London Theatre Plans For Next Season Revealed
A Philadelphia theatre page previews upcoming season plans. George Ade and William Loraine team on a light opera idea. Phillips play Paola and Francesca has reached its hundredth London performance. Major stars including Frohman Gillette Crane and Mansfield map revivals, tours, and new works with details on possible London returns and US premieres.
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Phillips
Paola and
Francesca
London
George Ade
William Loraine
Zamona
Salome
Ade
Sulu
Chicago
Richard Mansfield
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Timon
Athens
Otis Skinner
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Lagarre
Aubrey Boucicault
William Faversham
Gilbert Parker
Sethern
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Hemlet
James K. Hackett
Winston Churchi
Pittsburg
William Gillette
Charles Frohman
Gillette
Hamlet
William H. Crane
David Harum
Stuart Robson
Crane
David Warfield
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Sherlock Holmes
John Drew
Frohman
Metsiotcareit
Margaret Anglin
Ida Conquest
Isaabel Irving
Amelia Bingham
Magdalen
Haddon Chambers
Metropolis
Camille d’Arville
Anna Held
Little Duchess
Paris
Jean Richepin
la du Barry
Clara Bloodgood
Mrs. Ryley
Willard
Charles Hawtrey
Martin Harvey
Hawtrey
New York City
Harvey
J. E. Dodson
Annie Trish
Mrs. Craigie
Edward Rose
Eleanora Duse
d’Annunzio
Francesca da Rimini
Mrs. Campbell
Mr. Bluebeard
Drury Lane Theatre
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Bernhardt
F. Marion Crawford
Macbeth
Scotland
Olive May
New York
Annie Hughes
Arthur Law
Hilda Spong
Pallas Athene
Ulysses
Iris
Bluebell
Vaudeville
Robert Marshall
Scribe
Haymarket
H. B. Irving
Aet Montrichard
Cyril Maude
Chevalier de Grignon
Winifred Emery
Ben Greet
Eleanor Calhoun
Ethel Wynne Matthisen
Forbes Robertson
Lyrie Theatre
Maeterlinck
Monna Vanna
Mariners
Maud Fealy
Laura Linden
Bassett Roe
Louis N. Parker
Stephen Phillips
Krank Worthing
Christopher Junior
Shaftesbury Theatre
Playbills Update as Local Theaters Shifts Put on New Programs
With Girard Avenue Theatre closed last week the Lovers Lane run ends Saturday. Keith announces a complete change of program while Grand Opera House plans a return to variety. The Lyceum stays open with its longtime resort performances continuing.
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Girard Avenue Theatre
Lovers’ Lane
Keith's
Grand Opera House
Lyceum
Two Juliets headlining at the resort theater in Philadelphia
The week opens with Lawrence Sterner’s One act farce "The Two Juliets" in Philadelphia starring Lena Melville Sydney Booth and Marion Elmore who have impressed in Boston and New York. Also billed are Cole and Johnson and other acts with new biograph films promised.
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Lawrence Sterner
Philadelphia
Lena Melville
Sydney Booth
Marion Elmore
Boston
New York City
Coon
Lukens
Keith
Snyder
Buckley
Carlin and
Brown
Orpheus Four
Tom Almond
Hafvard
Worth
Joelson
Moore
Hayes
Wynne
Lovers Lane to Close Run at Chestnut Street Opera House
The long local run of Lovers' Lane ends next Saturday after ten performances in this week and thirteen in Philadelphia. Special attendees include Pennypacker, Ashbridge, McMichael, Baxter, Matin, and Director English expected Wednesday evening. Millie James will host a post show reception with photo distribution of Simplicity Johnson. Saturday features a complete stage-set change seen by all. Afternoon shows Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
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Lovers’ Lane
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Opera House
Pennypacker
Ashbridge
McMichael
Millie James
Simplicity Johnson
Weeklong theatre entertainment with animal acts and sketches
An upcoming week at the theatre offers ice cream during performances and a main program featuring Ad Carlisle with trained dogs monkeys and ponies. Also showcased are Jimmie Barry and Rosa Gore in Mrs Wilkins Boy Dan Crimmins and Rosa Gore perform What Are the Wild Waves Saying Sheehan and Kennedy present a Celtic dialect duo and bid ton juggler and acrobat acts with other specialties by Ida Russell La Petite Grace Rae and Brodie. Afternoon shows run daily.
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Ad Carlisle
Jimmie Barry
Sheehan
Kennedy
Bidton
Ida Russel
la Petite Grace
Rae and
Brodie
Entertainers at Sears Se See See Te Bee Mae show
Lyceum Theatre presents Philadelphia dancer M. J. Fenton and Edna Buckley in song and dance soubrette acts along with Bryce and Thomas in a Celtic sketch. Pearce Brothers and Cassidy and Walton also appear. Afternoon performances daily.
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M. J. Fenton
Philadelphia
Edna Buckley
Bryce and
Thomas
Sears
Keith's Theatre furns figures on cold air plant
The management reports details of the cold air system now operating since warm weather began. A cemented lee chamber under the north wall is 16 feet 5 and a half inches wide and 21 feet long, capable of holding pounds of air or related measures.
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Keith's Theatre
Empire Theatre air system and long run for Lafayette
Atlantic City manager Mr Hashim announces that Lafayette and his company will stay at the Empire Theatre for another week. An elaborate ventilation setup circulates 280000 cubic feet of iced air per minute, replacing the air every hundred seconds as audiences enjoy performances in the auditorium.
