Weather caprices drive outdoor show fortunes across era
A veteran impresario notes that weather and human caprice determine success in circuses parks and vaudeville. Despite storms and cold, many acts report strong crowds in the South West and East while costly disruptions at Coney Island and Hagenbeck-Wallace cause losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Phister
Maurice Grau
Coney Island
New York
Chester Park
Vaudeville
Martin
Chester
Colonel Martin
Chester's Lake
Big Eastern
Adonis and early American musical spectacle history
The passage recalls Adonis as a landmark musical production, noting Dixey’s fame from the show and its record long New York run at the Bijou. It also mentions famed producers like Jarrett and Palmer, the Kiralfys, the Aronsons, and Lederer as once prominent impresarios who found such extravagant ventures unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adonis
Dixey
New York
Bijou
Jarrett and Palmer
Kiralfys
Imre
Aronsons
Lederer
Stage debate on The Modern American Jew in drama
The piece surveys how the idea of a great play about the modern American Jew could shape future dramatists. It traces the Jewish stage figure from Marlowe to Shakespeare and discusses who should write such a work, noting historical depictions and evolving sensibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Thomas
New York
Charles Henry Meltzer
Thomas
George Henry Payne
Alabama
Missouri
Marlowe
Malta
Barabbas
Shylock
Roderigo Lopez
Fletcher
Dekker
Venice
William Henning
Lord Lansdowne
Lubeck
Edmund Kean
York
Maida of Judah
C. Z. Barnett
Rise of Jewish Characters in English Drama Evolves From Stereotypes
The article surveys historical depictions of Jews in English and American drama, noting early grotesque portrayals and later efforts toward fuller, brighter depictions. It cites works by Marston, Webster, Dibdin, Jones, Zangwill, Fernald, Blanche Walsh, and Dumas, and discusses a shift sparked by American playwrights and the concept of Jewish-centered American drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Sheridan Knowles
Mariendorpt
Robert Green
Selimus
Bajazet
John Marston
Rogers
Webster
Ghent
Henry Arthur Jones
Judah
Zangwill
Fernald
Kreutzer
Blanche Walsh
Dumas
Claude
Adolph D’annery
Europe
Thomas
Chester Park Opera Opens With Metropolitan English Company
The Chester Park season debuts Sunday June 21 with Robin Hood performed by the Metropolitan English Opera Company. Joseph F Sheehan leads a starry cast and lavish production values headlining a ten-opera repertoire across vigorous engagements in Chicago Cleveland and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chester Park
I. M. Martin
Chester
Great Auditorium
Chicago
Cleveland
Metropolitan English Opera Company
America
Joseph F. Sheehan
Sheehan
Aida Hemmi
Eng
Maude Adams First Speaking Part at Age Five
A historic note recalls Maude Adams in her first speaking role at age five in a melodrama about rescuing a drowning woman. The highlight was Adams as chief actor and stage manager in a one-armed rescuer scene. An improvised boat gag led to comic chaos and Adams's enduring early triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Adams
Miss Adams
Gain
Six Round Prize Fight Headlines New Show At Columbia
The leading picture Sunday afternoon features a six round prize fight between Harry Gilmore, boxing instructor from Chicago, and Joe Choynski, world renowned middleweight ex-champion. Also new talking pictures Lord of a Day The Mother-in-Law and A Voyage to South America. Illustrated songs In the Evening By the Moonlight and Broncho Buster. Cincinnati Reds game scores flashed by innings on screen.
