You Never Can Tell Delights Tremont in Shaw Comedy
Edward Crosby notes strong crowd response to George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell at Tremont Theatre inaugurating Arnold Daly's second week. Cast includes Daly as Valentine, Miss Chrystal Herne as Gloria, Findley, Marinoff, Baume, Moore, Mitchell, Ober, Urquhart, and others delivering witty satire on modern society and 20th century manners.
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George Bernard Shaw
Tremont Theatre
Arnold Daly
Valentine
Gloria
Dolly
William
Crampton
Ar Baumer
McGomas
Percival T. Moore
T. Valentine
Ceeeese
Mr. Bohun
DodSon Mitchell
Erd Clandon
Robert Howard Ober Mihiam
Sohn Findley
Clandon
Isabel Urquhart
Chrystal Herne
Tally Clandon
Fanny Marinoff
Eda Bruna
Daly
Herne
Raina
Edward H. Crosby
Sergeant Brue at Hollis Street Theatre
Charles Dillingham presents Sergeant Brue at Hollis Street Theatre with Frank Daniels in the title role. The London musical farce delights audiences with strong singing by Lisa Lehman and a witty, fast paced cast led by Daniels, amid lavish sets and costumes and popular reception in Boston.
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Charles Dillingham
Hollis Street
Sergeant Brue
London
Boston
Brue
Frank Daniels
Bobby
Lisa Lehman
Julia Frary
Lady Bickenhall
Dearie
Maud Earle
Charleworth Meakins
Shepherd King shines at Colonial Theatre with Wright Lorimer
Wright Lorimer stars as David in The Shepherd King at the Colonial Theatre for a third week. The production draws strong crowds with dramatic battles tender friendships and regal stage splendor. Box office announces opening of Charles Klein's Daughters of Men for next Monday.
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Colonial Theatre
David
Wright Lorimer
Lorimer
Jonathan
Saul
Palestine
Jerusalem
Endor
Charles Klein
Lost 14 Hours farce delights Bijou Theatre crowd
The John Craig company offered a bright Farce Lost 14 Hours by Tremayne and Fuller with brisk action and witty dialogue. Craig as the pious fraud drew hearty laughs alongside Mac Larnie as Dick Swift, Berkeley as Mrs Dacre, and an array of standout comic turns from Ryan, MacDonald, Young, Riker, Humphrey, and Beck. Next week the troupe performs Why Smith Left Home by George H. Broadhurst.
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BIJOU
John Craig
W. A. Tremayne
Logan Fuller
Miss Young
Milly
Miss Riker
Mr. Humphrey
Mr. Beck
Smiley
Smith
George H. Broadhurst
Kathleen Mavourneen Headline at Theatre Comique
The Theatre Comique at Scollay square presents Kathleen Mavourneen in 17 scenes with a full cast and effects praised as the best show since opening. Also shown is The Jailbird, with entertainers Ben Ritchie Maurice Poscellian and others performing illustrated songs and instrumental numbers.
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Theatre Comique
Scollay Square
Kathleen Mavourneen
Ben Ritchie
Maurice Poscellian
Thomas Bullock
Joseph Lindie
H. J. Law
Grace Mordaunt
Lillian Morrell
Katherine Hawkins
Helen ““Usley
Italian Play La Traviata Delights Hub Theatre Crowd
The Hub Theatre filled with an appreciative audience for La Traviata presented by Signor e S. Minciotti and his Italian company. Minciotti starred as Armand Duval with convincing infatuation. Signora Pia Perez-Picciotto charmed as Camille with touching performance.
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Camille
Majestic Theatre Opens Two Week Run With The Press Agent
Peter F Dailey and his Melodious Company present The Press Agent at the Majestic Theatre for two weeks. The show is a lively musical comedy praised for Dailey and Lyons and featuring Isabel Hall Kate Condon and La Belle Blanche. The plot follows Silas Fosdick’s bid to control nitrate beds in Concarne prompting a South American expedition and comic clashes.
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Majestic Theatre
Peter F. Dailey
Peter Dailey
Toby Lyons
Boston
Isabel Hall
Dolly Dashington
Kate Condon
la Belle Blanche
Theodore Friebus
Charles H. Bowers
Joseph Allen
Charles Seagrave
George E. Romain
Bert Snow
Silas Fosdick
Concarne
South America
Lion and the Mouse draws packed crowd at Park Theatre
The Lions and the Mouse encore wowed a full house at the Park Theatre last evening. Arthur Byron and Gertrude Coghlan receive strong applause while supporting players Kilgour Lipman Duncan Lee Thorne Shayne Mortimer Curry Mason also shine in a production praised for its appeal across audiences and improved running.
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Park Theatre
Arthur Byron
Gertrude Coghlan
the Lion and the Mouse
Boston
the Park Theatre
Joseph Kilgour
A.S. Lipman
Malcolm Duncan
Edward Lee
Grace Thorne
Edith Shayne
Mabel Mortimer
Ada Curry
Eliza Mason
Lexington Park Pleasure Ground Opens Daily Near Boston
A scenic trolley outing at Lexington Park offers rural scenery a large zoological garden pine groves and many free attractions. The grounds will be open daily until 6 p m for the rest of the month.
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Boston
Rip Van Winkle at Boston Theatre With Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson stars as Rip Van Winkle in a two week Boston Theatre engagement. Critics praise his close imitation of the late Joseph Jefferson and the play's humor and pathos. Miss Fyolliot Paget portrays Gretchen with grace while I. L. Walton and others fill a strong supporting cast.
