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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 9, 1912-February 24, 1913

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HUDSON THEATRE, WEEK JAN.6,1912, [UNIONVILLE?] N.J.

Tuesday night show.  [Jos?. ?.] Smith.

THE CHAMBERLAINS---Man and a woman, dressed in western clothes who perform many tricks with lariats all the while keeping up a conversation. It is a good opening act that went well with this audience. F.S. 9 Min.

IDA O'DAY---Singing comedienne, neatly costumed, with a sweet voice and manner. She sings several well selected songs and plays a few selections on the banjo. The act went good. In one 15 Min.

[?ILLEGIBLE] ROBERTSON and COMPANY in "Comer Here". Man and a woman and a boy. Scene theatrical manager's office. The plot is this; the manager inters and tells the office boy the firm has lost its leading woman. While they are talking a woman enters. She is the wife of the manager and they have been separated for ten years. When she recognizes him she starts to leave. He detains her. She explains she needs work and while they are talking the boy leaves the office. Outside the door he yells to his dog who is presumably running away, "come here, come here". The manager tells his wife if she can repeat those words satisfactorily to him in several moods he will engage her. He then describes an imaginary plot and at many places she fills in the words. The sketch ends when she uses the words "come here" calling him to her side for the reconciliation. The play is not heavy and there is no action. Also there is too much talking. The one redeeming feature is the elocutionary work of the woman. Robertson is weak and the boy impossible. Time of act 15 Min.

JOHNNY JOHNSTON---A rapid fire singer who gets his stuff over in fine shape. He sings a ragtime version of the entire overture of the opera, "The Poet and the Peasant". He also sang several other numbers in good shape and the act went big. In one 11 Min.

CHARLES MACK and COMPANY---" Come Back to Erin" with two men and two women. Scene exterior of a home with water falls and a bridge adding realism. The act has a neat little plot, enough to weave the characters together. Several good songs are sung nicely, some clever dancing is performed by the woman and Mack renders several selections on an Irish bagpipe. There is much wholesome comedy brought out, too. The act went big. Special scenery, 21 Min.

INTERMISSION-------

"IMAGINATION" with Beverly Sitgreaves, Paul Everton and Macy Harlan. The act opens with a prologue in front of a black drop in one. Miss Sitgreaves describes the characters as they make their appearance through slits in the curtain. The curtain raises and discloses the Russian major seated at his desk in his living quarters. He is lamenting the fact that some secret plans were stolen from his room and he is quizzing his woman servant. Their talk is interrupted by the telephone ringing. The major is told the spy has been captured. He directs the sergeant to bring the spy to his quarters at once. Meanwhile the Major, with the assistance of the servant fires up a plan of torture to make the spy tell his business, where and how he got the papers and the name of his woman companion, whom the Major has been warned of. The spy enters with his hands tied. He refuses to talk. He is tied against the wall and his right arm, outstretched, is tied to a string connected to a small vial of vitriol that is right above his head. The major warns him that he must tell his plans and if he doesn't when his arm tired and droops downward it will pull the string that will cause the vitriol to fall on his head. Suddenly the woman gains possession of the major's revolver and forces him to halt in his plan. she quickly releases the spy, who is her lover, and ties up the Major. His arm soon tires and as the liquid falls on his head he cries terribly, but the woman only laughs. She explains to the spy that the major is crying from imagination. She says she changed the vitriol to water. They laughlinly exit with the plans and passports. The sketch went well, but Paul Everton is a favorite of this house having been a member of last year's stock company. [illegible]

MAGGIE CLINE----The Irish Queen is a riot here. She wears handsome costumes for her songs and makes her usual humorous remarks, but the audience isn't satisfied until she sings, "Throw Him Down Mc Clusley". She is the applause hit of the bill by far. In one 22 Min. 

BEN BEYER AND BROTHER----Two men, one straight one blackface, bicycly artists. They perform the usual tricks with a few new and difficult ones. It is a good closing act. F.S. 10 Min.

