Cast of The Salt Cellar stars Mann Steger and others on Mont Hane ascent
A comic sketch The Salt Cellar features Pan Mann and Mr Steger with a return by their trio of actors. Davenport Jes Dickson and Robert Edeson join as companions in the company’s past farce work. Baron Jyrtowitch is cast for Pitkin and Mise Ogden plays the baron’s wife. The Me Widow Remarried does not open until Monday night. a final Bald Pasha performance is set for Sunday.
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Mr. In
Chi
New York City
Davenport
Edgar Davenport
Jes Dickson
Robert Edeson
Steger
Mann
Pitkin
Baron Jyrtowitch
Mise Ogden
Jes
Bald Pasha
Pai
Swinburn
Tennyson
Irving
Optim
Times
Ae Sue
The Merry Widow Remarried at Chester Park Opera House
The Merry Widow Remarried debuts at Chester Park Opera House Monday night in a lavish production with Adelaide Norwood as the widow and Henry Taylor as Count Danilo. The new staging promises stronger comedy and a lively set of melodies, including Do You Remember and My Love Is, with a full Chester Park Opera Company cast.
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Chester Park Opera House
Lehar
Max Hanisch
Montenegro
Paris
France
Danilo
Carl von Wegern
Chester Park Opera Company
Adelaide Norwood
Norwood
Henry Taylor
Count Danilo
Robert
Music and Animals at Zoo Embark on Don Phillippini Tour
Don Phillippini and his 45 piece band, popular visitors last summer, succeed Thayiu at the Zoological Garden beginning today. The conductor is described as fiery and dignified with a grand smile, a suave, courtly style, and distinct artistry setting him apart from other bands this season.
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Zoo
Don Phillippini
Zoological Garden
Thayiu
Isle of Yucatan Opens in Lagoor Program
Hutchison Musical Comedy presents The Isle of Yucatan a new musical play starting this afternoon featuring Miss Ruby Lusby as Mary Sampson and Early Flynn with original songs. The show promises a sensational bill with the Snow Ball number where the chorus pelts the audience with snow balls and quick comebacks from the performers.
Bill at Robinson's Promises Comedy and Ventriloquism
The New Robinson bill for the coming week features ventriloquist Harry Fetterer and witty dummy figures to entertain patrons. Lillian Colson adds artistic singing with popular and semiclassical ballads, drawing on a strong reputation from earlier years.
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Robinson's
Robinson
Harry Fetterer
Lillian Colson
Miss Colson
Queen City Beach Busy as Bathers Return
The Queen City Beach shows a rise in visitors with hundreds flocking to the riverfront resort this week. Families and children enjoy the cool waters and waves while management thanks the community for support and clean recreation.
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Queen City Beach
Settlement sought over forfeit in a stalled motor race tale
Greenroom gossip from producer Wagenhals Kemper and author Eugene Walter discusses a gentlemens agreement over a forfeit for a Broadway meet at Astor theater. The piece notes delays, differing routes, and arrival times, prompting questions if the forfeit should be paid.
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A. Wagenhals
Collin Kemper
Wegenhals and
Kemper Company
Eugene Walter
Weigerhals
May
Walter
Kemper
Oswego
N. Y
Marion E pro ducer drama The Bulldozer
A fragment from Wagenhals and Kemper outlines a forthcoming Marion E production titled The Bulldozer. The note hints at a modern drama theme and the project’s staging details remain unclear from the OCR snippet.
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Wagenhals and Kemper Company
Marion E Produceirtax
Bulld
Williams and Florence to star in Paid in Full at Astor Theater
Frits Williams and wife Katherine Florence engaged by Wagenhalse and Kemper to appear together in the reopens of Paid in Full at the Astor Theater on August 2. Williams plays Joe Brooks and Florence Emma.
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Frits Williams
Katherine Florence
Wagenhalse and Kemper Company
Astor Theater
Mr. Williams
Joe Brooks
Miss Florence
Emma
Walter Craven Makes American Debut in Lord Chumley
Walter Craven a company member in The Third under Henry B directed s debuting in Lord Chumley with E H Sothern at the old Ceum Theater on August 21 1878. A prominent actor in the same company with Craven was Herbert.
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Walter Craven
Henry B
E. H. Sothern
Lord Chumley
George Este Debuts in Channing Pollock Play Such a Little Queen
George Este, a rising actor, is set for a prominent role in Channing Pollock's Such a Little Queen under Henry B. Harris. The production opens at Haghett Coe in New York on August 30, marking Este's debut in this new stage venture.
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George Este
Channing Pollock
Henry B. Harris
New York
Haghett Coe
Oh My What a Bunch Were You with Us
A fragmented note from Queen City Beach urges daytime use by little tots and warns about after sundown bathers. The readable text emphasizes family time and cautions activity by adults after dark.
