The Lighting Conductor brought to Ames stage charm
Fred F Schrader notes Sabert Kelcbe y and Effie Shanon in a spirited staging of The Lighting Conductor adapted from Williamsont by Harry B Smith. The comedy blends light romance with a pair of discreet love scenes, while Harrigan and Hart era memories color the performance and audience reaction.
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Fred. F. Schrader
Sabert Kelcbey
Effie Shanon
Wiliamsont
Harry B. Smith
Stus
Noesense
Dixey
Bere
Vuleizes
Octave Veuillet
Foulliet
Actress Amber Lawsford Aids Animal Welfare And Sports
Miss Amber Lawsford, leading actress in William H. Thompson's company, is a Southern girl from Louisville famed for horse ownership and field sports. She maintains a yacht, kennels, and hunting lodge, supports cruelty prevention, and has engaged in a Bay Shore fly casting tournament winning first prize in her class.
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William H. Thompson
Louisville
Mary Anderson
Great South Bay
Long Island
Adirondacks
Ing
Hempstead
Meadow Brook
Lawford
New York
Bay Shore
Charles Bradford
Miss Lazyford
Majestic to Feature Washingtonian Comedy and Opera Casts
Timed line up of next attractions at the Majestic theater includes Miss Lipman in Julie Boubon, Otis Skinner in The Duel, Abyssinia by Jesse Shipp and Alec Rogers, Will Marion Cook music, Bert Williams and James Vaughn. Also, Tis Honor the Mayor at Columbia with Campell and Skinner, and Derby picture. Edwin Emerson to lecture at New National Theater on war slides. Odette Tyler returns to Washington at Belasco with Lacy Huntworth's Experiment.
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the Majestic
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Iurriean
Mousunis
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Black Hussar
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Col. Caul
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Nanen
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Col. McCall
Vienm
Herr Miloecker
Wall Street
Milleecker
Otis “Skinner
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Hay i
Jesse Shipp
Alec Rogers
Will Marion Cook
Bert Wiliams
James ‘Vaughn
Pinte Hussars
Columbia
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I. M. Skinner
Julian “Edwards
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Chicago
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J. Clarence Harvey
Mabel Iollis
Pletcher Norton
Lora Lie
Knight Brothers
Sawtelle
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Deltons
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Roosevelt
Orient
Port Arthur
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San Francisco
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Washington
Onette Tyler
Belasco Theater
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Blanche Stoddard
Fuller
Melish
Inez Phimmer
Guy Coombe
Ann Butterfield
Robert
Taher
Mrs. West
Herold FE
Salter
Immogene Faircbild
William Bur- Boyne
Julie Lee
Flintworth
Miss Tyler
Miss Tylor
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Charles Frohman
London
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Leslie Stuart
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Belasco
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Knust Gut
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Notes of the Stage: Adams, Russell, and a Parade of Stars
Maude Adams to perform her 200th in Peter Pen at the Empire Theatre New York. William Collier sails for Australia after Boston. Lilian Russell plans a New York exit for vaudeville West. Crane, Frohman and Barrie set London openings while Washington readies summer stock. Major concert and film news accompany a lively theatre calendar with new works and star turns.
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Peter Pen
Empire 1
New ‘York
William Collier
Boston
Australia
Lilian Russell
New York
West
William H. Crane
New-York
Hudson “Theater
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F. Degey
Washington
Odette Ne
Belasco
Columbia
Majestic
R. G. Craérin
Opera
Havre de Grace
Guy Standing
Mr. Standline
Dramatic News
Barnum Circus and Hagenbeck Rivalry Highlight Amusement Trends
A 19th century discussion contrasts Barnum Bailey traditions with Carl Hagenbeck Greater Shows as a futures-oriented, educational circus movement. It notes Hagenbeck’s three-ring enclosures, European performers, and wild beasts touted as zoological education for all ages, signaling a shift from mere fooling to impressive, instructive spectacle.
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America
P. T. Barnum
Sherfat Danby
Carl Hagenbeck Oi
Mr. Panb
Baik
Carl Hagenbeck
Circus Trust
Hagenbeck Eirous
Om Wn Ald
Bailey
Carl Hegenbeck
Recollection of Theodora Hamilton and Civil War Theatre
The writer reflects on Theodora Hamilton and performances in the South during the war era. It recalls actors like Mr. Hamilton and Crisp, the Mobile theatre scene, and the shared hardships and rewards for players, including currency issues and crowd turnout. The piece promises future recollections of Southern theater.
