Dual stars Cecelia Loftus and Lawrence D Orsay to star this season
The article celebrates the upcoming joint tour of Cecelia Loftus and Lawrence D Orsay, noting their rare talent and prior storied careers. It outlines Loftus’s rise from vaudeville to leading roles with Sothern and Irving, and D Orsay’s swift ascent to top stage status.
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London
Cissy
Cecelia
Cecelia Loftus
Henry Irving
E. H. Sothern
Justin Huntley McCarthy
Chester to Present The Fortune Teller at Park
The Chester opera season opens with The Fortune Teller by Harry B. Smith and Victor Herbert featuring Alice Neilson. Cast includes Clark Fulton Mylie Ross Bartlett Burton Fair. scenes span Buda Pesth to Hungarian camps. advance seats show strong demand. A free 4 and 8 pm vaudeville bill accompanies daily performances at the park.
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Chester Opera
Harry B. Smith
Victor Herbert
Alice Neilson
New Chester Organization
Sandoer
W. H. Clark
Ladislasa
Huzzar
Aere Ee
Charles Fulton
Count Berezowski
Sam Mylie Fresco
Bud Ross Boris
Tom Ince Rafael
Eva Rockwood Vaninka
Josephine Bartlett
Mlle
Pompon
ME Ekeid Fag
Eleanor Burton
Jan
Lillian McIntyre
Wanda Mildred Cecil Etelkat
Millie Milton Vera Fresco
Ianthe Willis Irma
Musette
Thelma Fair
Buda-Pesth
Chester Fummakers
Messrs
Ince, Mylie
Ross
Smith
Chester Company
Jesse Bartlett Davis
Pompom
Clark
Fulton
Chester
The
Park
The Earl of Pawtucket Launches D'Orsay as Star
Augustus Thomas, an English actor, discovers Mr D'Orsay during Frohman company days. Thomas crafts a vehicle to fit his humor and dignity. The Earl of Pawtucket debuts to instant public praise, establishing his stage success.
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Mr. D’orsay
Augustus Thomas
Thomas
Charles Frohman
Earl of
Pawtucket
Thomas D'Orsay Loftus Triumph At New York Stage
The piece stars Mr. D'Orsay as the eccentric English hero with Mr. Thomas as playwright and producer backed by Kirk LaSchelle. Miss Loftus rises to top vaudeville salary levels while Henry Miller, her manager, plans profitable collaborations and seeks a fitting play for her talents.
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People’s Theater
Hubert Heuck
Nat Goodwin
Henry E. Dixey
Wilton Lackaye
Cincinnati
Mrs. Bell
Marie Loftus
Charles Hoyt
Evans & Hoey
Innocent Kid
Jennie Yeamans
Angel Child
Hoyt
People’s
London
Bell
England
Gracie Emmett
Penny Wise
Pound
Cissy” Loftus
Charles Frohman
New York
E. H. Sothern
Miss Loftus
Cecelia
Mr. Sothern
Sir Henry Irving
Lyceum
Daniel Frohman
Israel Zangwill
Joe Weber
Henry Miller
D’orsay
M Miller
Margaret Anglin
Mr. D’orsay
Madison Square Theater
Mr. Thomas
Kirk LaSchelle
Messrs. la Schelle
Thomas
Earl of
Pawtucket
Joseph Weber
Miller
Bell recalls her "little girl" left at convent school
Mrs Bell speaks of a constant theme from those days describing her young daughter she left at a convent school near the area, reflecting on separation and memory.
Brander Matthews on Show Instinct and Stage Publics
Prof Brander Matthews of Columbia argues art in drama rests on primitive instinct and the show instinct. He notes four publics for theater: first-class plays spectacle circus and vaudeville and says literature must let the play stand on its own without heavy literary exercise. He also notes theater as recreation and mentions audience diversity.
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Agamemnon
Harvard
Joseph Jefferson
Tabarin
Pinero
David Garrick
Sheridan
Garrick
Calderon
Sardou
Henry Irving
Brander Matthews
Dramatic Literaure
Columbia University
Matthews
New York Times
Thespis
Chester Promises First Class Free Vaudeville Bill
This week at Chester patrons will see Cari ta the sensa tional dancer the Sharpe Brothers the Dixie boys Laurent the man of many mysteries and his illusionists and Rinaldo the wandering violinist. The Golden West Quartet performs daily at the clubhouse from 5 to 8 p.m. with music and singing featured.
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Chester
Carita
Europe
Sharpe Brothers
Dixie Boys
Southland
Laurent
Rinaldo
Golden West Quartet
Queen City Bathing Beach Season Delayed by River Rise
Prolonged high river stage has suspended bathing at Queen City Beach. The resort announces the regular season opening is postponed to Saturday June 22 due to the flood conditions.
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Queen City
Colonel Kennedy Heads Coney Island Open-Air Show
The next big open-air event at Coney Island is Colonel William Kennedy's Cheyenne Indian Village and Wild West spectacle opening Saturday June 22. Kennedy, returning with a larger show and several hours of Western life, is under contract to appear despite prior offers elsewhere. He has just finished a three week run in St. Paul after a bid to extend at Coney.
