RARE November 1902 The Theatre w/ Henrietta Crosman cover

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The Theatre Magazine November 1902 with color cover of Henrietta Crosman in “The Sword of the King” photo by Baker‘s Art Gallery. FEATURES on Plays and Players on Charles Frohman imported entire company of English morality play “Everyman” directed by Ben Greet, Edith Wynne Matthiesen gives grace and distinction to the role of Everyman; Pinero’s “Iris” at Criterion where three acts are spent before we say “This is Pinero,” all is well done by Virginia Harned Oscar Asche acts with consummate art and naturalness; Shubert and Arthur chose Weedon Grossmith to open new Princess Theatre with “the Night of the Party” Grossmith is so natural AND TRUE THAT HE AND HIS PLAY SHOULD PROSPER; Jessie Busley sparkles with true comedy in “The Two Schools”
Also with Ida Conquest; “At the Telephone” created a sensation in Paris and New York but handicapped by poor staging and indifferent acting; Edwin Stevens is far from possessing the ability of French actor Antoine; “Carrots” by Jules Renard puzzled to explain what this play is about despite Ethel Barrymore in lead; her youth and beauty have never been more bewitching; Arthur Law’s “A Country Mouse; also with Miss Barrymore, is thin in texture, well written but moral atmosphere is tainted; Adelaide Prince Fanny Addison, Harry Davenport, Bruce McRae also in cast; Henrietta Crosman in Ronald McDonald’s “The Sword of the King” is clear only after the play is finished; indeed forgetable except for the witchery of Miss Corsman, she will prevail over the shortcomings of the piece; “A Roe o’ Plymouth Town” by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland is one of those tantalizing plays that are successful in almost everything except final success…Minnie Dupree winsome personality, Mr. Post handsome but perplexing, Augustus Cook deadly-commonplace role; “The Ninety and Nine” by Ramsay Morris at Academy of Music has advantage of excellent cast with Edwin Arden, Katherine Grey, A Hit; “a Country Girl” with Grace Freeman, Melville Stewart, Wm Norris with comic vivacity, Minnie Ashley, Miss Deyo, enjoying a continuous and well-deserved popularity; Conried’s German Theatre “Don Carlos” by Schiller; Conreid has accumulated a company of actors comparable to the best troupes in Germany; Mrs. Patrick Campbell in Bjornson’s “Beyond Human Power,” The Evolution of a Play with photos of dramatist’s workshop, costume workshop, Hermann fitting Hubert Wilkes, Property shop, scene painters in action; scene nodel in miniature theatre; “Mary of Magdala” rehearsal with Mrs. Fiske, Mr. Jordan, Harry Woodruff, Tyrone Power, Rose Eytinge, Miss Hamilton, Frasnk McCormick, James Young, Max Figman; Jacob Adler the Bower y Garrick with photo of Adler; Ethel Barrymore: An Impression with 4 photos;
The Children’s Theatre with photos of Ethel Field, Vera Hotson, Lores Grimm, Alexander Hume Ford, scene from “Oliver Twist” with Rose Maylie, Webb Raum; Some Vital Figures in American Music with photos of Horatio W. Parker, Frank Van Der Stucken, Edward MacDowell, Henry Holden Huss; Mascagni’s First Appearance in America; Among the Amateurs with scenes from C. S. E. Dramatic Club of Cincinnati, Letona Dramatic Club;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of “Iris” scene” with Virginia Harned, Oscar Asche;
Blanche Walsh in “the Daughter of Hamilcar,”
PHOTOS of “Everyman” scene; “The Sword of the king” starring Henrietta Crosman, Henry Bergman; Weedon Grossmith; “A Country Mouse” scene with Harry Davenport, Ethel Barrymore; “The Two Schools” scene featuring Jessie Busley, Jameson Lee Finney, M. A. Kennedy, Ida Conquest; “A Country Girl” scene at Daly’s; “A Rose o’ Plymouth Town” at the Manhattan starring Cornelia Bedford, Augustus Cook, Minnie Dupree, Guy Bates Post; Edith Wynne Matthieson; Jerome Sykes; “The American Invasion” with J. E. Dodson, Annie Irish; “The Ninety and Nine” scene;
John Blair; Edna Wallace Hopper in man’s suit, tie and riding boots;
Manhattan theatre Electric Light Switchboard; Costumes for Duse’s “Francesca da Rimini,” Ossip Gabrilowitch;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 28 pages filled with early stage, theatre productions, authors, producers, actors, actresses, casts, theaters, history. Was part of bound volume therefore bare spine, restapled, no r=ear ads = d pages/ no back cover.