The Defender Returns to Columbia in Fresh Cast
The Columbia opens its season with The Defender, refreshed and entertaining. Emma Carus, Clara Lavine, Tobey Claude, Lotta Faust, Charles Wayne, Will Armstrong lead a new Boston cast in this revived comedy with added music. The production showcases strong performances and clever staging, promising a long, successful run.
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Columbia
The
Defender
Emma Carus
Jack Orchard
Clara Lavine
Jessie Canvas
Tobey Claude
Hilda Shipton
Lotta Aust
Millie Canvas
Charles Wayne
Pinkie Winkerton
Will Armstrong
Sir Thomas
Boston
Miss Carus
Mr. Wayne
Arta
Lotta Faust
Millie
Mr. Armstrong
Alexander Clarke
Sam Keno
Mr. Clarke
Miss Elaredge
Gilbert Clayton
Ivory D. Squeers
Edward H Crosby reviews theater at Boston Theatre engagement
A contemporary review praises the cast led by Annie Etheridge and William Walcott for a Boston Theatre production featuring Josie the Bowery waif. Lottie Williams shines in a song and dance, with a dramatic elevator rescue drawing loud applause. Den man Thompson company returns for four weeks starting Monday.
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Gramme
Josie
Lottie Williams
Annie Etheridge
Arthur Thornton
William Walcott
M. B. Streeter
Robert W. Smiley
George Cooper
Eugene la Rue
Theodore Lytell
Ann Singleton
Sears
Denman Thompson
Boston Theatre
Aida Opens Tremont Opera Week With Savages Company
The Tremont Theatre closes its English opera season with Verdi's Aida. Adelaide Norwood stars as Aida with strong ovations amid Marion Ivell as Amneris and Joseph Sheehan as Radames in superb form. Ample chorus, orchestra, and scenery accompany a well-received Nile scene.
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Tremont Theatre
Nile
Amneris
Marion Ivell
Carmen
Joseph Sheehan
Rhadames
William Paull
Francis J. Boyle
J. P. Coombs
Maude Ramey
Charles Fulton
The King of Detectives opens at Grand Opera House
The King of Detectives with Lawrence Hascall in the title role opened last night to an immense Boston audience at the Grand Opera House. The melodrama features airship stunts in act three and a dramatic courtroom climax as justice prevails. Strong performances by Hascall and Lydia Dickerson, with praise for Madelein Lackes and W F Canfield, mark the show as a likely long-running engagement.
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Laurence Hascall
Grand Opera House
Boston
Mr. Hascall
Lydia Dickerson
Madeline Lack
Only a Shop Girl Romantic Thrill at Boston Hall
Local at the Boston Music Hall sat through a new season play titled Only a Shop Girl. The drama billed as a late New York romance drew theatergoers and offered a brisk, diverting spectacle with urban themes.
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Boston Music Hall
New York
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Australia The Secret Nugget
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers Australia adapted from The Secret Nugget featuring strong performances by Jeffie Tilbury as Porgy Patchett and E. D. Denison as Michael Patchett. Frank Camp shines as Horace Bickensee with supporting work from Chesley Vaughn Fey Philips Gaylord and Merton. Jenny De Haan contributes songs as a successful interpolation. One week only with daily matinees. Next week shows Human Spiders.
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Australia
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Antipodes
Jeffie Tilbury
Porgy Patchett
E. D. Denison
Michael Patchett
Frank ©. Camp
Horace Bickensee
Herbert Chesley
William Vaughn
Carl Fey
E. R. Philips
D. I. Gaylord
Lawrence Merton
Charlotte Hunt
Louise Randolph
Miss Tilbury
Jenny de Haan
Mr Potter of Texas shines in local drama run
Last evening's performance drew a large audience as Lillian Lawrence led the cast as Lady Annerly and Izetta Jewel charmed as Ethel Lincoln. Mary Sanders enacted Ida Potter with clever American flair, while John Craig impressed as Sampson Potter of Texas. Cast member notes include James I Seeley as Baron Lincoln and John Samolis as B. Sydney Van Cott. The show runs only for the week with Catherine to follow from France starting Monday.
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Mr. Potter
Texas
Lillian Lawrence
Annerly
Izetta Jewel
Ethel Lincoln
Mary Sanders
Ida Potter
Alexia Durant
Martin
Sampson Potter
John Craig
James I. Seeley
Baron Lincoln
George E. Mack
Arthur Lincoln
Thomas Maclarnne
Charlie Errol
Edward Wade
Ralph Errol
John Sampolis
B. Sydney van Cott
John T. Craven
Brackett
Scotland Yard
Catherine
Corse Payton Rejoins Boston Stock Company in Peaceful Valley
Corse Payton returns to play Hosea Howe in Peaceful Valley at the Park after a brief absence. He is warmly welcomed by patrons and delivers an original, breezy student waiter portrayal, with Una Abell Brinker as Virgie Rand and a supporting cast including Walter Wilson, Cliff C. Storch, George B. Berrell, Lizzie Morgan, J. W. Girard, Claude Payton, Joseph Redman, Marguerite Fields and Minna Ferry. Next week My Kentucky Home debuts, followed by a revival of Jim the Penman.
