Theatre gossip and reminiscences of actors and plays
In this column, notes on Boucicault reshaping Shakespeare, the fate of plays versus novels, and a Philadelphia reunion for Ella Kinlock, widow of actor Mr Kinlock, with history of her stage beginnings in London and America and her late life at the Walnut Street Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Drew
Philadelphia
Ella Kinlock
Lane
Walnut‘street
England
America
Kinlock
Walnut
Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Prince and His Bohemian Theater Forays
The article notes the Prince of Wales at the New Club with Lady Randolph Churchill and other political figures. It claims he has taken Lord Randolph under his wing and recalls his past liking for behind the scenes theater misadventures. A dresser once expelled him after an accidental backstage intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lady Randolph Churchill
Prince of Wales
Opera Comique
Lady Randolph
Lord Randolph
London Jetter
Darwin
Nature
Longman’s Magazine
Booth Barrett Tour Plans Ambitious 200 Night Season
Lawrence Barrett reveals a joint Booth Barrett tour itinerary with Buffalo opening in September. They will perform Julius Caesar alongside Othello Macbeth Lear Hamlet and two double bills. One bill features Shylock and The King's Pleasure with Booth and Barrett. the other includes Don Caesar or The Fool's Revenge ending with Garrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Barrett
Chicago Herald
Shylock
Mr. Booth
Garrick
Scenic ambitions clash with travel limits for the stage
The piece notes a theater company plans grand scenic productions next season, recruiting mainly from current supporters while keeping scenery transport practical. It laments road transport limits yet vows full production, aiming to please the eye as well as the ear. A Boston Post remark adds a humorous tale of three youths paid to attend a dull show, underscoring curb stone opinion on stage merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Curbstone
Boston Post
McCullough and the Mile. Rhea Notes in London Tour
A correspondent recalls a Canadian tour with McCullough where an advance agent failed to arrange supers. With two actors sick the mob scene in Dentatus drew laughter as the improvised cast struggled to cover. Dentatus denounces cowardice while the audience roars at every cue and Langdon tears scenery. Various stage anecdotes follow, including Vance, Pritchard, and Warde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCullough
Hamilton
Cits
Vance
Bob Pritchard
Dentatus
Langdon
Bob
Pritchard
Icilious
Fred Warde
Lucius Dentatus
Santiago
West Indies
Spain
Cobre
Cornwall
England
Madrid
Knock
Ireland
Cuba
Italy
Philadelphia Record
The Sense of Honor in Boys and Two Dog Stories
The piece contrasts boys honor with bravery in two dogs and a wartime tale. It opens urging youths to speak up to authorities about wrongs, then recounts dogs aiding or denying help, and ends with John Bunyan’s future heroism as a war recruit nicknamed Helpful John, in Harper's Young People style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Charles
Parliament
Leicester
John
Hawkins
Miles Standish
Mr. Greatheart
John Bunyan
Harper’s Young People
Progress of science and the Chinook wind noted in articles
In an address to engineers, P F Nursey extols moral and material world progress from fire to ‘Newton’ eras, weaponry, and urban growth. The piece discusses the Chinook wind warming Montana and Switzerland’s foehn, plus social reflections on Washington society and rural town manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Society of Engineers
P. F. Nursey
Paradise
Sidney Smith
Newton
Larady
Stephenson
Siemens
Atlantic
London
Montezuma
Emerson
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Pacific Ocean
Switzerland
Northwest
New York Tribune
Ex Senator Fair Spins Grand Sugar Plantation Tale
Ex Senator Fair entertains a San Francisco party with extravagant travel stories including a claimed 25 000 acre sugar plantation in Southern California and plans for 150 000 acres next year. The English host is astonished as Fair’s detailed knowledge seems to outpace local facts and elicit belief in California sugar production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair
San Francisco
China
Hawaiian Islands
Spreckles
California
Devil Extractor and Madras Court Tale of Ghost Doctor
A Madras small causes court case reveals a man who markets devil extracting as a legitimate profession. The plaintiff sought payment for care of a brother with mental distress, while the judge mused on belief in hauntings and the limits of evidence supporting the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Madras
Small Cause Court
Times of India
LAWYER'S RULE EXPOSED AND OLD BIT RETOLD
A portrait of Joan R. Grimes as a distinguished New Orleans lawyer noted for audacity and resourcefulness. An anecdote recalls his bluster in a Supreme Court appeal when a judge challenged a quoted authority from Story. Grimes coolly defends the claim while the court laughs at the bluff. The piece ends with a humorous old bet about fish conversation from Frank Leslie's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan R. Grimes
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Grimes
Mr. Grimes
Edison
Harpers Magazine
Huckster
Frank Leslie
Weekly
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Richard Voss
Germany
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Kingston
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