A Scarlet Sin Captivates Bowdoin Square Theatre Audience
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented the melodrama A Scarlet Sin to a capacity crowd with performances of nearly four hours in the first act and a shorter night show. The plot spans South Carolina before the war to Texas, with love, betrayal, murder, and a living image of a dead officer. Cast members included Burton Caswell played by Mr. Blackmore and Atlanta Ainsley by Miss Hunt, with Nellie Folks and Harry MacDonough delivering standout comic and musical moments.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jay Hunt
Lothrop Theatres
South Carolina
Burton Caswell
Horace Fairfield
Texas
Mr. Blackmore
Miss Hunt
Atlanta Ainsley
Mr. Denison
Dr. Ainsley
Bill Phillips
Neil Dutton
Miss Hale
Mammy
Susan
Butler Haviland
Sampson
Sykes
Harry MacDonough
Mr. Sykes
Nellie Folks
Josie Intropodi
Harry Kelly
Sallie Fisher
Crosman Stars in Globe Theatre Revival of As You Like It
Henrietta Crosman opened a brief Globe engagement in As You Like It delivering a charming Rosalind with warmth and intelligence. The cast included John Malone as Jacques and Barton Hill as the Duke, with Crosman praising her own work in a midperformance speech.
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Henrietta Crosman
the Globe
the Colonial
Globe Theatre
Miss Crosman
Rosalind
John Malone
Jacques
Barton Hill
Duke
Addison Pitt
Oliver
Maude Winter
Celia
Bessie Baldwin
Audrey
Charles Richman
Captain Barrington
Globe
Boneh St
Proprieto
Ts Mats
Tonitg Sr Mat
Somorrow
Shakspere
The Billionaire at Colonial Theatre reviewed
Jerome Sykes starred in The Billionaire at the Colonial Theatre last evening. The critique labels the musical farce as a third rate Western style production lacking plot, novelty, strong singing, or sparkling costumes and notes Sykes has little chance to shine.
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Colonial Theatre
Jerome Sykes
Harry B. Smith
Gustave Kerker
Mr. Bykes
Spectator
A Hot Old Time at Grand Opera House Delights Crowded House
The Grand Opera House hosts A Hot Old Time a fresh farce with new scenery costumes and songs. Notable cast includes Eddie Weston Lottie West Gomonds and the Nelson trio among others with matinees today Thursday and Saturday.
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Grand Opera House
Mooney
Eddie Weston
Lottie West Gomonds
Nelson Trio
John Mec- Mahon
Eddie Collins
J. Joseph O'Meara
Gussie Nelson
Leola Maye-Allen
E. L. Franconi
H. C. Browning
Pearls of Oak at Music Hall Enchants Audiences
The famous James Herne drama Pearls of Oak continues this week at Music Hall after a yesterday premiere. James Horne leads an excellent company with Bernadine Risse as Chrystal and Lillian Kirby as a charming child, among others. Joseph Murphy the famed Irish actor joins the bill next week.
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James Herne
Music Hall
James Horne
Horne
Bernadine Risse
Lillian Kirby
Albert G. Wahle
J. Leonard Clarke
Herbert Jones
E. F. Cochran
James Brown
John Williams
Mabel Leslie
Helen Kirby
Joseph Murphy
Trish
Virginian in Boston Debut Delayed to Thursday Night
Kirke LaShelle's company of 32 arrived in Boston to rehearse the Virginian dramatization by Owen Wister. Dustin Farnum will star as the Virginian with Nannette Comstock in the leading female role. The Majestic Theatre will host the first Boston presentation on Thursday evening, with tickets on sale and existing last night seats usable.
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Kirke LaShelle
Boston
Mr. LaShelle
Owen Wister
Mr. Wister
Majestic Theatre
Nannette Comstock
Quincy Adams Sawyer Opens Second Week at Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre stage welcomes Quincy Adams Sawyer for its second week. Severin De Deyn shines in the title role, delivering a blend of gentle humor and touching moments. The play blends love stories with light pathos, maintaining steady audience appeal through its renewed popularity.