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Theodora Hamilton
Tnifan
Syman Mac
Todian
Iredman
Walson Cor
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Rama
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Bath’ Laying
H. Crisp
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F. Crisp
Crisp
Willam de Crisp
New Orleans
Atlanta
Mobile
Hamilton
Tve
Edna Deagues
Borgia
Jana
The Thorny Way to Be Presented In New Haven
A forthcoming New Haven presentation of The Thorny Way adapted by Clayton Hamiton and Isabel Calbron from Philpotts German, to be staged in English for the first time. Cast includes Mary Shaw Katherine Grey Herbert Standing and Henry Jewett with Henry Miller producing, set to open tomorrow night.
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oThe Thorny Way
Clayton Ham‘iton
Isabel Calbron
Philpotts
Shuberts
New Haven
Mary, Shaw
Katherine Grey
Herbert Standing
Henry’ Jewett
Henry “Miller
Ptress Theater
New York
The Optimist debut at the Columbia Theater in Sydney
Sydney Rosenfeld presents The Optimist a new comedy of contemporaneous American life at the Columbia Theater opening soon. The plot centers on Norman Grey and Alice Wendell amid modern social figures, with a device where Jack Wendell narrates Grey’s life story. The cast includes Lizzie Haden J Heul Gilmour Hallie Drake and a host of stage names, under Marsden’s supervision.
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Venilell
Tack
Edilinger
Job Richfield
Gerald
Arid
Cushmas
Dobn
Lawrence Marsden
Perea
William Thompson Stars in Money Talks at the Belasco
The Belasco Theater hosts William Thompson in Money Talks this week. Amber Lewford leads a strong cast including Orme Caladra and Elma Morretti in a four act comedy drama about a modern American multi millionaire and his Newport daughter. The play blends decor and social satire with Thompson delivering a standout performance and Merrimore as the Denver money man.
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JW EL Thompson
Lucién Merrimore
Cleveland
Moffetta
Ovialife
Thomipson
Deni
wWe
Wind
Bill O' Play
Amber Lewford
W. HE
Denny Sand
Gilmore
Orme Caladra
Elma. Morretti
Paul Everton
Esther Lyon
Charles Arthur
Emanuel
Alexander
Joseph’ Lothian
Hazel
Timmins
Ethel
Ellmore
Daria” ‘Mitchel
Seth Forester
Mary Fleming
Charles Hunter
William Carling
Art Misionaire
Boston
Denver
Newport
Shubert Theatre
Fist Out of lege at National Theater Easter Week
Joseph Wheelock Jr leads a mix of lovers and ruses in a melodramatic stage piece at the National Theater. Edward Worthington Swinger, aided by Henry Dalrymple Bliss and Mrs Pickering, pursues a bold plan that exposes a trust dispute and a rival boss, with a sharp cast of players including Wheelock, Jepson, Jackson, and Gilman.
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Edward
Worthington Swinger
Swinger
O. Swinger
James
Picke Trust
Pickering
Mr. Fropman
Jrj
Hugene
Jepson
Charles’ Jackson
George Henry
Trader
George Irving
Harry Frees
Louis’ Eagan
George Allyn
Howard Hull
Mike Pollgek
Tully Marshall
Albert W
The Optimist and Paul Jones at Chase's and Majestic
A crowded Washington theater week features Sydney Ronenfeld’s The Optimist and Planquette’s Paul Jones at the Majestic, with Cecilia Shay and Rose as leads. Chase’s vaudeville highlights include Leo Dag and the Cartmells, plus the laughs of Ned Monroe’s Maggie’s Day Off and Lottie Williams in My Tomboy Girl at the Academy.
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Baron
Monroe
Mack
Lawrence
Ned Monroe
Maggie
Katherine” Broodgand
Operarie
Pater
Rose
Cecilia Shay
Pauli Jones
The
Majestic
Majestic Theater
Tose Ceailm Shay
Naval
Paul Jones
Planquette
P Ower
Pank Jones
Billboard
Rose Cecilia Shay
Opera Pidonna
Lottie Williams
Tomboy Girl
Academy
South
Miss Williams
Josie
Boy
Fury
Virginia
The Alcazar Beauties at Keman's Lyceum Theater
The Alcazar Beauties tops acts this season at Keman's Lyceum in two one act musical comedies The Romance of a South Case and A Midnight Dream entertain with vaudeville by the Sevens Haight and Dean and others Concert at Belasco Theater features Easter program with Frederick De Hart and Tom Moore plus Ashes brother views and Bakermann led orchestra for seasonal delight
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Lyceum ‘Theater of
Mencing
Imecrow
Belasco Theater
Frederick, de Hart
Tom Moore
Bakermann
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