RARE January 1910 The Theatre w Valli Valli cover +BONUS

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January 1910 THE THEATRE Magazine with color cover of Valli Valli by Sarony. FEATURES on A Chat with Mlle. Adeline Genee with photo and many small photos; “Making Up” a Successful Character Actor on Sir John Cotswold with 5 photos; Ben Johnson : A Player Who Understands Restraint with photo of Johnson; The Stage Manager; Passion Players Between Seasons of Oberammergau with photos of wood-carving school at Oberammergau, Postmaster Lang and family woodcarving, Peter Rendl carving, street in Oberammergau; Players and Playhouses of Mexico with photos of Virginia Fabregas, Guanajuato Juarez Theatre, San Luis Potosi Teatro de la Paz, Guada;ajara Teatro Degollado; National Theatre under construction, Conesa Sisters, Enrique Borras, Luisa Rodriguez, Amparo Romo, Maria Conesa, Amparo Posuelo; Clyde Fitch’s Last Play “The City,” A Coquelin Memorial; French Lick Springs Hotel; Gleanings Here and There in the Field of Fashion with photos of model in Henry creation, model in Vaganey dinner gown; model in Green suit; Model in Zimmerman afternoon gown; model in Martial & Armand evening gown; model in Redfern dinner gown; model in Badin dainty gown, model in Laferriere evening gown; Madame Gerriat in Redfern gown; 4 models in hat fashions by Carlier, Elanie; An Expensive Telegram on Charles Frohman experience; Fango Institute Volcanic Mud; Rehearsing “Chantecler,”
AT THE OPERA with photos of Mlle. Carmen Melis, stunning Geraldine Farrar; M. Dufranne, M. Renaud, Mme. Emmy Destinn, M. Lucas, Ivy Craske, Ed Clement, Mlle. Lipkowska, M. Duffault, Verdi’s “Otello” with Antonio Scotti, Flo Wickham, Frances Alda, Leo Slezak; 7 of Loie Fuller and Greek Dancers at Met with Rita Saccheto, Loie Fuller, Loie Fuller and Muses, Diana Dance, Mlle. Shela, Mlle. Orchidee, Mlle Karlene; plus mentions of “La Gioconda” revival with Caruso; Massenet’s “Werther” with Geraldine Farrar singins and acting charmingly; Alma Gluck operatic debut voice of pretty quality and charming; “Otello” at Met with Leo Slezak a giant in stature with highest credentials; Alda sang Desdemona acceptably\
…Scotti superb; Flo Wickham debut here proved disappointing; Lydia Lipkowska debut in “La Traviata” young, pleasing and graceful; “Lohengrin” demands attention and praise…debut here of John Forsell…beautiful voice and mster of dramatic expression…Geraldine farrar unsuccessful in singing Tosca; she is too great an artist to present Tosca as she did; Massenet’s “Sapho” giving Mary Garden opportunities for excellent acting…Dufranne most artistic; Tetrazzini returned to reclaim her altitudinous laurels in “La Traviata,” debut of John McCormack with very pleasing appearance and delightful singing; Carmen Melis valuable acquisition signing Tosca; Lina Cavalieri lovely and sinuous; From Tenor to Director fo Grand Opera on Andreas Dippel with 5 photos of Dippel;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Marie Tempest; Geraldine Farrar in “Tannhauser,” Clara Lipman by Sarony; Leo Slezak as Otello;
PHOTOS of “The Lottery Man” with Janet Beecher, Cyril Scott; Mrs. Fiske; “The Nigger” with Robert Homans, Oswald Yorke, Guy Bates Post; Henry Bernstein; Lenore Halstead; John Galsworthy, Alexandre Bisson, Sarah Bernhardt as Joan of Arc, “The Vampire” with Mildred Deverez, Tom Terriss; Marianne Flahuat; Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, “His Name at the Door” with Walt Greene, Byron Douglas, Wilson Melrose, Louise Closser Hale, Ethel Clayton; “The School for Scandal” with Louis Calvert, Grace George; John Galsworthy’s “Strife” with Al Bruning, Robert Homans, Cecil Yapp, Louis Calvert, Jacob Wendell, Jr., Ferd Gottschalk, A. E. Anson; Ed Knoblauch’s “The Cottage in the Air” with Bev Sitgreaves, Rose Coghlan, Cecil Yapp, Ferd Gottschalk, Olive Wyndham, Al Bruning; “Anthony and Cleopatra” with Leah Bateman-Hunter, Julia Marlowe, E. h. Sothern, Jessie Busley; 2 of Charles Klein’s “The Next of Kin” featuring Wallace Eddinger, Hedwig Reicher, Frank Sheridan, Fred Perry,; W. J. Locke’s “Septimus” with Emily Stevens, Geo Arliss; Randolph Hartley; 3 of Mme. Nazimova;
