Inaugural Week Promises Long Run for Ben Greet Players
The Ben Greet Players open with She Stoops to Conquer and plan a mixed season of modern and classical drama. Mr Greet will perform Professor’s Love Story and Romeo and Juliet while schools benefit from his talks, with further productions and matinees scheduled amid evolving theater politics and management rumors involving Belasco and Shubert.
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Washington
Willard Wuminate
Romeo
Friar Laurence
Mr Anderson
Violet Vivian
Jilet
Las Ruth Vivian
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Treet
Good Wille
Toman
Blavers
Chocolate Soldier shines at Casina Theatre in Brazil
The Chocolate Soldier stars Warington Iimirers and Forrest Taft carry the show as two sea and the practical barytone of the Opera Company, praised by critics on Broadway. Lut has appeared 16 weeks at the Casina Theatre, delivering key solos with Jack Gardner and Thomas Wilson emerging as favorites. Solder will extend another week at the Casina before costume and set work advance for the next season. There are whispers that Prtzt von Businghire Forest Fu will appear with her husband in the coming plans.
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Warington Iimirers
Forrest Taft
Barytone
Born Opera
Brasil
Chocote Rodland
Jack Gardner
Thomas Wilson
Brenanke
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
Metropoltan
Grand Opera
New York
Oscar
Europe
Mart Garden
Prima Deniag
Rose Stahlig
Academy of Music
New York City
Gaid Marburg
Dillpatrick
Angel Guimer
Marta
Martin Harvey
England
Anow
Richard
Dublin
Manelich
Valeska Surratt
Wavor Gaynor
Fe Mcense
New
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Joseph Jefferson
Bob Acres
John W Alexander
Fred F. Schrader
Two Theatrical Seasons in New York Center of Dramatic Production
A historical table from the New York World outlines theatrical seasons in New York from 1803 to 1900. It lists events by producing theaters and classifies plays by genre, nationality of authors, and origins of new musical pieces. The data indicate counts of dramas, comedies, tragedies, farces, and musical works, with totals for origination and adaptation from native and foreign sources.
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America
Nate Authorn
Foregn
Toreles
Bee Star
Summer 4 Ustien 3
A playful reference to a theatrical football scene described as one of the most irresistibly funny moments, presented dramatically. The text notes a running through the play and highlights a comedic football game as a featured portion of a dramatic performance.
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Cast Announced for Play With Noted Interpretations
John Dean will play the part once held by Milas Margaret Anght and Florence Rockwell Ruth Jordan Everett Butterfield is cast as Winthrop Newbury. Lon Anderson, Walter VGson Dutch, Frank Shannon, Burt Williams in the cast. Meg Jordan and Polly Jordan roles go to Phyllis Sherwood. Stage director Curtis promises elaborate sets from George Rex Wilson and assistants.
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John Dean
Milas Margaet Anght
Florence Rockwell
Ruth Jordan Everett Butterfield
Winthrop Newbury
Lon Anderson
Walter $Vgson
Frank Shannon
Burt Williams
Gaston Bell
Meg
Jordan i
Emele Melvilis
Polly Jordan
Phyllis
Sherwood
Curtis
Hamself
Utmeet
George Rex Wilson
Coming to the Theaters at Belasco and Other Venues
The Belasco will host Ben Greet players in A Pair of Spectacles with Creaturea of Impulse and Derelicts at various nights. National Opera season brings four performances of Ti Trovatore, Aida, Carmen, Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana, Lucia, and Martha. Keane Council Knights of Columbus plan a May 29 festival at Columb Theater with notable Washington artists. Gayety presents The Dainty Duchess company with new acts and faces. Casino continues vaudeville with Svengala and Minerva, Flo Fiorenzos, Cirque acts, and films. an actor dies mid show in Brooklyn during Wine Women and Song.
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Lila Preater
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Shuber
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Frank Ghertéan
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Faust
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Mra Hozel Knox Lornschein
Emma Trene Kenney
Tonic Quartet
Gyang Knights
Keane Council
Dainty Duchess
Alice Brophy
Edith Hamilton
Miles Fane Thatcher
Fred J Ireland
Miles Gene Jorge
Harry Woods
Harvey Greene
la Belle Troupe
Jersey
Hamilton
Academy
Vaudevile
BSI
Svengala
Mile Minerva
Gslag
St Mile Minerva
Song
Muale
Flo Firenzos
New York
Houghton Hayes
Mosher
Brooklyn
Walliam J Patton
Cease’s Reopens August 22 With New Choreography
The Pohte vaudeville house Ceases reopens August 22 after a three month interval. Miss H Winnitrey De Witt, manager, plans a beautification with a new interior color scheme and extensive decorative work. George Thompson will oversee set painting while Mr Chase and architect Da Sibour survey major theaters for future work.
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National Theatre Week Opens with Robin Hood Finale
This Week at the Theaters features Abcorn Comic Opera Company presenting Tobin Hood as their farewell offering. John R Phillips stars Robin with Ada Meade and Hattie Arnold among returning favorites, as the troupe closes a long Washington run. Also at Belasco the Professors Love Story garners enduring charm with Ben Greet Players led by Mr Trevett. Columbia stage offers The Great Divide with Paul Mealster and Henry Miller acclaimed.
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Robin Hood
Abcorn Comic Opera Company
The
National
Tobin Hood
Realnald da Koven
Harry ‘B Smith
Worte
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Columbia
William Vaugh Moody
Henry Miller
Columbia Players
Mr Millers
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Paul Mealster
Migs
Hammerstein’s Love Letters and Opera Scandals Surface
Oscar Hammerstein’s dramatic rise in early opera is marked by a wave of sensational letters and public disputes. The missives reveal alleged promises to Frances Lee, a claimed romance, and threats of damages tied to Miss Lee and other figures like Marguerite Sylva, with financial exposure and career pressures fueling the controversy.
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Oscar
Miss Lee
Neyma
Sue
Hammerstein
Udiderataya Thein
Hegin
Miss
New Broadway Revivals Highlight Gotham Stage Week
New York theater scene sees Empire premiere with Marle Tempest and G P Terguson, followed by Shubert revival of The Mikado at the Casino opening May 30. Casts feature notable names like Josephine Jacoby and Marguerite Clark with plans for a summer revue at the St James. Additional notes cover Oscar Hammerstein’s Metropolitan Opera House impact, Rose Stahling’s farewell, and a charity benefit at Seventy-First Armory amid busy Civic Center activity.
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Metropolitan Opera
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Foo
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Hammerstein
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Laterts
Pevera Montis
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Rackermaker
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Orihant Survno
Adelade
Nelson Tawin
Lawrence Barrett
Raymang
Wilson
Rene
Iliren
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Europe
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