Suburban Melodrama Leads Indianapolis Holiday Theatre Week
The Suburban and other bills headline a busy Christmas period in Indianapolis. English's Opera House closes until Christmas Day for a first-rate melodrama, Grand offers new acts, Park presents two attractions including a notorious robbers tale, and Empire hosts a renowned burlesque company. Jacob Litt's production of The Suburban debuts at English's Christmas matinee and runs through the week with a Saturday matinee. The show depicts the year’s racing season at Sheepshead Bay with ambitious scenery and a large cast led by W. H. Hart, Charles Gotthold, and George Staley.
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Indianapolis
Jacob Litt
C. T. Carey
Old Kentucky
English’s
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
McVickers Theater
Chicago
New York
Transylvania Club
Gordon
Sheepshead Bay
W. H. Hart
Charles Gotthold
George Staley
George
Harry Woodruff
Imp
Nat Goodwin
McVicker's Theater
Windy City
Notable Indianapolis Figures Listed in Obituary Segment
The notice names Herman Sheldon Wright once with the Grand Stock Company, the prominent Indianapolis figure, along with Jessie Izette, Fanchon Campbell, and Annie Berlin Mack in a brief memorial listing.
Grand’s holiday bill features Clayton White and Marie Stuart program
The Grand presents a strong holiday bill headlined by Clayton White a famed US comedian and Marie Stuart who sings rare French songs. Supporting acts include Les Frasettis European instrumentalists Genaro and Bailey and the Yankee Comedy Four with parodies and dance. A variety of acts such as Zazxel Vernon triple bar pantomime and Albertus and Miller club swinging close the program.
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Clayton White
Marie Stuart
United States
America
Les Frasettis
Propville
Esmond
Genaro and
Bailey
Zazxel
Vernon
Kelly
Kent
Albertus and Miller
Vaudeville and Broadway Notes From Early Chicago Scene
The article discusses Sunday concerts labeled as vaudeville, audience reactions, and potential discontinuation by managers. It highlights Harry Woodruff’s departure from a Christmas opening and notes several vaudeville acts led by Sager Midgeley, Homer Mason, Jimmy Barry, Wilfred Clarke, Clayton White, and Marie Stuart, including their “Dickey” plays with Mrs. Dickey Waldorf. It recounts John Stetson’s career and a tale about his refusal to limit ballet coryphees, urging funding for many performers.
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Sager Midgeley
Homer Mason
Jimmy Barry
Wilfred Clarke
Clayton White
Marie Stuart
Mr. White
Miss Stuart
Mrs. Dickey Waldorf
Dickey
Paris
Shanley Metropole
Patsey Primrose
Dickey Waldorf
Park Theater vaudeville bill with Gypsy Jack and more
The Park Theater opens with Willis Granger as Gypsy Jack in a melodrama and strong cast with lavish scenery. New attractions include Woods's Big Show The Little Outcast and Rose Melville in Sis Hopkins. Alma Hearn and Ezra Kendall return in The Vinegar Buyer at English's Opera House. The season features McFadden's Row of Flats with Bobby Ralston and Jerry Sullivan, plus updates on Maude Adams and J M Barry's Little Minister touring London. The program also highlights The James Boys in Missouri and The Girl and the Judge at English's. Other notes cover Fred Irwin's Empire burlesque, Salvaggis, Ronays, and combined acts, with additional theatre news and international engagements.
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the Park Theater
Willis Granger
Gypsy Jack
Woods
Rose Melville
Sis Hopkins
Ezra Kendall
Indianapolis
McFadden
Bobby Ralston
Jerry Sullivan
London
England
Missouri
James Brothers
Jessie James
Bob Ford
James Boys
New Year's at German House: The Mascot opera staged
The German House hosts New Year's Eve performances of The Mascot, a light opera by Edmond Audran, featuring Musikverein singers with Ernestinoff conducting. The stage will be lavish, costumes complete, and an English translation precedes the French libretto detailing Bettina as a hearth angel whose presence brings luck, with a plot spanning Italy’s fifteenth century and a festive, musical drama.
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Edmond Audran
Musikverein
Ernestinoff
Ilbino
Italy
Rocco
Pipa
Bettina
Pippo
Prince Lorenzo
Prince Frederic
Panada
Piombino
Fiametta
Frederic
Pisa
Ippo
Saltarello
Lorenzo
Mipsapurere
Tina
Porenso
Plamétta
Wedding Amid War Reverses Brings Rejoicing at Inn
A village bridal party assembles at an inn after travel through the country to seek livelihood in altered times. Fiametta returns to her old lover Frederic while Bettina and Pippo wed with broad celebration as betrothal unfolds among a crowd of lords, ladies, and servants including Francesca Melier-Thompson, Pippo, Lorenzo XVII, and other named innkeepers and attendees.
