Week's Play Bills At Local Theatres
The San Carlo Grand Opera Company presents Peluto with Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady at Columbia. National features Montgomery and Stone in The Hea Mi. Chaa'w presents May Irwin headlining. Majestic shows The Lost Trail. Academy offers Parted on Her Hrider Tour. Gayety screens Irwin in New Majestica. Lyceum presents Williams Ideals. Production claims to defy strict artistic qualifiers and invites audiences to dive into the spirit of comedy from the start. Miss Marlowe is forecast to succeed with her new play, per FP Morse.
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Peluto
San Carlo
England
Marlowe
Morse
Ethel Barrymore
Hudson Theater
Marke
London
His Majesty's Theater
Portugal
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Venice
Barnaba
Inquisition
Barytoe
Glocondi
jTme
Gioconda
Zuene
Enzo Grimaldo
Laura
Amimat
Alvise Badoera
Buaura
Gigeonda
Enzo
Burnaka
Alvise
Lara
Jeqibus
Taura
Grocenda
House of Gold
Ista
House of” Gold
Gio
Conda
Engo Entora
Baragba
Clash over Irving statue in London debate
A heated controversy in London centers on how to depict Sir Henry Irving in a statue near the National Portrait Gallery. At a theatre leaders meeting chaired by Sir John Hare, debate questions whether Irving should be shown in character or in modern dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ste Henry Irving
National Portrait Gallery
Charing Cross Road
John Hare
Irving
Hamlet
Thames Brock
St. A
A. W. Pinero
Editorials on the Calliope tragedy and theater tastes
The piece recalls Brand of the Iconoclast and his dramatic critique of a hurricane tale featuring the Calliope and the Trenton. It weighs the balance of fact versus fancy in journalism and theater, noting how critics praise and flag alleged inaccuracies while praising Gloria and Julia Marlowe's performance and the play’s Shakespearean echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Baman
America
Harror
Apla
Germany
Trenton
England
Brand
Calliope
Veerew
Don Quixote
Ophelia
Titled Playwrights Busy in Prolific Society Scene
London reports show English society engaging in play writing with actors acting in own works. Countess of Stradbroke at Henham Hall presents a capital farce with a love plot while Lady Stradbroke’s daughters Pleasance and Betty Joanna receive quirky names.
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Countess of Stradbroke
Henham Hall
Washington Post
London
Finglish
Suffolk
Lady Stradoraxe
Pleasance
Betty Joanna
Alexandra
Viscount Dunwick
Andy Plantagenet Hastings
Earl of Huntingdon
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Oxmans Town Hall
Birr
Viscount Hastings
Sarah Wilson
Randolph Wilson
Lady Huntingdon
Samuel Wison
Hester Stanhope
Earl of Stanhope
Paris Plans Unprecedented Theatrical Art Exhibition
Paris unveiled plans for a major exhibition of theatrical art organized by M Georges Berger and M Metman. It will showcase antique and modern theater decor, costumes worn by famous actors, and stage accessories from private and public collections across Europe, with rooms devoted to Italian treasures and eighteenth century theater pieces. A royal collection from Cardinal Ri vena’s Colander maquettes and a section on long vanished musical instruments are included.
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Paris
M. Georges Berger
M. Metman
Boudec Des Arts Decorp
Ifs
Aven
Aiigio
Signor Sambon
Dogigna
Cardinal Riviena
Bologna
Louis XV
Autora
Trias
Europe
Liston Teases Bookseller Over Tripe in Leicester Square
The popular comedian Liston taunts a Bow Street bookseller by shouting that he dislikes tripe. The crowd gathers as Liston chases the bookseller through Cranbourne alley toward Bow Street, with jeers of there goes the man who doesn't like tripe echoing in Long Acre.
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Dremmucantros
Leicester Square
Bow Street
London
Liston
Tripe
Leiceser House
Hhe
Cranbourne
Long Acre
Urebing
Items of Interest Concerning Plays and the Players
Detroit notices indicate Rank Worthing's recovery from pneumonia. Grace George and husband William Brady rearrange roles. The piece surveys vaudeville acts including Billy Hyer and Willard, theater moves, rehearsals, and forthcoming shows at Chase's and the Belasco. It notes Tolstoy’s mishap, Calve’s convalescence, and various stage events, with updates on actors, managers, and touring plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank Worthing
Grace George
Pneumonig
Detroit
Willam A. Brady
George
Mr. Worthing
Stirring Opera Week at Belasco Theater Delights Washington
The Belasco hosts a grand opera week featuring eight performances in Italian and one in French. Verdi leads with Il Trovatore La Traviata and Aida, plus Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Carmen La Gioconda and Lucia di Lammermoor among others. The San Carlo Gosta Company presents Rigoletto Aida Carmen La Traviata and Lucia with noted conductors and casts including Nordica Nielsen and Des Marchi.
