Twin Beds at Grand Features Selwyn Farce
The Selwyn and Company farce Twin Beds by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo debuts locally at the Robinson Grand Monday evening after a long Broadway run. A sedate Hawkins couple, a flirtatious wife, and a famed tenor create comic chaos across two apartments with mistaken identities and a climactic bed-confusion sequence.
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Selwyn and Company
Salisbury Field
Margaret Mayo
Andrew Larkin
Hawkins
Amanda Davis
Sealous
Signora Monti
Playing Dead to Be Adapted into Moving Picture
The Davis story Playing Dead by Richard Wardine Davis is announced for a motion picture adaptation. A writer is set to script the tale about a man feigning death, with producers aiming for a film release in the coming year.
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Richard Wardine Davis
Playing Dead
Edward Abeles to Star in The Last Laugh Comedy
Edward Abeles is to appear in a new comedy titled The Last Laugh written by Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard, authors of The Misleading Lady.
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Edward Abeles
Paul Dickey
Charles Goddard
Hopkins to Stage Play Based on The Devil's Garden
Arthur Hopkins will produce a stage dramatization of The Devil's Garden by W B Maxwell. The project plans to adapt the novel for the theatre, aligning with Hopkins's past productions and theatrical style.
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Arthur Hopkins
W. B. Maxwell
Granville Barker to stage Trojan Woman in Greek style
Granville Barker plans a production of The Trojan Woman presented in the traditional Greek play form. The initiative aims to recreate the ancient staging style and dramatic conventions for contemporary audiences.
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Granville Barker
Vogel to stage Japland Garden of the Mikado tour
John W. Vogel announces next season with a twenty girl chorus and an operatic minstrel show titled Japland or the Garden of the Mikado. Rehearsals start in July with August 2 opening, featuring an eighteen member cast, an orchestra, a band, and a six vehicle street parade. The tour will run four weeks of one night stands then extend to multiple week engagements.
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John W. Vogel
Clarksburg
Vogel
Belasco Frohman Plan Annual All Star Theatre Program
David Belasco and Charles Frohman, pleased by the star turn in A Celebrated Case, announce an annual all star production. They invite Augustus Thomas Justus Miles Forman and Edward Sheldon to submit American plays to foreground stars Nat G C Goodwin Otis Skinner Frederick De Belleville Eugene O'Brien and Beverly Sitgreaves as the nucleus, with other authors welcome.
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David Belasco
Charles Frohman
Augustus Thomas
Justus Miles Forman
Edward Sheldon
Nat GC. Goodwin
Otis Skinner
Frederick de Belleville
Eugene O'Brien
Beverly Sitgreaves
Obituary of Alberta Eagan and Klaw obtain O Henry rights
Mrs. Alberta S Eagan and Joseph Klaw son of Marc Klaw have secured from Doublecay Fare Co the dramatic rights to the late O Henry stories. The move underlines ongoing revival of O Henry tales for stage and screen.
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Alberta S. Eagan
Joseph Klaw
Marc Klaw
Doublecay, Fare & Co
O. Henry
On Stage In All Over Town Dorothy Young Appears
Torothy Young wife of Roy Atwell and stepdaughter of the late Madame Nordica enters the stage in the production All Over Town. Both are in the same cast as the show unfolds on stage.
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Torothy Young
Madame
Nordica
Oine
Roy Atwell
Tittle Tattle of Theatre News and Plans
Frederick Paulding devoting attention to playwriting. Teresa Carreno to tour America this autumn. Betsy in Glorious Betsy among plays for screen. Daniel Frohman cites poor theatrical conditions due to lack of good plays. Adeline Genee on London stage. Raymond Hitchcock may run vaudeville season. Little Mary Mack produced in Sharon Pennsylvania. Ellen Terry considers vaudeville with Macbeth sleep walking scene. George Nash had success with The Stray Kid sketch. Alice Lloyd and Tom McNaughton may co star next season in a musical. Owen Davis new play The Fraid Cat with Clara Blandick leading. Bronson Howard novel An Enemy to Society to be a moving picture drama.
