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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1908
Page
17
Montgomery Phister reviews Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado as a durable crowd favorite from its Highland House beginnings to current global revivals. The piece contrasts early debts and skepticism with lasting fame led by Gilbert and Sullivan, noting Sir Arthur Sullivan's death and Sir William Gilbert's continued influence. It also traces Gilbert's early humor work for Punch and his rise from a law student to a celebrated playwright.
A company led by Colonel Billy Thompson, fresh from Australia, toured the West and Northwest before settling in Milwaukee to stage The Mikado for about a week. Profits were meager, barely easing debts, while Colonel Harff seeks further attraction at the Highland House. James Collins, former Heuck's Theater manager, was sent to Milwaukee to arrange a short Gilbert and Sullivan season at Mt Adams resort.
A young author enjoys instant success as his piece sells out the little theater during the holiday season. The production runs for months, and the editor of Punch and a kindly sponsor marvel at its profitable trajectory. The manageress then asks for his fee, and the inexperienced writer names £15, receiving payment after a receipt is signed.
A distinguished figure offers high praise and a lucrative future to a budding playwright. Mark Lemon urges continued work after a first success, prompting the creator to pivot from law toward prolific playwriting.
The article notes W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan rose to world fame through Pinafore and Mikado. It describes Gilbert as brilliant yet irritable, locking himself in a library during writing and avoiding disturbance until completion. It also praises Mikado for music and wit despite perceived triviality.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado impressed Chester last week and tonight the Metropolitan Company returns with Trial By Jury and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Miss Hemmi as Santuzza draws praise, with Sheehan Richards Crawford Ryle and others well cast for a rivaling, brilliancy filled program.
Reichrath's Park at Colerain and Spring Grove avenues hosts a week of events beginning this afternoon. The Imperial Hungarian Military Band directed by John Ugronyi headlines a program described as rare and attractive for the period.
The Hungarian Imperial Band under Reichrath, Sonnenleitner’s Tyrolean troupe perform classic and popular works at White City Park Chicago. The free afternoon and evening concerts feature Alpine yodeling dancing and the Schueplatter as Sonnenleitner’s dancers draw large crowds all week.
Arnaldo the animal trainer with leopards lions and jaguars returns to Chester's free vaudeville with a new engagement featuring feeding in the exhibition cage. Dilger performs a barrel dive and safe escape act, while the comedy duo Clayton and Jenking with mule Jasper promise uproarious laughter. Roman singer Nelli Martini and whistlers Stafford and Stone join Chester debut acts this afternoon.
Several outings of importance are booked at Avoca today and crowds of unusual size are expected unless weather vetoes fair days and rain checks are issued. C M and L Traction cars and Pennsylvania trains provide direct access to Avoca gates for a country day trip.
Chester hosts Irish Day with a record expected turnout and a goose race as the featured entertainment. Details of the race are kept secret for newcomers, but organizers promise lasting amusement for all attendees.
Announcement shows autumn season near with Grand Opera House opening in two weeks. Augustula and Harris' Minstrels will perform the first week with over 100 star performers enlisted under the minstrel banner. Rainforth and Harlin have sent lines from the East outlining plans for the coming season.
The list for the Grand includes big stars and productions not reaching last season stage. Klaw and Erlanger, Frohman, Cohan and Harris, Ziegfeld, Sav age, and other syndicate producers will continue supplying Rainforth and Harlin with attractions, promising the best in home and foreign markets for theater patrons.
Crowds flock to Queen City Beach day and night as sweltering weather continues. Manager Kroger runs a premier West resort with capacity to entertain thousands daily, noted for good order and respectable patrons. Night bathing under electric lights remains popular with the water stage and large sandy area at peak.
Charles Frohman announces Cyril Keightley will debut in New York as Billie Burke's leading man in Love's Watches. Keightley, popular in London, joins rehearsals under Frohman, praised for vigor charm and stage deportment. He leaves Arthur Bourchier's Haymarket company for the American engagement.
