Boston Theater Sees Thomas Jefferson Shine in Rip Van Winkle
The Boston debut of Thomas Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle drew large crowds and earned praise for his own merit surpassing expectations of living up to his father Joseph Jefferson. The cast included Bangs, Fuller, Western, Francis and Duncan with strong support shaping a two week engagement. Edward H. Crosby notes the initial reception, special guests, and upcoming engagement of The Old Homestead starting Oct 9 with seat sales next Monday.
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Rip van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
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Jef
Jefferson
Derrick von Beekman
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Rip
Thomas
Frank C. Bangs
Ethel Fuller
Earl Western
Cockles
Lauretta Francis
Meenie
Malcolm Duncan
Heinarich Vedder
Cleveland
Party
Clévéland
Edward H. Crosby
Castle Square Theatre presents Under the Red Robe in Boston
The Castle Square Theatre offered the romantic drama Under the Red Robe from Weyman last evening. John Craig led Gil de Berault with Lillian Kemble as Renee de Cocheforet, and Charles Wyngate impressed as the Marquis de Pombal. The company featured strong performances from Spottiswoode Aitken, John Waldron, Willard Howe, Marion Ballau, and others. The play runs this week only before The Royal Box opens with John Craig as Clarence and Wyngate as the Prince of Wales.
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Castle Square Theatre
Stanley Weyman
Eatre
Louis XIII
Cardinal Richelieu
John Craig
Gil de Berault
Lillian Kemble
Renee de Cocheforet
Charles Wyngate
Leah Winslow
William McVey
Hub Theatre Debuts Popular Vaudeville Second Week
The Hub Theatre showcases a strengthened vaudeville bill with Feldman’s musical acts, Harry La Marr’s Widow Bedott impersonation, and a praised cameragraph feature. Performers include Harry Green with illustrated songs, Manvene and I, Dale and Rossi, Dutch comedians, and the Golders, with higher crowd confidence after a strong opening week.
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Messrs. Koufand Rer
Waa
Casey Theatre
Feldman
Harry la Marr
Widow Bedett
Harry Green
Manvene and I
Dale
Rossi
the Golders
Maid and the Mummy Returns to Colonial Stage
The Colonial revives The Maid and the Mummy by Richard Carle and Robert Hood Bowers this week. The burlesque features seven choruses and a strong cast led by Mark Lane Adele Rowland and May Boley with audience-ready songs and fancy scenery as Philadelphia favorites bring the production to town. The show runs through this week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday and seats go on sale at 3 this morning.
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the Colonial
Richard Carle
Robert Hood Bowers
Washington Stubbs
Cece Escceseteveseneee
Mark Lane Bolivar
Elisha Dobbins
E A. Heane MacSwat
Stanley Murphy
Don Romero de Cabanos
Flo
Edward Groh
Michael McGovern
Bowery
T. J. Normoyle
Flo Dobbins
Adele Rowland Trixie Eve Mm
May Boby Astoria Dobbins
Rose Walker Muggsy
Wee Janet Priest George
Earle Dewey
Weve
Ces Ccccevcv
Vevvces
Daisy Johnstone
Mark Lane
Stubbs
Curio Dealer
Adelé Rowland
Rose Walker
Janet Priest
Polly
Fred Warren
Tokio
Philadelphia
Japan
Grand Opera House Presents Fast Life in New York Melodrama
Last night at the Grand Opera House the melodrama Fast Life in New York depicted the lives of the rich and powerful and the fight for justice led by Maude Irving played by Frances Cameron Rose. John Drew portrayed her protector with Julian Rose delivering strong dramatic lines as Sammy Ikenstein alongside notable support from Alexander Leonard and May Noble. The four act, 12 scene production by A H Woods showcased nighttime New York settings from Chinatown to Herald Square and the Subway Tavern. Next week the bill features More to Be Pitied Than Scorned.
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New York
Grand Opera House
Metropolis
Maude Irving
Frances Cameron Rose
John Drew
A. St. Clair Evers
Julian Rose
Sammy Ikenstein
East Side
Mr. Rose
Alexander Leonard
Harry Welch
Frederick Smith
May Noble
A. H. Woods
Chinatown
Herald Square
Guy Standing
Canfield
Palace Theatre Presents New York Stars In Week of Burlesque
The Palace Theatre hosts the New York Stars this week with Society Swells and Bast Does It burlesques. Herbert Simon, Will F. Collins, J. D. Russ, Bobby Raymond, Victor Jerome and others perform with Catherine Taylor leading a strong feminine cast and a bustling chorus. The straight vaudeville features Campbell Caulfield Irish comedy, the Faust trio acrobatic Haunted Castle, Raymond and Clark rapid dialogue, and the Majestica musical corps delivering a top tier number.
