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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1915
Page
15
Dramatic news notes booking of SR plays for the gaming week across Odeon, Palace, and Robinson Grand. Actors Potash and Perlmitter linked to performances, with discussions on ticket commissions and early sales. Memo notes February 5 at Robinson Grand.
Olea Petrova star of Panthea appears in a dramatic pivot as Victor Moore stars in a maus ing picture promotion of Snooks. Warrick Ford dramatizes Mary Johnson's Audrey. Selwyn & Company tour four companies in Margaret Mayo's Twin Beds next season. Billie Burke in Jerry embarks on a long U S tour into 1915. Betty Nansen plans a America tour on contract end. Martha Herdman to debut in vaudeville. Phyllis Netlson Terry signs with Joseph Brooks for two years. Shuberts revive a tanscion de alay. Verbs and names are obscured by OCR errors but many stage figures are listed.
A crowded Manhattan Opera House showcases Life theatre with Bundy’s huge production drawing etiquette-clad patrons from seven to a quarter past eight. The program features The Whip, Going On, Ninety in the Shade, and others as Merle Gabay and Richard Carle provide light diversion. Renowned performers such as Laurette Taylor and Mary Roberta Rhine are linked to current or upcoming shows, with plans for a school of acting and future Moscow-style premieres in New York and London circles.
War drama season includes Maude Adams in The Legend of Le Norm and The Ladies Shakespeare, Hanky Panky by Lew Fields with Bobby North and 75 others at the Lyceum. Kittie Gordon and company perform Haveman jungle beasts at Grand, Dave Marion in Snyfty the Cabman at Gaisty, Septem ber Morning Glories at Victoria. Irvin S Cobb of Saturday Evening Post staff speaks Monday afternoon and night on What he saw. Continued on page 5 second section.
A new theater plans to open on Broadway with an aim to educate and amuse, featuring experimental weather theater and ongoing artistic expression. The venue at Grand Street will debut February 12 with Jephianis Daughter and seeks to develop into a sustained playhouse offering serious dramas and comedies.
A Philadelphia based burlesque troupe named The Dile Company, from Philadelphia, advertised a week at the Princess Theater in New York. Payne won a notable prize at Mayport while the rest of the troupe performed in Philadelphia and other cities. The company presented a burlesque production with music and comedic sketches that mixed actors and spectators as a highlight of the show.
A garbled report notes new opera Madan Bana-Gone with music by Umberto Giordano, staged at the Metropolitan Opera House New York in late 1908. It mentions Kataren Kidder and Geraldine Farrar, with criticism of staging and acting, plus brief items on other productions and vaudeville engagements at the Palace theater.
The Palace Players at the Palace theater begin the fifth week with Mark Melford's comedy The George Do It. Aimed at families, the schedule includes nightly performances with special giveaways on Wednesdays. Lanz Dom Mix Connick's Up State Folks closes the week with strong reviews and lively humor.
The Odeon theater to host a pres days engagement of The Girl and the Rose a musical comedy praised by the Patrmont theater manager. The chorus is said to be lively and the performers strong with updated scenery electric effects and reels of motion pictures to be shown including When Honor Wakes and The House St Senco. Major cast includes Velma Whitman L C Shumway August Anderach and Ai trey Paget in a romantic eighteenth century setting.
A fragmented notice notes a literary event titled The Girl He Couldn't Buy at the Grand theatre. The garbled OCR yields many errors but hints at a screening or reading with associated timing and venue details.
A fragmented note describes matinee and evening showings of The Couldn't Buy in New York City. Readers are told the production features Kitty and Jos and promises moments of intense interest, applause, and enjoyment for audiences.
A fragmented list of shows and venues across New York theatres outlines current performances. Titles include The Fallen Idol at Comedy, Otis Skinner in The Bilent Voice at Liberty, and Watch Your Step at New Amsterdam, among many others reflecting a bustling urban stage season.
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