Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-27

The Primrose 6 Dockstader mins trels began rehearsals yesterday in Springfield. Mass.
 Chas billiard Wilson, of Primrose X Dockstader's minstrels. returned last night from his vacation in Seattle, Washington
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 Max Freeman has secured number of sketches suitable for the vaudeville theater which are likely to be used some time this fall
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 ". H. Vests minstrels opens its sea- son on August F. at Troy, \. Y., and is booked at the Wieting Opera house in Syracuse, August 15.
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 Evangeline will be used to start the season of the Columbia theater in Bos- ton. George A. Schiller and Henry E. Dixey have been engaged
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 Arthur Sidman's tour in York State Folks will begin September 16 with two weeks engagement at the Chest nut street theater. Philadelphia.
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 Clyde Fitch has arranged with Beer bohm Tree for the production of his new play. "The Last of the Dandies," !" which will be made at Her Majesty s theater.
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 Ethel De Koven, daughter of Mir and Mrs Reginald De Koven, was thrown from an automobile in collision at Newport recently, but was only slight ly injured.
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 Fields and Ward. after a successful London engagement. reappeared on Ri alto last week and told all about dear old Lunnon. They have return engage ments for England.
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 Mark Claw sails for Europe next Tuesday on vacation. and as soon as --it becomes necessary will prepare for the production of Ben Hur at the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
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 Julia Blanc, who has just returned from the Catskills, has been re-engaged for characters with the American The ater company. Miss Blanc will spend the rest of the summer at Asbury park.
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 Viola Aliens company next season will include W. D. Bonney, Walter Hitchcock, J. H. Benrimo, Adelaide Warren Blanche Moulton, c. Leslie Allen. Lida Hall, Sue VanDresser and Benjamin Howard.
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 Horace Lewis, now with Lovers Lane in Chicago, has been engaged for a leading part in Charles E. Blaney's production at the Fourteenth street theater, August r, of Howard Halls The Mormon Wife.
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 RavePs "Humpty Dumpty" clos ed its summer season at Oldtown, Me, July 16, and will reopen August %. MT and Mrs James R. Adams returned to New York Several of the company will rest in Maine; the others returned to their homes.
 A detachment of the Proctor Stock company present "All the Comforts of Home" seen before at other local Proc tor houses. Louis NJ. Grant and Harry Taylor are announced to head the vau- deville numbers which, as usual, will include the stereopticon and the kala- technoscope.
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 Myrta French was married July 21, at the home of her family, Eau Claire, Wis. to Jean Kuersteinera, we'll known pianist, of Philadelphia. Mir and Mrs Kuersteiner will make their home at Englewood, N. J. Mrs Kuer- steiner will retire from the opposite stage. but may sing in church choirs.
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 A complimentary benefit rendered Lottie Kendall, of the Olympia Opera company at Houston, Texas, July 10. was the most remarkable demonstra- ] ton, 1t is said. in the theatrical his tory of Houston. The audience filled |Lue EdSl duullOElulf, anu lLcIc W uS CA4- thusiastie applause and an abundance of flowers and presents more substantial.
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 Jefferson De Angelis will produce in New York late next season, as yet un- named, a new comic opera, the Ibretto of which is by his son. Thomas De An gelis, while the score is the work of William T. Francis. MT De Angelis will continue under the management of Ey- erett R. Reynolds and will devote him. self the first part of the season to A Royal Rogue.
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 Falk and Veronee have engaged J. B. Toole to support Lillian Mortimer in their stock company next season. The company will open at the New Ameri- can theater. 1Chicago. on August 9, in J. B. Tooles Killarney and the Rhine. Nell Gwinn and A. Nutmeg Match will be presented during the second and third weeks. and the company will then be sent on the road in the three plays
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 Mir and Mrs Robert Rogers Qouis Mackintosh) finish a season of forty