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Daniel Frohman
OM Adeline Genee
London
Odeon Theater Hosts Star Cast For Week of Shows
Odeon Theater announces a great week with Ward and Black’s Musical Comedy Company presenting A Cabaret Night at Delmonico’s. The three part Lubin drama The Cipher Key stars Earl Metcalf and Mary Keane. Chaplin in The Tramp screens Wednesday. Sol and Nat Fields perform a condensed Weber and Fields extravaganza Hokey Pokey Thursday to Saturday. The company includes fourteen members and a standout chorus.
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Odeon Theater
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Lubin
Earl Metcalf
Mary Keane
Eafternoon
Charles Chaplin
Odeon
Sol
Nat Fields
Clever Brothers
Lew Fields
Weber & Fields
Hart Stages The Black Death Playlet With Tully Marshall
Joseph Hart presents a playlet titled The Black Death by John Willard featuring leading actor Tully Marshall in the principal role.
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Joseph Hart
John Willard
Tully Marshall
Revival of Erminie Circles New York Stage
Reports say the musical Erminie may return to New York with Francis Wilson Fritzi Scheft and Henry E. Dixie in the cast as part of a possible revival.
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Erminie
New York
Francis Wilson
Fritzi Scheft
Henry E. Dixie
Victory Opera by Wilcox and Sousa
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes the libretto for a new opera titled Victory with music by John Philip Sousa. A potential production is planned for August, signaling a notable collaboration between the writer and the composer.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
John Philip Sousa
Selwyn and Company Dominate New York Stage With Hits
Selwyn and Company led by Arch Selwyn and Edgar Selwyn dominate Broadway with hits like Within the Law Under Cover Twin Beds The Lie and The Show Show Their lineup includes Laurette Taylor Margret Tillington and James Forbes The firm claims a thirty three and one third percent share of current New York productions and brings Twin Ends to Robinson Grand for a one night engagement.
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Hawkins
Signora Monti
Silas Jones
Mionti
Selwyn & Company
Selwyn and Company
New York
Robinson Grand
Amelia Bingham to star in four week vaudeville season
Amelia Bingham will headline a four weeks run in vaudeville presenting Great Moments from Great Plays. She will rejoin the cast of the New Henrietta next season.
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Amelia Bingham
John Mason to Star in Commnion Clay at Castle Square Playhouse
John Mason is expected to lead the cast in Commnion Clay, a production that won a prize offered by John Craig, manager of the Castle Square stock company in Boston.
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John Mason
Commnion
John Craig
Castle Square Stock Company
Boston
Splendid Musical Comedy Company To Feature Palace Week
Grant Becker's musical comedy company arrives from New York City for a week at the Palace theater. Booked by Greenwood Agency with top billing, the act promises four principal stars, a strong chorus, and a set of new complete productions on Monday Wednesday and Friday. The shows emphasize clean entertainment with new scenery, costumes, and songs, inviting ladies and children to attend.
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Grant Becker
Palace Theater
Greenwood
New York City
Tos
United States
Rex Beach play to star Irene Fenwick in fall production
Willard Mack has dramatized Rex Beach's The Auction Block and plans a fall theatre production with Irene Fenwick as its probable star.
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Willard Mack
Rex Beach
Irene Fenwick
Grayce Scott stock begins season in Louisville
The Grayce Scott stock began a successful season in Richmond and is slated to open soon in Louisville, bringing a noteworthy challenger to local markets.
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Richmond
Louisville
Wiske O Hara Ends Tour in Jack's Romance
Wiske O Hara closes his run in the production Jack's Romance and announces a next season tour to begin in late August. The plan sets new engagements after the current run concludes.
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Wiske O!hara
Jack
Julia Eltinge in New Charles Klein Play at Dress Shop
Julia Eltinge will appear in a new stage work by Charles Klein set in a fashionable dress making establishment. The production imagines scenes within a stylish shop, highlighting couture and metropolitan life.
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Julia Eltinge
Charles Klein
Mrs Charles Craig Noted For Desert Island Performance
Mrs Charles Craig, widow of Charles G. Craig linked to James A. Herne, gained fame for her role as a colored mammy in Margaret Anglin's company production The Desert Island.
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Charles Craig
Margaret Anglin
Desert Island
Charles G. Craig
James A. Herne
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