Rip Van Winkle at Colonial Theatre Delights Crowds
Joseph Jefferson stars in Rip Van Winkle at the Colonial with a strong supporting cast. The Boston Bowdoin Square stock presents a capable cast led by Jefferson and Chesley, with Starlight the Indian girl earning praise. A matinee runs daily and next week features A Night in Chinatown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Camp
Bowdoin Square
Sydney Sherwood
Mr. Chesley
Colonel Gray
E. D. Denison
Hugo Dare
BE. R. Philips
Dan Horton
Wiliam Vaughn
Grey
Carl Fey
D. L. Gaylord
Joseph Shea
Robert Gillis
Frank Pierson
James Levering
Charlotte Hunt
Dorothy Dunbar
Louise Randolph
Corinne Cantwell
Miss Cantwell
Starlight
Chinatown
Colonial Theatre
Joseph Jefferson
Rip V Winkle
CRICK
Bowdoin
Waikine
Zeffie Tilbury and the Stock Co
Northern Lights
Lohen Grin Featured In Savage Opera At Tremont Theatre
The Henry W Savage company opened the second week of English opera at Tremont with Wagner’s Lohen Grin. Gertrude Bennyson as Elsa impressed with a clear voice and individuality, while Ethel Houston Duffe as Ortrud and J P Coombs as the Herald drew favorable notices. Conductor Emanuel led a strong orchestra and the ensemble received an ovation after the first act. Tonight’s bill includes the Bohemian Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jefferson
Colonial Theatre
Rip van Winkle
Jefferson
John Jack
Derrick von Beekman
W. W. Jefferson
Cockles
Joseph Jefferson, Jr
Heindrick Vedder
Ffollier Paget
Gretchen
Blanche Bender
Meenie
Edward H. Crosby
Henry W. Savage
Tremont Theatre
Richard Wagner
Weimar
Liszt
Elsa
Gertrude Bennyson
Ortrud
Ethel Houston Duffe
Dart
Miss Duffe
Sheehan
Winifred Goff
Francis Boyle
J. P. Coombs
Herald
Leah Lambert
Gotfried
Emanuel
John B. Schoeffel
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Etec
Eee Eveny
Norwood
Ivell
Messrs
D’aubigne
Paull
Boyle
Fulton
Terry Ana Eh
Bennyson
Houston
Lambert
Goff
Coombs
Carmen- Tannhauser
Aida Martha
Signora Balbonora Duse
Citta Morta
Francesca DA. Rimini
Grand Opera House Presents For Her Children's Sake Melo Drama
The Grand Opera House staged For Her Children's Sake a three act melodrama by Theodore Kremer with a prologue. Selma Herman led as Edna Kingsley with Horace Parker as her lover supporting cast included Adra Ainslee Kate A Medinger and Frank Battin. The plot follows a motherless daughter through love and trials across years ending with dramatic incidents in a circus setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Grand Opera House
Theodore Kremer
City
Edna Kingsley
Selma Herman
Kate A. Medinger
Frank Battin
Adra Ainslee
Edwin Walter
Frank Kelly
Fletcher Hawer
Maude Sinclair
Bowdon Square Theatre Debuts Northern Lights
A Bowdoin Square Theatre production of the military melodrama Northern Lights drew quick praise yesterday. Zeffe Tilbury led the cast as Helen Dare with a strong performance by Frank E. Camp as John Swiftwind. The stock company staging and careful management impressed, signaling a successful run ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Lights
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Zeffe Tilbury
Bowdoin Square
Miss Tilbury
Helen Dare
Frank E. Camp
John Swiftwind
The Importance of Being Earnest at Castle Square Theatre
Last evening the Castle Square Theatre revived The Importance of Being Earnest with strong audience applause. Lilian Lawrence as Gwendolen Fairfax impressed with Gilbertian humor, Jane Irving as Lady Bracknell shone, and strong turns came from Mary Sanders Cecily Cardew, John Craig as Worthing, George E. Mack Algernon, and others. The run lasts this week only, then The Taming of the Shrew is planned for next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Lilian Lawrence
Gwendolen Fairfax
Jane Irving
Lady Bracknell
Mary Sanders
William J. Hasson
Shakspere
Boston Music Hall hosts The Sign of the Cross in Boston
A crowded Boston Music Hall last night saw The Sign of the Cross staged by Reilly and Wood. New actors headlined with George Flood as Marcus Superbus, Lily Sorrell as Mercia, John W. Thompson as Nero, and Leslie Haskell as Stephanus. The four acts were finely staged and the company plans to present The Funny Page next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Music Hall
Wilson Barrett
Boston
Marcus Superbus
Charles Dalton
George Flood
Mr. Flood
Mercia
Lily Sorrell
Nero
John W. Thompson
Stephanus
Leslie Haskell
Glabrio
Don Orr
Marguerite Calla
Poppaea
Mary Randolph
Dacia
P. J. Rollen
Viturius
Reilly and Wood
Music Hall
Pat Reilly
Frank D. Bryan
Charles Smith
J. Bernard Dyllyn
The
Four Emperors of Music
Mitchell Sisters
Lillian Shaw
Orpheus Comedy
D’arville
Park Theatre Presents Alone in London Melodrama
Robert Buchanan's Alone in London at the Park Theatre features Corie Payton's company delivering an engaging Boston favorite. Walter Wilson leads as the adventurer with Una Abell Brinker as Annie Meadows, supported by J W Girard, George Berrell, Dora Lombard, and a strong ensemble. Next week the production shifts to Woman Against Woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Robert Buchanan
London
Corie Payton
Annie Meadows
Walter Wilson
Richard Radcliffe