Hedwig Reicher; Margaret Dale; Christine Norman; Wallace Eddinger; Elsie Leslie; 4 of Maude Odell; 2 of Lew Fields’ “Old Dutch” with Alice Dovey, “Lew Fields, Ada Lewis, John Henshaw;
AT THE PLAYHOUSES SECTION on “Strife” by John Galsworthy at New Theatre starring Louis Calvert, A. E. Anson, Ferd Gottschalk, Wm McVay, Jacob Wendell, Jr., Cecil Yapp, Henry Stanford, Robert Homans, Al Bruning, Rowland Buckstone, Reg Barlow, Ben Johnson, Lee Baker, Wilfrid North, Harry Melick, Pedro De Cordoba, G. F. Hannam-Clark, W. J. Locke, Al Cross, B. Forbes-Robertson, Bev Sitgreaves, Thais Lawton, Harriett Otis Dellenbaugh, Elsie Kearns, Caroline Newcombe, Vida Sutton…no defined purpose…Louis Calvert finely played…Al Bruning excellent; “The Nigger” by Ed Sheldon at New Theatre featuring Guy Bates Post, Ben Johnson, Lee Bakjer, Wm McVay, Jacob Wwndell, Jr., Howard Kyle, Robert Homans, Reg Barlow, Oswald Yorke, Mrs. Dellenbaugh, Annie Russell, Bev Sitgreaves…first distinctly American play…written with sure and effective craftsmanship; “The Lottery Man” by Rida Johnson Young at Bijou featuring Louise Galloway, Rob MacKay, Cyril Scott, Harry Hadfield, Janet Beecher, Ethel Winthrop, Helen Lowell, Mary Leslie Mayo, Wallace Sharpe…airily and happily played…Cyril Scott comes into his own in this farce…Louise Galloway shows tender domestic relations; “His Name on the door” by Frank Lord at Bijou with Ralph Lee, J. H. Goodwin, Geo Gaston, Louise Closser Hale, Jerome Storm, Walt Greene, Byron Douglas, Wilson Melrose, Ethel Clayton, Lida Hall, Pauline Duffield, John Tait, John Summers…Byron Douglas and Louise Closser Hale put the cachet of real live comedy…competent throughout; “Divorce” by Stanislaus Stange at Lyric featuring Roberta Drosti, Maude Fealey, John Wsetley, Isabel Waldron, Mary Shaw, Holly Haines John Glenndenning, John Arhtur, Eben Plympton…strong dramatic elements; “Septimus” by Phil Lteeell adapted from W. J. Locke novel at Hackett starring Geo. Arliss, Henry Wenman, Cyril Young, Claus Bogel, Herman Hirshberg, Emily Stevens, Dorothy Rossmore, Flo Edney, Laura Linden, Bertha Livingston, Frances Welstead, Jane Lothian…produced by Mr. Fiske…Emily Stevens has not had the opportunity before for the tender emotional acting required here…Mr. Littell is not as expert as he might be; “The Wedding Day” by Jessie Trimble at Hackett featuring Walt Greene, Sheldon Lewis, Forrest Winant, Owen Meech, Jane Darwell, Jessie Bonstelle…Miss Trimble a dramatist of skill and a woman of ideas; “Old Dutch” by Edgar Smith at Herald Square starring Lew Fields, Alice Dovey, John Henshaw, Ada Lewis, Chas Judels, John Bunny, Eva Davenport, Wm Raymond, Vernon Castle, Mack Johnston…musical comedy present Lew Fields in a stellar light…Edgar Smith contributes bright lines and real situations…Alice Dovey piquant and cute…John Henshaw and Ada Lewis adroitly diverting…Chas Judels capital character sketch…Wm Raymond sings with nice distinction…John Bunny and Eva Davenport are satisfying; In the Long Run” by Archer Jones at Comedy with Wm Bonney, Alex Frank, Grace Marchant, Clare Weldon, Albert Latscha, Irving Cummings, Caroline Harris, Doris Cooper, Grace Hines…first play by American Dramatic Guild…encouraging effort…Clare Weldon has temperamental skill…Albert Latscha satisfactorily natural and artistic; “Penelope” by W. Somerset Maugham at Lyceum featuring Marie Tempest, Graham Browne, Al Bishop, Kate Bishop, Eric Lewis, Margaret Leslie, Herb Ross, Chas Calvert, J. H. Brewer, Sheila Heseltine…Marie Tempest and author Maugham form a delectable combination…jolly comedy…Marie Tempest in her maddest…
NEWS ITEMS on Mary Anderson brief bio; Charlotte Walker roles; Charles Baklsar brief bio; John Drew in “Inconstant George,” thrown from horse; Marguerite Clark brief bio; John Barrymore in “The Fortune Hunter,”
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BONUS: Vol XI 1910 INDEX January thru June 1910
CONDITION: COMPLETE 42 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume, therefore bare spine, filled with great industry material, cover lower edge some paper attached, some lower margin water soiling, otherwise, nice condition inside.