Dry Island all-star vaudeville and burlesque
Contributors: Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1913
Language: eng
Subjects: Benefit performances
Description: "Dry Island All-Star Vaudeville and Burlesque," benefit Morrisburg Fire Alarm Fund, given at Morrisburg Music Hall, Saturday evening, July 12, 1913. Program. Executive staff: stage manager Mr. John Irving pearce, properties: Mr. Lawrence S. Critchell, prompter: Dr. D.R. MacMartin.
Notes: Morrisburg Music Hall [Morrisburg, Ont.], Saturday evening, July 12, 1913.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: "Paris by Night": Dr. D.R. MacMartin, Mrs. Davis Pearce, Mr. Edwin I. Gardiner, Miss Emily Woodruff, Mr. Laurence S. Critchell, Mrs. D.R. MacMartin, Mr. William E. Currier, Miss Ethel M. Amberg, Mr. Fred L. McNally, Mr. "Jimmie" Corrigan, Mrs. Bown Ricker, Mrs. Leslie M. Critchell, Miss L. Mildred Murphy, Miss Helen Woodruff, Mr. Theodore W. Amberg, Mr. John Irving Pearce, Mrs. Carl Heisen, Miss Lena James, Mr. Jesse Firse, Mr. John Cossey, Mr. Frank Banks, Mr. Frank Ishikawa, Mrs. Jesse Firse.

Cast: "Grand Bull Fight": Signor Don Jamos, Signor Tedrico, Signor Fredrico, Signor Don Carlos, the Graceful, Signor Bull Con Currio.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs. Program available in digital form under title: Dry Island All-Star Vaudeville and Burlesque.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Overture. Lena James, the Dixie Queen, famous ragtime player; title: "Paris by Night," a playlet in two scenes / T.W. Amberg and C.C. Heisen; title: Olio. A. Bessie Bown Ricker, child impersonator. B. William Currier in his screaming monologue "Ballyhoo Bill." C. The Dancing Dolls (Are they alive?) Laura Mae MacMartin, Ethel M. Amberg. D. The Boy Tenors. William E. Currier and "Jimmie" Corrigan, rendering their song hit "We've Never Been Over There." E. Maude Davis Pearce, operatic mezzo-soprano; title: Intermission; title: Part Second. F. Bessie Bown Ricker. Here she is again! G. Edwin I. Gardiner, rendering Richard Carle's song success, "I Lead an Awfully Lazy Life." H. L. Mildred Murphy, sensational dancing novelty. I. Fred L. McNally (The good old scout), in his dancing farce, "Fou Fou Frolic," assisted by a full chorus; title: Grand Bull Fight, first Canadian appearance at Morrisburg. This magnificent spectacle was brought direct from Mexico at a cost of $10,000.