Season Opener Dedicates Frick Lyceum Red Bank NJ
Mr James to dedicate Frick's new Lyceum in Red Bank New Jersey on September 3 to launch his transcontinental tour ending in March before returning to inaugurate his New York season. Anna Millward joins to play Robin and George A Bdes is reengaged as acting manager. The British privy council recommends dismissing Edna Wallace Hoover suit to break Alexander Dunsmuir will. Melbourne MacDowell to be under management for the first time in 22 years with W A Brady guiding him in The Law and the Man. Robert Mantell to perform in Canada then New York, Shylock in Montreal, Iago and Julian Caesar revival delayed until return, Brady touts scope surpassing 15 years ago.
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James
Frick
New Lyceum
Red Bank
New York
Anna Millward
Haelish
Robin
George A Bdes
Judicial Commission of the British Privy Council
London
Edna Wallace Hoover
Alexander Dunsmuir
Melbourne
MacDowell
Fanny Davenport
W. A. Brady
Amasiz
New Theater
Obretto
Frederick Fenn
P.M. Faraday
Egypt
Ruth Vincent
Veronique
Robert Mantell
Dominion of Canada
Sydney
Cape Breton
Shylock
Montreal
Julian Caesar
Wiliam A. Brady
Layima Shannon
George Tyler
Lisbler & Co
Rosalie
Willard Spencer
Nixon & Zimmerman
Trenton
N. J
Ihs
Mary Mannering
Betty
Aida Johnson Young
Amelia Bingham
Luttl
Paul Potter
Helenk Fredericks
White City
Memphis
Lew Wells
Oliver Doud Byron
Chicago
Arthur Byron
Ready Money Ryder
Mr Byron
Henry B Harris
Mme
Helena Modjeska
Los Angeles
steHang
San Diego
James O'Neil
Edar Forest
Betty Roseberry
Marla Roseberry
Cty
Henry Gardner Hunting
Grand Opera House
Senate
Charles Richmen
Richman
Will J. Block
Lucile Flaven
Maya Vokes
Mr. Roberts
United States
Mr. Block
Roger la Honte
Wilton Lackaye
Roger Laonte
Niblo'a
Jessie Millward
Wilam Terriss
Augustin Daly
Mr Lackays
John Needham
Melbourne MacDowell
Javert
Law and the
Mr Lackaye
Leslie Carter
Dillingham
at_ones
Caprite
Foster Mother of Famous Actors and the Lawrence Barrett Club
The Lawrence Barrett Dramatic Club in Washington trained many actors from its ranks including Wilton Lackaye Charles B Hanford Tim Murphy James Lackey and James Mahoney. The 1880s Shakespearean emphasis and a notable 188 performance at the National Theater are recalled along with stage manager Thad Sailor and members such as Clarence Rheem and Dave Bangs who later pursued varied careers in theatre and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
John McCullough
Washington
B. F Lovejoy
Edward A Paul
Wilton Lackaye
Charles
Hanford
Tim Murphy
James Lackey
James Mahoney
Clarence B Rheem
Harry Robinson
Bangs Boys
Hte
Barrett Club
National Theater
Franklin School
Frank Supplee
Thad XK. Sailor
Charles B. Hanford
Cassius
Brutus
Dave Bangs
Marc Antony
Caesar
Casca
Bangs
B. H .Warner Company
Department of Commerce and Labour
Vaudeville notes highlight Houdini and top acts in Washington
Houdini the handcuff wizard heads to Washington early this season with a pay rise and multiple contracts. Miss Pauling Hall, winningest American actress financially, plans to quit vaudeville after a twenty week tour. Julian Huge stays in Europe with La Loie Fuller. Rooney sisters debut new dance style. Chase's books European novelties. Dick Henley exits Chase's for melodrama. Surratt and Wiliam Gould return with Paris wardrobe. The Chorus Lady expands to four acts starring Rose Stahl. The Fays, now drawing bigger offers after Hammerstein's and a New York Roof expose, prepare Washington shows.
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Chase's
Frank Byron
Byron
Langdon
Dick Henley
Chase’s
Bert Levey
Wiliam Gould
Waleses
Surratt
England
Fays
Washington
New York Roof
Is Acting an Art Coquelin's Affirmative Opinion
Coquelin in a London lecture argues acting is an art and notes its transience. He says fame for actors outlives applause and death, as readers recount their performances. The actor’s appeal lies in intimate public memory and nightly performances before crowds.
