Reminiscence of a Butte Stage Scandal by John Maguire
Veteran manager John Maguire recounts an anecdote of an ambitious Butte actress who improvised a balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. The performance ended with confusion over a supposed Romeo and a drunken arrest, culminating in the group raising $200 to buy her a new Romeo and her departure to a “civilized land.”
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Ohn Maguire
Butte
Mr. Maguire
le Sad
Juliet
Vvening & Cixcuasion
Renee
Salem
Paseo Aroun
Romeo
London Theater News Roundup of Plays and Personalities
Footlight items report "In the Soup" reaching two thousand performances in London and Victory Patelian replacing Ada Gray in East Lynne. The Awakening flops in London, Cecelia Loftus becomes Suthern’s leading lady, and Mme Sealchi to debut in vaudeville. Zangwill’s new comedy The Revotted Daughter praised as clever but light. Detroit and Indianapolis mentions include Seabrooke's fallout with a critic and Whitney vowing he will not return. Other notes cover Viola Allen’s Belle of New York fund, Lovers Lane move, Edna Wallace Hopper’s pool-room woes, La Presa the Spanish act, and The Little Minister at the Grand Opera House with strong reception.
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Sarah King
Sal King
Tuch
Peter
Old Rochester
McGuffey
Macbeth
Our Fathers
Bal
Muscatine
Sal. King
New York
Rochester
France
Paris
Enne
Chicago
Cleopatra
Surdou
Madame Fernhardt
Rochester Rumor Links Bernhardt To Sal King Tale
Old Rochester residents recall a long running gossip that Sarah King later known as Sal King became the famed actress Sarah Bernhardt. The piece traces Sal King’s youth in Rochester Iowa and sketches possible connections to the French star while noting local skepticism and wild theories about family ties and identity.
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Iowa
Sarah
Rochester
Sarah Bernhardt
Sal King
Coquelin
Town
Cedar River
Mississippi
King
Sal
Sernhardt
Sarah King
Fred Grnegeld
The Telephone Girl Cast at New York Casino
Review notes a strong cast and witty musical score for The Telephone Girl at the New York Casino. It cites Mabel Hite as Estelle and listing principals such as Gustave Kerker, Koustas & Ford, Parker, and the Chappelle Sisters among an all-star company, with a famed feminine chorus retained for the season.
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New York
Gustave Kerker
Harry Bermsen
Ieteran
Overses
Estelle
Mabel Hite
Abee Mame
Koustas & Ford
Dancing Wonders
Parker
Mrank Kelly
The
Chapelle
Overland Minstrels Come to Butte Grand Stage Show
The Overland Minstrels prepare at the Grand for May 2 3 and 4 performances with Chartes Hf Lane as interlocutor and a six man dark ensemble. John Howard leads a 12 piece orchestra. soloists include Jack Thomas Harry Deering and Howard Jones with comic songs from Bert Stephens and T D Bogan. A varied program features dance cello cornet solos club swinging and a comic quartet plus a two round bout and a fake walk among club and society members listed.
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Overland Minstrels
Chartes Hf
Lane
Lntha
John Howard
Jack Thomas
Harry Deering
Howard Jonesy
Bert Stephens
Alabama Coon
T. D. Bogan
Jack Curran
I. D. Bogart
R. H. Ballard
Lewis Howard
Guy Reed
H. Lane
Ray Freund
T. B. Stephens
J W. Thomas
I. D. Bogan
Tus
Fred Kitto
Gra Tilton
B. K. Cosby
Gav Stivers
Lewin Howard
Fenent Gur Reet
A. G. le R. We Farry Darvine
Joe Carren Sales
Ceorce Wedekind
KR. EL Daverd
Is Santa Teresa A Witch The Peculiar Gift Of A Girl
The Yaqui healer Teresa Urrea Rodrigues known as Santa Teresa has left for Europe. Rumors claim she travels to perform healing for royalty while her fame as a healer of physical ills has spread for a decade.
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Mexico
Courney
Arignia
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Inez
St Louis
Huils
Becaure
Europe
Santa Teresa
Senora Teresa Urrea-Rodrigues
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London
Victory Patelian
East Lynne
Ada Gray
Haddon Chambers
Cisay Loftus
Mies
Cecelia Loftus
Suthern
Ophelia
Mme. Sealchi
Zangwill
Indianapolis
Thomas Q Seabrooke
Detroit
Kising
Jean+ eile Lowrie
Bertha Wallinger
Lury
Whitney
Belle of
Viola Allen
Republic Theater
Wallack’s
Manhattan
Edna Wallace Hopper
Bookies
Edna
Fregoll
Keith
George K. Henry
Rob Dow
Ara Awards
Gavin Dishart
Agnes Palmer
Barbara
Babbie
Bernhardt
Tech
Boston
America
the Dramatic News
Tex
May Iron
Madge Suir
Mrs. Smith
Trighman
Central Park
Mr. Smith
Professor de Phaiio
Jim Jeffries
Anna Held
Mr. Ziegfeld
Winchester
American Theater
Edward McWade
Oscar J. Girard
Adelaide
South Australia
Sidevi1s
Guint
Truth
Emily Wakeman
William A. Brady
Clyde Titch
Your Faver
Italy
Misa Wakeman
Thaddeus KR. Wakeman
Liberal University of Oregon
Madge Garth
Butte Club Boys
Nina Harrington
New Yorkity
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