Wilson
Boston
Una Abell Brinker
J. W. Girard
John Biddlecombe
George B. Berrell
Jenkinson
Dora Lombard
Tom
the Waif
Richard P. Crolius
Joseph Redman
C. C. Storch
Fred B. Rose
Lizzie Morgan
Minna Ferry
Grace Fox
Yolande Bijou
Corse Payton
Miss Brinker
Quincy Adams Sawyer Dominates Boston Theatre Gait
Boston Theatre shows standing room only as Quincy Adams Sawyer enters its third week with full houses and eager audiences. Patrons roar with laughter and praise the cast for natural zest and spontaneity. Next, Bolossy Kiralfy’s Around the World in Eighty Days begins a two week run, promising a grand spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Boston
New England
Bolossy Kiralfy
Boston Theatre
Around the World in Eighty Days Promises Spectacle
The season hinges on Mr Kiralfy’s choices of European novelties and the Empire Theatre, London cast. The plan includes the full ballet corps and is expected to dwarf prior productions in scope and appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
London
Kiralfy
Corps de Ballet
Boston Museum Stage Endures Capacity for Andrew Mack
Andrew Mack closed the second week of his Boston engagement at the Boston Museum amid a capacity audience. The show charmed patrons with Ireland's favorite poet and a special souvenir gift of Theodore Burt Sayre's illustrated Tom Moore. The performance featured Moore's ascent, poverty, and attic residence, displaying Mack's versatility and rich voice across scenes that moved the audience to recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Mack
Boston
Boston Museum
Tom Moore
Theodore Burt Sayre
Mack
Ireland
Moore
Mr. Mack
Hollis Street Theatre Stars Open Final Boston Week
Nat C Goodwin and Maxine Elliott headline the Hollis Street Theatre closing week in Boston with When We Were Twenty One. The English drama shows Goodwin as Richard Carewe and Elliott as Phyllis, delivering a blend of comedy and sincerity in scenes including the 2 am confession. The company supports strong performances by the cast, notably the Imp and Firefly roles, as the production ends its Boston run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Maxine Goodwin Elliott
H. V. Esmond
Julia Marlowe
Queen Fiammetta
Nat C. Goodwin
Maxine Miuoll
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Mr. Goodwin
Richard Carewe
Miss Elliott
Phyllis
Firefly
Opportunities to See Mr Goodwin and Miss Elliott as Joint Stars
Readers are invited to attend upcoming events featuring Mr Goodwin and Miss Elliott performing together. The scheduled appearances mark a rare collaboration, promising a fresh onstage dynamic and engaging entertainment for local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Goodwin
Miss Elliott
Keith's Theatre Vaudeville Mixed Acts Feature Rich Night
Keith's Theatre offered a long vaudeville program with Amelia Summerville in a heart to heart monologue and songs like Nancy Brown, plus Tom O'Brien Bertha Havel in Ticks and Clicks, Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardner in The Soubrette and the Cop, Dick Jose singing old and new songs, and the Rio brothers flying ring act. Strong supporting turns came from Mr Hayes Adele Palmer John Davis Charles Trainor and more including the Carmen sisters Maud McIntyre Lew Bloom and Artie Hall with other specialty acts and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Amelia Summerville
Captain Kydd
Nancy Brown
Tom O'Brien
Bertha Havel
Eddie Girard
Jessie Gardner
Dick Jose
Paul Dresser
Illinois
Sa Vans
Yackley
Bunnell
English Pony Ballet
Professor Wormwood
Mr. Hayes
Adele Palmer
John Davis
Charles Trainor
Rio Brothers
Artie Hall
Georgia Coon
Lew Bloom
Smith
Doty
Coe
the Howard
Carmen Sisters
Maud McIntyre
Johnson and Wells
Fred Stuber
Howard and
Linder
J. H. W. Byrne
the Bohmes
Johnny Quigley
Doll and Burden
Bryant and
Saville
Clark and
Florette
Lizzie Wester
Finn
Lottie Gilson Tops Howard Atheneum Vaudeville Week
Lottie Gilson, a leading vaudeville drawing card at the Howard Atheneum, headlines this week with fresh songs including Nancy Brown. Edmond Hayes offers a famous comedy sketch among varied acts, delivering strong audience appeal and solid entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Atheneum
Howard
Lottie Gilson
Nancy Brown
Edmond Hayes
Delighted audiences applaud Helen May Butler's women’s band
Austin and Stone present eight concerts by Helen May Butler and her Rhode Island women’s brass band. Sousa, Herbert and Reeves, Strauss, and Zibrer selections drew crowds at the museum. Butler recounted forming a 20 piece all female ensemble four years ago from six friends and new programs are announced daily. The general shows also feature the Alexander troupe and Godfrey sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen May Butler
Sousa
Herbert
Reeves
Strauss
Zibrer
Rhode Island
Miss Butler
Alexander
Godfrey Sisters
Fels-Naptha Soap Proves Worth to Woman Worker
A consumer notes Fels-Naptha soap costs four cents per bar yet yields a value of one dollar to a woman who must wash with limited strength. The claim is presented as a personal testimonial, urging trial to believe the purported efficiency and ease it provides.
