Theatrical News in Topeka Promises Busy Season
Harry Carson Clark appears September 28 with season prospects brightening. Lossey Company opens next Wednesday. Crawford company to present four night run. September 24 Lincolns Carter feature The Eleventh Hour. Topeka audiences await vaudeville act Vanity Fair at the Grand Theater.
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Topeka
Mander Crawford
West
Carter
Iice Ayeens
Tope
SIM
Harry Carson Clake
Cimedians
Clarke
Miss Evans Success In Topeka Chorus Fame
Topeka girl Miss Evans wins praise on local circuits as a versatile young performer known for whistling and bird imitation. She has toured widely, studies in St Louis and aims to astonish eastern audiences with new acts and expanded repertoire.
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Jay Evans
Topeka
Nies
May Evans
St Louis
Old Innocence Author Dorothy Sherrod Rewrote Comedy
Dorothy Sherrod, wife of Tim Murphy, rewrote the comedy Old Innocence adding a love interest. The play's author was publicly questioned as a myth, and the deception involved a staged death of a fictitious dramatist Richard Kingsley. The ruse kept the show running through a second season before exposure.
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Dorothy Sherrod
Tim Murphy
Frm
Fred Berder
Dorothy Shrrod
Topeka
Three Sea Sonn
Sherrod
Orman
Sabet
Innes
PewsiMipers
Richard Kingsley
Antil
Kingsley
Andrews
Chicago
Sula
Lnte
Richard King
Kilied
Kingstey
Notyall Te Company
Vsherred
The New Wilson Opera Monks of Malabar on Stage at Hollins
The Monks of Malabar produced at Hollins Baritone Zistbar features Isadore Bush and Roland Hood in key roles. Critics note Bush’s star presence and expect her to sustain the company’s reputation this season as new costumes and performances unfold.
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Malabar
Isadore Bush
Rolald Hood
Stage fashions and a theater realm of wealth and beauty
An article fragment discusses costumes and stage attire, noting silk dresses, neckwear, and gowns at a dinner event. It mentions a $24,000 last year gain from investments connected to Mad m on Square theater, plus an investigation into a private safe revealing bonds and valuables. It also critiques stage beauty standards with Alan Dale arguing that looks should not define acting talent and references Otis Skinner.
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Madmon Square
Hoyt
Dizon
Garfield
Brilliant Galaxy of Theatrical Stars At Theaters Coast to Coast
A roster of leading players for the season includes Jimmy Hackett in The Pride of Jerico at the Criterion New York Miss Hathaway as Mia Falconer in The Choir Invisible at the Park Boston Basile Le Moyne in The Greatest Thing in the World at Warlick s New York Dick Mansfield revival of Shakespearian tragedies Villien in In the Palace of the King Marion Crawford s latest Harry Jewett as John Gray in The Choir Invisible Jean O Neill as the Abbe in Monte Cristo at Boston theater September 18 Mr Herne s new play Sag Harbor with Harry Dixey leading The stars plan to tour major cities nationwide Also described is a dramatic costume scene with Miss Rush in a striking gown and an extravagant hat plus her portrayal as a shipwrecked castaway to evoke high fashion imagery
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Tere
Jimmy Hackett
Jerico
Criterion
New York
Miss Hathaway
Mia Falconer
the Park
Boston
Basile le Moyne
Warlick's
Dick Mansfield
Villien
Marion Crawford
Harry Jewett
John Gray
Jean O'Neill
Prince Otto and the Nude Knees Stir New York Stage Talk
Playwright Charles Hoyt’s friends placed him in a sanitarium and he later praised Otis Skinner’s Wallack's debut as Prince Otto, noting the actor’s strength amid a melodrama needing vigor. The piece ponders stage naturalness, beauty, and the audience’s demand for picturesque actresses over realism.
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Charles Hoyt
Charlestown
New York Journal
Swrites
New York
Otis Skinner
Sothern
Hackett
Mr. Skinner
Wallack’s
Jerome K. Jerome
Prince Otto
Richard Carvel Staged At Empire Theater New York
Popular novel adaptation draws crowds at Empire with John Drew as Richard Carvel and Dorothy in a romance amid Civil War conflict. Plot moves from Carvel Hall to onstage escapes, daring rescues, and a climactic finale as loyalties and lovers collide.
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Richard Carvel
Empire Theater
New York
John Drew
Carvel
Carvel Hall
Dorothy
Richard
Titchard
Walpole
the Star and Garter
Annapol Carvel
Clapendale
Duke
Clap
Saddie
Bernhardi Fairy Tale Translation Fragment in Paris Journal
A fragment from a Parisian artistic paper presents a translation of Bernharde’s tale about fairy blessings for a baby. The text depicts the parents listening as fairies promise beauty, greatness, and public acclaim, with poetic phrases about crowns and heroic futures.
Theatrical Notes From A Crowded Scene Of News
The article summarizes a flurry of theater happenings and personnel shifts. Fanny Rice delays her season opening until after the presidential election while Dorothy Asner marries in New York. Maurice Barrymore to star in the Battle of the Strong. Winston Churchill and John Drew connected through a letter praising revisions. Multiple productions and management moves across London and New York are noted, with casts like Belle Archer, Miss Archer, and Julie Opp contributing to forthcoming seasons.
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Fanny Rice
Dorothy Asner
August Tite
G. W. Baxter
New York
Baldwin Sloane
Marcelle
Blanche Walsh
Day
Mannering
Sear
Buffalo
James Meredith
London
Engl
Marie Burroughs
Maurice Barrymore
Justaine
Will Mandeville
Sire Brothers
Paul Kester
Sir
China
Star Theater
Russell
England
America
Ney Grundy
Rober
Julie Opp
Peter F. Dalley
Waterbury
Htodge
Penas @ Co
Maude Jeffries
Wilco Harrell
Indy
Pisy
Charles Frohman
Mr. Frohman
Ula
Jessie Millward
Margaret Anglin
Empire ‘Theater
Emma Behrens
Robert Mantal
Charlotte Behrens
Moneolaies
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James A. Herne
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Bernehardi's Fairy Tale
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Kansas Ave
Columbia, Tribune and
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Topeka Cycle CO
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East 6Th Ave
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Hares Avenue
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Garfeld Park
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