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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
14
The first season production of Stephen Brice will feature Charlotte Walker as Virginia Carvel at the Crawford. Jinew J. Hackett appears. critics praise Winston Church’s play and its depictions of motives. The show draws strong crowds in St Louis Wallack’s and Boston venues, signaling wide appeal beyond regions.
A reminiscence describes the Dickens revival talk in New York theatre, with plans for a Oliver Twist production at a local playhouse. The author recalls bohemian life, gallery seating, and a bustling Bowery crowd as the piece evokes the London atmosphere and theater logistics of the era.
Patient recounts long battle with heart disease and claims Dr Miles Heart Cure relieved chest pains palpitations and tiredness after short treatments. Testimonial voice attributes dramatic improvement to the medicine and therapy while noting prior decades of symptoms and sleep disturbances.
Long excerpt describes performers and management, noting Charles Fighmen and Wilbur linked to later ventures amid a Paris theater siege scene. It mentions Otlt Skinner's cited monologue in Lazarre with vivid wartime chaos, and lists theaters and figures like Louis Charles de Hourbon, Delta Teed, and various American and British stage figures shaping 19th century theater lore.
A vivid reminiscence describes a theater performance with attentive audience, nods to actors like Nancy and Sikes, and reactions ranging from quiet approval to vivid emotion. The writer recalls seating in the parquet, the silent gallery, and a charged atmosphere that lingered after the show.
A fragment recounts early paths of theater managers led by Charles Frorman and Gustav Frohman. It notes managers in the Grand office, Wuleed In theater relations, and figures like John Huavits and Harry Rainforen. The piece mentions Frohman guiding Falveraham's tour and Stairs moving from reporting to management roles, with anecdotes from Vickburg and early minstrel ventures.
John C. Fisher employees at Broadway Theater plan a new comedy by Slipper Haddon Chambers titled Untinered. The work, bought for America by Charles NENG, debuts in London first with four acts and three scenes set in a county house. cast includes E. Gray and other Hos members, future plans include a London premiere and a possible American production by Wil shortly.
A court dinner ends with Kaiser requesting a lesson on sea phosphorescence from a chemist professor. The learned man, reluctant and frightened, admits unfamiliarity and dismisses the topic as beyond his province as further courses are served. The scene ends before resolution.
A garbled dialogue from the Theracher-Whait column explores a sci ence discussion of phosphorescence, a professor and a student debating origin and theory. The piece wanders through names and phrases, ending with a quip about monarchy versus republic.
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