Lackaye Anxious to Learn Craft in Early Stage Years
Wilton Lackaye, rising artistic force, shares a Theater Magazine piece detailing his gradual ascent. He recounts choosing learning over easy pay, the Davenport company years, and how careful study and a phonograph helped perfect his craft, urging young actors to pursue disciplined artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Lackaye
Lackaye
Ufe
Mr. Lackaye
Pierre
Kate Claxton
Fanny Davenport
Miss Davenport
Davenport
Ife
Alan Dare
Packaye
Jefersor Stockton
Drama and literature in theatre tradeoffs debated
FREED. F. SCHRADER analyzes actor craft versus literary value in drama. Hackett defends literature but concedes plays must be actable. The piece argues that drama succeeds on building and action, not solely on writing, with European practice pairing literary oversight with staging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Lackaye
James K. Hackett
Hackett
Post
Schrader
Shakespeare
Maeterlinck
Stephen Philips
Eugene Brieux
A. M. Palmer
J Holt
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Paris
London
Rachel
Europe
Brinsley Sheridan
Sheridan Knowles
Bulwer
Schiller
Goethe
Racine
Moliere
Moreta
Betterton
Garrick
Kean
Kemble
Siddons
F. Schrader
Fritzi Scheff Early Life and Rise to Opera Stardom
Born to a noted Vienna singer, Fritzi Scheff showed musical talent from infancy. She joined a church choir at five, earned a reputation as a prodigy by eight, and began a grand opera career by ten, ultimately reaching America and the continental opera stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzi Sceff
Mmsic
Vienma
America
Contic Opera
Notes of the Stage From a Bustling Theatre Season
The article catalogs recent stage news in New York and beyond, detailing debuts and engagements. Notable items include Robert T. Haines as Kara in The Darling of the Gods Lilian Russell in vaudeville in New York Alice Nielsen embarking on an American tour in Washington Olga Nethersole and Fritzi Scheff headlines plus Belasco and Hall Caine plans and a Cleveland reception for Miss Violet Houk. The report notes a Buffalo customs seizure of a fur coat belonging to Cecilia Loftus and obituaries for Will A McConnell, with background on Shylock and other productions and performers of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilian Russell
Proctor Houses
New York
Alice Nielsen
England
Washington
John Blair
Nicholas Tempie
Winston Churchil
Cleveland
Robert V. Ferguson
M. de St. Gre
Violet Houk
Gertrude Hoffman
Marie Cahill
Hall Caine
London
Amsterdam
Adrea
Mme. Butterfly
Puccini
la Scalla
Milan
Mr. Belasco
Mr. Lona
Marie B. Schrader
Dragon Fly and Belasco’s Mastery Highlight John Long Visit
John Luther Long spent a week in New York overseeing final edits on The Dragon Fly, a collaboration with Edward Childs Carpenter. The interview recalls Long’s shift from law to writing, praises Belasco’s stagecraft, and notes the play’s dramatic evolution and future projects.
