March 29, 1911 New York Dramatic Mirror w/ Laurette Taylor cover

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RARE March 29,  1911 NEW YORK DRAMATIC MIRROR with Laurette Taylor cover. Features on The Rise of College Drama; The Speculators; The Dramatic Values of Indian Life by Mary Austin with photo of Austin; London Stage Notes items on Edward Knoblauch’s “Kismet” at Garrick; Cyril Maude produced Geo. Pleydell’s “One of the Dukes,” at Playhouse whimsical and charming…Chas Frohman to produce “Madame Sherry” at Globe; New NY Theatre License Bill Passed; Roy L. McCardell: A Professional Jokesmith with 3 Herb Roth sketches;
PHOTOS of Marie Cavan; Hope Latham; Millicent Evans; Margaret Lawrence, “Everywoman” with Aurora Piatt, Juliet Day, Laura Nelson Hall, Patricia Collinge; “Dolly Madison” with Orme Caldara, Elsie Ferguson; “Over Night” featuring Wallace Worsley, Art Aylsworth; Elsie Ferguson with 12 lines of text; Henri Bernstein; Juliette Day; “The Confession” with Paul Kelly, Orrin Johnson, Olive West, Helen Holmes, Jack Drumlar, Harold Vosburgh; Helena van Brugh with 19 lines; Joseph Yanner with 7 lines; Kenneth Casey; Jean the Dog; Dot Farley;
PLAYS OF THE WEEK on “Development of the English Drama” Lecture by Brander Matthews at New Theatre; “The Merchant of Venice” by Shakespeare, Gustav Amberg Manager at Irving Place…Rudy Schildkraut performance adequate and at time compelling…unsatisfactory support…
Bertha Kleen promising but wanting…Ella Robba impossible…Herr Warda bad…Herr Hansen better …Werner Franz a welcome change…Herr Keller has improved; “Held by the Enemy” by Wm Gillette, Chas Frohman Manager at Empire…another successful Gillette revival…he evokes approval from the house…Orme Caldara, Louise Rutter both delightful…
Henry Miller, Jr. sincere work…Louis Masson left no doubt of his villainy
…Marie Wainwright somewhat less convincing; “The Two Orphans” by Kate Claxton, revived by Spooner Stock at Metropolis…large audience enjoyed…Cecil Spooner again shows her power to play a variety of roles, fills her part with naturalness and veracity…Hal Clarendon, Thonrton Cole, Mai Estelle, Victoria Arville credible work…L. J. Fuller displayed the most intelligence…Rowden Hall seems very popular but poor inflection…Fannie Carter not at all acceptable; “My Wife’s Gone to the Country” by Chas Blaney and Cecil Spooner at Orpheum in Jersey City…to capacity crowd…
Spooner Stock fully equal to the demands of the play…Cecil Spooner plays gracefully and lively…Harold Kennedy overstrains…Olive Groove does small bit well….Harry Castle excellent…Augustus Phillips good; “a Gentleman of the Road” by Art Ketchum by American Academy at Empire…effective characterization by Kalman Matthews; Sid Powell provided dignity and monotony…Herman Nagel played with strength…
Gerald Quina studied effect balanced by intelligence…Mary Alden commendable; H. E. Anson exceptionally good at West End in “Nobody’s Daughter,” Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West” at Academy of Music, crowded house, …Priscilla Knowles, Theodore Friebus excellent; Mrs. Fiske concludes “Becky Sharp” at Lyceum…her visualization has taken on even more brilliancy; Guy Bates in most telling role of his career, in “The Nigger” at Manhattan; James J. Corbett big feature in “Honey Boy Minstrels” at Grand Opera; Maude Adams’ immense following compelling extension of “Chantecler” engagement at Knickerbocker; good business for Virginia Harned in Hot Springs; Heart LA reception for Francis Wilson; Muriel Hope farewell appearance in Oakland; huge Denver Ray Hitchcock audiences; Gus Forbes successful in Stamford; Grace George delighted good Indianapolis houses; Ruth St. Denis beautifully staged un Topeka; “The Choolate Soldier took Detroit by storm…Miss Yorke alternated with Miss Poli; Lee Baker scored in Minneapolis; Edna Aug good sized Kansas City audiences; Gert Coghlan seen to advantage in Jersey City; Corse Peyton best work in Hoboken; praise for Ed Terry in Portland; Vic Moore amused a good Brooklyn audience;
NEWS ITEMS on 4 paragraphs on Geo. Alexander; John Brush of New York Base Ball Club; 1/3column on Billy Sunday; 2 paragraphs on Mrs. Fiske; 9 lines on Adelaide Prince; Julia Dean operation; Marguerite Sylva leaves grand opera for contract with A. H. Woods; Mrs. Fiske’s new play, “”Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh” by Harry James Smith; 13 lines on George Cohan; 11 lines on May Irwin; 10 lines on Gert Robinson; 12 lines on Madame Schumann-Heink; Veda McEvers success in “We Can’t Be As Bas As All That,” Kolb and Dill Reunite; London Follies at Weber’s ; May Buckley in “Little Miss Fix-It,” Buffalo Bill, William F. Cody Farewell Tour possible future Arizona Senator; Mary Anderson collaborating with Robert Hichens on “The Garden of Allah,” Annie Russell in Gordon’s Wife in Norfolk; Isadora Duncan farewell performance; Jack Norworth and lovely wife Nora Bayes rollicking bit of nonsense in Philly; John Drew pleased in Louisville; Trixie Friganza made many St. Louis friends; Frank Keenan good acting in Chicago; 40 lines on Boston officials close “”The Easiest Way” finding it objectionable; Emma Trentini continues her popularity in Boston; Henry Miller good Springfield houses; high San Antonio praise for Lucille Gardner; Wm Turner seen to advantage in Tacoma; Ellen James among friends in Toronto;
DATES AHEAD for Richard Carle, Zella Dawn, Gert Elliott, Otis Skinner, Grace Van Studdiford, John Mason, Gus Forbes in Stamford; and hundreds more; Thomas Bedding to Make films;
THE VAUDEVILLE FIELD Section items on
MOTION PICTURES SECTION items on
ADS for back cover full page GE with images of Scnenectady Works, Lamp Works Narrison, NJ, River Works, Lynn MA, Pittsfield Works; ¼ page illus. Fatima; ads for productions featuring Wm Collier, Lew Fields, John Mason, Holbrook Blinn, Wm Gillette, Mrs. Fiske,. Maude Adams at Knickerbocker, Blanche Bates, Christie MacDonald, Lucia Moore; Grace Atwell; Selig; ½ page Biograph with scenes from “The Spanish Gypsy” (directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Wilfred Lucas, Vivian Prescott, Kate Bruce)** and “Priscilla’s April Fool Joke” (directed by Frank Powell, starring Flo Barker, Ed Dillon, Joseph Graybill)**; ½ page Vitagraph with “Winsor McCay” scene (directed by Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton)**; Lubin; Melies;
Kalem; Essanay with “Caught with the Goods” scene; Pathe Freres;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 36 pages filled with early stage, theatre and motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producer, authors, industry news. WAS PART OF BOUND VOLUME therefore bare spine, restapled, edge wear, edge tears/chips, some upper water damage; some small taped tears, decent condition for age.
**   Information within (   ) derived from other sources