Stageland Sights In London Productions And Melbourne Shows
A crowded program lists G B Titheradge led stage success A Message from Mars at Palace Theatre. Tivoli presents Puss in Boots with Billie Barlow and Noni Rickards. The Lyceum features The New Barmaid, Lohengrin at Royal, and a reissued circus. Boxing Night pantomime Australis staged by Pollard Opera Company with Fred Sinclair and Irene Franklyn. Criterion hosts Monte Cristo with Dampier. Melbourne notes praise for Marshall Hall and fund drive, Florodora at Her Majesty's with Grace Palotta, George Lauri, and Nellie Stewart star. Cinderella pantomime looms, Bland Holt Christmas card With Flying Colors, and Aijou night brings Lottie Calling debut.
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London
Jack
Misa Noni Rickards
Pansy
Lyceum
Royal
Fitz-Gerald Brothers
Her Majesty's
Bernard Espinasse
Monte Cristo
Mr. Dampier
Edmond Dantes
Miss Lily Dampier
Mercedes
Melbourne
Her Majesty's Theatre
Grace Palotta
Lady Holyroot
Ada Reeve
Williamson
Nellie Stewart
Bland Holt
Julings Knight
Victorian tour details unfold for wartime correspondent
War correspondent Mr Donald Macdonald begins a short provincial tour visiting South Australia and Western Australia. His forthcoming book, praised by the Standard, centers on Ladysmith siege. The program features Miss Slipatiski of the Opera Company and Ita Osborne from Royal Comic Opera, with Marguerite showcased and Messiah in Melbourne. Joseph Napoleon Rayner, noted death previously, appeared in Sydney as Romeo in 1855.
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Donald Macdonald
South Australia
West Australia
Bert
Ladysmith
Slipatiski
Rnd Opera Company
Marguerite Must
Melbourne
Ita Osborne
Royal Comic O Pera Company
Joseph Napoleon Rayner
Theatre Gossip and Notable Names in London Circles
The Era notes Mrs Brown-Potter denies autumn Australia plans and mentions Easter theatre offers from J C Williamson and George Musgrove. It lists Ada Ferrar with the Stratford mood, Otis Skinner’s Australia tour aim, Kate Bishop’s Hamlet engagement, and a new illusion The Phantom Drill at the London Empire. It also profiles Henry Arthur Jones the dramatist and sketches his country roots and early business life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arthur Jones
M.A.P
Jones
London
Theatre life and notes from London and New York
A London theatre piece outlines Mr Jones turning to drama after a late start, with mentions of Maud Jeffries and King Hedley, plus Sir Henry Irving on the stage as a moral discussion unfolds. Also covered are Tolstoi at Yasnaya Polyana writing a play and plans for a New York style all day theatre proposed by F F Proctor in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mr. Jones
Raymond Blathwayt
Empiloyera
Pathe
Jones
Spencer
Mr. King Hedley
Miss Jeffries
Henry Irving
Manchester
Belif
Shakspere
Falstaff
Waterloo
New York
F. F. Proctor
Oxford
Regent Streets
Proctor
Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Yasneia Poliana
Count Tolstoi
Geo. I
Chinmer
Africa
Bing
The World’s Growth and U S Population Boom
The Daily News notes the census showing the United States at 76,295,220 at the century’s start, with a rise of over thirteen million in the last decade. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio exceed Scotland’s population, while growth outpaces Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands combined.
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Robert Giffen
United States
American Republic
Ireland
United Kingdom
England
New York
Republic
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Scotland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Daily News
H B Farnie and the Thunderstorm on Stage
A vivid reminiscence of H B Farnie’s demanding stage management, detailing his quarrel with a property man over a thunder effect and a comic exchange. The tale frames Farnie as relentless, recalling a rainstorm scene that proved memorable during rehearsals.
A Daughter of Adam Finds a Living on Berkshire Farm
The Countess of Warwick endorses a cottage industry path for daughters of decayed families, highlighting a 26 year old woman who left governessing for dairy farming at a five acre plant. She voices pride in Hope and Charity cows, keeps meticulous accounts, and expands to poultry and bees while praising hard work over romance.