How Crane's New Comedy Came to Be Written
A look at how Crane's new play The American Lord came to be written by Charles T Carey and George H Broadhurst. An actor inspired collaboration leading to a plot about an American who becomes a Western heir to an English title. The authors sought a big, money-making idea and settled on a Western hero coping with an English title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Long
Mr. Belasco
David
Adrea
Belasco
Crane
Mr. Crane
Mr. Broadburnt
Mr. Darey
New York
Washington
Mr. Dazey
Broadhurst
England
Edmund Burke
House of Commons
Theodore Burt Sayre
Edmund
Lord Nugent
Mary
Sayre
Colleen
Mary Nugent
Chauncey Olcott
Olcott
Mr. Sayre
Tom Moore
Andrew Mack
Esmund Burke
Chaunncey Olcott
Olver Goldsmith
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Burke
Richard Lovelace
Verdi's Rigolette in English a big New York success
Henry W Savage's English grand opera company presented Verdi's Rigoletto in New York with Joseph Sheehan as the top C tenor and Winfred Got in the title role. The troupe opened a season with Ada and staged Lohengrin Faust and La Boheme under Emanuel, forecasting a strong cross country tour with 150 singers and a 50 piece orchestra. Dixey's The Man on the Box drew praise at Madison Square Theatre, while Belasco's The Girl of the Golden West impressed Pittsburg audiences with Blanche Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Savage
New York
Boston
Joseph Sheehan
Ada
Mme. Gerena
Francis Maclennan
Tannhauser
Puccini
Pittsburg
Blanche Bates
Belasco Theater
David Belasco
New Independent Theater
Belasco
Robert Hilliard
California
Frank Keenan
Dixey Scores a Hit in The Man on the Box at Madison Square
The Washington Post review praises Henry E. Dixey in Harold MacGrath's The Man on the Box at Madison Square Theater. The piece follows his prison cell gaze and comic disguises, with Carlotta Nilsson echoing Mrs Fiske, and notes De Wolf Hopper Chauncey Olcott and Harry Watson in supporting roles. It compares the show Happyland to Tom Dick and Harry, detailing the lavish production, audience reaction, and the energetic performances that anchor the night’s entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixey
Henry E. Dixey
New York Herald
Maxie
Henry EB. Dixey
Madison Square Theater
Grace Livingston Furniss
Harold MaxGrath
Madison Square
Taust
Carlotta Nilsson
Elgabetth Anmemiey
John Westley
Count Kapioff
Sydney Booth
Lee Baker
Maria Nordstrom
Nancy Warburton
Washington Post
New York
Harold MacGrath
William H. Crane
Dizey
Adonis
Irving
Verus
Washingston
Bean
Augustin Daly
A. M. Palmer
Walter Lawrence
de Wolf Hopper
Chauncey Olcott
Harry Watson
Happyland
Reginald de Kovyen
Red Feather
Lyric
Hopper
Lke
de Koven
Ocras
Edna Wallace
Melia Bergen
Frederic Ranken
Weber-Fiekin Music Hall
Wang
Tom
Harry
Ned Harrigan
Lew Fields
Walter Jones
Harrigan
Fields
Bickel
Wrothe
Harry Watson, Jr
Watson
Elis
George Knight
Baron Rudolph
Bickel & Wrothe
Tom Dick
Bessie Clifford
West Point
Coney Island
Gerry Society
Cheekfawa
Sassyland
Bessie
Willingville
Impane Asylum
Harry Williams Aaron Hoffman
Robert van Alstyne
Ita
Porto Domingo
Curtain
Franklin Pyle
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Forelgner
Texas
Nebraska
Mr Lackave
Alfred Stevens
Fritzi Scheff
Robert T. Haines
Kara
Darling of the Gods
Ranken
the Lyric
Walls of Jericho
Savoy
Frederick Paulding
Baron Hosaki
Buffalo
Cecilia Loftus
Canada
Louis Mann
Shylock
Mary van Buren
Waldorf-Astoria
T. P. O Connor
Olga Nethersole
W. L. Courtney
Hervieu
Columbia
Primrose
National
Grane
Maude
Uams
Mabel Kipp
Maude Adams
John Kendrick Bangs
Manuel Klein
Academy of Music
Baltimore
Garden Theater
New York City
John E. Kellerd
Col Thorpe
New Heart of Maryland
Mr. Kellard
Mary Cholmondely
Fred Pottage
Ohio
Antoinette
Will A. McConnell
Maurice Barrymore
Lambs’ Club
McConnell
Walls of
Jericho
Fritiai Scheff
Hea
Misa
Fredericka Scheff
Fritzi
Fredericka
Fritz
Frederick
Mme
Emma Calve
Maurice Levi
Joe Weber
Pyramids
Delehanty
Hengler
Levi
Paywright
John Luther Long
Brillant
Edward Childs Carpenter
J. Long
Mr. Carpenter
Belasco-Long
Jong Hoed
United States
Percy Haswell
Miss Cherry Blossom
Butterfly
Century Magazine
Alf Il
Suner
Japan
Mr Long
Gen. Wallace
Mara
Philadelphia
Haehives
The
Verdi's “Rigolette
Man On the Box
Casey
Love Flowers
Willam Dimorta
Eestad
Cnes
Elysia
Bernt Mimse
Alwumas
Altruria
Barkin
Houston Post
HHE
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