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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
3
Feats of marksmanship announced with Buckskin Bill performing day and night, offering a thrilling exhibition of shooting from horseback at full speed. Also billed are four score of top male and female crack shots, with wild broncos and buffalo and Texas steers featured.
The Grand Theatre will formally open September 22 with George Ade’s satirical opera The Sultan of Sulu. Cast includes Gertrude Quinlan, Edward Redway, and Henry W. Savage directing a lavish production with John McCutcheon designs. Also listed are Topeka and Crawford bookings for August through New Year attractions and a strong slate of musical comedies and star actors.
A London stage feature titled The Spiritualist is described as a stark melodrama with frequent murders. The plot hinges on torturous acts like tickling a man to death and a villain who kills his wife before fleeing to a secret chamber. a detective even masquerades as several disguises.
The excerpt notes a dramatic scene where a hiding murderer is exposed by a hammer and a wife figure, ending in a happy conclusion. It references songs and choruses of the time, including Dear Ol’ Spring and Blooming Size, with faint critiques of lyric rhythm and popular tunes. The piece reads like a local cultural reminiscence with period slang.
The Willis Wood theater in Kansas City will open with Amelia Bingham in A Modern Magdalen. Miss Bingham arrives from New York for the engagement. First performance tickets to be sold in the Baltimore hotel lobby on August 1. The Auditorium theater launches August 23 with Hearts are Trumps by Woodward Stock Company, becoming its winter home. Both houses managed by D Woodward of Woodward Burgess.
Helena Frederick, an American soprano with past concert success in Germany, returns to take the lead female role in The Emerald Isle by Buss Hood and Sir Arthur Sullivan. Jefferson d Angeli s will star. Frederick previously sang with the Bostonians and earlier replaced a singer as Yvonne. The piece, Sullivan’s last opera, finished in music by Edward German.
Actors and managers announce engagements for next season. Kathren Osterman, Olcott, and others prepare productions in Schenectady and Salt Lake City. Emile La Frank Keeney, Amie Oakley, and Wallace Worsley headline tours with new plays and revivals.
A clipped review style summary notes Madeline Lucelle By Jey to write a leading part in Alist of Friends for Maxine, with Smt Goodwin slated for next season. Jack Manon attempted this last fall in New England. Belasco’s “The Wife” rewritten and headed for London with Charles Wyndham. “Hiurodora” and “Grama” are in previews as “Soldiers of Fortune” opens in New York next month. Katherine, Dick Gale, George Fortesyle and Amalie Sum Tula Ralph feature in upcoming seasons with Proctor’s Newark engagement listed.
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