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Countess of Warwick
Berkshire
Daddy
England
Hope and Charity
Hope
Charity
Lincolnshire
Warwick
Marie Corelli
Miles
Portraits of Vanity and Mission in Shanghai Society
A Victorian tone notes social boasting about listening, British sport, and Shanghai as a gay settlement. It contrasts English merchants’ social fixes with rising foreign competition in Shanghai. A missionary tale recounts a Chinese convert asking a pastor to pray for the life of Mr. — believing his own death would extend the clergyman’s years.
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Tess
Jessa
Kaiser
China
Prince Henry
Prussia
Hongkong
Shanghai
Vanity Fair
John
Public book and periodical notices review column
A lengthy critique surveys war verses and recent Australian publications. It condemns weak verse in a colonial context, praises Melbourne Punch’s annual and Conan Doyle’s Boer War work, and notes editorials on the Australian constitution and the New South Wales Statistical Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Treves
Australia
Transvaal
Kipling
Captelo Cook
Lawson
Angus and Robertson
Sydney
Australian Book Company
London
Henry Laween
Melbourne
Punch
Commonwealth
Conan Doyle
Bell
Indian and Colonial Library
South Africa
Britain
William Brooks and Company
G. Fielding
Chus
O Day Reserve Squadron to Assemble at Portland
Pall Mall Gazette reports on the Reserve Squadron assembling at Portland for a month long cruise. It notes eleven battleships and three cruisers with planned changes, including new vessels and a potential Rear Admiral command. Also discussed are naval gunnery training reforms and cavalry horse care in India, plus scouting and entrenchment training limitations in Britain and Ireland.
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Portland
Benbow
Camperdown
Collingwood
Howe
Rodney
Gerard Noel
Chatham
Blenheim
Grafton
Hawke
Alexandra
Admiralty
Narcissue
Portsmouth
Devonport
Immortalite
China
South Africa
Power Palmer
India
Lodia
England
Aldershot
Chorham
Ireland
Great Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
A Wonderful Medicine Beechams Pills For Females Of All Ages
Beecham's Pills advertised as a universal female remedy for irregularities and general debility. Claims include restoring health, improving digestion and complexion, boosting appetite and energy, with endorsements from various social classes. Also promotes Beecham's Cough Pills for violent cough and lists preparation details and pricing from Thomas Beecham in Lancashire England.
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Beecham
Uk Morning Paper Ad Reveals Job Offer Promise
An advert in a London Morning paper sought an able typewriter for a post boasting success without sacrificing truth and honesty, a stance that weighed on the previous employers. Ireland reports striking immunity to snakes, with two sightings in Wicklow causing local naturalists to stir as harmless serpents likely arrived via shrubs from across the Channel.
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London
Ireland
County Wicklow
Robert Hodson
Hollybrooke
Bray
Thompson
Delgany
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Stageland
Geo. Musgrove
Melebourne “Argus
Professor Marshall Hall
Conservatorium
Musgrove
Princess's Theatre
George Dalby
Charles Dickens
Fulham
Dalby
Dickens
Herefordshire
Dolby
Derby
Mme
Sainton Dolby
Ada Ferrar
John Hare
Criterion Theatre
Julius Kaught
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Americas
States
Stage
Augustin Daly
Miss Moore
Globe
Kate Bishop
I. J. Lohr
Forbes Robertson
London Empire
America
Edna May
Gertrude Elliott
Maxime Elliott
Nat Goodwin
Forbes-Robertson
H. B. Farnie
Adam
Boosey and Company
New South Wales
T. A. Coghlan
the Institute of Bankers
St. John’s Leper Adylum
Mandalay
Upper Burma
James Sandy & CO
George Street
Dm Paresco
Furnishera
Oxford Street
City
Guy Boothby
Lot
Medical
Braham S Pills
Pbraham
Ambrahamw
Braham
Wbraham
Bor
Braham's
Beager
Gulnea
Pilla
Teschams Pills
Thomas Beecham
Etsieies
Lancashire
Therapion
Ers
Atx Samp
St Coleen
Fom
KR. Johness
Mame
Rocke, Tompsitt and GO
Felton, Grimwade, and Co
URCO
Dilberco
Dillos, Surrows, and Co
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