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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1910
Page
6
Broadway season brings multiple shows to city stages. The Tremont premieres The Fortune Hunter, Hollis presents Love Among the Lions, Shubert hosts The Mikado with an all star cast, and The Gentleman From Mississippi plays at the Palace.
The farcical romance Love Among the Lions opened last night at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston. A English troupe led by A E Matthews provokes constant laughter through lion cage mishaps and a reworked marriage license in a circus setting.
The Mikado at the Shubert Theatre with Mme Fritzi Scheff in Yum Yum and Digby Bell as Ko Ko drew strong praise. Cast members H S Waterous Frank Rushworth William Danforth Arthur Cunningham Kate Condon Hattie Fox and Marie Rose supported along with a capable chorus. The production, running two weeks, ranked among the city’s best Gilbert and Sullivan pieces.
MaDell and Corbley staged a musical sketch “Summer Boarders and Some Are Not” at Scenic Temple to strong audience response. Hearn and Rutter impressed as singers and dancers. Josephine Knoll received a cordial reception. Illustrated songs and moving pictures were well received and instructive.
Last night Tremont Theatre presented The Fortune Hunter starring John Barrymore. The Boston audience enjoyed a clean, witty two act comedy with natural humor and strong performances from Barrymore Mary Ryan Forrest Robinson and the supporting cast. The production received praise for its originality, characterization, and restrained staging.
The Grand Opera House presented Polly of the Circus with Edith Speare as Polly. The production featured a circus tent scene on a grand stage and an elephant named Little Hip distributing programs. The cast and audience praised the performance, ahead of The Smart Set with S. H. Dudley and Ada Overton Walker to follow.
Daisy Harcourt at the Howard Atheneum drew crowds with English songs and a distinctive stage presence. The lineup featured The Rollickers burlesque show, Clem Bevins, Alice Maud Poole and a host of acrobats and comedians in a full evening of variety acts.
The park closes its best financial season as the zoological garden animals are in perfect condition. The theatre season ends, but the park stays open until Oct. 2 for visitors, and the restaurant will remain open for a couple of weeks for motorists.
High values and low prices mark the C. BE. Osgood Company clearance at 744 to 756 Washington Street. The five floor furniture store sacrifices profit across all departments with especially strong bargains in parlor furniture brass beds dining room sets carpets and rugs.
B F Keiths Theatre in Boston features the Herring Curtis aeroplane on stage for view by audience members after performances. The program includes Enchantment or the Phantom Groupings, Wilder with fresh European jokes, B A Rolfe on cornet, Hodge and company in Bill Blithers Bachelor, Clive and company burlesque magic, Wright and Dietrich singers, and Chassino with shadowgraphs.
The John Craig Stock Company revives The Bells of Haslemere at Castle Square Theatre after a Boston Museum debut. Frank Beresford as Mr Craig leads a brave English hero through dangers in America to win his love back in England with vivid English and American settings and a strong villain lineup. Next week they stage Francis Wilson's When Knights Were Bold.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre offers a lively vaudeville bill headlined by the Castel lucci Trio with popular selections. The three RusseHWs sing and dance, Rogers and Bumstead entertain, Eugene Davis performs gymnastics, Glen and Glen charm with comedy, Annie Ross delivers songs, and Scott and Williams appear in a vivid sketch.
Last night the Globe Theatre held a dress rehearsal of The Cub with Douglas Fairbanks set for his solo debut this evening The scene was supervised in town by William A Brady as patrons anticipated a smooth finished melodrama in the Globe performance tonight.
Audiences at Park Theatre filled to capacity last night for The Climax by Edward Locke. Ann Swinburne dazzled as Adelina Von Hagen, while Howard Lange Carney Christie and Thomas F. Fallon earned praise. Marie Doro returns to Boston next week in a new Gillette drama Electricity under Frohman management. Box office opens at 8 this morning for opening night seats.
Orpheum Theatre continues its policy of affordable vaudeville and moving pictures. The bill features Nible and Reilly grotesque dancing act Francesca Redding and her company in Honora Inez Lawson cornet performance Ripon ventriloquist Hill and Askerman Acrobats Pinard and Manny musical comedy Reta Redmond vocalist Verdin and Dunlop sketch Lucky Lucy and The Alvarettes. The new films are both comical and educational.
Charles Robinson's Crusoe Girls company opened a week long run at the Gaiety Theatre with large audiences. The bill included Miss May Belle and Ida Emerson, Lew Palmer, Thomas Barrett, and a travesty "Only a Volunteer." Robinson offered new stories and parodies, followed by Ida Emerson and Harry Hill in a comedy and song set. The Olio featured Joe Allen, George Clark, and a final "Cohen in China town" sketch with The Four Londons closing.
The La Belle Yuma troupe led by Prince Ayoob delivered a varied program yesterday at Austin & Stone's attracting nine audiences at the Museum. The show featured a large company of entertainers including women and men, illusion acts, dancing, singing, acrobatics, and a lineup of motion pictures.
The Colonial Theatre hosts a large crowd for a second week of The Arcadians with strong laughs and sharp contrasts. Frank Moulan as Simplicitas impresses as a 20th century Bunthorne, Julia Sanderson charms as Hileen, Connie Ediss nails the cockney Mrs Smith, and Percival Knight as Peter Doody. Ethel Cadman’s songs show a bright, pure voice.
The Columbia Theatre presented Billy Watson with Beauty Beef Trust two new burlettas Levi in Japan and The Bashful Venus. A 50 performer company including Lizette Howe Alice Gilbert Ida Walling Pat Kearney and John West entertained with lively humor and strong chorus. Manager Farren announced Barnes and Anderson for a middleweight New England title rematch and Friday features amateur sprinting on stage for prizes.
Crowds filled Waldron's Casino yesterday for Fred Irwin's entertaining burlesque Uncle Sam, Jr. Led by Larry McCaler, the cast includes Will Mahone Joe Brady Billy Marr Major Laird Lester Pike and Allen Evans with Margaret Bennett guiding the girl act. Revere and the Ashner sisters also supported the vaudeville production and the six English Romas delivered a standout feature.
Thomas A. Wise and company opened last evening at the Majestic Theatre with A Gentleman from Mississippi. The star trip features Wise and William Deming in place of Douglas Fairbanks. Beverly West returns as ingenue as Boston audiences welcome the new two week engagement.
Boston theatre patrons enjoyed another week of The Round-Up at the Boston Theatre. The company is among the best seen here with each actor engaging strongly. The battle scene draws the crowd with louder gunfire and cheers, and the engagement is limited, suggesting the piece may not return soon.
Daniel King, 57, of 12 Rena Street Brighton, was arrested after allegedly threatening to set fire to a dwelling owned by John J Fitzgerald at 10 Rena Street Brighton. The incident followed Fitzgerald ordering King to vacate on the evening of September 16.
Readers with stomach trouble are urged to try Diapepsin a 50 cent case, claim it digests heavy meals in five minutes relieves heartburn belching gas and nausea and even purports to cure a family of such troubles without laxatives. The ad emphasizes harmlessness affordability and constant availability.
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