Reflections on Musical Comedy and Acting Views
In a candid piece Solo May discusses stage life comparing musical comedy to straight drama. She recalls a London musical with a gifted comedian who flouted his role and preferred flashy routines over acting, revealing the harsh realities of Broadway casting and actor economy.
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Miss May
Hope Georgia Langdon
Mississippi
Hope Georgia
Aetna
London
Roosevelt
Poppa
Broadway
Emai
Two sultry plays at Theatre des Arts offend with gloom
The Theatre des Arts presents two new works La Gosseline and Les Baillonnes. La Gosseline centers on a stepdaughter falsely claiming a lover to avoid her infatuated father and ends in tragedy. Les Baillonnes, by Jacques Terni, is a dark dramatic puzzle about love, secrecy, and heredity.
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Theatre Des Arts
la Gosseline
Gazette
Isben
Tolstoy
Hauptmann
Jacques Terni
Genevieve
Annette
Serge Oroff
Pilind
Seate
Lucien Guitry in London Draws Raves and Debates
French actor Lucien Guitry visits London amid praise and comparison to late Charles Warner in Drink. The interview covers his art, views on English life, conservatories, censorship, Rostand's Chantecler, and the evolution of modern theater.
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Lucien Guitry
Coquelin
London
Charles Warner
Rostand
Chanticleer
Mouitry
Coupeau
Mr. Warner
M Guitry
Warner
Paris
Coupeanu
Zola
Adelphi
Charles Reade
Mr. Guitry
The
Boston Herald
Guitry
Ibsen
Baby Show at Chester Park This Week
An upcoming baby show at Chester Park features contests for all baby descriptions with awards for pretty, fat, and little infants. Mothers are urged to enter, anticipating a large entry list and festive displays Wednesday and Thursday, August 26 and 27.
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Chester
Chester Park
Titans of
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Garrick’s Power and Public Adulation Cited by Johnson
Dr Johnson extols David Garrick as a figure who earned praise directly from audiences and frequented the circles of power. He notes Garrick’s influence over a large retinue who served at his tables levees and even bedchambers, driven by fear, ambition, or admiration.
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Guitry
England
Dr. Johnson
David Garrick
Garrick
Aes
The Fiorist's Shop translated by Oliver Herford
A German author Julius Horst discusses his past as a chimney sweeper turned playwright and actor. Alexander Engel recounts a Vienna birth in 1863 and a pawnbroker clerk background before writing Dae Lie Liebe Geld Good Mate Advectresa.
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Julius Horst
Alexander Engel
Henry
W. ‘Savage
Oliver Herford
I¢am
Vienna
Alexander Hrngel
Free Vaudeville at Chester Park Features World Beater Act
A weekly free vaudeville bill at Chester Park includes Thomas and Payne from Kentucky with whirl wind dancers and comedy roller skaters Josie McIntyre and Willie Hale with Buster. The act billed as a world beater by Colonel I M Martin drew loud remarks about costs, as patrons prepare for juggling globes xylophones.
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Ieee
Chester
Park
Acta
Thomas
Payne
Kentucky
Josie McIntyre
Willie Hale
Buster
I. M. Martin
Recollections of Rosalia Famous on Sta Recollections
William Bhach recalls stage memories from the early Rosalind era, naming Julia Marlowe, Robert Mantell, and Henry Lee, with outdoor venues at Saratoga New York and Minneaqua Pennsylvania. He describes forest theaters, audience seating, notable mishaps with James J. Corbett and others, and a Hebrew benefit at Sutro Heights with sea lions and a large crowd.
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Rosalind
Julia Marlowe
Saratoga
N. Y
Duke
Rosas Orlando
Robert Mantell
Henry Lee
Romlan
Widoon
Minneaqua’s
Cam
Frar Fannie Davenport
Dog You Fernandez
Rosaling
Orlando
James J. Corbett
Charles
Doughty Corbett
Philadelphia
Adam
Charley
Barrymore
Modjeska
Barry
San Francisco
Rose Coghlan
Rose
Hercules
Oliver
Coghlan
Sutro Heights
Golden Gate
Seal
Cliff House
Rocks
Individua
Sailors and stars aboard Deutschland face rough voyage
Louis Mann and Miss Clara Lipman along with Julius and seventeen crew endured severe seas on the Hamburg-Amerikan steamer Deutschland. Mal de mer crippled many and a weak program left passengers hungry for entertainment despite Mann urging refunds be avoided.
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Deutschland
Louis
Clara Lipman
Julius
Mann
George W. Lederer
Steger
William T. Carlet
Steger Eang
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T.e
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Prynne
Black‘riars
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Hazlitt
Miss Farren
Jacqués Marie Boutet de Monvei
Mme. Bernhardt
Mr. Dawbarn
Pall Mall Gazette
Cardinal Richelieu
Dawbarn
Irving
Martin Harvey
New York
la Grande
Sarah
Otero
Eymour Hicks
Roberts
Waller
Forbes-Roberts
Tree
George Alexander
Paris Conservatory
Dumas
Gultry
Mr. Gultry
Antoine
la Griffe
Edward VII
Boston
Mayor Hibbard
Watch and Ward Society
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Horst
Rosatia
William Bhach
Louis Mann
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