Henry E. Dixey in a Double Bill at English's Theatre
Henry E. Dixey and his comedy company appear at English's this week with Facing the Music a three act farce and a short sketch Over a Welsh Rarebit written for Dixey by Clay M Greene The program marks the opening of the vaudeville season at the Grand and includes burlesque at the Empire Indianapolis next in the run of the double bill with strong reception in New York Chicago and London noted for Facing the Music and the club man farce theme
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Dixey
Mr. Dixie
Clay M. Greene
Garrick Theater
New York
Powers
Chicago
Indianapolis
Dixie
Metropolis
J. H. Darniey
London
Strand Theater
Australia
Berlin
Mr. Greene
The
Lambs Club
Grand Opens Season With Fancy Vaudeville At Alma Theatre
The Grand launches its season with elaborate renovations and a strong vaudeville lineup headlined by Madame Eugenia Mantelli, Italian soprano, and the Montrose troupe of acrobats. The company includes Backus, Cooper, Lindo, Allen, Nesbitt, Heyer, Gheen, Barker, and von Arnold. Local vaudeville is expected to be the best ever, with music, acrobatics, and singing promising weeklong entertainment. Mantelli’s career spans the Grau company, Metropolitan Opera, Madrid and Lisbon tours with Mascagni influence. The Weape troupe arrives fresh from Europe to boost the opening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adors
Mr. Dixie
George Backus
Scott Cooper
Newton Lindo
Joseph Allen
Miriam Nesbitt
W. H. Crane
Grace Heyer
Gertrude Gheen
Adelia Barker
Paula von Arnold
The
Grand
Ove
Madame Eugenia Mantelli
Grau
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Bealdhi
America
Madrid
Lisbon
Carmen
Mascagni
FACING THE MUSIC AT ENGLISHS OFFERING AV NIGHT
A six performer program at English's features Falk and Lemon comedy musicians, Hal Godfrey's farce A Very Bad Boy, Josephine Gassman with three "little picks," Martini and Maxmllian burlesque tricks, Peters duo, Lynn Welcher monologue, and a bioscope finale. On the Bridge at Midnight, a dramatic melodrama with a giant jackknife bridge and a missing child, anchors the first week. Hi Henry leads a strong minstrel show with fifty white men and notable soloists, while the American Burlesquers bring a varied lineup to the Empire. Ernest Hastings sudden mental breakdown shocks San Francisco theater circles, notable for his acclaimed performance in The First Born. The London Adelphi review of Emily praises Dickensian depth amid dramatized adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falk and Lemon
Hal Godfrey
Arthur J. Lamb
Godfrey
Josephine Gassman
California
Martini
Maxmillian
Phil
Nettie Peters
Lynn Welcher
Chicago
W. L. Roberts
George Klimt
Alma Hearne
Mr. Klimt
Germany
Miss Hearne
Ernest Hastings
New York
Mr. Hastings
San Francisco
Alcazar Stock Company
Chinatown
Alcazar
Yarmouth Sands
Peggrotty
David Copperfield
Betsy Trotwood
Mr. Dick
Spenlow
Jorkins
Dora
Gyp
Barkis
Omer
Dr. Strong
Mrs. Markleham
Micawber
The Amateur Cracksman and Sleeping Beauty at English's
Richard Harding Davis plans a drama with Kyrle Bellew and Clyde Fitch pieces drawn from classics. Klaw & Erlanger bring Drury Lane’s Sleeping Beauty and the Beast to English's, with heavy stage changes and a cast of over 30. Mrs Boyle’s My Wife's Husbands opens late in New York, while Warner debuts Drink in September at the Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trilby
du Maurier
Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Orrin Johnson
Pit
Wilton Lackaye
Klaw & Erlanger
Mrs. Wiggs
Madge Carr Cook
Lady Rose
Charles Frohman
John Ermine
Yellowstone
Louis Evan Shipman
Miss Petticoats
Kathryn Osterman
Edward &. Dhuse
W. Li. Crane
Richard Harding Davis
Kyrle Bellew
Clyde Fitch
Millie James
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Bertha Galland
John Tull
English’s
Drury Lane
English's
Manhattan Beach
Indianapolis
Seashore
Parsifal and Heidelberg Festival Draw Wide Musical Interest
The coming Wagner Parsifal production and Heidelberg Oct 4 6 music festival attract global attention. Wagner letters, Bayreuth plans, and new mechanical acoustics at Heidelberg headline a busy period for pianists Paderewski Powell Eames and other prominent artists.
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Paderewski
Heidelberg
Wagner
Paarsifal
Friedrich Fenstal
Bayreuth
Munich
America
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Evening Post
Town Hall
Bach Society
Richard Strauss
Max Schillings
Profesor Phillipp Wolfrum
Mme
Emma Ruckbell-Hiller
Pauline Strauss de Ahna
Julius Buths
Henry Petri
Emil Pinks
Ritter Ernest von Possart
Fritz Stein
Carl Weidt
Wolfrum
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Park
the Empire
Alma Herne
English
Henry
Nero
George 8. van
J. P. Moore
Joe Lyons
E. J. Broulette
Billy Lyons
Rastus Ereheart
Frank Brackaway
Jacques Lyons
B. G. Hardcastle
Tom Daly
Art Howe
Joe Welch
Arthur Deming
Bartelli
la Toy Brothers
Corrigan and
Dove
Corrigan
Sir Henry
Amphion Glee Club
Cook and
Hall
Probst
Viola Abt
Harvey and Cooley
Empire
Bowery
William B. Watson
Jeanette Dupre
Wheeler and Washborn
McFarland and Murray
Bachellor
Bells
Hewitts
Freda Carroll
Laura Creighton
Kitthe Lucette
Langtry Ashton
Lizzie Howe
Edith Crawford
Hi Henry
Edwin Milton Boyle
Selena Fetter
Ramsey Morris
Charles
Ican
William Gillette
M. Sardou
Mme. Sarah Bermhard
Paris
Sardou
Theodora
M. Xavier Lerous
J. M. Barrie
John Hare
Wyndham's Theater
Stormy Petrel
Little Mary
the Grand
Schott
Bayereuth
Ludwig I
Frau Cosima
Siegfried Wagner
Metropolitan School of Music
Flora M. Hunter
Edward Nell
Oliver Williard Pierce
Hunter
Pierce
Clarence Veeder Nixon
Helene Richman Kunz
Una Clayson
Mary Jean Dunlap
Frederick Libke
Ignace Jan Pederewski
Margesy
Switzerland
Catulle Mendes
Philharmonic Society of Warsaw
Poland
Aft
Maude Powell
Miss Powell
Sousa Band
England
Blackpool
Loudon G. Charlton
Harmon Force
William Courtney
Sbrigila
Rand George Henschel
Emma Eames
Torre de Campigloine
Vallombrosa
Richard Wagner
Mme. Eames
Mogart
Sieglide
Sigmund
Tag
Heinrich Conried
Bignor Vigna
Seam
Milan
Monte Carlo
Selen
Ler
Madison Square Theater
Jenny Lind
Castle Square Grand Opera Company
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