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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
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Report on Providence Show, Keith's Theatre, Week of October 5, 1903. (Charles Rovenberg) The bill taken as a whole does not pan out as well as it looks on paper. There is not enough strong comedy and too many sight acts of which we have seven. It does not compare favorably as a variety performance with last weeks' show. Coture & Gillette. Contortion and comedy acrobatic dancing. 1 man straight the other as a farmer. Do some very clever work, but the act makes no particular impression. 8 min. full stage, 3 shows. Musical Bentley. Instrumentalist. First part of his act amounts to very little but he plays the xylophone very well indeed. From a standpoint of three shows and his salary he may be classed as good. 12 min. in one. Barr & Evans. Comedy sketch. There is nothing particularly meritorious about this act. The man is really very bad but they manage to work out on the strength of the woman's size and eccentricities. Fairly good three a day act. 16 min. open in 3, with about one or 2 minutes in one. Mr. & Mrs. Breen. Comedy Club Juggling Act. In this case the woman is nothing more than an assistant but the man does some good work in club juggling and they have quite a few tricks and get laughs. 14 min. open full stage, about 3 minutes in one, 3 shows. Winona & Banks Winter. These people are about due to get something new. Winona Winter has always been the big end of the act but as she grows older she is getting more effected and is not appreciated as much as when a child. She got a big hand at the end of the act on her ventriloquism. 20 min. open in 3, and do about 5 min. in 1, 2 shows. [Text is hidden by folded-back leaf; text continues below fold:] preceeding turns. 20 minutes full stage. 2 shows. Senecal. Foot Juggler. Fair act but too short to be of any value. 6 minutes in one, 2 shows. Robert Carter & Co. Comedy sketch. This is an act that may be rated as fairly good from a three a day standpoint. 16 minutes. Biograph. O' K. 15
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Report on Providence Show, Keith's Theatre, Week of October 5, 1903. (Charles Rovenberg) The bill taken as a whole does not pan out as well as it looks on paper. There is not enough strong comedy and too many sight acts of which we have seven. It does not compare favorably as a variety performance with last weeks' show. Coture & Gillette. Contortion and comedy acrobatic dancing. 1 man straight the other as a farmer. Do some very clever work, but the act makes no particular impression. 8 min. full stage, 3 shows. Musical Bentley. Instrumentalist. First part of his act amounts to very little but he plays the xylophone very well indeed. From a standpoint of three shows and his salary he may be classed as good. 12 min. in one. Barr & Evans. Comedy sketch. There is nothing particularly meritorious about this act. The man is really very bad but they manage to work out on the strength of the woman's size and eccentricities. Fairly good three a day act. 16 min. open in 3, with about one or 2 minutes in one. Mr. & Mrs. Breen. Comedy Club Juggling Act. In this case the woman is nothing more than an assistant but the man does some good work in club juggling and they have quite a few tricks and get laughs. 14 min. open full stage, about 3 minutes in one, 3 shows. Winona & Banks Winter. These people are about due to get something new. Winona Winter has always been the big end of the act but as she grows older she is getting more effected and is not appreciated as much as when a child. She got a big hand at the end of the act on her ventriloquism. 20 min. open in 3, and do about 5 min. in 1, 2 shows. [Text is hidden by folded-back leaf; text continues below fold:] preceeding turns. 20 minutes full stage. 2 shows. Senecal. Foot Juggler. Fair act but too short to be of any value. 6 minutes in one, 2 shows. Robert Carter & Co. Comedy sketch. This is an act that may be rated as fairly good from a three a day standpoint. 16 minutes. Biograph. O' K. 15
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