Brilliant Opening of Globe Theatre Opens Two-Week Run
Seeley stars as Captain Lewis in John Ermine of the Yellowstone at the New Globe Theatre. Cast includes Albert Perry Carl Ahrendt E L Duane and Ann Warrington with Arthur Welds music intermezzo The Sun Picture. After last nights show a supper for 20 was hosted by Mr and Mrs Hackett with notable guests.
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Union Club
Boston
Herbert Hale
William Brooks
Guy Murchie
Miss Donald
W. B. Taylor
Edward Gray
Charlotte Walker
Forbes
Louis EB. Shipman
Frederic Remington
Victor Mapes
James Elverson, Jr
Nicholas Biddle
John Fox
Edward H. Crosby
Miss Petticoats Opens at Boston Theatre With Many Roles
The Boston Theatre presented Miss Petticoats by George T. Richardson from Dwight Tilton’s novel. The cast featured Kathryn Osterman as Agatha Renier and Frank La Vernie as Captain Joel Stewart with a long lineup of supporting players. Critics praised the production’s continuity, music by Cole and Johnson, elaborate costumes, and a novel finale that defies expectation, drawing strong audience enthusiasm during two weeks.
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Miss Petticoats
George T. Richardson
Dwight Tilton
Boston Theatre
Agatha Renler
Keens
Kathryn Osterman
Joel Stewart
Frank la Vernie Artemas Slickersley
Frederick G. Hearn
Phineas Sykes
Charles R. Burrows Hank Donelson
Frederick L. Power
Ralph Harding
Joseph Manning OO
Lawrence Griffith
Archibald Greenacre
Milton Dawson
Robert Worth-Courtleigh
John T. Nelson
James Anderson
Aubrey Beattie
Horatio Atherton
Julian Noa
Philip Dalzell
John F. Risser
Harry Armstrong
J. H. Montgomery
Sarah Copeland
Agnes Worden
Lucy Worth-Courtleigh
Josephine Victor Tilly Donelson
Hank
Martha Conway
Frank la Vernie
Nellie Nevins
Elsie Willard
Susie Brent
Mary Keogh
Richardson
Uncle Terry
Agatha Renier
New Bedford
Countess Forway
Agatha
Guy Hamilton
Joseph Manning
Marie Cahill Stars in Musical Farce at Hollis Street Theatre
A large Hollis Street Theatre crowd witnessed Marie Cahill in her Boston debut as a star. Her comic timing and dialect songs drew praise even as the piece Nancy Brown offered a modest vehicle for her talents. The review notes Cahill’s strong stage presence and questions the show’s suitability for her gifts.
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Marie Cahill
Hollis Street
Nancy Brown
Ballyhoo
The Silver Slipper opens at Colonial Theatre in summer heat
The Colonial Theatre hosted the city premiere of The Silver Slipper last night. A large cast led by Henry Bismarck Hensch and Sam Bernard showcased songs dances and witty stage business amid lavish Venus inspired costumes and a champagne chorus. The plot centers on a college professor and the visit of planetary maidens from Mars and Venus as they seek a lost silver slipper, provoking a lively chorus and comic turns from Bernard Welch Tyrrell and Scott.
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Colonial Theatre
Henry Bismarck Henschs
Sam Bernard
Victor Shallamar
Budd Ross Berkeley
Cveecesvsceeves
Cyril Scott
Donald Gregor
Welch
Erie
John Ardisonne
Bella Jinper
Laura Clement Wrenme
sAnn Tyrell
Gordon Polo
Frances Gordon Susette
Alice Lessing
Sekaca
Venus
Earth
Joseph Welch
You
Ann Tyrrell
Budd Ross
Sir Victor Shallamar
Laura Clement
Bella Jimper
Carolyn Gordon
Frances Gordon
Brenda
Lottie Williams Shines in Only a Shop Girl at Music Hall
Lottie Williams drew large audiences at Music Hall with a year’s absence’s reappearance in the four act comedy drama Only a Shop Girl. She charmed as Josie a street waif, sang and danced to applause, aided by a strong company including DeVere Kirke Jolly and others. The production runs all week with matinees and stage receptions on Wednesday to Friday. next week features Selma Herman in The Charity Nurse.