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Palace Theatre
New York
Bast
Messrs
Herbert Simon
Will F. Collins
J. D. Russ
Bobby Raymond
Victor Jerome
Frank
Walter Terrill
Harry Campbell
Ward Caulf
Catherine Taylor
Bostonians
Empire Theatre Delivers Bright Revival of All the Comforts of Home
The Empire stock company presented William Gillette's All the Comforts of Home to a large audience with strong comic performances. Edwin Nicander and Elmer B Swart received praise for their roles and staging, while Mary Hall Gertrude Berkeley Olive White Mary Sanders Flora Bowley added charm. Next week the troupe offers the satirical comedy A Message from Mars at popular prices.
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Empire Stock Company
William Gillette
Elmer B. Swart
Edwin Nicander
Tom McDow
Howell Hansel
Alfred Hastings
Tom
William Evarts
Theodore Bender
Frank Losee
James Seeley
Christopher Dabney
Francis Byrne
Victor Smythe
Mary Hall
Fifi
Gertrude Berkeley
Josephine Bender
Olive White
Rosabelle
Mary Sanders
Evangeline Bender
Flora Juliet Bowley
Emily Pettibone
Mars
Majestic Theatre Presents Edmund Burke at Boston Stay End
Chauncey Olcott stars in the new romantic drama Edmund Burke at the Majestic Theatre during its final Boston week. The production features lullabies and Celtic wit with strong supporting turns by Miss Phillips Verner Clarges Harlam and Browning.
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Edmund Burke
Theodore Burt Sayre
Chauncey Olcott
Majestic Theatre
Boston
Mr. Olcott
Olcott
Bis
Miss Mary
Miss Phillips
Verner Clarges
Lord Nugent
Mr. Harlam
Messrs. Jarrett
Greenleaf
David
Ogle
Miss Browning
Burlesque At Columbia Draws Largest Audiences Of Year
A Columbia theatre crowd filled the house for a burlesque plus vaudeville program headlined by moving picture of the Britt Nelson fight and the Innocent Maids burlesque acts. The show featured Wise Mike and a lineup including James B. Mackie Mrs James C. Marcus John F. Burke Markie Moran Eugene Jorge Aleen and Hamilton De Onzo and Elliott Lida Dexter and others in acts.
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Columbia
Britt Nelson
New England
Wise Mike
James B. Mackie
Hoyt
James C. Marcus
Alvin Joslin” Company
John F. Burke
Markie and Moran
Eugene Jorge
Aleen and Hamilton
de Onzo
Elliott
Lida Dexter
Henry and Hodges
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents A Gentleman Burglar
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers A Gentleman Burglar a five act sensational drama about a clever thief who loses to virtue. The cast features Charles Miller Thad Gray Edwin Denigan and Brion Ruckert with Annette Marshall Jern Foster and others delivering strong performances. A matinee is planned daily with bargain prices for ladies. Next week showcases Northern Lights starring Charlotte Hunt after Hearts of Gold.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Price Theatre
Lothrop Stock Company
Charles Miller
Messie
Henry Alexander
Wilmer Walter
Charles Wheelock
D. L. Gaylord
Brion Ruckert
Pearl de Sousier
Annette Marshall
Jern Foster
Northern Lights
Charlotte Hunt
Metropolitan
Park Theatre Succeeds With His Grace de Grammont
Otis Skinner shines as the French chevalier in Clyde Fitch's romantic comedy at the Park Theatre. Helen Ware and Marion Abbott spark clever court flirt scenes while the garden wooing and lute songs elicit audience laughter and applause.
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Grace de Grammont
Park Theatre
Clyde Fitch
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
de Grammont
Hamilton
Helen Ware
Marion Abbott
Gracie Grammont
the Park
Globe Theatre Presents Breaking Into Society Farce
The Globe Theatre showed Breaking Into Society a three act musical satire with a large cast led by Major Mike O'Donovan Sam Morton Paul Morton Clara Morton and Grace Belmont The story centers on a railroad strike the walking delegate and a budding romance amid a Newport society reception The show features songs like Daughters of the Regiment Columbia s Colleen The Weather Girl and Circus Queen and will be followed by The Sign of the Cross next week at matinee on Monday
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Globe Theatre
Mike O’donovan
Sam Morton
Jack Montague
Paul Morton Alleen
Clara Morton Margaret
Kate Ronen
August Montague
Graveres
James Coo
Conreid Hammerschmidt
Ford Sterl
Reginald Carlyle
P. Gayer
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Smiley Fokseant Clark
Aileen
Montague
Newport
Mortons
Kitty
Paul Morton
Clara
Ford Sterling
Conreid Hammersmith
Harry Hearn
Ecklin P. Gayer
Reggie Carlyle
John H. Smiley
Grace Belmont
Trixie Gibson
Senorita
Columbia
Colleen
F. W. Smith
Marcus Superbus
The
Globe
Hollis Street Theatre Lingers On Heir to the Hoorah Run
The Hollis Street Theatre completes its run of The Heir to the Hoorah with strong laughs and spirited performances. The cast includes Guy Bates Post and a notable Japanese valet along with Lamson Lucas and a leading quartet of women. Next week Kyrle Bellew stars in Raffles with a top supporting cast, in a two week engagement limited by Bellew’s final season.
