Passing events of week 16 show varied stage fare and Shakespearean interest
The review praises Eronique as pretty and well sung though lightly plotted, notes strong performances by Ruth Vincent, Kitty Gordon, Lena Maitland, and Mlle Solanges storyline, and contrasts with Ben Greet Shakespearean productions at the Belasco Theater. It discusses historical views on stage scenery versus acting and cites references about Shakespearean staging and contrasts past and present techniques.
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Mr. Rea
Mile
Solanges
Miss Valli- Valli
Belasco
Furness
Variorum
Spedding
Theseus
Sidney Gee
Shakespeare
Simon Forman
the Grebe
Macbeth
Banquo
Hanquo
Globe Theater
Henry VII
Common
Tyveddell
Shakspere
Red Bus Playhouse
Wirkman
William Dean Howells
Greet
Swan Theater
Johannes de Witt
University
Utrecht
Benedick
Macbeth on Greet stage drew full houses with unified effort
Fred Schrader notes Greet presents Shakespearean drama with purity of diction, attracting packed audiences and an extra matinee for Macbeth. The company, dedicated to the Bard, emphasizes harmony over individual publicity, enriching the performance despite occasional accent flaws.
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Greet
Macbeth
Fred F. Schrader
Mme. Bernhardt
Philadelphia
The Embassy Ball in Paris and Washington Comedy
Augustus Thomas presents The Embassy Ball a farce with Daniel Frohman and Lawrence D Orsay. A Washington magazine writer visits Paris causing a bicycle license mix up that becomes a marriage license. English attache, Senator from Oregon, and a web of engagements drive comic misunderstandings. Two scenes occur near Dupont Circle and at the Arlington Hotel with British actor Cyril Mands set to star in Shore Acres in London by the Shuberts.
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Augustus Thomas
Daniel Frohman
Lawrance D'Orsay
Paris
Washington
Parle
Bois Boulogne
Meerle
Oregon
Statesman
W National Canvital
St. Fatershurs
Overton
St. Petersburg
Mortimer Larimer
Dupont Circle
Arlington Hotel
Cyril Mands
Nathaniel Berry
Shuberts
Waldorf Theater
London
Ufe
James A. Herne
Notes of the Stage: Broadway Arts Scene Update
The notes report Harry Woodruff's stage plans, Svengali cast changes at Prisby in Chicago, Fitzsimmer’s return and Julia Herne Maude Fealy casting, and new works by Paula Edwards and John Philip Sousa. It notes Bernhardt, Hitchcock, and Anglin on tours, and multiple casts at Daly's, the Casino Theater, and the Savoy with entries on Miss Civilization, Mizpah, and other productions.
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Harry Woodruff
Henry Miller
Witton Lackayre
Svengali
Prisby
Chicago
Bob Fitzsimmer
Julia
Herne
Maude Fealy
India
David ‘Belas¢o
du Garry
Paula Edwards
Bernard Shaw
James Corbett
Daly's
Casino Theater
Thomas Jefferson
Nery Rip van Winkle
Florida
Charles Klein
the Lion and the Mouse
Metropolitan Opera House
Alice Fischer
Ben Greet Shakespeare Season Impresses Washington Readers
The Ben Greet troupe dazzled Washington with four Shakespeare plays rising attendance and praise. Greet praised schools for fostering critical taste and recalled his stage from Elizabethan models. He spoke of Boston and New York crowds, actor Carl Irving, and the value of Shakespeare over flashy modern productions.
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Mr. Greet
Ceil
Benedik
Career of Edmund Burke the Great Irish Statesman
Edmund Burke born in Dublin 1730, educated Trinity College, London exile, wrote Sublime and Beautiful, joined Parliament in 176, champion of common people and oppressed. He married Mary Nugent, praised for honesty and friendships, famed for lively charm and fondness for children and family. Died July 9 in his sixty eighth year.
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Richard Burke
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Ireland
Dublin
Trinity College
Oliver Goldsmith
Trinity
London
England
Haly
Rex
Chaunesy Olcott
Theodore Burt Sayres
Oerur
Mary Nugent
House of Commons
Thope
Minfa
Congressional Delegation from Texas for Mexicana Opener
The Texas congressional delegation will attend the opening of Mexicana at the Belasco Theater. The event honors Clara Driscoll custodian of the Alamo and author of the operetta's libretto, credited with saving the mission from destruction. Driscoll will be in the audience Monday night.
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Belasco
Texas
Congress
Misa Clara Driscoll
San Antonio
Driscoll
Vanderbilt Cup on Broadway and Motoring Stage Mix
Franklin Fyles reviews a whirlwind week of automobile centered entertainments in New York. The Vanderbilt Cup race spectacle stars Elsie Janis and Barney Oldfield with motorized stage tricks and swift roadway scenery while touring the Vanderbilt Cup plot drives the crowd to laughter amid burlesques of The Girl of the Golden West and Coming Through the Rye. Potential misfires surface in minimal plot and overlong car stunts, yet the show delivers rapid thrills and notable performances from Janis and Oldfield alongside vaudeville acts and European stars.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Edpord
Pard
Hooker
Bedford
Montana
Hobdker
Ratia
Wiffle
Herbert Kelesy
Bernard Shaw
Broadway
Mineola
Shayr
Heality
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Oldfield
Vandeville
Green Dragon Haasn
Abigail Pine
Ben-Hur
Wiste Janis
Vanderbilt
Elsie
Gerry Society
Cecilia Loftus
Henry V. Donnelly
Otis Harlan
Jacques Kruger
Aubrey Boucicault
Henry Bergman
Charles Dickson
Barney Oldfield
Marjoria Wellington Hotel
Martha Washington
Hoye
Elsie Janis
Cautamobile
Lew Dockstader
Lew
Henry V. Esmond
Alfred Sutro
Richard Harding
Davis
Channing Pollock
James K. Hackett
Ellis Jeffries
Henry Miller
Raymond Hitchcock
Golden West
Lambs
Blanche Bates
Bret Harte
Edward Abeles
California
Blanche
Malaprop
Cirelus
Sheridan
Bertha Kalich Captivates Chicago In Maeterlinck Play
Bertha Kalich under Harrison Grey Fiske directs Maeterlinck's Manna Vanna to great Chicago success at Garrick Theater. Critics praise her artistry and stage presence as a rising American star. Boston sees renewed Ibsen interest with Mrs. Fiske's Hedda Gabler at Tremont drawing full houses and extra seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Kalich
Chicago
Harrison Grey Fiske
Maeterlinck
Mme. Kalich
Garrick Theater
Tribune
W. H. Hubbard
Boston
Hedda Gabler
Ada Rehan Wins Her Suit Against Daly Estate
Ada Rehan, resting from a sabbatical season, learned the referee in the Augustin Daly estate case awarded her one fifth of income from Daly’s Theatre in London. The share, originally intended, will exceed $15. Miss Rehan secures full settlement on all other claims, and this was the only open matter in the estate dispute.
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New York
Boston
Edith Wynne Matthison
Mr. Greet
America
Ada Rehan
Augustin Daly
Daly
London
Miss Rehan
Daly Estate
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