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Lottie Williams
Music Hall
Miss Williams
Josie
Boston
Eva Arlington
New York
Harry T. DeVere
Frank J. Kirke
Edward Jolly
Arnold Alexander
Bobby Barry
Mabel Wright
Lillian Alexander Harris
Iona Chamberlin
Nellie Maskell
George Cooper
Majestic Theatre Enjoys Strong Attendance for Girls Will be Girls
The Majestic Theatre entertained a large audience last night as counter attractions failed to deter the crowd. The show Girls Will be Girls drew laughs with witty jokes and catchy songs, while the pretty girls received applause. The cooling plan kept patrons comfortable, and the performance marked the second week of its run.
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Majestic Theatre
Gpp
Eight Bells at Grand Opera House Delights Audiences
The Bryne brothers star in Eight Bells a panto mimic comedy at Grand Opera House praised for strong features and lively acrobatics. The John Byrne troupe performs in act three with tumbling and posing as statuary. Next week offers Happy Hooligan.
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Eight Bells
Bryne Brothers
Grand Opera House
John Byrne
Prince of Pilsen Closes Boston Run at Tremont Theatre
Gloucester residents attend the Tremont Theatre closing week crowd for The Prince of Pilsen. The Boston run ends as producer Henry W. Savage shifts to The Yankee Consul with Raymond Hitchcock. The cast features John W. Ransone Hobart Smock Polly Guzman Helena Frederick Lau ra Denio Jeannette Bageard Zella Frank Joseph Doner Victor Morley Ivar Anderson.
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Boston
Tremont Theatre
Gloucester
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Savage
Henry M. Blossom, Jr
Alfred G. Robyn
Raymond Hitchcock
Dodo
Hobart Smock
Polly Guzman
Helena Frederick
Edith Adams
Laura Denio
Nellie Wagner
Jeannette Bageard
Sidonie
Zella Frank
Jimmy
Joseph Doner
Francois
Victor Morley
Ivar Anderson
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents The Day of Judgment
The Bowdoin Square Theatre delighted audiences with The Day of Judgment a melodrama featuring twin brothers one a minister and the other a villain. Wilmer Walter and Willard Masons excel in lead roles with strong company support as Evelyn Selbie Corinne Cantwell Florence Hale and Marguerite Haviland. The production runs a week with daily matinees and discounted afternoon prices for ladies.
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Bowdoin Square
Lothrop
Andrew Fane
Myland Fane
Willard Blackmore
Wilmer Walter
Robert Clare
Will Phillips
Dennis
Butler Haviland
Carl Fey
E. Uv. Denison
D. L .Gaylord
Thomas Russell
William Harris
Lawrence Merton
Charles Sterns
Evelyn Selbie
Corinne Cantwell
Florence Hale
Marguerite Haviland
A Great Game opens at the Hub Theatre with lavish cast
The Hub Theatre hosted the city premiere of William Bonelli’s American melodrama A Great Game. A large audience saw the story span New York Sierra Nevada Algiers and the Great Wall with a full cast led by Jack Meredith and William S. Flagg. The production runs all week with matinees and leads to The Little Church Around the Corner on Monday.
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Hub
William Bonelli
New York
Sierra
Nevada Mountains
Algiers
Great
Chinese Wall
Jack Meredith
William S. Flagg
Dick Harper
J. Louis Ungerer
Clarence Vernon
George Rosener
Levi
Arthur A. Klein
Red Ike
Charles EB. Maclay
Mr. Hastings
Walter Lawrence
Oscar
Edward Raymond
Sam _ Collins
Charles
Adaims
Mike
George Johnson
Pete
Henry Wetmore
Gssef
Frank Wilson
Chin-Tee
William Wilson
Yum-Yum
Florence Ungerer
Marion
Alice Victors
Daisy
Mattie Butler
Edith Mastings
Adelaide W. French
Nadya
Running for Office at the Boston Park Theatre
A hot day prior gave way to a cool Park Theatre interior where a large audience gathered to watch the Boston engagement of the four Cohans in Running for Office. The show continues into its second week amid favorable audience reception and the ongoing saga of the newlywed couple and their past marriage history.
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Park Theatre
Four Cohans
Boston
Cohan Family Delights Boston Audiences at Park
The Cohan family delivers brisk comedy and high spirited dancing in a two act show at the Park. Jerry and Helen Cohans charm with refined humor while their children George and Josephine excel as lively performers. The piece features Mr Morgan as a memorable song moment and strong stage chemistry all season.
