The Gay White Way at the Casino Review
A mixed critique of The Gay White Way at the Casino noting Blanche Ring's energy and varied gowns, with supporting turns by Blanche King and Jefferson De Angelis. Sydney Rosenfeld’s book and Ludwig Englander’s music draw mixed reactions. overall the production is familiar with moments of cleverness and some dull stretches. The piece also surveys The Hayden at Star Theater Buffalo with Elsie Janis, and Charlies Klein's The Stepsister at Garrick Theater Washington.
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Casino
Blanche King
Alexander Carr
Mme. Guerite
Jefferson de Angelis
Sydney Rosenfeld
Ludwig Englander
Blanche Ring
J. Heron Miller
Miss Ring
Maud Raymond
Hayden
Elsie Janis
Charles Dillingham
Star Theater
Buffalo
Normandy
Dieppe
Garrick Theater Comedy Company
Washington
Charlies Klein
Klein
Land of Dollars Comes to Chicago at Grand Opera House
Ezra Kendall brings The Land of Dollars to Chicago within a week or two at the Grand opera house in Texas O West’s hands. The Western ranch life tale features Jack Dallam and an English lord, with Miss Gene Gauntier and Wm. Gibson in the lead roles. The production showcases authentic settings, elaborate scenery, and a strong cast. audiences praised the week as the largest crowd for a repertoire company in local theatre history.
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Ezra Kendall
Chicago
Grand Opera House
Texas
O. West
Valverde County
Jack Dallam
Buckhead Ranch
Messrs
Broadhurst and
Currie
New York
Gene Gauntier
Wm. Gibson
Louis Thiel
Clara Lampert
Monica Lee
Grace Barton
James Daly
Griebel
Mankato
Texas West
la Crosse
Ocean liners to host stage drama at sea
Manager Charles Frohman reveals plans to stage full theatrical performances aboard large ocean liners using on board scenery costumes and properties. He envisions American and English companies rotating between London and New York with first performances mid ocean and a potential new revenue source during peak travel seasons. The idea aims to bring theater to sea and attract passenger interest, especially on transatlantic voyages.
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Charles Frohman
London
New York
Mr. Frohman
Atlantic
Ocean Greyhound Theater
Grace Howard company to perform in Mankato this week
The Grace Howard company of players opens a December 22 engagement in Mankato. The Grace Haywood company recently closed a Western play “On the Frontier” with over 1,200 paid admissions and a full house, praised as one of the season’s most successful week’s engagements by the Mankato Review.
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Grace Howard Company
Mankato (Minn
Rev’ew
Grace Haywood Company
Ole Swanson Charms Audiences In Swedish Dialect Drama
Ole Swanson the lead in a Swedish dialect comedy drama draws crowds with humor and pathos. Critics praise its American writing, the strong company, and added high class specialties as part of the La Crosse theater engagement. Matinee and night show Sunday Dec 15.
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Ole Swanson
Ole Olson
Yon Yonson
Lyman Howe Exhibition On Discovery Shown In La Crosse
A detailed display of the great discovery and every phase of diamond mining by Lyman H. Howe will be shown in La Crosse in the late December period. The program promises extraordinary features throughout.
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Lyman H. Howe
la Crosse
Ezra Kendall Sends Birthday Gift To Harry Askin
Ezra Kendall honors Harry Askin of the Askin Singer company with a cigar holder and a blessing on his birthday. Kendall notes a warm inscription praising Askin as a good manager and wishes him well.
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Ezra Kendall
Harry Askin
Askin-Singer Company
Nethersole Opens Season With The Awakening
Olga Nethersole will stage The Awakening at the Astor Theatre New York beginning in February adapted from Paul Hervieu's Le Reveil.
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Olga Nethersole
Astor Theatre
New York
Paul Hervieu
Texas New Play of the West Comes to La Crosse
A Breezy recital of love at the La Crosse theater previews Texas a new southwest life drama by J Maul din Feigl. It features Broadhurst and Currie with stage manager care and favorable metropolitan notices comparing it to Arizona and The Virginian.
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Texas
la Crosse Theatre
Southwest
J. Mauldin Feigl
Metropolitan
Arizona
Virginian
The Girl Question Comes in February in Chicago
Leo Kohlmar, last season with David Warfield in The Music Master, is cast as a dramatic German baron in The Girl Question. The play with songs is a leading feature of Chicago’s amusement season, presenting a refined Teutonic noble rather than a vulgar caricature. One scene shows a genuine German sentiment toward the fatherland addressed to a cafe head waitress who does not understand Auf wiedersehen.
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Leo Kohlmar
David Warfield
Chicago
Messrs. Hough
Adams
Wiedersehen
Cullinan Diamond Found by Miner at Premier Mine
Five months after a day's work at the Premier diamond mine near Pretoria a superintendent on inspection found a huge gem embedded in quartz bearing diamonds. He dug it out with a pen knife, uncovering the Cullinan diamond, renowned worldwide. The Kohinoor is far inferior in size and quality.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Kohinoor
Forepaugh Sells Circus Discontinued By Ringling Barnum
The Ringling Brothers announce the discontinuance of the Forepaugh Sells circus and state the territory will be divided between the Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Brothers circuses.
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Ringling Brothers
The
Barnum & Bailey
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
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Edward Archer
Pasquale
Billie Burke
England
America
Wife
John Drew
Empire Theater
Hattie Williams
Atlantic Ocean
Robert Butler
Yust
Sweden
Minn
Tion
Curren
Southern Plains
Nethersole
Lyman Howe
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