Word: comedians
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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COLUMBIA THEATRE. - Charles Frohman's company with that famously funny comedian, James T. Powers, as the central figure of such well-known names as Frederic Robinson, R. F. Cotton, George Backus, Helen Kinnaird, Rachel Booth, W. R. Shirley, Charles Greene, Ella Gardiner and James Cody, will commence an engagement at the Columbia tonight, presenting here for the first time this pronounced comedy success, "The New Boy." "The New Boy" is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Law of London, and the author has reached the very climax of farcical effect. It was first produced in London nearly two years...
...annual Boston engagement at the Tremont next week, presenting, for the first time in this city, the funniest of all comic operas - "Dr. Syntax." DeWolf Hopper will essay the role of a good-natured, up-to-date pedagogue. The locale of this, the latest and greatest of the comedian's light comic operatic successes, is laid in a charming country village in New England. The jovial "Dr. Syntax" esteems it his duty to make everybody happy, and, luckily for his protegees, his opportunities to carry out this benevolent plan are many, for the young lady pupils of Minerva Academy...
...Hopper's supporting company this season is an unusually strong one and contains many excellent artists, among whom are Edna Wallace Hopper, the comedian's young wife; Bertha Waltzinger, until recently the leading primadonna soprano of the Bostonians; and Alfred Klein...
...laughter. The satirical view in which the comedy is written and the clever manner in which the leading character is developed make the entertainment especially attractive. Miss Rush, as Cleopatra Sturgis, the Twentieth Century Woman, is undoubtedly a great success. Combining with beauty the talents of a truly delightful comedian, she draws to herself the absorbing interest of an admiring audience. She wears the mannish costumes most gracefully and is charming throughout...
Dixey is at the Globe Theatre this week with his elaborate production of "The Seven Ages." The play shows the comedian to great advantage and is sure to please...