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Cohans
Boston
Park
Museum
Jerry
Helen
George
Josephine
Mr. Morgan
Francis Wilson Opens at Columbia Theatre in Erminie
Francis Wilson appears as Cadeaux in Erminie at the Columbia Theatre on September 28 backed by a strong cast of well known comedians and singers led by Sam S and Lee Shubert.
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Francis Wilson
Columbia Theatre
Messrs
Sam 8S
Lee Shubert
Mr. Wilson
Cadeaux
Paulton and Jacobosky
Erminie
Virginia’s Honeymoon Opens at Castle Square Theatre
The first production of the modern society comedy adapted from a German tale features Boston personalities Virginia Atherton and Jack Creighton in a love triangle with Christopher Vail. Cast highlights include Lillian Lawrence as the heroine, with strong turns by Isabelle Fletcher and Cordelia Macdonald. plot centers on Creighton’s courtship, Vail’s temptations, and a Cuba-bound resolution.
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Charles Ross
Castle Square Theatre
Back Bay
Jack Creighton
Christopher Vail
Virginia Atherton
Boston
Creighton
Vail
Natalie van Orden
Cuba
Lillian Lawrence
Mary Sanders
Emily Harding
Isabelle Fletcher
Gertrude Berkeley
Lady Beresford
Cordelia Macdonald
Lowell Fenway
Mrs. Fenway
William J. Hasson
M. la Fontaine
Louis Thiel
Keith's Theatre dazzles with Ned Wayburn minstrel revue
A crowded Keith's Theatre audience enjoyed Ned Wayburn style minstrel numbers featuring a lively group of young women. Gardner Crane and wife Mrs Crane starred in a twin brothers sketch with mistaken identity while Herbert Brookes wowed with a rapid escape from a locked box. Mine Coakley John McBride Tom Browne and Miles Nevarro provided strong dance and comedy acts alongside Albanos quartet and bioscope reels.
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Ned Wayburn
Keith
Roses
Gardner Crane
Mine Coakley
Coakley and
Huested
John McBride
McBride and
Goodrich
Howard Atheneum Review Highlights Faust Trio and Variety Acts
The program features Victor Jerome Lottie Fremont and Dick Garnella as the Faust trio with strong opening presence. The Haunted Mill sketch by uwney, the Leslie brothers duo, Kelly and Reno acrobatics, and Howard and Harris travesty Adventures of Happy Hooligan anchor a lively show. James and Bonnie Farley contribute The Messenger Boy, McIntyre and Rice offer Brannigan and the Leading Lady, Benn Hunn performs coon acts, Cunningham and Lord dance, and Will McDermott appears.
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Howard
Victor Jerome
Lottie Fremont
Dick Garnella
Faust
Uwney
Leslie Brothers
Kelly
Reno
Howard and
Harris
James
Bonnie Farley
McIntyre
Rice
Comedietta
Brannigan
Benn Hunn
Burlesque Variety Bill at Howard's Banner
A lively burlesque show headlines with James Weitzel and the Hiltonics among acts, plus new cineograph pictures. The program features a burletta titled For a Decision with Clara Adams Emma Krause Lillian Taylor Allie Vivian Kitty Hartford Nellie Hartford May Belmont and others in the cast.
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Sousa
James Weitzel
Hiltonics
Kennette and Patterson
Clara Adams
Emma Krause
Lillian Taylor
Allie Vivian
Kitty Hartford
Nellie Hartford
May Belmont
Lillian Beach
Tillie Cohen
Rose Riley
Lily Riley
Lillian Keeley
Lottie Hurley
Jessie Stewart
Dainty Duchess and New Musical Comedies Shine at Lyceum
The Lyceum Theatre reports excellent shows and packed houses again as Weber presents the Dainty Duchess. New musical comedies A Day and a Night and Mistakes Will Happen open and close the program with witty lines and lively songs. Cast includes Williams, Adams, the Monte Carlo millionaires Frye, Allen, Evans, Hayes, Suits, Jordan, Harvey, Miss Idylla Vyner, and a large chorus of Broadway show girls. The production is praised as one of the best seen locally.