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Quincy Adams Sawyer
Boston Theatre
Severin de Deyn
Tremont Theatre Acts to Close Boston Run Soon
Raymond Hitchcock stars in The Yankee Consul at Tremont for a four week run starting Oct 19. Flora Zabelle Rose Botti Eva Davenport and others headline a lavish production with brilliant scenery and a popular song In the Days of Old. The Howard presents a large vaudeville burlesque bill including Loop the Loop by Florence Brockway and many notable acts.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Flora Zabelle
Rose Botti
Henry W
Savage
Boston
Mr. Savage
Tremont
Mr. Hitchcock
United States
Papinta
Eva Davenport
Jacques Kruger
Harry Fairleigh
Henry Brown
Hubert Wilke
Parker Coombs
Sally McNeel
the Howard
Tom Eck
Zeno
Carl
Dillon Brothers
Sailor
Barbaretto
Tom Eckous
Baileys
Marion Sawtelle
Pierce and
Maizee
Major Sisters
Fox and Ward
Dwyers
Burkhart and Berry
Casper and Hayes
Darktown
Davis
Walker
Cineograph
Burlesque
Dot Davenport
Vivian's Papas proves popular at Park Theatre in second week
Park Theatre extends run of Vivian's Papas under Rich and Harris with John C. Rice and Thomas A. Wise starring. Elizabeth Tyree shines as Vivian in a fresh role. Annie Russell set to appear October 12 in Mice and Men with Mrs. Gilbert in the company. tickets on sale at 8 this morning.
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Vivian
Park Theatre
Rich & Harris
John C. Rice
Thomas A. Wise
Elizabeth Tyree
Boston
Charles Frohman
Annie Russell
Miss Russell
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Hollis Street Theatre opens with Julia Marlowe in Fools of Nature
Julia Marlowe began the Hollis Street Theatre's second week in H. V. Esmond's Fools of Nature. She portrays Martin, a fashionably titled woman tempted from her ideals, with a splendid performance. The supporting cast and staging earn high praise for charm and execution.
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Julia Marlowe
Hollis Street Theatre
H. V. Esmond
Miss Marlowe
Martin
Mr. Esmond
Globe
HH. V. Esmond
Charles B. Dillingham
Castle Square Theatre opens with What Happened to Jones
At the Castle Square Theatre last evening the revival of George Broadhurst s farce What Happened to Jones amused a large audience. Howell Hansel led the cast with a rousing welcome and strong comic result. The company included Craven Wade Morison Lawrence Pletcher Riker Tihiel Webber Ber ker, with Iillian Lawrence and Isabellé Pletcher delivering standout turns. The show runs only this week with Lovers Lane to follow next Monday.
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Castle Square
George Broadhurst
Jones
Howell Hansel
John T. Craven
Whenezer Goodly
Edward Wade
Ballarat
Lindsay Morison
William Bigbee
Mary Sanders
Helma
Mortimer Weldon
Ricard Heatherly
John T. Webber
Policeman McGuire
Louis Tihiel
Cissy
Iillian Lawrence
Isabellé Pletcher
Minerva
Alice Riker
Marjorie
Cordelia Macdonald
Mrs. Goodly
Gertrude Berkeley
Lavinia
Dagzzler Farce At Hub Theatre Promises Laughter
Enthusiasts are urged to catch a performance of the farce comedy The Dagzzler at the Hub Theatre this week. Audiences can expect light humor and lively scenes in the afternoon or evening showings.
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Hub Theatre
Keith's Theatre Enjoys Halifax Band and Variety Act
A large Keith's Theatre crowd enjoyed the Fifth Battalion Band from Halifax performing tunes including Zampa and Yankee Doodle with audience standing for Star Spangled Banner. The bill also featured Bard brothers hand balancers Carl in Otto German comedians Lucille Joscelyn and Dooley with Eldridge replaced by James Francis Dooley, plus juggling and acrobatics acts.
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Keith's
Loadstone
Halifax
N. 8
Honourable Artillery Company of
London
Cooper
Bard Brothers
Carlin and
Otto
Rogers Brothers
Lucille Joscelyn
Cooper and Bailey
Coon
Eldridge
James Francis Dooley
Wilfred Clarke
Pelot
Crotty
Johnson
Davenport
Wlorella
Mme. Doherty
Poodles Delight Crowd In A Pet Show Display
A troupe of diminutive poodles performed tasks with evident pleasure delighting both young and old. The bio scope listing offered motion pictures that were alternately amusing and interesting, making the show well worth postponing other engagements to witness.
Lyceum Theatre Burlesque Delights Two Large Audiences
Casey Playhouse presented Clark's royal burlesque to large audiences with superb stage settings and elegant costumes. The program featured The King's Reception with 20 maidens, M J Kelly as a highlight, Miss Jaques singing Violets, Any Rags encore, Cocoanut Tree by Burg sisters, Bermuda and Breen jugglers, Rosalie singing, German comedians, La Vails gymnasts, and a laughing skit A Mixed Affair ending the show.
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Casey
Clark
Royal Burlesquers
M. J. Kelly
Miss Jaques
Kelly, Davis & Co
Austin and Stone's hosts English visitors at Filipino exhibit
The Austin and Stone's house drew Monday crowds including visiting London Honourables attracted by Boston's amusement landmark status. The Filipino exhibit led the day with diverse Filipinos presented by Senor Romando in uniform, while a Filipino orchestra performed native songs such as Aguinaldo's March, once banned in the islands. The event showcased various curios, theater acts, and a lineup of performers from Hathaway's tableaux to the Hen derson sisters and Dolly and Barney Flynn.