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Columbia
Harry Gilmore
Chicago
Joe Choynski
Picture Machine
Talking Pictures
South America
Illustrated Songs
East
Cincinnati Reds
Weber Programme at Zoo Show Promises Popular Music
John Weber previews a Zoo concert series built on singable popular tunes. The program features Miss Blanche Mahaffey vocal numbers, George Cohan songs, operatic medleys, and selections like Reminiscences of Ireland. Notable performers include oboist Sig A Nicolletti and a Lucia sextet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
John Weber
Zoological Garden
Blanche Mahaffey
George Cohan
Miss Mahaffey
Harris
Sig. A. Nicolletti
Ireland
Grand New Vaudeville Bill Promises Similar Crowd Draw
The Grand begins a new run of vaudeville with dancing singing and talking pictures from Sunday. The bill features the Bernards hoop rollers Julia Romaine and company and more along with eighteen first class pictures including Pinafore and songs by Susanna Willis. Essex vs Le Roy local ball game includes Chauncey who rises to stardom after catching a crucial foul tip and a lucky play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Bernards
Julia Romaine
Spray Sisters
Lewises
William Kilroe
Susanna Willis
Essex
le Roy
le Roys
McCarthy
Olcott
Essex Boys
Chauncey
Philadelphia
Carncross Minstrels
Darktown Fire Brigade at Coney Island Opens Tonight
At 7:30 this evening the Darktown Fire Brigade burlesque opens at Coney Island for two weeks with daily matinees and evening shows. Billy Kersands leads a 100 performer all colored company in a comedy about firemen at the river park, featuring a hand engine and a Kentucky mule. Smittie’s Band and a free vaudeville lineup accompany the production alongside other regular park attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darktown
Coney
Old Kentucky
Billy Kersands
Smittie
Varno and
Valdare
Raymond Affad Harper
Walton Brothers
Roman
la Adelia
Ginter and Gilmore
River Park
Coney steamers aid city welfare with free rides
Cincinnati reports the island steamers Island Queen and Princess play a public role beyond transport. The Health Department expands milk stations for mothers and children and the Coney Company adds free ride tickets, boosting Fresh Air Fund charities while drawing large crowds to river trips on warm days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresh Air Fund
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Queen City Beach Opens With Sloping Ohio Sand Bar
The Queen City Beach opens today as fast falling Ohio waters reveal a broad sand bar nearly level. The area offers a safe shallow zone for youngsters to wade far from shore while waves provide playful motion. Manager Kroger guarantees first class Sunday crowd facilities and a bright night lighting display along the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Beach
Ohio
Kroger
Le Roy Star Chauncey Olcott Excels In Baseball Then Shifts To Stage
In early Le Roy New York near Rochester Chauncey Olcott impressed as a skilled baseball player with a sharp fielding mitt. He later moved to the stage, a fact Olcott readily confirms when asked. The Le Roy vs Essex game ended 3 to 2 with Le Roy in the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Olcott
Olcott
le Roy
New York State
Rochester
Essex
Shakespeare Memorial to Cost London Million
A proposed Shakespeare memorial in London is set to cost 1 million dollars. The article recounts legends of the tomb’s curse deterring desecration attempts and notes past but unsuccessful excavations and near-misses with Shakespeare’s remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shakespeare
J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps
Athenaeum
Davenport
Chester Vaudeville Offers Free Show Matinee
Chester presents a free afternoon vaudeville program featuring Demonte Min, Leonard Kane, and Marie Clark in a home city premiere charac ter-singing act. Baker and Commellia provide comedy and acrobatics as a new singing talking dancing picture theater program entertains crowds. June swims at the nearby bathing beach attract large Sunday audiences all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Demonte
Min‘strels
Leonard Kane
Marie Clark
Baker
Commellia
Beauty Rules and Comedy Lines From Rose Stahl and Arbuckle
A reader asks Rose Stahl for complexion tips and she warns to remove the face before retiring and avoid cosmetics. The column notes Arbuckle’s quip about fat men not being loved and praises Tom Wise as a leading comedian on the American stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Stahl
Miss Stahl
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Bucyrus
Robinson Circus
Eden Park
Florence Avenue
Reading Road
Robinson
Hardihood
David Henderson
Henderson
Edinburgh
Wemyss
New York Herald
General Grant
John A. Logan
Will Eaton
The
Herald
Records Herald
Chicago Opera House
E. E. Rice
Henry E. de Nat Goodwin
William Crane
Keenan
Pike Stock Company
Belasco
Lish
Powers
Thomas Richards
Savage
Margaret Crawford
Hemmi
Joel Mossberg
George W. Callihan
Clarence Rogerson
Opera House
Chester’s Free Vaudeville
Fat Macklyn Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Tom Wise
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