The Crawford Next Week Attracts Five Plays
The Crawford theater announces a varied lineup for next week featuring The Eleventh Hour and Christmas Matines, Taming of the Shrew with Charles B. Hanford, Melbourne MacDowell in a Sardou play, and The Evercome Hour. A Poor Relation will be shown as Saturday matinee and night, with Topeka favorites including Gertrude Coghlan and Becky Sharp actor Mrs Fiske mentioned in promotions.
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Evercome
Thur ‘Welbourne MacDewell
I Business Department
Tate Bs Cig
Fanny Daven
Topeka
Russell
Washington
Neem
Gertrude Coghlan
Becky Sharp
J. H. Nevins
Thackeray
Mira
Fiske
Ck Sharp
Crawford
Kawdon Crawley
the Wis of Steyne
Sir Pitt Crawley
Wilc Ete Dobbin
Taming of the Shrew staged with Hanford in Topeka
A Topeka theater review extols the Shakespearean production The Taming of the Shrew at Crawford Theatre featuring Charles B Hanford and Mrs Helen Grantly with supporting cast including Marie Drofrak Ima Haynet and Irving Knight The piece lauds Hanford and Grantly as a standout pair and notes the shift from current farces to classic comedy in a lively period voice.
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Chicago
Fin Coupent
Artinia
Chas
Karl Gerdher
Charles B. Hea-ford
Helen Grantly
Hanford
Petruchio
Marie Drofrak
Ima Haynet
Willkie J. Shem
Irving Knight
Bayt Anders Sms Keowniake
Innes Leads Forward in Aidwinter Battle for Band Honors
The passage portrays Frederick Neil Innes as a proactive band manager, framing him as a shrewd advertiser and strategist. It highlights his energy, resourcefulness, and belief that his plans and campaigns could secure victory in the competition, branding him a top organizer rather than just a musician.
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Innes
Frederick Neil Innes
Mutability of Domestic Relations Sparks Embarrassing Stage Incident
The New York Clipper notes eccentricities in the theatrical world where past marriages and divorces create awkward plot sparks. A playwright in New York, seeking a box seat, suggested bringing his wife, prompting the box scene of the star’s wife and the leading lady’s ex-husband. The lady deflects, recalling it happened long ago and forgotten.
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New York Clipper
Nick
New York
Fitch 15 Ashamed Of It The Marriage Game Controversy
New York writer Jeanette Gilder cites Clyde Fitch’s regret over reviving The Marriage Game at Victoria Theater nine years after writing it. The adaptation from Augier’s Le Marriage q Olymppe was kept from publication and stage by Fitch yet ended up at New York with ties to Miss Nettles’ lawyer and Miss Nether sole. Road audiences allegedly rejected the production as vulgar, though it later found life elsewhere.
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Clyde Fitch
de Wolfe
Rededree
Victoria ‘Theater
Jeanette Gilder
New York
Chicago ‘Tribune
Fitch
Tammerstein
Victoria
Cora Tanker
Miss Tanner
Louis Nethersole
Nethersole
Save Martinet
Kett
We read of a theatre crowd at a mixed gala event
The report describes critics and attendees at a late performance. Wealthy men in tweed, women in vivid attire, and a varied audience reacted to the show with expressions of disappointment and amused scandal. Names of publishers and journalists are noted among observers.
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Anna
Lorman Hapgoor
Winter
the Tribune
Towse
Post
Alan Dale
The
Journal
Mr. de Foe
Why Wagner Didn't Come and the Munich Aid
The article recalls Wagner's planned U.S. concert tour in 1881 and his 1880 letter promising Parsifal after Bayreuth. King Ludwig of Bavaria lent 25,000 to cover Bayreuth deficits and then secured Wagner's annual Royal Munich Orchestra service, nullifying Parsifal agreements. Liszt and Ludwig are hailed as generous patrons.
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Waxner
America
Bayreuth
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Munich Court Theater
Wagner
United States
Bay~reath
Royal Orchestra of
Munich
Ludwig
Liszt
Grau Opera Festival in St Louis Tarnished by Fiasco
A St Louis Star review blasts Grau Opera Festival at the Music Hall as an inept, low tone production. Critics cite ruined expectations, insincerity, and broken promises amid a chaotic, catch as catch can staging with fading stars and garbling performances.
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St. Louis
Grau Opera
Saga
St Louis
Panphauser
Mme. Gadaki
Meyerbeer
Prophet
Mme
Gans
Madame
Grau
New York
Southwell
Music Hall
Grau Affects City as Opera Guests Draw High Seats
The text recalls Grau’s influence and a public indifference to saving the city, noting expenses around an opera festival. Madame Nordica and other noted artists appeared in a box while Edouard de Reszks Mme Eames Mme Gadski and Mme Sembrich performed, with ticket prices reaching $250 a seat and a total event value cited at $3,502.
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Fool
Keno Pe
Mig Dra
Grau
Mr. Grau
Madame Nordica
Edouard de Reszks
Mme. Eames
Mme. Gadski
Belasco Stage Debut for Da Barry featuring Mrs Carter
David Belasco’s new five act drama Da Barry opened at the National theater Washington with Mrs Leslie Carter in the title role. The play centers on Madam Barry the companion of Louis XV and unfolds amid the French Revolution era. The fourth act features a powerful soliloquy by Carter that critics call intensely dramatic.
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Leslie Carter
da Barry
David Belasco
National Theater
Washington
Leslia Carter
Mra Carter
Madam Barry
Louss XV
French Empire
Belisco
The Early Days of Frohman Was Not Always Theatrical Magnate
An anecdote recalls Charles Frohman’s lean early days when money was scarce and a 4 dollar sum felt vast. After touring with Warlock stock, Frohman faced hardship returning to town, telling a friend of a Montana show where a manager’s $600 take sparked a bold ticket rush. He admits he was never homesick in his dreams.
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Souma
Innes
Inriew
Ble Hand
Ashod
Kansas
Piay
Frohman
Charles Frohmanay
Pacific Coast
Osmond ‘Tearle
Gad Frohman
Union
Dime Savings Bank
Montana
Sinc
Ap Syerags
Probe May
Theatrical Notes on London and New York Stages
The article surveys vaudeville and theater news with multiple names and works. George Thatcher remains active in vaudeville in London while Mrs. Fiske and Lewis Waller are linked to major productions in New York and London. References to Sardou Dante Beaux, and new pieces by Dam and Pr. Chetey suggest a busy season with tours, casts, and potential returns to the stage.
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George Thatcher
Vaudeville
London
Fiske
Lady Macbeth
New York
Sardou
Sir Henry Irving
Dante
Acne Heiris
Blanche Walsh
J. W. Dam
Mme
Rejine
Suderman
Herod
Paine
Orkahal
Edinhurst
Eleanor
Entertainer Moves and Copyright Fight Highlight London and New York Theatre
A jumbled update on stage figures across London and New York notes Olga Nethersole buying the rights to Thos Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge for a short London season, John R. Rogers bringing Corinne to America, and a band of managers pursuing injunctions over a play titled A Capitol Comedy. The piece mentions pirated titles, legal actions, and a bustling theatre scene, with mentions of Pauline Hall, Sydney Drew, and other performers planning engagements amid holiday travel rates.
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John R. Rogers
Corinne
England
America
Olga Nethersole
Thos Hardy
Casterpridge
Lomston
Dumas
Edwin
Bothwell Opers Cos
Pauline
Hall
Hiurtte
Nora
Laminin
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