Said Pasha At Chester Opera Show Draws Patrons
The Chester program features Phrynette Ogden as the Said Pasha with the Park Opera Company. Thaviu plans Russian folk song and dance numbers at the Zoo, plus a six person company and a condensed Pagliacci. The Zoo week includes bears, ice feats, and a new lecture by Prof. Hill, as Coney Island weather favors large crowds.
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Prof. van Dern
Hill
Casad
Deverne
Walters
London
United States
Canada
Paldero Brothers
New York
Harry FH
Pearce and Company
Rinaldos
Ttie
Coney
Frederick Hermann
Queen City
Anderson County
Girl Untamed at Lagoon extends run by Edw Ardhison musical company
The Lagoon continues presenting Girl Untamed next week due to high demand and special requests. A new musical pairing includes Hypnotic Waltz and Merry Widow Waltz by Rossmore and Flynn. Lusby, starring as the girl, will perform Swing Me Just a Bit Higher with electric effects.
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Lagoon
Edwardhisonusical
Kias Rossmore
Marty Flynn
Ai Uy Lu
Queen City Beach Opens Amid Chilly Start and Rising Sun
The Queen City beach area saw a cold start but welcomed sunny days as regulars returned for swims. The river level dropped, revealing a smooth sand bar, signaling a busy season ahead. Evening crowds grew as lighting improved for safer, extended swims.
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Queen City
Fireworks Display Plans in Chester Go Ahead Tonight
Ches ter residents expect a fireworks show over the lake tonight despite uncertain weather. Baronel I M Martin prepared to launch a display from the pier but last minute delays limited space, yet organizers promise a colorful scene in the air above the lake.
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Ireworks
Chester
Baronel I. M. Martin
Park
New Robinson Vaudeville Bill Promises Strong Week
The New Robinson theatre presents a summer vaudeville bill featuring Be Frogo trio as headliners and Phantom Hotel as an opener. Act descriptions praise electric numbers and a Swedish performer Bey M acclay modeler, with crowd appeal noted for its originality and clever staging.
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Robinson
Frogo Trio
Vaudelesquers
Phantom Hotel
Nak
Bey m
Acclay Modeler
M. Peterson
Coney Island Fireworks Change of Bill Stir At Venue
Fragmentary text describes fireworks at Coney Island and a change of bill involving Prof. Van Dorn, who had previously performed at Saow. The readable portion hints at a program alteration and public display context.
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Coney
Coney Island
Prof
van Dorn
Saow
Six Flying Banvards Re-engaged At The Lagoon
The Six Flying Banvards delight large crowds at the Lagoon with a fearless aerial act and have been re engaged for another week. The act draws many visitors despite bad weather keeping some away. The Lagoon clubhouse veranda hosts daily free concerts by the Crossman quartet titled The Boys Who Sing and Dance, whose refined performances are widely praised.
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Crossman Quartette
Pra
Marked Passage on Maude Adams and Sir Henry Irving
A close confidant recounts a vivid excerpt from Some Eminent Victorians about Sir Henry Irving and the actor’s art. The piece highlights Miss Adams reading the book and recognizing in herself the same blend of disguise and revelation praised in Irving. It stresses Adams’s keen mind and delicate temperament as the source of her own dramatic power.
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Henry Irving
Arthur Sullivan
Millais
Tennyson
Queen Victoria
Adama
Mr. Carr
Sir Henry Irving
Hia Audienta
Lke
Maude Adams
Coquelin Memory Feats Astonish Belgian Hosts
A French magazine recalls the elder Coquelin’s extraordinary memory at a Belgian book collector’s event. He pledged to recite from fifty three books by heart, then continued reading from memory as each guest opened a random page, displaying flawless recall and exactitude.
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Coquelin
Coquélin
Aopen
Oquélin
The Ringmaster and Shubert Stock Company Preview
Washington’s Belasco theater hosts one of the earliest Shubert productions a new play by Olive Porter titled The Ringmaster with Corinne to star The work draws on Porter Wall Street insights while the Shuberts plan early English and German pieces in New York Mayo August openings feature Paid in Full Cure and The Florist Shop plus Genee’s American debut under Klaw and Erlanger management.