Miss Hattie Williams recalls her Berlin visit while discussing Fluffy Ruffles the new American production. She notes Frohman’s involvement, Berlin’s delays and safety checks, and hints at an Ireland destination amid headlines.
melodrama set in the Wild West follows Bunco a 16 year old girl adopted by Jim Blunt and betrothed to Dick Gold. An English aunt arrives to claim her as heiress, revealing Bunco is Alice Heathercott kidnapped as a baby. A convict’s confession from two years prior ties the tale to a legacy of loss and pursuit.
In a melodrama setup Bunco's location and identity are revealed through a private interview with Dick as her aunt seeks to bar any obstruction to their union. Five years hence Bunco will come of age and marry Dick if love remains true. Heathercott, a Englishman, allied with a French partner and Indian chief Black Hawk plots to seize Jim's mine and kill Dick to wed Bunco. Mrs Dollie Davis stars as Bunco with a stellar cast and Rocky Mountain scenery image.
A festive New York Chinatown day features a visiting mandarin, preparations in the Chinese theater, and a local orchestra debuting My Own United States a patriotic number by Julian Edwards and Stanislaus Stange. A theater manager faces tension after a misnaming of the song Star Spangled Banner.
Opening week at the Standard Theater features Weber and Rush's Parisian Widows as the main attraction with a diverse program. The show includes The Boarding House, vaudeville acts such as Auto Bee and Margie Hilton, and concludes with A Busy Day. Twenty four ballerinas supply ensemble singing and dancing. The theater is renovated and touted as one of the best locally.
The People’s Theater inaugurates its regular season with fresh paint and ornate decorations. The Ducklings, a newly formed company, will perform in Berrywood's Busy Day and Kelly's Dublin Bar led by Louise Dacre with a cast of noted performers including Colton and Darrow, the Bergs, McKinnon, Tiney Downey, and George C. Clark among others.
The Cohan and Harris Minstrels, famed for musical comedy, plan to perform at the Grand Opera House on Sunday evening August 30 for a week. New York papers hail it as the greatest minstrel entertainment yet and note capacity crowds and record Broadway receipts.
Workmen renovate the Columbia Theater to allow a season opening next Sunday with a historically strong bill. Messrs. Anderson and Ziegler partner with United Booking Agency and the Orpheum Circuit to bring top attractions. Seat sales begin at the Columbia next Thursday for the upcoming season.
Harvest Home week begins with amateur band contests at the park. Past events drew lively music and cheerful crowds, though some competitors felt the sting of defeat. An audience of festival proportions is expected as the bands start.
Crowds anticipate a large children’s carnival starting Wednesday with free park entry, rides, contests, and the House of Refuge Band. Events include races for old and fat men, a largest family prize, boys and girls athletic contests, a big baby show, cut flower exhibit, needlework, hand painting, vegetables, stock, poultry and agricultural displays, plus 2,000 prizes spanning from popcorn to draft horses. Harvest Home runs Thursday to Saturday.
Mme Lillian Blauvelt arrives in London after touring in the Pyrenees and Rome. The soprano was honored by Queen Margerita with the House of Savoy insignia and inscribed on the Vatican St Cecilia tablet, the seventh and only woman named in 600 years. She plans a twenty concert English season starting October 1, with one London appearance at Queen's Hall before a Rome return and a world tour starting in March.
The Walnut opens with Just Out of College a Sunday matinee featuring a young impecunious graduate who courts a wealthy pickle maker's daughter. He borrows 20000 to back a rival factory then repays, wins the girl, and proves himself a shrewd financier amid multiple parallel romances.
Lagoon presents a Cincinnati talent week with Eva Stottart directing the Cin cinnati Concert Company. Acts include Mrs Emma Von Seggern violinist Miss Cora Rand Maguire pianist Mrs Winkelman soprano and the Shelvey brothers contortionists in Europe famed act The program also features Ariminta and Burke trapeze duo Ray Smith comedian and singer. Doomsday and the Merry Widow return with boating bathing and fishing on the lake as several boat races are planned.
Dilger billed as The Man of Mystery has impressed crowds by escaping handcuffs and a burglars safe on free vaudeville. He now plans to be handcuffed tied in a sack placed in a weighted barrel and sunk in the Cheslake, promising a sub three minute escape.
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