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Hollis Street
Europe
Guy Bates
Ernest Lamson
Wilfred Lucas
Jane Peyton
Nora O’brien
Louise Rutter
Louise Morewin
Kyrle Bellew
Raffles
Liebler & Co
E. M. Holland
Frank Connor
Clara Blandick
Paul Armstrong
Olcott to stage first professional matinee at Majestic
Chauncey Olcott presents his new four act Irish drama Edmund Burke at the Majestic this afternoon. Boston showcases include Thomas Jefferson, Guy Bates Post, Otis Skinner and many leading companies from the region attending with special trains from Providence.
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Majestic Theatre
Edmund Burke
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
The
Colonial
Guy Bates Post
Mrs. Post
Hollis
Gertrude Quinlan
Edwin Holt
Edgar Davenport
Frances Ring
College
the Tremont
Otis Skinner
Joseph Buckley
the Park
Four Mortons
Globe
Julian Rose
Fast Life
New York
Grand Opera House
Wright Lorimer
Shepherd King’ Company
Providence
European Sensation Burlesquers at Lycéum Theatre
The Lycéum Theatre featured the European Sensation Burlequers with impressive costumes, scenery, and lighting. Principal acts include Ford and Dot West, Nellie Bert and Gussie Vivian as the female drummers, Keno Welch and Montrose as acrobats, plus the Spracker brothers as dancers. A cyclonic sketch by Tom Morrisey and Anna Rich provided light amusement, while the touring company recently returned from Europe.
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Lycéum
Ford
Dot West
Mies Nellie Bert
Gussie Vivian
Keno
Welch
Montrose
Tom Morrisey
Anna Rich
Spracker Brothers
Constant Headache Solved by Catarrhal Powder
A testimonial cites instant relief from a severe headache after one application of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. The ad promotes the product as quick, safe, and sure, claiming it cures nasal congestion and head pain reliably.
The Collq ze Widow at Tremont with Large Theatre Party
An unusually large theatre party attends The Collq ze Widow at Tremont tonight as 800 delegates to the druggists' convention sit in the orchestra. The sixth week of the engagement shows rosy prospects with several weeks more before a tour. Seats are selling quickly four weeks ahead and many reservations come from nearby cities as the run ends in Boston.
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the Tremont
Boston
Ade
Virginian comes to Majestic Theatre for week long run
Dustin Farnum stars in the stage adaptation of Owen Wister's novel The Virginian at the Majestic Theatre for one week starting next Monday. News notes that the play is a book adaptation with scenes and characters presented wholesomely. Seat sales begin tomorrow morning at the Majestic Theatre.
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Majestic Theatre
Owen Wister
Dustin Farnum
Pope Aims Catholic Party in Italy to Seek Parliamentary Role
Rome reports Pope Pius X plans to unite Italian Catholics into a single party to send representatives to Parliament and aim for a Catholic parliamentary center in the Italian Chamber. The move mirrors structures in the German Reichstag and Belgian Chamber, though the Pope discourages political Catholic groups in Britain and Italy.
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Italy
Rome
England
Chamber of Representatives
Keith's Theatre Shows Military Octet And Burlesque Acts
A diverse Keith's Theatre program features a military octet with two women in costume and the baton girl performing across three scenes in Russia Siberia India and the US boys in blue with popular airs. Highlighted acts include Miss Lydia Knott's company A Wall Street Battle and Gillette's musical dogs while Cressy Dayne Chassine and the Piroscoffis provide laughs and tricks. The kinetograph presents color steel making and the melodramatic Rescued by Rover.
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Royal Fusiliers
India
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E. B E. Rose
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London
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Blocksom
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Klekko
Fravoli
Il Trovatore
Will M. Cressy
Blanche Dayne
Chassine
Cressy
Dayne
Squire Tappan
Miss Dayne
A. M. Barry
Jack
Gilda Cannon
Rover
Lowell Claims. N Y Prisoner Frank Carlton Held On Vagrancy Charge
Frank Carlton a 40 year old man claiming Helena Montana residence was remanded in 1000 bail in a Brooklyn court on vagrancy charges with a grand larceny count expected from Lowell Massachusetts authorities. He was arrested after Frank Morrell of 68 Division avenue said he is the prisoner’s uncle.
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Frank Carlton
Helena
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Mass
Carlton
Frank Morrell
Division Avenue
Kid Nelson tops crowded Walker’s Musem wrestling show
The Casey crowd packed Walker's Museum yesterday with ticket sales suspended at times. Kid Nelson, weighing 185 pounds, easily defeated multiple opponents proving his champion status. The program also featured Fielding in his tank act and a humorous singing contest. Hartford and Campbell staged The Earl of Woonsocket in a Lunatic Asylum with Bert Warren as the bogus earl and 16 supporting performers.
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Casey
Kid Nelson
Hartford & Campbell
Fielding
Nelle Hartford
Ilene Campbell
Earl of
Auto Hits Horses Then Flees in Worcester Street
A large touring car struck two horses drawing McIntosh's express on Worcester street injuring both animals. The windshield shattered but no other damage appeared. The car fled the scene. the owner is unknown.
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Wellesley
Worcester Street
McIintosh
S Express
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