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Shuberts
Olive Porter
Shubert Wee Ie
Nanccast
Tyre
Shubert Stock Company
Belasco Theater
Washington
Corinne
Misean
Atlantic City
Bickel and Watson
Lee Harrison
Barney Bernard
Klaw and Erlanger
Mile Genee
Harry B. Smith
Maurice Levi
Mile. Genee
America
Shubert Announces Engagements of Florence Roberta and Corinne
The Shuberts reveal engagements for December including Florence Roberta joining their roster and Corinne. Miss Roberta, currently on the coast, will leave The Struggle Everlasting piece. She may star in a Henry Colville drama tentatively titled The Fruits of Dr. Miss Roalgo.
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Shuberts
Florence Roberta
Corinne
Miss Roberts
Henry Colville
Miss Roalgo
Cable
Rehearsals for McIntyre and Heath Show Set July 15
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm prom is one of the sweetest plays of the season with an idyllic atmosphere. Joseph Brooks selects the cast with care as Klaw and Erlanger prepare to open New Amsterdam Theater with The Love.
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McIntyre and Heath
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Joseph Brooks
May de Souza Engaged for Lead in Herbert Smith Musical
May de Souza of Chicago rises in chorus to be a favorite of theater-goers in London and Paris. She has been engaged by Klaw and Erlanger for the leading role in a new musical comedy written by Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith.
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May de Souza
Chicago
London
Paris
Klaw and Erlanger
Victor Herbert
Harry B. Smith
Nazimova Theater in New York Under Construction
Work has begun on a new theater on Thirty-ninth Street to be a monument to Mme Nazimova. It will be the Nazimova Art Theater under Shubert management, the sixteenth New York house for the firm. Critics question the name pronunciation but Nazimova insists her fame justifies the title. She learned English in six months and will begin the season in October with a January opening at the new playhouse.
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New York
Mme. Nasimova
Thirty-ninth Street
Ian Ae
Nazimova Art Theater
Shuberts
New Yot
Nasimova
Mme
Gabler
Klaw and Erlanger to Open New Musical in Cleveland
Julian Rose to appear in the McNally and Schwartz comedy with McIntyre and Heath in the forthcoming season. The Euclid Avenue Opera House in Cleveland will host the opening in August. This marks A L Erlanger's first show opening in his native city.
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Julian Rose
Klaw and Erlanger
John J. McNally
Jerome and Schwartz
McIntyre and Heath
Euclid Avenue Opera House
Cleveland
A. L. Erlanger
Minerva Coverdale Dances Boulevard Glide in The Beauty Spot
Minerva Coverdale, a chic 16 year old, performs the Boulevard Glide with Mr. Jefferson De Angelis in The Beauty Spot's first act. She travels to and from the theater with her mother Marie Richmond, a Burlesque star, while her father James Coverdale works with the Buffalo Bill Wild West management.
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Minerva Coverdale
Jefferson de Angelis
Marie Richmond
James Coverdale
Buffalo Bill Wild West
Astor Theater Reopens With Paid in Full on Aug 2
Wagenhall and Kemper announce the Astor theater in New York will reopen August 2 with Paid in Full in a limited run. The Eugene Walter play marks its fifth New York engagement following a two year Broadway run.
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Wagenhals and Kemper Company
Hiniy
Astor Theater
New York
Wagenhall and Kemper Company
Eugene Walter
Eugene Walter Play to Visit South Atlantic Territory
Five companies from last season in Paid in Full did not reach Pittsburg Atlanta Charleston or the South Atlantic seaboard cities. The Eugene Walter play will visit that territory this season for the first time.
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Pittsburg
Atlanta
Charleston
South Atlantic Seaboard
Eugene Walter
Wagenhals and Kemper Seen as Hope for New Dramatists
Since January 1, 109 manuscripts of plays have been sent to Wagenhals and Kemper by unheard of writers. This reflects the lure of playwriting and the belief that the producers can discover fresh talent.
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Wagenhals and Kemper
Messrs. Wagenhals and
Kemper
Notorious author fears Long Island motorists hunt
Eugene Walter, author of Paid in Full and The Easiest Way, tried a new six cylinder car near his Southold country home when he killed a hen and paid 50 cents to the owner. Two days later he ran over a dog and paid 5 dollars. He says farmers are on the lookout for him and he has stopped motoring.