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Coquelin
London
Coquelii
Tas
Chase's Week at Polite Vaudeville Features Pauline Hall Queen of Comic Opera
Chase's presents a robust week of vaudeville headlined by Pauline Hall famed as Queen of Comic Opera She will sing gems from her operatic repertoire and perform in period costumes Other attractions include The Dude Detective Frant Byron and Louise Langdon comedy a London style English whimsy Tristled Finance Carson and Willard juvenile performers Jack and Jill Plus European trio Melnotte La Nole and magician Oltare The Prospectors film closes the program with mountain gold rush scenes
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Chase’s
Pauline Hall
Paulina Hall
Chase
Miss Hall Chase
Miss Hall
Wil
Frant Byron
Louise Langdon
Mr. Byron
Sam Hiton
London
Carson
Willard
Tom Lawson
Arthur
Oltare
Golden West
Ten Thousand Dollars Reward at the Academy this week
A review of Gwen Davis melodrama Ten Thousand Dollars Reward at the Academy. The show features fourteen elaborate scenes from New Orleans to Hindustan with spectacular effects, extensive stage machinery, Hindu temple destruction, and a rescue. It stars a large company, with Hindu musicians and dancers, enhanced by electricity and strong scenic accessories. The Majestic hosts Cole and Johnson in The Shoo fly Regiment, a new musical comedy with Negro talent and an all star company, opening August 20 with matinees. The New Lyceum Theater reopens August 2 with Empire Circuit burlesque, a 40 member company, 20 girl chorus, and Thoroughbred Burlesquers.
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Spencer
Aborn
Gwen Davis
Academy
New Orleans
South America
Hindoostan
New Yorkity
Marion
Volcaro
Central Park
New York City
Llusions
America
Cole and Johnson
Majestic
Cole
Johnson
Melville B. Raymond
Mandy
Cele
Southland
Philippines
Tom Brown
Sam Lucas
Bob A. Kelley
Theodore Pankey
Andrew Tribble
Siren Navarro
Anne Cook
Mollie DH
Elizabeth Willams
The
Lyceum
Lyceum Theater
Empire Circuit Company
Empire Circuit
Poular Playhouse
Chazes Openings Next Week At The Majestic Theater
Coming attractions announce openings starting Monday matinee August 27 featuring Willard Simms and Company in Finder's Furnished Flat with stage realism. Other acts include Nora Bayes and Toozoonin Arabe with acrobatics. Also Ferraro G and A O Duncan with hidden voice, Katie Rooney impersonations, and a Cuance Acquaintance. Film features Snapshot Fiend and The Way of the Transgressor with Landacer dogs. The Policy Players musical comedy at the Majestic begins August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaze
Willard Simms
Nora Bayes
Comedienne
Ferrarog
A. O. Duncan
Katie Rooney
William Marlow
Verda Schellberg
Song booster chaos on Tin Pan Alley set
Inside a tin pan alley rehearsal a song booster battles with chorus girls over pronunciation and decorum. A Chicago actress fights back as tension erupts between performers and a feared booster before a manager restores order. Also notes Henry Huntington's The Senator's Vindication at Grand Opera House with Richman and a strong company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiesga
Chicago
Tin Ban Alley
Pune
Willy Boy
The Lion and the Mouse Novel Gains Wide Attention
The Lion and the Mouse by Arthur Hornbrow adapts a strong American conflict between right and wrong and organized crime. The novel quickly sold 10 000 copies in its first week with a second print run underway as stage success and public excitement surge across New York Chicago San Francisco and other cities with multiple company productions planned for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hornbrow
Shirley Greene
John Burkett Ryder
Charles Wein
England
America
Lyceum Theater
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
United States
Luna Park Opens Thirteenth Week With Diverse Free Attractions
Tuna Park launches its thirteenth week offering free shows headlined by Navassars Ladies' Band followed by Don Philippini and his fifty-piece Spanish band. Barnum elephant act at the hippodrome, Skidoo Day intrigue, and Knights of the Maccabees outing promise family entertainment with balloon ascensions and fireworks on upcoming Tour Day and County Day events.
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Tuna Park
Navassars
Bio Resort
Don Phillippini
Pee
Coro
Philippini
Createre
Philippini Thedon
Laadver
Washington
Luna Park
Bar
Hippodrome I
Lana Park
Park
Alexandria
Knights of the Maccabees
Knights
Lkely
Alexandria County
Luna Park Notes and Acts at Luna Park
At Luna Park Barlows elephants led by Hercules perform tumbling vaulting and somersaults while children may ride the back of the largest elephant. Don Philippini writes a new march The Press March for next Thursday. Over 200 letters request badges for Sladco Day. Egyptian palmist Madame Marcia offers crystal gazing and fortune readings, directing the falmist porters.