Stage Highlights for Hackett Theater Season Opener
Mrs D Bowers star of The Spanish Ambassador stage scene. Henry B Harris engages Ralph Stuart for a principal role in Channing Pollock’s Bitch a Little Queen debuting Hackett theater season opening Monday August 30.
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Henry B. Harris
Ralph Stuart
Channing Pollock
Hackett Theater
Leona Watson Moves From Chorus to Star Roles
Leona Watson has moved from chorus girl in The Tourists to a leading singing part in The Climax. She holds a five year contract with Joe Weber and will later headline in Joseph Carl Briel’s opera The Song of the Soul written for her.
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Leona Watson
Joe Weber
Joseph Carl Briel
Breese to retire from The Third Degree in October
Edmund Breese leaves The Third Degree this October to be starred by Mr Harris in James Bernard Fagan's play The Earth. Mr Stuart will succeed him in The Third Degree as Richard Brewster.
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Edmund Breese
Mr. Harris
James Bernard Fagan
Mr. Stuart
Richard Brewster
Travel ing Salesman closes season at Park theater
The Eastern company of The Traveling Salesman ends its Boston run at the Park theater on Saturday July 3. Its engagement there was surpassed in length only by The Merry Widow, indicating robust audience appeal and strong box office.
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Coney Island
Bonner
Jim Key
Ting
Gus Achtman
John Portune
Jimmy Wall
Keith
Harry Baker
Daughters of America
Loyal Americans
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Anderson Township
the Park Theater
Boston
Capital Comedy Ends One Week After Aid James Forbes
A brief line notes a capital comedy show concluded one week after aid James Forbes. The readable text implies a timing link between Forbes aid and the show’s end, without additional context or names.
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Aid James Forbes
Capital Comedy
Frederic Perry and Grace Bilkins to star in An American Widow
Frederic Perry and Grace Bilkins join dramatic heads in Kellet Chambers new play An American Widow. Henry Kolker to lead in Ser get James by Eugene Walter next season for the Shuberts in the first Walter play.
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Frederic Perry
Grace Bilkins
Dramatic Heads
Kellet Chambers
Henry Kolker
The
Shuberts
Eugene Walter
Sergeant James
Evans and Hitchcock join Cohan in Rochester opening
Raymond Hitchcock appears in a new musical by George M. Cohan opening in Rochester on August 27. George Evans leads his minstrel show with an afterpiece titled The Fireman’s Ionic. Hana Wallace Hopper stars in The Harrigan Girl by Cohan.
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Rge Evans
Raymond Hitchcock
George M. Cohan
Rochester
Wallace Hopper
Hackett Trio Named For The Traveling Salesman Cast
Janet, Albert and Mrs Florence Hackett are engaged to play important roles in C company of James Forbes comedy The Traveling Salesman this coming season.
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Janet
Albert
Florence Hackett
James Forbes
Keenan sails for London to prep The Heights stage work
Frank Keenan, signed with Henry B Harris to star in The Heights by William Anthony McGuire, sails for London to gather local color and scenic ideas. He plans meetings with W Somerset Maugham and James Bernard Fagan, tours Whitechapel lodging to study conditions, then returns to New York in four weeks to supervise Harris productions. He critiques contemporary playwrights as unwholesome and baneful to youth.
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Henry B. Harris
William Anthony McGuire
Chicago
Wll
Harris
London
Switzerland
Mr. Keenan
W. Somerset Maugham
Robert Edegon
Heary Bobvis
Edmund Mr. Keenan
Savoy
Whitechapel
W York
Annie Yeaman Denounces Sex Problem Plays
Veteran actress Annie Yeaman laments the current trend of sex problem horrors on stage. She favors delicate acting, great plays, and wholesome morriment, arguing theater should uplift with humor and beauty rather than dwell on unhappy women.
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Annie Yeaman
Booth
Irving
Joe Jefferson
New York
The Poor Author Receives Praise for The Third Degree
Helen Ware of The Third Degree at Hud son theater argues praise belongs to the writer as well as the actor. She cites Shakespeare and emphasizes the author as creator while actors vitalize but do not create.
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Helen Ware
Charles Klein
Hudson Theater
New York
Hamlet Bette
Shakesp
Talk With Beerbohm Tree to Tour America This Winter
Adolph Klauber reports in a London letter to The New York Times that H. Beerbohm Tree may visit America this coming winter in a short Shakespeare season possibly at Central Park West. Tree confirms an offer and notes repertory theater vitality and the challenge of securing enough great plays for touring.
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New York
H. Beerbohm Tree
America
Adolph Klauber
New York Times
Central Park West
Mr. Tree
Hrs Majesty’s
Neetle Ape
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