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Corse Payton
Boston
Hosea Howe
Peaceful Valley
Payton
Sol Smith Russell
Walter Wilson
Ward Andrews
Cliff C. Storch
Jack Farquhar
George B. Berrell
Jotham Ford
Lizzie Morgan
Phyllis Howe
J. W. Girard
Claude Payton
Joseph Redman
Marguerite Fields
Minna Ferry
Kentucky Home
Jim the Penman
Around the World in 80 Days Opens Closing Week at Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre crowd enjoyed Bolossy Kiralfy’s Around the World in 80 Days in a closing week run. The show features Nakahira’s palace with intricate scenic and musical effects, Orisha Worden’s Nakahira welcome, and a grand second act ballet by eight lively British girls.
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Boston
Bolossy Kiralfy
Nakahira
Orisha Worden
Hawtrey Dramatic Triumph At Boston Museum
Charles Hawtrey stars in A Message From Mars at the Boston Museum drawing large crowds and praise. The review highlights Hawtrey’s natural performance as Horace Parker, the striking dramatic material, clever rapid costume changes, and strong supporting players Miss Belmont Miss Bartlett and Messrs. Thorne Stephenson and Playfair.
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Mars
Boston Museum
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Playfair
Queen Fiammetta Opens Second Week at Hollis Street
Julia Marlowe headlines the Hollis Street Theatre as The Queen Fiammetta enters its second and final Boston week. The capacity house was taxed, with Marlowe called repeatedly before the curtain for admirers. The drama is well staged with first rate company including Worthing, Davenport, Robertshaw, Kingdon, Fraser, Lovers, Burt, Rowland, Huddlestone, Wilson, and Oliver amid lavish scenery.
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Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Marlowe
Hollis Street
Frank Worthing
Edgar L. Davenport
Jerrold Robertshaw
Francis Kingdon
B. Lovat Fraser
William Lovers
Frederick Burt
Ellen Rowland
Margaret Huddlestone
Katherine Wilson
Olive Oliver
Vaudeville lineup features Macarte sisters and famed acts
Ed Latell and a cavalcade of stars headline a Howard bill with the Macarte sisters, Hill and Silviany unicycling feats, Hayes and Healy in The Ringmaster and the Circus Rider, Burke brothers and Wise Mike, Cart’s dogs and monkeys, Donovan the King of Ireland, Lillian Shaw, Mme Flower the Bronze Melba, Al and Mamie Anderson, Teed and Lazell, Joe Flynn, the Drummer Quartet, Charlie Banks, the Allyns, Marion Blake, Frazier and Peterson, Al Burton, Bailey and Bailey, and Nellie De Veau among others.
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Ed Latell
Hayes and Healy
Burke Brothers
James B. Donovan
Macarte Sisters
the Howard
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Healy
Wise Mike
Professor Macart
Lillian Shaw
Mme. Flower
Mamie Anderson
Howard
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Lazell
Joe Flynn
Charlie Banks
Allyns
Marion Blake
Frazier and Peterson
al Burton
Bailey and Bailey
Nellie de Veau
Buck
Dog and Monkey Circus
James Donovan
Mine
Mamie Flower
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Devil's Daughter at Grand Theatre Delights Crowds
A three act entertainment weekly bill featuring Clarence Wilbur Patsy Boliver and Flo Jansen with a chorus of named performers. The Grand Theatre presents lavish scenery costly dressing and high art living pictures in a vaudeville extravaganza likely to draw full houses all week.
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Grand Theatre
Clarence Wilbur
Patsy Boliver
Flo Jansen
Madge Woods
Hattie Fox
Lilian Hathaway
Isabel Allen
Florence Green
Bertha Montague
Lillian Nelson
The Soldiers of Fortune at Colonial Theatre Ends Week
An audience enjoyed The Soldiers of Fortune at the Colonial Theatre as it begins its second and closing week. Robert Edeson displays his dramatic skill with Helen Burg providing strong support amid a capable company. Bertha Galland will headline next, with Notre Dame in a fresh production from Daniel Frohman featuring Oswald Yorke Frank C Bangs and others.