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Fiametta
Frederic
Bettina
Pippo
Francesca Melier-Thompson
Lorenzo
Dorothea M. Smith
Arnold Spencer Pippo
Lorenzo XVII
Richard Lieber
Parafaute
Serge
Leo M. Rappaport Matheo
Charles D. Green Paola
Esesererseses
Augusta Rentsch
Francesca
Wilhelmina_ Bottler
Antonia
Martha Romberg
Martha Janke
Albert Scott
Herman Kothe
Harold Hildweeeees
Wht Quinn
Raymond Kiser
Richard Ranger
Escretewad
Otto Lieber
Lawrence Ramey Pedro
Harry Adams
Organist H. J. Schonacker Leads Christmas Mass Record
Processional with Ita Kyrie Gloria Credo and Adeste Fideles as the choir performs. Miss Edna M. Burks violins with C. E. Ballard as soloist. works include Rossini and Mercadante Sanctus and Benedictus pieces rendered with orchestral accompaniment.
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H. J. Schonacker
AVO Maartia
Ccscersiscess
Rossini
Edna M. Burks
C. E. Ballard
Mercadante Mercadante
Mercandante
Benedictus
Mayflower Church Concert Schedule For Today
The programme at Mayflower Church features a morning Te Deum Festive Eb Arise Thine solo Star of Bethlehem by Miss Hyrle God so Loved the World. Evening includes The People that Walked in Darkness The City Beautiful solo The City Beautiful by Miss Palmer Hail Thou Long Expected Jesus Parker Quartet Miss Palmer Miss Hyde Mr Caldwell Mr Loomis Organist Mr Levey.
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Mayflower Church
Star of Bethlehem
Miss Hyrle
Miss Palmer
Jesus
Parker Quartet
Miss Hyde
Mr. Caldwell
Loomis
Levey
Christmas Music Special Programmes In City Churches
All churches in the city stage elaborate Christmas morning music with Catholic and Episcopalian services featuring solemn masses at 4 or 5 am and 9 or 10 am. Notable pieces include While Shepherds Watched at St Bridget’s and Handel’s Messiah at Second Presbyterian with an organ recital tonight. Other programs include Christ music at Hall Place Church with solos by Dunn Brockway and McNeely, Belcher directing, and an evening service of song.
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St. Bridget’s Church
Victor Hammeril
St. Patrick’s Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Lilly Adam
Alice Fleming Whallon
B. F. Miller
Louis Dochez
Charles Hansen
Hall-place
M. E. Church
Christmusic
Bethlehem
Bartlett
Miss Dunn
Brockway
Harry McNeely
T. W
Belcher
Bert McNeely
Christmas music at Memorial Church program excerpt
The Memorial Church Christmas concert presents Morning Service with chorus, Te Deum in D, soloist Mrs. Oscar Gladden, and a Bethlehem medley. Evening Service features a choir, soloists Miss Helen Parmalee and Mrs. Myrtle Lewis Cameron, violin obligato, harp, organ pieces and a Guilmant grand chorus with W. H. Don ey conducting.
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Memorial Church
Macfarlane Nggin
Barnby-Gow
Helen Parmalee
Myrtle Lewis- Cameron
Uale Montani
Guilmant i
W.H. Doney
Christmas morning music at SS Peter and Paul chapel
On Christmas morning the 4 and 10 o'clock masses will feature a quartet choir including Miss Edna M. Burks soprano Miss C E Ballard alto Mr E P Clancy tenor and Mr C A O Connor baritone performing a programme of sacred songs and carols at SS Peter and Paul’s chapel.
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SS. Peter and Paul's Chapel
Edna M. Burks
C. E. Ballard
E. P. Clancy
Guinea Pigs Tails Cause Hairline Bet Gone Awry
New York Press notes a belief that lifting a guinea pig by the tail makes its teeth fall out, a claim tested by Capt Jack Quitable who bet a year’s salary and finally finds the tail lacking amid cabaret theatrics and skeptical witnesses.
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New York
Jack
Macart Sisters English Gymnasts Impress at Grand Opera House
Three English Macart sisters perform a demanding three-woman wire act at the Grand Opera House, boasting multilingual talents and world touring experience. They describe rigorous training from childhood, a family circus background, and a mission to perform safely with their own equipment and a dedicated father as a trainer.
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