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Coney
Colonel Willian
Kennedy
Wild West
Congress of Indians
Buffalo Bills
Pawnee Bills
St. Paul
Coney Island
Minneapolis
Summer at Coney Opens With Broad Appeal
With summer return, Coney Island river park promises wide attraction. Queen and Princess steamers run to the ten mile ride, new clubhouse and extensive grounds offer an outdoor program. Dancing, roller skating, vaudeville headliner Sapteli the American Hercules headline the week.
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Broadway
Coney
Nall
Sapteli
Hercules
The Merry Widow Arrives In New York Stage
News from Copenhagen and Russia reports drama around The Merry Widow with a deadly tragedy and impersonation fine. The piece centers on David Murray Judith Zaraine and a powerful European military monster in a Pennsylvanian setting.
Critics Split Over Miss Pocahontas At Studebaker Theater
Chicago critics note Walter Jones performs a beer song that provokes audience exits while praising Miss Elgie Bowen and Miss Clara Palmer for talent. Production costs, set design, and lighting are highlighted, with commentary on libretto and the show’s satirical roots in John Smith legend.
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Cincinnati
Barnet-Bacher
Chicago
Stenous
Burns Mantle
Inter-Ocean
Studebaker Theater
Walter Jones
Walter
Jones
John Smith
R. A. Barnet
R. M. Baker
Daniel Sullivan
Elgie Bowen
Miss Bowen
Marguerite Clark
Clara Palmer
Miss Palmer
Filat Iront
New York
Studebaker
Barnet
Salisbury
McLellan Works On Judith Zaraine New Serious Drama
Playwright of Leah Kleschna and The Belle of New York pursues a new serious work titled Judith Zaraine. The heroine is a self sacrificing young woman, and the plot pairs her with a vast magnate representing the oil industry as he falls in love, illustrating ideals larger than country.
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David Murray
Judith Zaraine
Iron and Steel
Pennsylvania
United States
America
New York
Judith
Standard Oil Company
Toby Claude Loves America
Irish born stage performer Harriet Boris McMuragh Cavanagh known as Toby Claude, 4 foot 714 inches, built a career from Dublin to London and New York. She credits Sir Arthur Sullivan and Edna May for breakthroughs and says she loves America and its people, planning to stay.
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Toby Claude
America
Captain Careless Company
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Harriet Boris McMuragh Cavanagh
Paris
Germany
Arthur Sullivan
London
Fontainbleau
Daly’s
Marie Tempest
Royal Irish Academy
Belle of
New York
Edna May
Claude
Broadway Stars Reel In Big Season Checks
Wise men of Broadway tally season income for leading stars. Richard Mansfield and David Warfield each at 100000 dollars. Anglin 45000. Adams 40000. Held 40000. Melville 45000. Elliott 65000. Williams 40000. Allen 35000. Others include Drew 30000, Sothern 50000, Marlowe 50000, Bernard 25000, Edeson 30000, Mantell 25000, Daniels 25000, Collier 25000, Rose Stahl 25000, Mauro.
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Broadway
Richard Mansfield
David Warfield
John Drew
Sothern
Marlowe
William Collier
Robert Mantell
Frank Daniels
Montgomery and Stone
Sam Bernard
Robert Edeson
Maxine Elliott
Margaret Anglin
Hattie Williams
Rosa Stahl
Anna Held
Viola Allen
Maude Adams
Rose Melville
Mary Mannering Advocates Romantic Theater
Actress Mary Mannering argues that romantic drama should dominate popular taste over problem plays. She believes theater should amuse and uplift, not distress audiences, and that fictional life can be shaped to present light and hopeful depictions rather than gloom.
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Mary Mannering
Betsy
Hammerstein Stirring London With Flippant Opera Talk
Oscar Hammerstein charms English reporters in London with playful remarks about opera plans. He recalls writing four operas but says he told New York's Police Commissioner he would not produce another of his own. He asserts confidence as a great composer and hints at differing opinions on his work.
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Franz Lehar
Henry W. Savage
New York
America
Mme. Nathansen
Denmark
Copenhagen
New York Sun
Merry Widow
Oscar Hammerstein
London
Mr. Hammerstein
Commissioner of Police
Comic monologue acts by city themed comedian
A performer explains the challenges of pleasing diverse audiences nationwide. He says he abandons the universal joke approach and crafts city specific routines. He notes each city earns him more money with a unanimous laugh and lists topics linked to major cities.
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Montgomery Phister
Awrence D’orsay
Loftus
Ellen Terry
Long Island
Marie Bell
Mr. Bell
Julla Miarlowze
Comic Opera
Sandow
Santelli
Lambert
Pierce
de Vilhous
Redwood
Harvey
Nat Ss. Jerome
Duckworth Club
Eagles
Michael Mullen
Eighth Ward
New German Alliance
Ohio
Oddoobooogosdo
Chester’s Free Vaudeville
Kennedy’s Wild West
Coney’s
Oscar
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
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