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Hashim
Empire Theatre
Atlantic City
Lafayette
Girard Avenue Theatre Reopens Stock Company Named
W. W. Miller new lessee and manager announces Edwin Middleton Nelile Callahan Walter Stull and T Hi Hlunter return from last season to form the stock company for the Girard Avenue Theatre starting late August.
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Girard
W. W. Miller
Girard Avenue Theatre
Edwin Middleton
Nelile Callahan
Walter Stull
T. Hi. Hlunter
Summer Parks at Chestnut Hill to host Bryant and Saville Minstrels
Phinney and his band conclude engagement at the Chestnut Hill pavilion with daily afternoon and evening concerts. Beginning tomorrow, Bryant and Saville's Minstrels headline a two-week open-air program featuring end-men, Troubador Four, Corrigan and Doyle, Probst, Curran, Magee and Crimmins, and Vic Richards. A sketch titled A Quiet Time in Atlantic City closes each show, with orchestral interludes and the panadrome kept.
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Phinney
Bryant
Saville
Troubador
Corrigan
Doyle
J. A. Probst
Annie Willmuth Curran
Magee
Crimmins
Vic Richards
Imimont
Minstrels
Eleventh Street
Ty Vaudeville Entertainment
Casino Pavilion
Pitre
Bryant & Saville
Four Magee
Philadelphia
Dove
Annie Wilmuth Curran
Sousa Concerts End Central Resort Engagements
Sousa and his band present the last two concerts of a thirty four engagement at the resort. The afternoon and evening programs feature mostly Sousa originals with selections from El Captian The Bride Elect and The Char Latin. The Stars and Stripes Forever closes the evening. Victor Herbert and his Pittsburg Orchestra arrive tomorrow with three Herbert numbers and works by Berlioz Gounod and Wagner among others.
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Sousa
Stradela
William Tell
Faust
Lohengrin
Florodora
Rogers
Pryor
Victor Herbert
Pitt
Adam
Puccini
Nessler
Strauss
Pittsburg
Battles of Our Nations and Adgie's Exhibition Attract Crowds
Conterno and his band present Battles of Our Nations while Adgie showcases trained Nous at the resort's main pageant. Management notes large crowds on last week's warm days. Special Sunday programs fit today afternoon and evening. Conterno invites Philadelphia school children to attend performances on June 21 28 and July 5 afternoons.
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Conterno
Adgie
Nous
Philadelphia
Republic Steamer Begins Cape May Trips For Season
The steamer Republic made the first of three preliminary Cape May runs with a large Christian Endeavor delegation led by H. Lincoln. It will run tomorrow for an Episcopal church excursion from Wilmington and resume daily service from Pier 3 Chestnut Street at 7.30 A M until season end.
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Republic
Cape May
Christian Endeavor
H. ©. Lincoln
Epicopal Churches
Wilmington
Del
The
Pier 3
Chestnut Street
Cape Mas
Oper
Cape May Steamboat Co
Drexel Building
Philadelphia
Delaware River Navigation Company Seeks Breeses for Seekers
The Delaware River Navigation Company makes a daily and Sunday appeal to readers seeking cool breezes through its services and routes by the river.
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The
Delaware River Navigation Company
Steamers Schedule Covers Trenton Bristol and Burlington Route
The various boats touch Trenton Bristol and Burlington Intermediary polata on a schedule from 8:50 to 9:30 AM and 1 2 5 and 6 PM. Burlington Island Park lies on the steamer route and has seen improvements since last summer.
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Trenton
Bristol
Burlington
Burlington Island Park
Entertainments Tomorrow at Multiple Theatres
Listings show Grand Opera House Keith's Theatre and several venues offering continuous variety programs. Showtimes range from 12:30 PM to 10:30 PM with acts including minstrelsy and orchestral performances by Victor Herbert and Conterno's Band.
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Keith’s Theatre
Teoeum Theatre
Cssescuss
Cheatnut Wil Park
Willow Gange Park
Victor Herbert
Woodside
Pai
Conterno
Women Enter Stock Yards Work at Chicago Packers
The Chicago stock yards employ 5 000 to 6 000 women and girls in packing and canning. They perform lighter tasks such as cutting dried beef, packing cans, labeling, and cleaning vegetables, while men retain heavier duties. Some fear increased female labor could push men from more work, though workers say men still hold primary authority and that no one is forced from duties.
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Wecouw
Mary McDowell
University of Chicago Settlement
Woman's Union Label League
Jennie Laughlin
State Street
James Rostande
Armour & Co
Chicago Trine
Witchcraft debate sparks sympathy for Irish cattle thief
In London sympathizers back a Ballyporeen man sentenced to three months hard labor at Clogheen for trespass and milk theft. An Irish MP notes English law’s debt contempt distinction while Irish belief in fairies is gently discussed and dismissed as superstition.
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Tipperary
Clogheen
London
England
Ballyporeen
W. B. Yeats
Galway
Ireland
Mr. Yeats
London Mail
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Walnut Street Theatre
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East
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George Conquest
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Lyceum Theatre
Chestnut Hill
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E. F. Albee
Mann
Telegraph
Lena Sydney
Marion Merville Booth Elmore
Two Juliets
Cole & Johnson
America
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Carlin & Browk
Orpheus
Hayes & Wynne
Joelson & Moore
Ellsworth & Burt
Hafford & Worth
Keith’s Orchestra
Carmen
YE Park
Cya
Lovers'lane
Vaudev Carlisle’s
DOG and Pony Circus
IGE
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Omie Knoccabout Lehan and
Kennedy “ Wits
Ida Russell
Opera House N. Hashim
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Fternoon
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Hopewell Junction
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Brooklyn
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