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Ruselan
Zoo
Zoological Garden
Thaviu
America
Epie
Russia
Thaviy
the Zoo
Recog- Cincinnati Orchestra
Alpi
Eugene Walter
Southold
L. I
Long Island
Ethel Barrymore Denies Leaving Frohman for Shubert Deal
Amid rumors she planned to desert Frohman and sign with Shubert, Ethel Barrymore issued a forceful denial during a San Francisco engagement. She stated she would rather remain with Frohman, stay in service, and receive honors from his firm, rejecting the baseless report.
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Ethel Barrymore
Frohman
Shubert
Ming Barrymore
San Francisco
Joes
Aries Frohman
Messrs. Whert
Theatre Notes and Casting Shifts on Broadway Tours
A flurry of theatrical news covers Charley Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore planning a three month tour across American cities starting in January with The Mollusc as the opening play. Gilda Varesi inherits the Rosalind role from the late Mme Modjeska after a bequest, while Helena Collier Garrick retires from the stage with husband Thomas Beaureguard.
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Charley Wyndham
Miss
Mary Moore
Hubert Henry Davies
New York
Sir Charles
Empire Theater
Gilda Varesi
Nell
Miss Varesi
Italy
Modjeska
Your Humble Servant play announced for Oct 15 in Indian Apglig
The comedy Your Humble Servant written for Otis Skinner by Booth Parkington and Harry Leon Wilson, authors of The Man From Home and Cameo Kirby, is set for first performance on Oct 15 in Indian Apglig.
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Otis Skinner
Booth Parkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Cameo Kirby
Presbrey to dramatize novels and write plays next season
Eugene Presbrey aims to expand as a dramatist on next season. He will adapt The Coagt of Chance and The Barrier and write The Circus Man for Maclyn Arbuckle. The Arbuckle play debuts Aug 28 at McVicker's with Holman Day stories. Rochester stage hosts The Barrier in September with Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts. Winchell Smith will lead Author author at the premiere of The Fortune Hunter. He quips that dialogue comes easy, though grammar isn’t required in plays.
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Eugene Presbrey
Edward B. Rose
Alice
Vincennes
Eben Holden
Esther
Lucia Chamberlain
Rex Beach
Narrowing Chicago Theaters Close as Summer Draws Near
Only seven of Chicago's thirty theaters stay open with seven remaining, and all but one of the vaudeville houses have given up for the summer.
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Chicago
Variety Houses
Maude Adams Sails for Europe on Lusitania
Miss Maude Adams departed last week aboard the Lusitania under her family name Kis kadden to seek a quiet rest in Ireland after her demanding stage work producing Joan of Arc at Harvard stadium. Fellow passenger Mrs. N C Goodwin also known as Edna Goodrich accompanied the voyage.
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Kiskadden
Maude Adams
Europe
Lusitania
Ireland
Joan of Arc
Harvard Stadium
N. C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Winthrop Ames Opines on Stage Censorship Debate
Ken Winthrop Ames director of the New theater of New York argues against single person censorship of plays. He favors multiple judges to avoid losing honest work and proposes replacing decency labels with pleasant versus unpleasant. He notes American theater mothers allow daughters to attend without inquiry, unlike Paris.
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Ken Winthrop Ames
New Theater of
New York
Mr. Shaw
Paris
Niblos Storm at Sea Pictures Take Europe Tour
Fred Niblo with Josephine Cohan and Walter Hale travels through Europe to secure moving pictures and material for his travel talks. He captures a sea storm from the Teutonic captains bridge and a whale race, plus the first moving pictures of a French bloodless bull fight at Poiciers. The party tours Havre to Bayonne, photographs chateaux regions, plans Spain Italy Tyrol Switzerland Belgium and Holland before Ireland and Scotland, adding five countries to a thirty week season.
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Niblo
Fred Niblo
Josephine Cohan
Walter Hale
Europe
Lobez
France
Pyrenees
Spain
Italy
Austrian
Tyrol
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Ireland
Scotland
Nible
The Character Lady Zelda Sears in Fitch Roles and Beyond
Zelda Sears dominates Clyde Fitch characters, shaping roles with bold lines. Her rise from newspaper work to theater saw her elevate a weak part into a memorable highlight and create vivid portraits across the stage. She studies, dresses, and visualizes each character, then performs with quick wit and reliable dependability.
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Zelda Sears
Clyde Fitch
Fitch
Emma Beatrice Brunner
Miss Gower
Mary Mannering
J. C. Huffman
Shuberts
Fitchian
Mia
Sears
Clara Bloodgood
Billy
Francie Wilson
Miss
Miss Sears
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