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Thomas Jefferson
Boston
Rip van Winkle
Mr. Jefferson
Elijah
Elisha
Joseph Jefferson
Fyolliot Paget
Gretchen
I. L. Walton
Russell Bassett
Earl Wistern
Walter 8. Howard
Dudley McCann
Robert Brown
Loretta Francis
Nat M. Wills
Mark F. Swan
George H. Nichols
India
Happy Holmes
Mr. Wills
Carrie Thomas
Madeline Grey
Reuben Haskins
Charles W. Udell
Delia Stacy
Angelina Pettijohn
Joseph Eggenton
Lal Chunder
Moreley Peake
Ram Dass
Victor Strong
Millar Bacon
Miss Thomas
James Vincent
Herbert Dalton
Anita Zom
Clyde Fitch
Eugenie Blair
Castle Square Theatre Opens With By Right of Sword
Castle Square presented By Right of Sword to an audience that praised the cast led by Howellansel. Miss Freda Lasche and Miss Laura Lang gave strong performances as the Russian heroine and Countess Paula. The Bowdoin Square Theatre offered The Fatal Wedding with Howard Wilson as the central clubman and Guy Durrell as the plotter, supported by Wilmer Walter and a full company.
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Castle Square
Howellansel
Elfreda Lasche
Laura Lang
Paula
John Waldron
Johnson
Herr Weber
Hull
Sardou
Gismonda
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Adventuress
Howard Wilson
Guy Durrell
Robert Curtis
Wilmer Walter
Harry Brooks
Edwin Denison
Annette Marshall
Gertrude Binley
Alice Thornton
Florence Hale
Frank Wright
Curtis
Lyceum Theatre Presents Weber & Rush Parisian Widows Travesty
The Lyceum Theatre hosts Weber and Rush's Parisian Widows travesty company this week with Snitz Moore Lee Hickman and Sam Brooks in key comic roles. Curtain raiser Tutti Frutti deemed meaningless while Rose Jeanette and Madge Coleman shine in burlesque numbers. A burlesque minstrel piece and various skits cap the program with The Village by the Sea as the closing burletta. Next week the New York Stars are announced.
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Weber & Rush
Lyceum Theatre
Snitz Moore
Lee Hickman
Cowboy
Lifesaver
Sam Brooks
Rose Jean
LeClair
Hart
Baltimore Beau ties at Columbia Theatre delight crowd
Charles E. Taylor's Baltimore Beau ties drew a full house at Columbia Music Hall last evening. The program opened with Fun on Tucker's Farm and featured Bissett and Winters, Kennedy and Evans, Victoria Sawtelle, Gladys Sears, Les La Roses, Phil Doyle, Mont Howard, and a Whirlie Girlie act. Next week the Show Girls will stage Dopey Dan in a three act farce.
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Charles E. Taylor
Baltimore
Columbia Music Hall
Tucker
Bissett
Winters
Kennedy
Evans
Wall Street
Victoria Sawtelle
Gladys Sears
Les la Roses
Phil Doyle
Mont Howard
The
Columbia
Dopey Dan
Palace Theatre Burlesque Acts Featured This Week
Rentz-Santley company headlines at the Palace Theatre with Forty Minutes From the Bowery a Laughable Night's Pleas ure and The Squaw Man's Wife. Nina Bertolini and Jean Darrow lead a handsome burlesque cast including Dalton and Darrow and Murry Livingston with high class travesty acts and a cycling Zanoras.
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Rentz-Santley
Palace Theatre
the Bowery
Burlesque at the Howard Boasts 40 Act Stars in Boston
The Howard presents a full burlesque bill led by Marie Rogers and Marie Yale with 40 pretty performers under Violet Mascotte. Dzira the famed dancer debuts in Boston alongside Transatlantic Four and a slate of vaudeville stars, comic acts, moving pictures, and novelty routines.
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Keith’s
Nora Bayes
Nat Haines
Bill Biffins
Baby
Cressy 2Nd Dayne
New England
Mme. Bertholdy
Cartwells
Brown
Harris
Werden
Gladdish
Dudley
Cheslyn
Burns
Charles
Fitzgerald
Butler Haviland
Violet Mascotte
Dzira
Boston
Transatlantic
Bowers
Walton
Crocker
Finlay and
Burke
George H. Wood
Diamond and Smith
Fields
Hanson
Ader
Kenney
Hollis
Grand Opera House thrills with western melodrama
A packed Grand Opera House audience enjoyed a fast paced Western play filled with gunplay stagecraft and make believe Indians. Paul Burns impressed as a comedic Jew and the show featured a popular song encore. Next week presents Secrets of the Police.
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Grand Opera House
Paul Burns
Old New Hampshire
the Police
Austin and Stone's Museum Delights Immense Audience
A bustling crowd filled Austin and Stone's Museum yesterday with a variety show slate. Fielding demonstrated underwater feats and drowns. the Shawletts presented oriental acts. the Victor brothers showcased bag punching. Topp's Black Hussar Orchestra and Till's Marionettes drew praise alongside a snake charmer. The theatre featured new minstrel costumes and songs with standout numbers by Mildred Elsa and Maxwell. Ida Campbell and Maxwell revived their popular skit to triumph, while Leonard and Bastedo and Farrell and Leroy impressed with music and acrobatics. Carrie Scott performed striking body gyrations in physical culture presentations.
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Austin & Stone
Curio Hall
Fielding
Shawletts
Victor Brothers
Topp
Black Hussar Orchestra
Till
Mildred Elsa
Erla
Musette
Miss Majeuine
James Maxwell
Gettysburg
Ida Campbell
Maxwell
Leonard and
Bastedo
Farrell
Leroy
Carrie Scott
Commonwealth Price Change Noted on News Stands
The Commonwealth lists a news stand price of 5 cents and a yearly subscription of 2 dollars. The notice marks a shift in how readers access the publication and sets an annual rate for subscribers.
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Greater
Boston
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