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Colonial Theatre
Robert Edeson
Helen Burg
Mr. Edeson
Boston
Notre Dame
New York
Daly's Theatre
Daniel Frohman
Wallace Worsley
George Barbier
Foster Lardner
Keith's Vaudeville Delivers Broad Appeal with Fresh Acts
A large Keith's audience enjoyed an all round show featuring new acts led by the Miles Stavordale quin tet whose vocal imitation impressed, Maurice Alburtus and Jessie Millar in club juggling and cornet, Will Cressy and Sam Elton among others, with Capell’s riding and animal training drawing strong reception.
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Miles Stavordale
Boston
Maurice Alburtus
Jessie Millar
Will Cressy
Bill Biffin
Sam Elton
Barrys
Dick Jose
Tom Moore
Marinellas
Fraulein Capell
Austin & Stone's Variety Delights Morning and Afternoon Shows
A diverse program at Austin & Stone's offered entertainment for all ages with features focused on women and children. The lineup included Florador troupe, The Haunted Canopy, Lillie Lester, Coyle sisters, Jennie Coleman, Vervallans, Howards, Huber, Cuban jugglers and illusionists, Georgia Gems, McKeever and Santry, Clarke and Floree, Addie Millward, Moran sisters, and more in hourly performances. Prominent musical figures attended as audiences, with both popular and classical music echoing throughout the day.
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Lillie Lester
London
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Jennie Coleman
Vervallans
The
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Huber
Clrac
Lara
Georgia Gems
McKeever
Santry
Clarke
Floree
Addie Millward
Rosey Riley
Moran Sisters
McIntyre
Primrose
Annie Southard
Wonder
Bellmore
Coco
Carroll
Lacy
Dunn
Wilsons
Faccenda
Trans Atlantic Burlesquers Open Week at Palace Theatre
The Trans Atlantic Burlesquers opened a week at the Palace Theatre with two large audiences. James Dooley led a curtain raiser The Sunny South and presented a lively musical act. Fred Bulla Lillian Raymond and the trio Dunbar Sisters entertained with sketchs singing and dancing. The company also featured blackface routines and aerial acts ending with On the Yu Con an expansive finale by Lillian Raymond and Lottie Lewis.
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Palace Theatre
James Dooley
Fred Bulla
Lillian Raymond
Dunbar Sisters
Bickel
Watson
Dooley
Fowley
Zeno
Carl
Ed Lee Wrothe
John J. McCowan
Blanche Davenport
Airy Grove Club
Lottie Lewis
Nickelodeon features thrill at Walker's popular house
Enthusiastic crowds enjoyed a rich program at Manager Walker's venue in Boston. Acts include Bartino the iron jaw man, Aboo the Turkish soldier, Selim Cid the card manipulator, Young Saxe a boxing demonstration, Nellie Cameron the paper queen, and Wheeler and Wilson’s colored entertainers. The theatre stagehosts Nickelodeon favorites Nina Hartford and others who returned from a state tour, with amateurs added Friday night.
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Walker
Bartino
Aboo
Selim Cid
Young Saxe
Boston
Nellie Cameron
Wheeler
Nina Hartford
Kitty Palmer
Nellie Buckley
Gertie Zola
Tina la Roux
Loraine
Smith and Lewis
Howard Atheneum Show Leads With Macarte Sisters
The Howard Atheneum bill nears its peak as the three Macarte sisters headline a lineup that also features Hill and other acts, delivering a standout performance this week.
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Howard
Macarte Sisters
Hill
Lyceum Theatre vaudeville review of Rice and Barton
Lovers of vaudeville enjoyed Rice and Barton in a big spectacular extravaganza at the Lyceum Theatre. The program featured a score of pretty girls, comedians with lively stunts, and dainty singers and dancers. The show opened with Brown Among the Daisies and closed with the farce Raiding the Tenderloin starring Barton, Rice, Vyner, and the company.
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Lyceum Theatre
Rice
Barton
Charles Barton
Mascagni Opera Season Set for Boston Music Hall
The Mascagni Opera season at Music Hall is fixed for November 3 4 and 5 with his company. Repertoire includes Cavalleria Rusticana and Zanetto Monday and Wednesday matinees Iris first time in Boston Tuesday evening Ratcliffe Wednesday evening Subscription sale opens October 2.
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Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Zanetto
Iris
Boston
The Heart of Maryland at Grand Opera House
The Heart of Maryland comes to the Grand Opera House next week with a largely reorganized company and many prominent artists. Alma Kruger leads the cast, succeeding Mrs. Leslie Carter in the role of Maryland Calvert, delivering immediate popular and artistic success.
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Heart of Maryland
Grand Opera House
Alma Kruger
Leslie Carter
Maryland Calvert
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