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Austin & Stone’s
London
Boston
Senor Romando
Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
Hathaway
Roscoe
Lew Mettler
Tallyho
Lewis and Delmore
Andrews and
Henderson Sisters
Franklin and Hayman
King and Jackson
Quinlan
Howard
Morgan and Crone
Melville
Azelle
Dolly
Barney Flynn
Erminie at Columbia Theatre Delights Boston Audiences
The Columbia Theatre enters its second week of Erminie with large crowds and strong praise. Francis Wilson delivers a witty Ca decaux performance, Madge Lessing charms as a favored partner, Marguerita Sylva sings well, and Jessie Bartlett Davis shines as the captain. The Gainsborough girls receive encores and the troupe’s chorus, scenery, and costumes impress. No Wednesday matinee is scheduled.
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Erminie
Columbia Theatre
Shubert Brothers
Boston
Columbia
Francis Wilson
Cadecaux
Madge Lessing
Gainsborough Girls
Marguerita Sylva
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Mr. Wilson
Vanity Fair at Palace Theatre Burlesque Vaudeville
Palace Theatre patrons will witness few if any better entertainments of burlesques and vaudeville than is presented this week by the Vanity Fair.
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Palace Theatre
Vanity Fair
Nickelodeon Extravaganza Brings Sterling Week of Acts
The management unveils a week long programme featuring JL. B. Walker's dancers in carded cake walks and dances, Maggie O'Brien and Li Washburn boxing novelty, Babbitt's midget minstrels, the Dexters illusion Pandora, Harddig the juggling comedian, and a pyramid of wonders. Blanche Hartford's all star company, amateur night Friday, and acts by Dorothy Dene, Happy Jack Gardner, Cook and Sylvia, Roger Imhoff, Hugh Conn, and Corinne in a sketch titled The Doings of Dr. Louder.
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Com- Nickelodeon
JL. B. Walker
Maggie O’brien
Li Washburn
Babbitt
Dexters
Harddig
Cutlo
Blanche Hartford
Annie Ross
Gertie Zola
Annie Martin
Ed Ayotte
Reilly
Hotel Waldorf- Castoria
Alio
Dorothy Dene
Happy Jack Gardner
Shannon
Brown
Cook
Sylvia
Mr. Cook
Roger Imhoff
Hugh Conn
Corinne
Dr. Louder
North Adams Fall Excursion To McKinley Monument Event
North Adams in the Hoosac Mountains offers autumn scenery as Boston travelers plan a special Hoosac Tunnel excursion Saturday Oct 10 to witness the McKinley monument unveiling. Boston & Maine train leaves at 8 30 a m with return at 4 30 p m from Hoosac Tunnel station. Tickets and sales points listed for City Ticket Office and Union Station.
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North Adams
Hoosac Mountains
Mt. Greylock
Hoosac
Berkshires
Taconic Range
Williamstown
Boston
Boston & Maine
Hoosac Tunnel
Wilmington
Deerfield Valley
City
Washington Street
Union Station
Waltham
Franklin Park
Scollay Square
Cliftondale
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Ida Marie Rogers
Ed West
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Virginian
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Howard Atheneum
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Austin & Stone
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Lucille Joecelyn
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Fairyland
Jim Key
Johnstown
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U. S. Gov
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India
Sam
Lee Shubert
Tremont Eves
Comic Opera
Jennie Weathersby
Sig. Perugini
Consta
Jessie Barnett Davis
Albert Parr
Ricks
Wm. Broderick Company
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Henry W. Savage
Greg Hitchcock
Yankee
Consul Tree
A. G. Robyn
H. M. Blossom
Castle Textre
Tremont St
Tremont. Branch
Music Hall Arcade
Oxford
Castle Sq
Imatic Stock Co
People’s Choral Union
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Tremont Temple
Matinee
Ray
Jane Kennark
Evening Institute
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boylston St
Geo. W. Mehaffey
Lawrence McCarty
Miles
Entertainments
Chas. Frohman
Lessens & Managers
Aus
Ricoh & Harris
John Came
N— Vivian
Elizabeth Tyre
Colonial
Klaw &Erlanger
Daly’s Theatre
New York
Harry B. Smite
Gus Kerker
Rices
Geeneere
Ollis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Saugus
Mass
Teel
Ladie BO
Hitchings
Majestic
Kirk LA Shalue
Owen Wiste Ie
Charles Rich
Capt
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HUB Ladies
Washington & Dover Sts
Heart OF Chicago
Meek Eatree
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