Gossip of the Stage Week’s Attractions at Empire and more
The week’s lineup lists The Fatal Wedding at the Empire with varied matinee and evening shows including Gus Sun’s Minstrels and The Burgomaster. The Mummy and the Humming Bird headlines Paul Gilmore, while other acts feature His Absent Boy and The Royal Lilliputians with multiple New York–flavored scenes and travelogue notes.
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Gus Sun
the Burgomaster
Royal Lilliputians
Paul Gilmore
The
Empire
Grand theater offerings mix romance and comedy
A page of Grand Theater notes previews a slate of Southern era entertainment. The program highlights The Burgomaster musical farce with a large cast led by Ruth White and Oscar J an, plus the Black Patti Troubadours with forty artists and a lavish vaudeville and operetta mix. David Harum and The Auctioneer starring W. H. Turner and Dave Warfield are also advertised as major attractions, each praised for strong casts and popular performances.
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Black Patti
Grand Opera House
Black Patti’s
Troubadours
Darktown
Bob Kelly
Coon
Allie Gillam
Troubadour Comedy Four
Mack Allen
William Nichols
Ward
Dobbs
Mummy and the Humming Bird at Grand This Saturday
Paul Gilmore stars in The Mummy and the Humming Bird coming to the Grand this Saturday. The production features one of the era’s strongest comedy characters, Guiseppe the Italian organ grinder, in a New York and London success with a notably clever supporting cast.
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Julius Cahn
W. H.turner
Westcott
David Harum
the Grand
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Homeville
David
Polly
Dick Larribee
Dug Robinson
Skin-Flint
Zeke Swinney
Widow Cullom
Billy P
Mary Blake
General Wolsey
John Lenox
Chet Timson
Bill Montaig
Turner
Harum
Deacon Perkins
Cullom
Aunt Polly
Eagle Tavern
Mr. Cahn
Mr. Turner
Guiseppe
London
Paul Gilmore
Farewell Week at the Empire Becomes Grand Stage Event
The Empire banners farewells for Harry Carson Clarke and his large company with His Absent Boy a comedy featuring Pennie and his daughter’s lover. Clarke’s dry droll humor headlines a production staged by Shubert Nixon and Zimmerman with a 75 member cast including Metcalfe Norton and others. The show promises songs like Dreamy Eyes and a France Spain setting with a bull fight flair and Carlist political spoof. The West Minstrels Series continues at the Grand on Sunday January SR gy: ae.
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Jefferson de Angelis
Knickerbocker Theatre
Dave Warfield
David Warfield
Simon Levi
New York
Warfield
America
Belasco
Marie Bates
Maria Davis
Eugene Canfield
William Boag
Harry Rogers
Stokes Sullivan
The
Empire
Harry Carson Clarke
Clarke
Pennie
Man
Spain
Sammy
Susan
de Angelis
Messrs
Shubert
Nixon
Zimmerman
France
PLC
Edward Metcalfe
Edgar Norton
William Blaisdelma Ricel
Norma Bell
John Dudley
Be Bard
Adine Bouvier
Margi McKinley
Conception in Acting Reveals Clarke’s Wig Bound Vision
A theater crowd chats after Harry Clarke’s My Wife's Husband performance at the Empire. Clarke explains his acting limits stem from a single wig used in Monte Cristo, shaping each role by how he could fix that wig each week. The anecdote contrasts actor autonomy with playwright constraints.
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Empire Theater
Harry Carson Clarke
Clarke
Psason
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Alladin
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyve Sant
Doodle von Kull
Mdians
New York City
Willie van Asterbilt
Harlem
Sydney Rosenfeld
Durance Vile
San Antonio
Louisville Courier
William H. Westminstrels
Crawford
John King
Fred Huber
Darky
Aubrey Pringle
James H. Sadler
Tildy Ann
John H. King
Adventuress
Petree Ruth White
Oscar Jan
Thomas Ricketts
William On Hatch
R. J. Moye
Charles Sharp
George McKissock
Kathryn Roberts
Harriet Sheldon
Louise Brackett
Josephine Ditt
Mdile
Gomaster
Burgomas
Sammy Gigg
WM. Riley
P .Riley
Harry Corson Clarke
Black Patt
Sissieretta Jones
West Minstrels
Arthur Pinero
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