September 1904 The Theatre with Kyrle Bellew cover

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RARE September 1904 THE THEATRE Magazine with color cover of Kyrle Bellew as Romeo by Sarony. FEATURES on The New Theatrical Season: A Forecast on scarcity of really fine plays…last seasons success included Octave Mirbeau’s powerful “Business is Business” presented by Chas Frohman and starring W. H. Crane; Maeterlinck’s “Monna Vanna” with Mrs. Fiske; five new comedies for Frohman stars “ The Duke of Killicrankie” for John Drew; “Letty” by Pinero for Wm Faversham and Carlotta Nillson, also with Julie Opp; “Joseph Entangled” by Henry Arthur Jones for Henry Miller; “The Rich Mrs. Repton” by R. C. Carton for Fay Davis; “Jenny” by Israel Zangwill for Maude Adams; Clyde Fitch comedy for Clara Bloodgood “The Coronet of a Duchess,” Wm Gillette working on “Clarice” Belasco to produce Joseph Arthur’s “Seirine,” Annie Russell in “Jacques” Edna May in “The School Girl,” Sir Henry Irving farewell tour delayed til 1905-06; Henry B. Irving to support Irene Vanbrough; Sir Charles Wyndham coming from England; Mrs. Patrick Campbell in “The Sorceress,” Elln Terry to tour the English provinces under Frohman; Gabrielle Rejane and Ermete Novelli coming to America; Viola Allen production of “A Winter’s Tale,” among few Shakespeare plays coming; Mrs. Carter and Bertha Galland rumored for Lady MacBeth; Frances Wilson become a star under Frohman; San Bernard and Hattie Williams in “The Earl and the Girl,” Fay Templeton in “The Rogers Brothers in Paris,” Wagenhals & Kemper to present Blanche Walsh in “The Kreutzer Sonata,” Amelia Bingham in “The Vital Issue,” Chas Richman in “The Genius,” Arnold Daly to produce Shaw’s “You Never Can Tell,” Nat Goodwin in “The Usurper,” Annie Yeamans in “The Maid and the Mummy” in which Janet Priest is cute; The Pastoral Plays fo the Basque Shepherds with photos of players in Tardetz, stage scene; Wm Faversham: An Interview with photo of Faversham and wife, Julie Opp on lawn in Surrey, England; Theatricitis;
Our Leading Theatre Managers with photos of Henry Savage, Daniel Frohman, David Belasco, Harrison Grey Fiske, Marc Klaw, Abe Erlanger, Samuel Shubert, Geo Tyler, Kirke LaShelle, Oscar Hammerstein, Frank McKee, Fred Whitney, Heinrich Conreid; Famous Families of American Players on The Drews with photos of Mrs. John Drew, John Drew, Sr., 3 of John Drew, Frank Drew, Mrs. John Drew, Drew family tree; In the Footsteps of Hamlet with 6 photos of Kronberg Castle, Hamlets’ tomb Elsinore, Ophelia’s Spring Elsinore; “Sakuntala” Hindu Drama Performed on America with scene; Confessions of a Stage Struck Girl: the Theatrical Life Truthfully Described by Julia Wemple with sketch of Ms. Wemple; Actors ads Deadheads; On St; Louis World Fair’s “The Pike,”
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Ermette Novelli as Shylock; William H. Crane by Burr McIntosh;
PHOTOS of Edna May; sketch of Sir Charles Wyndham as David Garrick; Mrs. Patrick Campbell; Chas Dickson; Carlotta Nillson; “Girls will Be Girls with Al Leech, and three gals; Denman Thompson; Henry Ainley; Annie Irish in “An Actress’ Christmas,” Louis Mann and Clara Lipman at Far Rockaway summer residence; 4 from Mrs. Fiske’s revival of “Becky Sharp” with Mrs. Fiske; Mme. Rejane; Arthur Byron; Robert Edeson; Charles Evans; 4 from “the Maid and the Mummy” with Geo. Beane, May Boley, Janet Priest, Mrs. Annie Yeamans, Egyptian Girls chorus; “The Isle of Spice” at Majestic; Florence Hayward Spitzley; Lynn Pratt; Blanche Shirley; Ruth Halbert; Mary Fermier; Wright Huntington;
NEWS ITEMS on Sir Henry Irving on his health; Chas Richman “The Genius” tour;
FULL PAGE ADS for back cover color King illus MacKintosh’s Toffee; inside front cover ills. Siegel Cooper; illus. C/B A La Spirite Corsets;
The Theatre Magazine with photos of many stage scenes; Theatre Magazine with photos of many stage stars including Raymond Hitchcock, Maude Adams, Mary Mannering, Mrs. Langtry and hundreds more;
ADS for Gillette Safety Razor; Selwyn Play Brokers; children in Packer’s Tar Soap; Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer; baby in Mennen’s; Dentacura; The Works of Balzac; illus. Heublein Club Cocktails; Columbia Light Gasoline Tonneau Auto;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 38 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, nice condition inside, restapled, trimmed cover.