Local Performers and Teams Named in Pageant Lineup
The listing names performers and groups including the two Dalys the five Soudans Chauncey Vervalin Foley and Dale Flex ible Reed Elmer Terry Sophie and Ida May the 18 Carolinas Nita Palmer Turners Georgia Gem Sextette Cogan and Bacon Ritter and Leavitt and Smith and Blanch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalys
Soudans
Chauncey Vervalin
Foley and
Dale
Flexible Reed
Elmer Terry
Sophie
Ida May
Carolinas
Nita Palmer
Turners
Georgia Gem
Cogan and Bacon
Ritter
Leavitt
Smith
Blanch
Grand Theatre hosts record crowd for wine and song burlesque
Last night the Grand Theatre drew its largest audience as Young Corbett headlined the Wine Women and Song burlesque company with Bonita and an African Cuban midget troupe. The bill features The Tuxedo Cadets opening, A Glimpse of Stage Life closing, Vida the wire artist from Paris, Gaffy and Shurley in a new act, Yale swingers and jugglers, Mark Bennett and Al Rich in At Camp in the Philippines, and Cheslyn and Marsh with illustrated songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Corbett
Bonita
Vida
America
Paris
Gaffy
Shurley
Yale
Mark Bennett
al Rich
Philippines
Alice Cheslyn
Ed Marsh
Brigadier Burlesque Company Provides Clean Entertainments
Lyceum Theatre offered matinee and evening shows featuring two lively farces An Extra Session and A Night in Paris with vaudeville interludes. The White House future scene and Paris satire showcase many well known performers Adelina Routinna Hayes and Wynne Wills and Barron Nellie Burt Palmer and Harvey John A West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
White House
Adelina Routinna
Hayes and Wynne
Wills and Barron
Nellie Burt
Throngs Flock to Popular House for Week of Attractions
Visitors packed the popular house yesterday to view a slate of features headed by Wheeler and Wilson's Southern Swells specialty company. Notable artists include Harry Reed, John and May Alexandrie, William Dewey, and Victoria, as Manager Walker lists the week’s lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Features
Walker
Wheeler and Wilson
Southern Swells Specialty Company
Harry Reed
John and
May Alexandrie
William Dewey
Victoria
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Yackley & Bunnell
Hollis & Howard
Milly Capell
Keiths
Socle
Savans
Marshall & Lane
R. J. Jose
Rodney
Clara Havel
Mon. Hellman
Daly & Devere
Fred Brown
Louis Baer
Henry F. Miller
Wormwoodd
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee and
Mar
Quincy Adams
Sawyer
Wea
Andrew
Mack Up
Charles Hawtrey
Mars
Austin & Stone
Tremont Row
Hosson
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Huntington
Massachusetts Aves
SDA
Sea Concerts
Vriday
Oct
Castle Sinestre
Tremont St
Tremont
Ogee
Castle Sq. Theatre Dramatic Stock Co
Clifford Lamont
Little Marie Lamont
Children’s Sake
Brothers Byrne
Robert Edeson
Sale Tod
Reilly & Woods
Wheeler & Wilson
Baldwin
Armless Wonder
Jack
Hunter
Ckelodeo
Lottie Dilson
Little Magnet
Comediennes
Rilo Brothers
Smith, Doty and Coe
Howard and Linder
Bryant
Rocktor
Palace
Clark
Royal Burlesquers
Grand Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Nickelodeon
Cook's
Moltke
UISE
Egypt and
Holy Land
THOS
Cook & Son
Washington ST
Winnipesaukee
Centre Harbor
Lake
Boston & Maine R. R
Mt. Washington
Boston Union Station
City Ticket
Washington Street
Union Station
D. J. Flanders
Tolrig
Paul Revere
Nes
Our Palace
Arlington Heights
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Lake St
Newton
Nonantum
Watertown Sq
Needham and Woburn
Newton Street Railway
Newtonville
Mass
South End
Col. Colu d
Walpole St
Naastel Heath
Rowe's
Pemberton
Nantasket
bRell
eBall
G. P. Cushing
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