PHOTOPLANE---- Satisfactory.

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161 HUDSON THEATRE, WEEK JAN.6,1912, [UNIONVILLE?] N.J. Tuesday night show. [Jos?. ?.] Smith. THE CHAMBERLAINS---Man and a woman, dressed in western clothes who perform many tricks with lariats all the while keeping up a conversation. It is a good opening act that went well with this audience. F.S. 9 Min. IDA O'DAY---Singing comedienne, neatly costumed, with a sweet voice and manner. She sings several well selected songs and plays a few selections on the banjo. The act went good. In one 15 Min. [?ILLEGIBLE] ROBERTSON and COMPANY in "Comer Here". Man and a woman and a boy. Scene theatrical manager's office. The plot is this; the manager inters and tells the office boy the firm has lost its leading woman. While they are talking a woman enters. She is the wife of the manager and they have been separated for ten years. When she recognizes him she starts to leave. He detains her. She explains she needs work and while they are talking the boy leaves the office. Outside the door he yells to his dog who is presumably running away, "come here, come here". The manager tells his wife if she can repeat those words satisfactorily to him in several moods he will engage her. He then describes an imaginary plot and at many places she fills in the words. The sketch ends when she uses the words "come here" calling him to her side for the reconciliation. The play is not heavy and there is no action. Also there is too much talking. The one redeeming feature is the elocutionary work of the woman. Robertson is weak and the boy impossible. Time of act 15 Min. JOHNNY JOHNSTON---A rapid fire singer who gets his stuff over in fine shape. He sings a ragtime version of the entire overture of the opera, "The Poet and the Peasant". He also sang several other numbers in good shape and the act went big. In one 11 Min. CHARLES MACK and COMPANY---" Come Back to Erin" with two men and two women. Scene exterior of a home with water falls and a bridge adding realism. The act has a neat little plot, enough to weave the characters together. Several good songs are sung nicely, some clever dancing is performed by the woman and Mack renders several selections on an Irish bagpipe. There is much wholesome comedy brought out, too. The act went big. Special scenery, 21 Min. INTERMISSION------- "IMAGINATION" with Beverly Sitgreaves, Paul Everton and Macy Harlan. The act opens with a prologue in front of a black drop in one. Miss Sitgreaves describes the characters as they make their appearance through slits in the curtain. The curtain raises and discloses the Russian major seated at his desk in his living quarters. He is lamenting the fact that some secret plans were stolen from his room and he is quizzing his woman servant. Their talk is interrupted by the telephone ringing. The major is told the spy has been captured. He directs the sergeant to bring the spy to his quarters at once. Meanwhile the Major, with the assistance of the servant fires up a plan of torture to make the spy tell his business, where and how he got the papers and the name of his woman companion, whom the Major has been warned of. The spy enters with his hands tied. He refuses to talk. He is tied against the wall and his right arm, outstretched, is tied to a string connected to a small vial of vitriol that is right above his head. The major warns him that he must tell his plans and if he doesn't when his arm tired and droops downward it will pull the string that will cause the vitriol to fall on his head. Suddenly the woman gains possession of the major's revolver and forces him to halt in his plan. she quickly releases the spy, who is her lover, and ties up the Major. His arm soon tires and as the liquid falls on his head he cries terribly, but the woman only laughs. She explains to the spy that the major is crying from imagination. She says she changed the vitriol to water. They laughlinly exit with the plans and passports. The sketch went well, but Paul Everton is a favorite of this house having been a member of last year's stock company. [illegible] MAGGIE CLINE----The Irish Queen is a riot here. She wears handsome costumes for her songs and makes her usual humorous remarks, but the audience isn't satisfied until she sings, "Throw Him Down Mc Clusley". She is the applause hit of the bill by far. In one 22 Min. BEN BEYER AND BROTHER----Two men, one straight one blackface, bicycly artists. They perform the usual tricks with a few new and difficult ones. It is a good closing act. F.S. 10 Min. PHOTOPLANE---- Satisfactory.