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Belasco Theater
Verdi
Ponchielli
Cavalleria Rusticana
I’pagnacci
Mascaghia
Leoncavello
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Carmen
Bizet
San Carlo Gosta
New York
America
Italy
Pagnacci
Aida
Hif
Egypt
Prigoner
Lucia
Seconda
Mmes
Norla
Claussens
Outhka
Constantino
Blanchart
Segufola
Pulcini
Ghidini
Mae Bonari
Danti
Des
Marchi
Perego
Dani
Noria
Giscomne
Puni
Sbavaigta
Isana
Claessens
Mii
Opezze
Marta
Rossi
Villani
Giaccone
Bravalgia
Aen
Constantino Villani
Giacconi
Curt
Gossip of the Stage and Theatre Moves in 1900s Florence and New York
Gossip notes Eleanor Duse buys Capponi Palace Florence while Nat Goodwin enters Libhlera plans for season. Walter N Jones-Nillson contract not renewed. Miss Nillson returns to New York. Edna Wallace Hopper causes Ohio rail delay. William Creasy readies legitimate debut with The Village Lawyer. President McKinley meets Alice Nielsen at White House after singing for charity. Nielsen recalls their half hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Goodwin
Licblera
George C. Tyler
Baltimore
Walter N. Jenee
Carlotta Nillson
Miss Nillson
New York
Sper Reje
Rhy Maccescey
Mabel Cameron
William Hayward Glaire
Charles Frotman
Herbert Roger
Maud Alame
the Jesters
Empire Theater
Edna Wallace Hopper
Fenneylvania Railroad
Youngetown
Ohio
Miss Wallace
Zanesville
Toston
Pittsburg
Misa Hopper
Alice Niegen
Washington
White House
Tetrazzini Arrives in New York for Manhattan Opera Debut
Italian prima donna Susan Tetrazzini arrives in New York aboard the La Lorraine after a rough Atlantic crossing. She will first appear in New York next Wednesday night as Violetta in La Traviata at the Manhattan Opera House.
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London Artives
Manhattan
New York
Susan
Tetrazzini
America
Manhattan Opera Hauge
Atlantic
Mme
Tetrodzini
Vaudeville on the Rail to Open All Night Show
Paris financiers plan a Continental vaudeville car for night travel. About 48 cars will join trains with a small stage and piano, providing continuous performances on long journeys. The project aims to make overnight travel agreeable while resembling a chair car.
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Washington Pont
Paris
Cirden
Ireland
Sleeping Cara
The
Riviera
More Than He Dared to Do from the Chicago News
A terse dialogue fragment depicts a henpecked man and Renee in a tense exchange about weather and nerve. The lines hint at a larger humorous or ironic scene, suggesting social friction and clever banter characteristic of Chicago reportage.
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Chicago News
Renee
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BILLS
Haltimore
Phila- Delpny
Julia Marlowe
Straparola
Billy” Hyer
Thoee
Paderewski
Wills
Tim Murphy
Victor Maurel
Count de Signorola
Leulis
Thomas
Fanny Davenport
Dr. Ray
Willian Gillette
Boyd
Gillette
Ir. Breese Stevens
Dwight Elmendorf
Mmé
Olga Samaroff
New National
Mira Allene Craigr
the Read Mill’ Company
Montgomery and
Stone
Leo Tolsto
Cesilta Loftus
Mias Aylsten
Rue“d’Antin
Marguerite Gayder
Camille
Avenue de Opera
Dumas
Edmund Elton
Barks| Clarke
Dogd
Mr. Elton
Mrs. Fiske
Tasen
Vini- Daly
Chase
Dan Daly
Bertha Kalich
Lowldady
Harrison Grey Fiske
Belasca
la Petita Adelaide
Helene Ritchie
Margaret Angiin
Charlotte Thompson
Allen M. Smith
Mme, Exoma Calve
Cuatla
Mexico
Twite
Mexico City
Borthe
Brazil
Brasilia
Murphy
Poat
Luis Bernard
Hoggenheimer
J. Neil O’brien
Pres
J.D
Bom Bernard
Lew Dockstader
Minstreight
O’brien
Mandy
Ignace Paderewski
Warsaw Conservatory of Music
Senator la Follette
Constance Farmer
Shy Gun
Henry W. Savage
Woodland” Company
National ‘Theater
Metropoli: Opera
Metropolitan, Opera
Henry B. Harris
Thomas W. Ross
Ross
James Forbes
Jane North
Rubens
Centanini
Dalmatia
Count Centanini
San Carlos Grand Opera Company
Thomas Meighan
Mr. Meighan
Harry Davis Stock Company
Borah Truax
Henrietta Crosman
Eva Taylor
Wixzie Hudson Collier
Thomas W. Hoss
William Ingersoll
Charles Abbe
Tne Thumb-Nall
Charles Dillingham
Fire Red
Hia
Belasco
Huebanda
Thiat City
Brederick Smith
Bud Larabee
Jeele
Eleanor Duse
Capponi
Florence
Pettignano
Nat C. Goodwin
Carroll Fleming
Florence Miller
Boston
Rigismund de Ivanowski
Maria Dero
Carlotta
Marcus
Otis Skinner
Charles Frohman
Will Cresay
Shubert
Creasy
Wiho
Cressy
Se Fw Nen
Blanche Bayne
Mollere As
Sancho Panza
Mollere
Sancho
Baron
la Forest
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