The Rose of the Rancho Tours and Miss Bates at Academy
Stage listings note Belasco's The Rose of the Rancho remains at the Academy of Music until Jan 2 then moves on to road shows. Blanche Bates set to appear Jan 27, with Viola Allen premiering Irene Wycherley at Astor Theatre. The Warrens of Virginia and The Comet are discussed alongside other current productions and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco
Rancho
Academy of Music
Blanche Bates
Academy
Frances Starr
Richman
Warrens
Virginia
Belasco Theatre
General Werren
Frank Keenan
E.L. Davenport
England
Ars. Mowatt
Davenport
Warrens of
Charlotte Walker
Nime
Keenan
Anna Heid
Katherine Grey
Madison Square Theatre
Pope
The Witching Hour and a Night of Theatrical Fare
A long review notes The Witching Hour offers an engaging story with strong character, not a didactic work. Harlem Opera House hosts Graystark from Grace Hayward and George Barr McCutcheon, while The Girl Behind the Counter continues at Herald Square Theatre with Lew Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Square Theatre
Lew” Fields
Theatres Show New Screen Ventures This Week
Novelties of the week headline Monday night performances at Astor Theatre with Viola Alien in Irene Wycherney. Lincoln Square Theatre presents The Spooner Stock Company in The Heart of Maryland. New Circle Theatre features Kolb and Dill in Lonesome Town. Savoy Theatre offers Twenty Days in the Shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Square Theatre
Edna May Spooner
Maryland Calvert
David Belasco
Maryland
NEW Circle Theatre
New Circle
Lonesome Town
Messrs. Kolb
Dili
Astor Theatre
Viola Alien
Irene Wycherney
Spooner Stock Company
The Hippodrome Presents The Battle of Port Arthur and Auto Race
The Hippodrome in New York continues popular with two daily performances and added animal acts. A circus ring features dogs cats and pigeons while the season’s seasonal spectacle closes with four seasons changes. The Dramatic Mirror quotes Miss Rose Stahl on 2 300th Chorus Lady performance and Mr E H Sothern on delicate subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Port Arthur
New York
The
Dramatic Mirror
E. H. Sothern
Sothern
Liice Eccles
Theatrical Listing From The Academy Directory
Theatre guide lists showtimes and acts at many New York venues including the Academy of Music Alhambra Astor Belasco Bijou Broadway and more. Notable acts include Irene Wycherley Miss Hook of Holland Funabashi Polly of the Circus and The Heart of Maryland among others with vaudeville and stock company offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
4Th St
Irving Place
Broadway
Anna Held
88Th St
Colonial
Vaudeville
Criterion
44Th St
Daly's
29Th
30Th Sts
Society
DEWEY
14Th St
3D Ave
Eden Musee
6Th Ave
Empire
40Th St
Fifth Avenue
28Th St
Fifty-Eighth Street
84 Ave
Trelfth St
Greenwood German Theatre
German Stock Company
Gotham
125Th St
Grand Opera House
8Th Ave
Opera House
Louth St
7Th Ave
Variety Theatres Bill Dominates Week with Many Acts
Horace Goldin headlines at the Alhambra Theatre with a strong lineup including Thomas J. Ryan and Mary Richfield in Mag Hagerty's Father and acts by Whit Cunliffe Jo Welch Maidie Scott Peter Donald Nettie Carson Alcide Capitaine and the Binns. Colonial Theatre features Eva Tanguay and Vesta Victoria plus Clayton White Marie Stuart Kenorah the Four Dainty Dancers Valent the Juggler and the Wetport Trio with Miss New York Jr presenting two daily shows. Fifth Avenue Theatre showcases Night on a Houseboat and The Star Boat with Belle Blanche Clerten Crawford the Dillon brothers Frederic Bond and Winston's sea lions. Parish and Gotham stages offer Paradise Alley and Rollickers with Mayme Gehrge Dave Lewis Callahan and St George Scott and Whaley La Vine Cameron. The Keith & Proctor policy brings two daily concerts at several venues including Mrs Gene Hughes Work and Owen and the Wilson brothers. Pastor's Theatre presents The Girl with the Red Kimono starring Miss Gertrude Mansfield with two daily performances. Powell-Cottrell group adds Ruth Allen Jack Gardner and De Haven Sextet among others with two concerts. May Irwin arrives at Victoria Theatre with new songs and Etoile horse show and chameleon comedian Hymack. Grace Hazard brings feet of comic opera while Waterbury Brothers Tenny Stuart Barnes and others round out the merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Goldin
Alhambra Theatre
Goldin
Thomas J. Ryan
Mary Richfield
Williams
Colonial Theatre
Eva Tanguay
Vesta Victoria
Miss Tanguay
Victoria Theatre
Miss Victoria
Albert Whelan
Clayton White
Marie Stuart
Kenorah
Valent
Juggler
Wetport
Messrs
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Belle Blanche
Clirten Crawford
