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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1901
Page
5
A compact review notes performances titled Monday Night Bills and Sag Harbor along with additional plays. The piece highlights creative staging and the authors involved, signaling a local theater showcase.
Mary Mannering debuts in Boston as Janice Meredith with Edward E. Rose's dramatization at the Colonial Theatre. The production draws crowds, critics note Mannering’s stage presence outweighs limited opportunities, and supporting cast including Walter Hall and H. S. Northrup contributes humor and pathos. Aillon of Money follows with Pudd’nhead Wilson promised next week.
The Boston Theatre audience last night watched Sag Harbor with George Woodward as Captain Dan Marbles. He delivered a rapid, lively performance that drew praise, complemented by Crystal Herne and Mrs. Sol Smith in key roles, and a strong supporting company including Franklyn Ritchie, John Dean, Mollie Revel, Billie Deaves, Wallace Jackson and Claire Kulp.
Rose Coghlan stars in her version of Charles Reade's Peg Waftington at the Grand Opera House. The audience praised her artistic portrayal as a top comedienne with strong supporting work by Louis Massen William Bilton and a capable company. The Triplet children Miss Emily and Mary Burroughs drew poignant moments and next week Charles McCarthy appears in One of the Bravest.
Last night the Castle Square Theatre opened Henry Pettitt and Augustus Harris new play A Million of Money. The cast featured Harry Dunsteble as the army officer hero and Major Belgrave portrayed by Edmund Breese, with James A. Keane and others delivering stage business in a nine scene drama.
Bowdoin Square Theatre drew crowds as a popular price house with two sellout shows for The King of the Opium Ring. E. D. Denison leads a strong cast including Bert Lyton and E. Philips, with vaudeville numbers by Hanson and Newell and Ralph Gonzales. Next week Alvin Joslin brings new features and Dailey wit, backed by Mae Lowery Ada Lewis and others.
Miss Allen delivers a superb Dolores in Lorimer Stoddard's In the Palace of the King at Hollis Street Theatre. The six scene drama holds audience rapt as Miss Allen and an excellent company deliver regal scenery and costumes with matinée showings on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Last evening marked the start of the closing week of The Penitent at the Park Theatre with Edgar L Davenport in a dual role. Nankeville's company delivers solid performances as crowds praise the dramatic showcase. The engagement ends Saturday night with a new act following on Oct 7 titled Up York State for one week, then Oct 14 Clyde Fitch's The Marriage Game with Sadie Martinez in the star role in Boston.
Marguerita Sylva headlines The Princess Chic at Tremont Theatre with a large audience return. The operatic light comedy, praised for melody, dramatic power, and stylish costumes, features an eight or nine member principal cast and a strong chorus. Notable soloists include John Dunsmore, Thomas Leary, Walter Lawrence, Frederick Knights, Edward Metcalfe, Neil McNeil, Dorothy Hutting, and HAna Floyd. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday draw steady patronage.
The production starring Champagne Charley and Peter F. Dailey opened last evening at the Boston Museum during the closing week. The show features sharp dialogue lively wit and a strong third act praised as better than the first two. overall the performance showcases a capable company despite some sour notes.
A man returns from vacation with a new idol in mind and Wolf's Clothier promotes fall suits for men. Striped Worsteds, Black Cheviots and Unfinished Wor steds priced from 7.50 to 20 dollars. Money back if not satisfied. Cor Hanover and Portland Streets.
Boston residents return to town to enjoy Edward E Kidder's Sky Farm a comedy set in Massachusetts. Charles Frohman funds lavish production with cast including Forrest Robinson Frank Losee Clarence Holt Frank Monroe and others as seats go on sale for the first Boston showing at the Museum.
Morrison's Grand Theatre presents Side Tracked a week of merriment with a murder plot a traveling company and a pretty lunch counter girl the tramp hero Willie Dunlay shines as Charles Mercer musical numbers and lively acts boost the show daily matinees and a choice program continue throughout the week.
Boston Music Hall presented the one act Japanese American musical comedy Miyo San to a warm reception. Performers Laura Denio and Florence Tyler impressed as Miyo San and Gwendolin Van Rensselaer with strong singing and engaging stage presence. The vaudeville segment showcased duo Keno Welch and Melrose, xylophonist Adelmann, and a parade of comic and acrobatic acts culminating with Gilbert's trained goats and others. The troupe closed with vivid views of President McKinley’s funeral cortege.
American audiences misunderstand much of the London music hall humor. Katherine Bloodgood, not fully recovered from a cold, sang Nevins’s Rosary better than many vaudeville vocalists. Dick and Alice McAvoy’s sketch shows humor and pathos, Kennedy and Quatrelli juggle as clever clowns, Baer’s orchestra previews King Dodo, and a biograph funeral of President McKinley is shown.
Audiences enjoy a second week of hearty laughs at Keith's with a varied program. Walter Hawley and Pro Irwin shine in Caught With the Goods, while Stuart Barnes draws laughs as a monologist. The bill also features a Venetian dance, a concluding drill, and European acts Lorene and Levar, though the opener quartet falters.
Crowded houses attest to Howard Theatre's success as Charmion returns for a second week after a sensational first week. The program features Toby Lyons, Tom Crowley, the Mosher trio, Galey and Mamie Grant, the Namba Japs, Glissandos, Kelly and Adams, De Muths, Sullivan and Pasquelena, Cecilia Quartet, Robbins and Trennaman, Tanakas, Norrisses, Eddie Giguere, Ed Cannon, Burnham and Phillips, and Punchinello pantomimists with Sinbad the Sailor burlesque.
The Mascotte burlesquers announce their last appearance of the season. The troupe plans a closing show with familiar acts and special performances, inviting patrons to bid farewell to the popular troupe.
An audience packed Austin and Stone's Museum for a wrestling show starring Muldoon and Roberts's international wrestlers with sixteen nations represented. Japanese stars Warabuh Hakaiwa and Tara Yamada drew praise with the jujuita display, while vaudeville acts and theatre stars filled the program. Amateur night is announced for Friday evening.
Thousands flocked to the Nickelodeon house yesterday to see the Hebrew convention act presented by manager Walker. The ensemble, led by Mannie Worth, included a 12 piece band and featured Hebrew impersonations with strong encores. Other acts included Bahio the contortionist and Lafonde among many notable performers.
The Lyceum Theatre opened with The Blue Bloods at Paris a matinee bill previewing gay Parisian life. The show features Gauteville artists as headliners and closes with a burlesque based on an “Ean Toy,” delivering a lively blend of comedy music and color.
At the Palace this week the Imperial Burlesquers under Harry Williams Jr present two musical reviews Our Lady or The Proxy Widow and On to the Front. The 25 member company features Harry Stewart Barton and Ayshley James Tenbrooke Blanch Newcombe Carmody Corena Gila Edna Arline and Charlotte tes with a lively mix of jokes songs and parodies creating a festive atmosphere for patrons.
The article notes ongoing interest in Paul Revere trolley journeys along the Lexington Concord Waltham area during autumn and winter. Visitors enjoy electric tours despite chilly days, with cars passing through towns like Lexington Woburn Bedford Concord Junction Billerica and Lowell. After viewing landmarks at Lexington Green travelers may walk to the old burying ground housing monuments to Rev John Hancock and Jonas Clarke, ministers of the eighteenth century.
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