldron's Casino Presents Broadway Girl Burlesque
Waldron's Casino showcases Jack Singer's Behaman Show headlined by Dainty Florence Mills in The Broadway Girl. The cast includes Jean Carothers Janet Knox Alice Duprey Belle Adams Rita Richards Ora Dell with Watson sisters and Charles Falke delivering new catchy music and lavish costumes.
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Waldron
Casino
Jack Singer
Dainty Florence Mills
Watson Sisters
Jean Carothers
Janet Knox
Alice Duprey
Belle Adams
Rita Richards
Ora Dell
Harry L
The Blue Bird charm draws Boston crowd to Shubert Theatre
News of The Blue Bird has spread across New England as the Shubert Theatre opens its fifth Boston run week. Out of town patrons show up early, many standing for seats, and advance sales for all matinees are strong. Additional seats go on sale at 9 am for a further extension to December 2, with one extra matinee next week on Thanksgiving Day.
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Boston
New England
Slim Princess shines as Elsie Janis opens second week at Colonial
Elsie Janis drew a full house at the Colonial Theatre as she began the second week of her engagement. The vivacious star electrified the audience with her energetic, diverting performance in The Slim Princess, a George Ade tale adapted for the stage. Her lively singing added charm and enhanced the heroine's appeal.
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Elsie Janis
Boston
Colonial Theatre
George Ade
Miss Janis
Pomander Walk at Plymouth Theatre Draws Boston Interest
The Plymouth Theatre maintains its status as a lively venue for Pomander Walk a London suburb comedy. L N Parker author expected to join for several days starting next Saturday. Dorothy Parker praised in Boston with Marjolaine Lachesnats. Giddens and Pawle praised for their performances ahead of remaining week showings and Harvard Yale night. Parker celebration planned for Nov 28 and an extra Thanksgiving matinee slated.
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Plymouth Theatre
London
Pomander Walk
L. N. Parker
Dorothy Parker
Boston
Marjolaine Lachesnats
George Giddens
Lennox Pawle
Louis N. Parker
Coronation Pictures at Tremont Temple Run Two Weeks More
Coronation pictures continue at Tremont Temple where they have shown for nearly four months. A special Friday night and Saturday matinee programme features striking coronation scenes and an illustrated lecture by Dr. Frederic Poole on The Present Revolution and Great Awakening in China. Another morning show next Saturday will be an extra for school children teachers and parents.
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Tremont Temple
Frederic Poole
China
National Theatre Presents Chimes of Normandy Condensed
The National Theatre stages a condensed version of The Chimes of Normandy an opera comique by Planquette performed by a company of favorites. Gaspard role is sung and acted by William Wolff with dramatic strength. Clara Lane J K Murray Harry Davies Mae Murray and others star. Also features Miss Josephine Joy Water Nymphs aquatics Rawls Kauffman dogs act and Whitelaw among others.
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Normandy
National Theatre
Planquette
Opera Comique
Gaspard
William Wolff
Tower
Clara Lane
J. K. Murray
Harry Davies
William H. Fitzgerald
Mae Murray
Josephine Joy
Rawls
Kauffman
Luken
Arthur Whitelaw
Daniel Boone on the Trail at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents Daniel Boone on the Trail this week with hair-raising incidents and humor. A big audience cheers the frontier drama highlighting heroism and peril before a shift to A Girl of the Streets featuring Baby Ethel Wichman next.
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Grand Opera House
Far West
Daniel Boone
Boone
Ethel Wichman
Austin and Stones Museum Mile Amazing Exhibits Highlight Night
Duval of Paris drew crowds with a nail bed stunt as three men totaling 660 pounds stood on a board across her body without flinching. Signor Giovanni presented The Bird King and a trained bird act with cockatoos. Moore's New Orleans colored minstrel show delivered lively songs and dancing. Princess Istra offered The Curse of Kali with helpers Ismail Sheik Cassie French and Ida Campbell, plus George Kane Roberts & Richmond, and life motion pictures complemented the program.
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Mile. Duval
Paris
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Signor Giovanni
Moore
New Orleans
Princess Istra
Kali
Ismail Sheik
Cassie French
Ida Campbell
George Kane Roberts
Richmond
Orpheum Theater Bill Features Variety Acts This Week
The Orpheum Theatre presents a first half program headlined by William Morrow and company in Happy's Millions with Myrtle Butler Claus and Hoffman Frank La Dent Tom and Edith Almond Rossner and Hillman John La Vier and the Delmonts among acts. The second half offers Coleman and Francis in O brien's Christmas Eve Flying Rogers Cooper and Ricardo Lorraine and his mysterious paintings Jim Reynolds five musical McLarens Harris and Hart and Will Lacey the daredevil cyclist.
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Orpheum Theatre
William Morrow and Company
Myrtle Butler
Claus and Hoffman
Frank la Dent
Tom
Edith Almond
Rossner and
Hillman
John la Vier
Delmonts
Coleman
Francis
O'Brien
Flying Rogers
Cooper
Ricardo
Lorraine
Jim Reynolds
Harris and
Hart
Will Lacey
Varied Week at B. F. Keith's Theatre With Music and Melodrama
The bill features Harry von Tilzer and new songs, the melodrama The Holdup, The Piano Mover with Edmund Hayes, Grace Freeman in a fresh vaudeville act, and acts by Those French Girls, Howard's Ponies, the Knight brothers and Lautelle, plus the Kaufman brothers in singing comedy.