Dillon Brothers
Frederic Bond
Winston
Sea Lions
May Irwin
Waterbury Brothers
Tenny
Stuart Barnes
Renier and Gaudier
Carson and Herbert
Nick Long
Idaline Cotton
Notable London Actors Play Many Parts on Stage
The piece notes Fred Atkins has starred as the lead in The Grip of Iron for nearly twenty years with around six thousand performances. It cites Austin Melford as Wilfred Denver in The Silver King about three to four thousand times, and Sheil Barry as Gaspard in Les Cloches de Corneville over ten thousand times. It adds a Thespian with fifteen hundred distinct parts in seven years, mainly in stock companies with rotating bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shakespeare
Fred Atkins
Austin Melford
Wilfred Denver
Sheil Barry
Gaspard
Miser
James
Jefferson
Isea
Rip van Winkle
Carusi’s
Washington
Rip
Adelphi
New York
Paterson
N. J
Joseph Jefferson
William Winter
Pangloss
Acres
Caleb Plummer
Golightly
Debate Over New York Theatres and Edwin Booth’s Legacy
The piece notes unfulfilled promises of a grand New York theatre under Belasco and Fiske and recalls Edwin Booth’s successful yet financially challenged Booth’s Theatre. It cites annual profits of Booth’s house, debt reductions, and Booth’s defense of art over finance, plus a 1873 letter defending his “moral theatre” and a remark about a parishioner access policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fiske
Harrison Grey Fiske
Tribune
Belasco
Edwin Booth
Booth
England
Christian Union
Ist Imst
Daugh
Edwin Bot
Syman
Richelieu
Wes
Joseph Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle mark exceeds fifteen thousand
Article compares Jefferson’s record to other actors like Charles Warner and Mr. Arnold, noting Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle performances spanned fifty years and reached about fifteen thousand showings. It disputes claims of others having “fifteen hundred distinct parts” in seven years and explains the math behind part counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warner
Coupeau
Charles Arnold
Hans the Boatman
Teddy George
Erte Jaikes
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Jefferson
Botany Bay theatricals praised by Kemble in Sydney
A London report notes Sydney’s theatre scene flourishing as John Philip Kemble agrees that performers have been carefully selected and sent to Botany Bay, suggesting high quality for the fledgling company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
John Philip Kemble
Botany Bay
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Viola Allen
Messrs. Ziebler & Co
Anthony P. Wharton
Irene ‘Wycheriey
Miss Allen
Miss Alien
Bijou Theatre
Mr. Johnson
Mme. Nazimova
Charnel-House
Broadway Theatre
Carnegie Music Hall
Burton Holmes
Vienna
Lfe
Holmes
Austine
Carnegie Hall
Lyceum
Casino Theatre
Alice Fischer
William Beeck
Criterion Theatre
Piezy
Miss Hook
Holland
Christie MacDonald
Daly’s Theatre
Mr. Armstrong
Empire Theatre
Mauds Adams
Garrick Theatre
Miss Elliott
Mr. Hsmond
Greenwood Tree
Miss Dillcott
Hackett Theatre
Oaly
Crema
the Theatre
Harlem Opera House
Keith and
Proctor
John Craig
Beatrice Morgan
Hudson Theatre
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
the Hudson
Knickerbocker Theatre
George Cohan
Mr. Cohan
Liberty Theatre
Polly
Frederic Thompson
Mabel Taliaferro
Lyceum Theatre
Lyric Theatre
E. L. Davenport
J. W. Wallack
Lester Wallack
Augustin Daly
Henry Irving
Stuyvesant Theatre
Wallack’s
Gratiano
Majestic Theatre
Weber's Theatre
Weber's
Lehar
Weber
Lulu Glaser
Charles J. Ross
Mabel Fenton
Peter F. Datley
New Amsterdam Theatre
New Amsterdam
Halcyon
Mahree
New York Theatre
Mlle. Genee
Empire Ballet
Genes
Michus
Philadelphia
Savoy Theatre
Charles Frohman
Dallas Welford
Richard Sennett
Ernest Lawford
Jeffreys Lewis
William Farnum
Daly's Theatre
Irene Wycherley
Charles Richman
Novelties OF the Week
Theatrical Directory
Herald Square
85Th St
Hudson
West 44Th St
Knickerbocker
Oe Liberty
Benes and Sheeckeaing
Fear
Ramon
Eee Bavoy
Th St
Shade
Dles Yvesant
David Warfield
Tony Pastor
Ee Street
Union Square
Wallace's
gOth St
Variety Theatres
Dewey Theatre
Paradise Alley
Mayme Gehrge
Gotham Theatre
M. M. Theise
125Th Street
George Evans
Bessie Wynne
Tighe
Collegians
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Gene Hughes
Work and
Owen
Wilson Brothers
Mr. Dailey
Tony Pastor’s
Gertrude Mansfield
Pastor’s Theatre
Girl With
Red Kimono
Kathryn Miley
Elsie Gresham
Birch
Ansel
Shaw
Bennett
Elliott
Stoddard
Wilson
Ted
Alare Steel
Mr. Pastor's Playhouse
Union Square Theatre
Powell-Cottrell Group
Ruth Allen
Jack Gardner
de Haven Sextet
Barry and
Hughes
Rice and Cady
Curtis, Palmer and Company
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