Three Plays At English's Theater Diverse in Style
English's opens with The Messenger Boy a two act musical comedy from England featuring James T Powers May Rotion Georgia Caine and others. The plot centers on a messenger boy impersonating a courier to ward off two lovers and a mistaken document. Also billed is Secret Service at the Park with Thomas Reynolds Emelie Melville Jonas and others as a separate program. Paris gossip notes a quarrel between Sarah Bernhardt and Mendes over Sainte Therese with letters published detailing the dispute.
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England
James T. Powers
May Rotiaon
Georgia Caine
Jobyna Howland
George Honey
Barry Kelly
Hotel de Luxe
London
Brindisi
Italy
Cairo
Egypt
James T. Tenner
Alfred Murray
Adrian Ross
Percy Greenbank
Ivan Caryll
Lionel Monckton
Mr. Powers
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Catulle Mendes
Sainte Therese
Comedie Francaise
Mme. Bernhardt
Mendes
M. Mendes
Therese
Bernhardt
Catullo Mendes
Temps
The Messenger Boy and Royal Rival at English’s
The article previews the Weber-Pieids troupe and star William Faversham in A Royal Rival a Du Maurier revamp of Don Caesar de Bazan at English’s The Runaway Gun star turns in Wiliam Faversham’s first season The Starbuck moonshiner in The Starbucks led by Howell Hansel Also Knickerbocker Burlesquers Eagles Thoroughbreds noted with cast lists and shows through week including two burlesques.
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Wiliam Faversham
Gerald du Maurier
Racce
Don Caesar de Bazan
Fr.cc. Cartons
Lord and Lady Algy
Empire Theater Stock Company
Isabel Teving
Mr. Drew
Snitz Edwards
James Kearney
N. Ee Jelenko
Joseph Weber
Maggie Holloway Fisher
Claire McDowell
Picchiani troupe to headline Grand Opera House week
Italian acrobats lead a varied bill at the Grand Opera House with ground and aerial tumbling praised as extraordinary. Also on stage are Jenny Eddy and her two boys with a piano accompaniment, plus comedians, singers, and novelty acts.
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Picchiani
Italy
Grand Opera House
Press Elért
Thomas Dempsey
William Mack
Mar *T Burnham
Jenny Eddy
The Minister's Son Opens Park Theater Week Melodrama
The Park Theater opens with The Minister's Son a New England melodrama about a city man who seduces a preacher’s daughter and faces consequences. Secret Service will follow later in the week with its own tale produced by the Pike stock company of Cincinnati closely tied to the Grand Opera House stock. The cast includes familiar names from the home stock company.
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Park Theater
New England
Secret Service
William Gillette
Pike Stock Company
Cinnat
Grand Opera House
Elks to Stage Singers and Sketches Next Week
The English entertainment will feature an experienced chorus including Mrs Bremmerman Edmunds W L Fugate Miss Lulu Fisher Miss Katharine Gibson Charles Daugherty Russell Powell and Arnold Spencer. The first part offers selections from King Dodo. Comedians Harry Porter Hessling Krauss Rubens and Sourbler appear. Mayor Bookwalter and ex Mayor Taggart will perform a sketch not revealing details but likely a political travesty.
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The
Elks’ Entertainment
Bremmerman-Edmunds
W. L. Fugate
Lulu Fisher
Katharine Gibson
Charles Daugherty
Russell Powell
Arnold Spencer
Dodo
Harry Porter
Messrs
Hessling
Krauss
Rubens
Sourbler
Bookwalter
Taggart
Boston Lyric Opera to Perform in English Next Week
The Boston Lyric Opera Company plans several English language performances at English's next week. The company is linked to Rose Cecilia Shay Opera pany from earlier in the season, though Miss Shay is no longer the prima donna. Col William Thompson runs the company, with Otis Skinner aided by Aubrey Boucicault in dramatizing Mrs Cather- the.
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Boston Lyric Opera Company
Rose
Otis Skinner
Aubrey Boucicault
Mrs. Cather
Notes of Music and Mme Bernhardt Letter Fragments
A fragment notes Mme Bernhardt and a fervent admirer who vows to await repentance in her dear royal cruel heart. The snippet captures dramatic theater world sentiment with literary flair and heightened emotion.
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Mme. Bernhardt
Harold Bauer to Give First City Recital at Propylaeum
Pianist Harold Bauer will present his first city recital at the Propylaeum next Saturday afternoon. He has appeared twice with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and drew admirers with his scholarly style. The recital program is expected to be varied and of serious quality. A novel musical entertainment follows on Thursday night with Oscar Jones of Paris performing piano via a Cecfitlan, after previously operating automatic piano players.
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Jobyna Howland
Thomas Springer
Denver
Springer
Howland
Daniel Frohman
James K
Nixon & Zimmerman
New York
Punchestown
London
Tomlinson Hall
Grieg-Bjornson
Olaf Trygvasson
Chicago Orchestra
Mr. Thomas
Charles W. Clark
Gertrude May Stein
Eleeta Gifford
Miss Stein
Mr. Clark
Philharmonic Club
Harold Bauer
Propylaeum
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Oscar Jones
Paris
Becalmed Lessons From a Ship in a Calm at Sea
Boston Herald reflects on the psychology of long calm seas. Readers recall how a calm reveals human temper and societal pressures, from a college student’s restraint to a captain’s profanity, and even broad political tensions in Germany shaping press freedom and public opinion.
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Boston Herald
Atha Othe Mogsian
Ruma
Java
He Does Not Like Them, but Reads Them Just the Same
An excerpt from Wolf von Schierbrand in the World's Work notes the Emperor's hostility to the press yet acknowledges his limited tolerance under his grandfather. It discusses the influence shaping German liberty and the press landscape during his reign.
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Phila
Sahara
Devil
Wolf von Schierbrand
French ruler eyes English and American press influence
The passage notes that the French have long defied German hostility and that German editors face censorship. It observes that the English and American presses, though powerful and fearless, have been a persistent thorn. It also states the German ruler now watches the rising strength of the United States, especially in military, naval, and political arenas.
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Ft Bccountoutelle
France
United States
Florodora Chorus Girl Creates Capitol-Bank-Worthy Debut
A Washington writer recalls meeting a Florodora girl in New York and recounts a lively, costly courtship tale. A young man travels, sends flowers, and dines at Sherry's before the romance falters over expensive gifts and a luxe edition. The story ends with the narrator noting the price of affection.
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Washington Post
Washington Key
New York
Gome
Peenies
Flodora
Capitol
Claremor
Juncha
Waehin
Gladys
Senator Hoar Retells Gallaudet Story Of Washingtons Cherry Tree
In Philadelphia Journal, Senator Hoar recalls Professor Gallaudet sharing a tale of a deaf mute boy who signs the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. The child narrates Washington's admission with gestures, prompting questions about his authority and the hatchet used.
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Philadelphia Journal
Senator Hoar
Professor Gallaudet
Earl
Washington
George
Ratire
Laporte's Vigilance and a Camille Ban
In Laporte Indiana the Baltimore American reports the town will not permit a performer of Camille due to the heroine dying of tuberculosis. The item notes eternal vigilance against germiness and implies a public health motive for the censoring.
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Laporte
Ind
Camille
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