Majestic Opening Bill Promises Novel Vaudeville Evening
The Majestic opens with a novelty filled bill headlined by Colonel Pattee and the Old Soldier Fiddlers performing ante bellum tunes and a Virginia Reel. Benton and partner deliver comedy in Handkerchief No Fifteen with Miss Benton drawing laughs. The program includes Sammy and Alice Fulton, Victoria Four male quartet, Bolling duo, Swedish Athletes Carson Brothers, and El Cleve the xylophonist, all praised for lively acts and novelty.
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Majestic
Pattee
Virginia
Norcross
Saviers
Fand
Benton
Ark
Miss Benton
Miss
Victoria
Quary
Fas
goodg@ leden
Bolling
Louis Kelso
Miss Bollings
Arline Bolling
Paris
Carson Brothers
Aber
Paderewski Faces Criticism Over Attitude At Recitals
The famed pianist Ignace Paderewski drew sharp ire in New York and Boston for late starts and a hot, stuffy hall environment in Boston at Symphony hall. He reportedly complained when doors were opened and was blamed for provoking audience discontent in Back Bay.
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
New York
Boston
Aeolian Hall
Paderewski
Symphony Hall
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Within the Law Tops Theater Profits Says Rennold Wolf
Rennold Wolf, co author of The Beauty Shop and authority on theatrical finances, says Within the Law is the most profitable American theater enterprise. Nine performances generate about 15000 in gross weekly profits with one company near 5000 and others around 1000. William Gillette plans a return to the American stage after two years away in a drama of modern American politics.
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William Gillette
Maude Adams Plans December Rehearsals for The Adored One
Maude Adams will begin rehearsals in December for the J. M. Barrie play The Adored One. The production marks another collaboration between Adams and Barrie in a season shift at the company.
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Maude Adams
J. M. Barrie
Managers and Actors Line Up in Turbulent Theatre Talks
New York reports rapid moves toward a managers trust and a players union as Shuberts and Klaw & Erlanger bury the hatchet and plan joint moves. Actors Equity pushes for a uniform contract and limits on free rehearsals to protect actors' pay.
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New York
Shuberts
Klaw & Erlanger
Actors’ Equity Association
Rialto
Lee Shubert
Broadway
Abe Erlanger
Actors Equity Association
Little Theater
Theatrical Managers’ Association
Shuberts Favor Four American Plays in New Preview
The Shubert organization lists four plays ready for production under Messrs. Shubert, three by native American writers and one with foreign origins. Rachel Crothers writes Ourselves, Albert Lee contributes Miss Phoenix, Ruth C Mitchell offers Modern Girl, with strong emphasis on American themes and atmosphere.
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Messrs. Shubert
Rachel Crothers
Albert Lee
Ruth C. Mitchell
Lee Shubert
Theatergame
Plainer people's awe at art and the contralto
The masses who attend the great contralto express wonder yet cannot describe technique. They admire the Raphael Madonna copy, sensing its greatness but unable to explain why, even as they feel the impact.
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Raphael
The Master Mind at Grand December Engagement
Fort Worth Record notes The Master Mind will play December 1 and 2 at the Grand with Nanon Welch as heroine. The review praises staging, tense plot, and Love triumphing with a district attorney hero. Mme Schumann-Heink appears December 4 under Tuesday Musical Club auspices.
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Fort Worth
Nanon Welch
Miss Welch
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Schumann- Heink
the Grand
Pavlova Praised by King Oscar in Stockholm Visit
The renowned dancer Pavlova, touring outside Russia, earned Sweden's Order of Merit in Art after King Oscar received her at the palace. A royal escort accompanied her through crowds as news of the visit spread abroad. America awaits her return after her London engagement.
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Pavlowa
Oscar
Sweden
Pavlova
Russia
Royal Opera
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
America
Marie Doro
London
Popular Singer Er nestine Schumann Heink Revered
The piece hails Mme Schumann Heink as a universally beloved contralto whose art and personality elevate her to the foremost popular figure in national musical circles alongside Caruso. It notes her power to inspire reverence for high art in even the most exacting critics.
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Caruso
Mme. Schumann- Heink
Poor and Happy Story of Paris Days Told by Anna Held
Anna Held recalls her youth in Paris when she was penniless and sold flowers on the boulevards for small sums. She describes ragged clothes, a cold attic, and a kind old man who left her meals, a memory she cherishes and revisits by helping him in later years.
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Anna
Anna Held
Paris
New York Evening World
France
Avenue
Madeleine
Towne to Speak at Gunter Hotel Lecture Series
Elizabeth Towne publisher of the Nautilus Magazine will give her first lecture in the Gunter Hotel ballroom on November 28 at 8 p.m. Additional lectures run daily at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $1.00 and are sold at Thos Goggan Music Store and the Gunter Hotel and at 3809 South Presa Street.
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Elizabeth Towne
Nautilus Magazine
Gunter Hotel
Gione
San Antonio Musical Club to Present Else Sternsdorff
The San Antonio Musical Club hosts a public concert at 8:15 PM Saturday in the Gunter Hotel ballroom featuring pianist Else Sternsdorff and the San Antonio Choral Club. The program includes Schubert, Hahn, Faschingschwank, and Chopin pieces, with notes on Sternsdorff’s Berlin training and praise from the Berliner Volks-Zeitung.
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Else Sterndorff
Berlin
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Hahn Sanne Choral Club
Faschingschwank Aug Wien
Hise Sternsdorff
Moffatt
Newton
San Antonio Choral Club
Venezia
Napoli
Else Sternsdorff
Miss Sternsdorff
Berliner Volks-Zeitung
Bechsteinsaal
Chopin
Oscar J. Fox
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