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Barlow
Luna Park
Ehildren
Hercules
Barlows
Lana Park
Don Philippini
Gill
Washington
The
Park
Lama Park
Marcia
India
Japan
Philippini the Musical Acrobat Impresses Luna Park Crowds
Don Philippini the Spanish conductor and composer dazzles at Luna Park with acrobatic singing and dynamic conducting. Born in Madrid, he led Cervera's band in the Spanish-American War and has captivated audiences in major cities. Miss Gertrude Coghlan advocates fencing golf and tennis as top exercises for women.
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Don Philippini
Don Francisco Maria Philippini Y Huertes-Morten
Luna Park
Don
Zana Park
Geveral
Fiuligpint
Philippint
Cervera
Santiago
Madrid
Gertrude Cogman
Henry B Harris
Chicago
Boston
Wagner stagecraft and the Nibelungen Ring recalls
Thirty years after the first Bayreuth run of the Nibelungen Ring diary excerpts reveal Wagner's need for a practical dancer to guide performers. Fricke, Lautenschlaeger and Brandt solve stage effects, from the Rhine maidens to Gotterdammerung, while Maria Materna and Amalia Materna spark intense rehearsals.
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Das Rheingold
Anton Seidl
Herman Fischer
Munich
Felix
Mott Seidl
Wohlinde
Mott Flosshilde
Fischer Weligunde
Wagner
Lili
Marie Lehmann
Fraukin Lammert
Mile
Richard Fneke
Richard Wagner
Baireuth
Brimmung
Lifil
Fraulein Lammert
Beaireath
Fricke
Bayreuth
Eatreuth
Batreuth
Rome
Alberich
Warner
Fridge
Delails
Geremany
Austria
Jauner
Hans Richter
Amalia
Marenna
Searte
Imperial Opera House
Vienna
Amalia Materna
Brunnhildes
Materna
Herr Fricke 38
New York
Gustave Mahler
Richard Fricke
Felix Mott
Karl Lautenschlaeger
Lautenschlaeger
Karl Brandt
Munich Opera House
Ludwig
Com
Rooster chases Fay Templeton at Springdale farm
The New York Times notes Fay Templeton feeds chickens at the Patterson farm in Springdale while her husband William J. Patterson sits at his Pittsburg desk. A Majorca rooster mounted a dangerous cluck but she kept moving toward the house. Other farm tasks included butter making and potato peeling as gossip about Leslie Carter's future circulates.
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Springdale
New York Times
Fay Templeton
William J. Patterson
Ins
Heyland Patterson
Pittsburg
Patterson Farm
Springaele
Mabel Mordaunt Wins Notice In Vaudeville and Melodrama
Miss Mabel Mordaunt rose from Springfield Massachusetts school entertainments to New York stages. She appeared in The Man of Her Choice at the Academy of Music last week gaining press and public praise for charm and singing. Her career includes Wonderland and The Rain-Dears with Ned Wayburn, marking her third year in the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Mordaunt
Academy of Music
Springfield
Mass
New York
Ned Wayburn
Nothing New Under the Sun in Stage Tricks
The article notes repeated use of mechanical effects in plays from Bartley Campbell and Wilson Barrett to the Italians of the 1650s, with England’s first earthquake mimicry attempt at Southwark in 1692, illustrating the enduring claim of originality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bartley Campbell
Wilson Barrett
England
Southwark
London
Three Elements of Beautiful in Dress
Three elements define beauty in dress saitable, simple, and pleasing. These principles fix half the problem of economy and guide what one may spend. Frenchwomen, market women, and duchesses all follow the same basic standards and set budgets for dress within their households.
Something Quite Different in Chicago Tribune Tale
A curious vignette shows a young woman slipping away from a man’s grasp as he asks if she fears microbes. The scene hints at a larger matter while a mother eavesdrops at the keyhole, adding tension and mystery.
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The
Chicago Tribune
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Broadway
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Seoring
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Shrimp
South Carolina
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Charlex Dillingham
Lillian Spenser
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Arizona
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Willam A Brady
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Nicaragua
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Toronto
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Legion of Honor
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Monmouth Beach
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Julian Huge
Switzerland
la Loie Fuller Company
Europe
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Pat” Rooney
Ernest Lamson
Daya Lacy
Baltimore
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Harles Blank
Landacer
Majestic Theater
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Jack
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Brandt
Miyself
Gotterdammerung
Et Tautenschlaeger
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