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Managers' report book, June 30, 1919-July 26, 1920

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PROVIDENCE. R. I.    E. F. ALBEE    MARCH 1st,    20
We have a very good bill indeed this week, one that made good from start to finish. We should do some business.
CHAS. LOVENBERG.

THE BREEN FAMILY: Act of juggling, dancing, little acrobatics and some comedy. Makes a good flash for an opener and contains some features of merit. 15 min. full stage, short opening in one.
LEON VARVARA: Pianist. Playing classical and popular selections. The audience seemed to appreciate him very much at both performances. My opinion does not count. 14 min. in one.
HUGH HERBERT & CO: In a sketch of Jewish business life. Among the best of the kind we ever played. Had the audience in gales of laughter all through and closed to strong applause. 24 min. full stage.
GLENN & JENKINS: Two black face comedians (colored) in a fairly good act of the sort of negro repartee which has been somewhat over done of late. In the next to closing position, they failed utterly at the afternoon show when everything else on the bill made a hit. In this position they were satisfying, but surely not worth worrying about as to the adjustment of salary, etc., etc., as has been the case with them. 16 min. in one.
DILLON & PARKER: A neat turn of man and woman patter, using some of the material from Jack Norwroth's "Odds & Ends Revue". Very satisfying turn. 17 min. in one.
BESSIE CLAYTON With the CANSINOS & CO. Still the greatest of all dancing acts. 23 min. full stage.
MORRIS & CAMPBELL: Man and woman in a grotesque comedy act which got plenty of laughter and held the spot most satisfactorily. 18 min. in one.
CAMILLA'S BIRDS: Well known act that closed the show satisfactorily. 8 min. full stage.
CUTS: HUGH HERBERT & CO: "Hell," "God" and suggestion of the word "Hell."
DILLON & PARKER: Please cut out the plant who groans when you kiss each other. This sort of thing has a tendency to make some people of the audience feel that they have the right to do those things, not always realizing that it is a plant, and by constant repitition, such acts as Friscoe, the xylophonist and others as they tend to make the audience rougher than good taste warrants. The place for an act is on the stage, not in the auditorium.
MORRIS & CAMPBELL: Cut "thumbing of nose."

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PROVIDENCE. R. I. E. F. ALBEE MARCH 1st, 20 We have a very good bill indeed this week, one that made good from start to finish. We should do some business. CHAS. LOVENBERG. THE BREEN FAMILY: Act of juggling, dancing, little acrobatics and some comedy. Makes a good flash for an opener and contains some features of merit. 15 min. full stage, short opening in one. LEON VARVARA: Pianist. Playing classical and popular selections. The audience seemed to appreciate him very much at both performances. My opinion does not count. 14 min. in one. HUGH HERBERT & CO: In a sketch of Jewish business life. Among the best of the kind we ever played. Had the audience in gales of laughter all through and closed to strong applause. 24 min. full stage. GLENN & JENKINS: Two black face comedians (colored) in a fairly good act of the sort of negro repartee which has been somewhat over done of late. In the next to closing position, they failed utterly at the afternoon show when everything else on the bill made a hit. In this position they were satisfying, but surely not worth worrying about as to the adjustment of salary, etc., etc., as has been the case with them. 16 min. in one. DILLON & PARKER: A neat turn of man and woman patter, using some of the material from Jack Norwroth's "Odds & Ends Revue". Very satisfying turn. 17 min. in one. BESSIE CLAYTON With the CANSINOS & CO. Still the greatest of all dancing acts. 23 min. full stage. MORRIS & CAMPBELL: Man and woman in a grotesque comedy act which got plenty of laughter and held the spot most satisfactorily. 18 min. in one. CAMILLA'S BIRDS: Well known act that closed the show satisfactorily. 8 min. full stage. CUTS: HUGH HERBERT & CO: "Hell," "God" and suggestion of the word "Hell." DILLON & PARKER: Please cut out the plant who groans when you kiss each other. This sort of thing has a tendency to make some people of the audience feel that they have the right to do those things, not always realizing that it is a plant, and by constant repitition, such acts as Friscoe, the xylophonist and others as they tend to make the audience rougher than good taste warrants. The place for an act is on the stage, not in the auditorium. MORRIS & CAMPBELL: Cut "thumbing of nose."