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Weber
Williams and Adams
Frye
Allen and Evans
Hayes
Suits
Jordan and Harvey
Idylla Vyner
Thor
A Trip Through Ireland festival adds lively Irish dances
Austin and Stone present a new Irish festival feature with challenge dances by pretty colleens and dancing gossoons for prizes including a gold ladies watch and a $60 silver-mounted meerschaum pipe. The program boasts new dances like reels and tilting with a 40 person grand barndoor reel finale. Notables include Professor Hutchings and Hortense Duclos amid a vaudeville lineup.
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Ireland
Austin & Stone
Professor Hutchings
Mile
Hortense Duclos
Reiss
Koppe
Melburns
May Bryant
Higgins Brothers
Maud Harris
Marlowe
Plunkett
Beatrice Kennette
Murray and
Silver
Alice Thornton
McKeever
Landry
Eddie Guigere
Floretta
Dancing Queen
Palace Theatre Burlesque and Vaudeville Review
A Palace Theatre program features Fay Foster burlesquers with The Dancing Missionary a bright three act musical comedy. It showcases a large cast, lively music, and numerous musical numbers. Vaudeville highlights include Terry Elmer and company dancing, Cosmopolitan Trio singing, Crawford sisters performing, Cunningham and Smith comedy, Constance Windom with versatile singing, Professor Crane the Irish Wizard, and Mosher and Mosher performing bicycle tricks and sleight of hand.
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Palace Theatre
Fay Foster
Dancing Missionary
Terry, Elmer and Company
Crawford Sisters
Cunningham
Smith
Constance Windom
Lawrence Crane
Mosher
Houghton
Savannah Quadroons at the House Delight Audiences
The Savannah Quadroons, a colored performers company, headline this week with popular songs, strong solo and chorus work, and skilled buck and wing dancers. The Dexters premiere The Silent Transmission of Thought to broad acclaim, Landry the comedy acrobat, and Walter Wentworth the famed contortionist headline dignified acts. Alva Salvini's all star variety company also performs in the theatre with a roster of named acts. Friday is amateur night.
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Savannah
Landry
Walter Wentworth
Alva Salvini
O’donnell Brothers
Kittie Garon
M. F. Bartlett
Lu West
Dolly Perkins
Nancy Hutchings
Viola Gray
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Rankin
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Bey
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Mara Mustapha
Julius Steger Socrates Finis
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Alf
Grant Vanderhyphen Jenks
Roy Atwell
Fromage de Brie
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Henry Vogel
Worcestershire
George J
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Cahill Muriel
Clara Palmer Princess
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Donah Benrimo
John Jenks
Porkopolis
Helen Sherwood
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Josephine Karlin
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Molly
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Maud Francis
Ruby Paine
Louise Egner
Prreer
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Beatrice
Flint Orly
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Miss Brown
Miss Brown-Howard
Dolly
Doavee
Ethel Hoag
Cahill
Clara Palmer
Julius Steger
Prince
George Boniface, Jr
Alf. Grant
al Leech
Hollis ST. Theatre
F. Brown
Franklin St
Brooklyn
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
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Howard Atheneum
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Oxford
Weber & Fields
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Louis Evan Shipman
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Tone
Francis Gerar
Arbert Brookes
Brown and Nevarro
Pixley & Luders
ED Nielo
Geo. M. Cohan
Oc Teleatre
CHAS
Frohman & Rich & Harris
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Mgrs
John C. Fisher
Hollis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Amiafrie
Daniel V. Arthur
American League
Huntington Ave
Ladies’ Bay
Cleveland
Wright & A
Washington St
Cohen's Cigar
Summer St
Meg Shoe Store
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Halifax
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PLU
Charlottetown
School St
Lewis Wharf
Atlantic Ave
J. A. Flanders
E. H. Downing
Wiajestic
E. D. Stair
A. L. Wilbur
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Matinee
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Nvantasket Beach
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Cape Cod
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Atkins Paine
Bowdoin
Citar
London
Lawrence McCarty
Great Company Mats
Castle Sinestre
Tremont St
Tremont
Music Hall Arcade
Castle Sq. Theatre Dramatic Stock Co
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Ename
Shannon
Stone's
Ducios
North Shore
Cape Ann
City of Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
Merchant
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co
Savannah Quadroons
Alva Salvini's Variety & Specialty Co
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