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B. F. Keith
Harry von Tilzer
Mr. von Tilzer
von Tilzer
Grace Freeman
Boston
Howard
Knight Brothers
Lautelle
Kaufman Brothers
Lively Miss New York Jr. entrants at Howard show
Howard theater showcased a vibrant burlesque bill headlined by Fay O'Dell and Pearl Black with the Frank sisters and Jim Waters among performers. The act list included The Awakening, Up-to-Date Married Life, Fifty Miles From Denver, and appearances by Irvin Walton Allie Vivian Caron Farnum and others drawing strong applause.
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Howard
Miss New York Jr
Fay O'Dell
Boston
Pearl Black
Frank Sisters
Helen Reilley
Bert O'Dell
John Black
Jim Waters
Jim Fairburn
Clyde Bates
Tom Mack
Denver
Irvin Walton
Allie Vivian
Caron
Farnum
Anderson & Gaines
Malbumby
Musette
Arthur Browning
Bottle
Franklin
D’ore
Frank Hurley
Cuban divers headline Bowdoin Square Theatre show
The final week at Bowdoin Square Theatre opens with diving Cubans performing new water feats unseen in the city. The program features Celtic duo Kelly and Adams, Ramboli Trio, Stubborn Beas mule act, Nealon and Clayton, Mile. Leroy as a wooden shoe dancer, Victor Faust and others See also Palfreyman crystal readings and a moving picture section of entertaining subjects at Bowdoinerty Theatre.
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Geis
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Kelly
Adams
Ramboli
Beas
Nealon
Clayton
Mile
Leroy
Victor Faust
Mile. Palfreyman
Bowdoinerty Theatre
End of the Bridge Ends Run at Castle Square
The final week at Castle Square features Miss Lincoln's prize Boston production The End of the Bridge with standout turns by Miss Young and Henrietta McDaniel. Craig’s Dr Garret and Joan Mannering remain focal points as the run winds down. Next week Craig plans to stage Before and After by Leo Ditrichstein.
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Castle Square
Boston
Mr. Craig
Dr. Garret
Miss Young
Joan Mannering
Henrietta McDaniel
Peter
Leo Ditrichstein
Globe Theatre brings Matt and Jeff to lively second week
The Globe Theatre repeats its success as Matt and Jeff entertain a fat patronage in the second week. The show features witty stage adaptation, pretty women, music and dancing and aims for wholesome laughter, with satisfactory results.
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Matt
Jeff
Globe Theatre
The College Girls at Gaiety Theatre
A rich Hebrew and a wealthy Celt visit their college son and daughter and fall for the college widow who cannot marry a rich man. The plot follows the two papas as they scheme to shed their fortunes amid lively music dancing and comedy. Abe Reynolds Ed Rogers play the papas with Alta Phipps as the widow and Klara Hendrix Maurice Wood as the daughters.
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Gaiety Theatre
Abe Reynolds
Ed Rogers
View of peace pact from leading figures in 1916 campaign
Former Health Commissioner William H. Hayes sought candidate positions on the international peace movement and received replies from Speaker Champ Clark Governor Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Governor Judson Harmon Ohio and Senator La Follette stating their stand on the peace project.
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William H. Hayes
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Judson Harmon
Ohio
LaFollette
Hayes Letters Question Arbitration Policies for Presidency
Personal letters to likely presidential candidates ask which path to foreign policy they favor among three options. Washington style non entangling treaties, Taft style limited peace treaties with arbitration board, or Roosevelt style selective arbitration with reserved vital issues. Contents include Speaker Champ Clark’s reply stressing desire for world wide peace.
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Hayes
George Washington
Wiliam E. Taft
England
France
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Cordially Yours CHAMP CLARK Urges Non Entangling Alliances
A letter signed by CHAMP CLARK Speaker of the House argues against entangling alliances and keeping Europe out of American affairs. He asserts the U.S. should stay clear of European quarrels to remain friendly yet distant.
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Europe
America
Champ Clark
House of Representeetives
Governors Respond To Democratic Peace Treaty Positions
Letters from Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio and Senator LaFollette’s secretary John J. Hannan state that no official party position on the peace treaty has been declared. Wilson and Harmon say the party stance should be shown by Senate Democrats while LaFollette’s aide notes opposition to submitting internal disputes to arbitration.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Senate
Woodrow M. Wilson
Judson D. Harmon
Ohio
Judson Harmon
LafFollette
John J. Hannan
LaFollette
U.S
Window Upholsterers Demonstrate Parlor Rockers in Storefront
At the C. E. Osgood Company's warerooms 744 to 756 Washington street a large north window showcases upholstering of parlor rockers. Shoppers can watch the upholsterers at work and, as part of the sale, select coverings for their rocker and have it upholstered in the window.
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C. E. Osgood Company
Washington Street
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