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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 14, 1904 - November 21, 1904
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128 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of August 29, 1904. Stereopticon, 2 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views. Fadettes Orchestra, 2 shows, 60 min. full stage -- Had a good program but there was a decided falling off in applause, which was scattering, that lovers of music never seeming to get off in a bunch. It begins to look as if there could be too much of a good thing and that their friends are not sufficiently numerous to warrant such a long season. The fact that we have held it up all along with excellent shows has been in part responsible for its long continued success. Sisters Claflin, 3 shows, 14 min. in 1 -- In character songs and an interpolation of poor stories. Act is not strong enough for this place in the bill by any means, and we shall have to put them in the section where they belong. Henry E. Dixey, 2 shows, 23 min. full stage -- This actor, who has not appeared here for seven years, presented a costume sketch entitled, "David Garrick on The Art of Acting", in which he is supported by a Miss Nordstrom, a clever amateur whom he is probably teaching at the expense of vaudeville managers. I must say, however, that she gives promise of becoming a good actress. Dixey himself was good, introducing several of his specialties in a most natural manner, and the couple danced a gavotte gracefully. There were glimpses of comedy throughout the sketch, which drew forth quiet laughter, and there were two curtain calls at the close. The reception given Dixey when he first came on the stage demonstrated quite clearly that he had probably drawn a goodly proportion of the large audience assembled, notwithstanding the humid weather prevailing. For this city the sketch can be rated as all right, although I should say he was getting too much for it; but there are other cities in which I would not be surprised to learn it had failed/ The Italian trio, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- The ensemble work of this organization of male vocalists is much better than their individual singing, especially that of the man of giant stature, who continually loses his breath and gasps while vocalizing. I must own, however, that the grand jury, as represented by the audience, were pleased with them, and they might have easily sung a fourth selection. tears if he never returns. George and May Woodward, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- Presenting a "Rube" sketch, in which they introduce singing specialties and a bit of eccentric dancing. It is not a bad act at all, being good enough for the 3-show section anywhere. In Salem it would be a headliner.
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128 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of August 29, 1904. Stereopticon, 2 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views. Fadettes Orchestra, 2 shows, 60 min. full stage -- Had a good program but there was a decided falling off in applause, which was scattering, that lovers of music never seeming to get off in a bunch. It begins to look as if there could be too much of a good thing and that their friends are not sufficiently numerous to warrant such a long season. The fact that we have held it up all along with excellent shows has been in part responsible for its long continued success. Sisters Claflin, 3 shows, 14 min. in 1 -- In character songs and an interpolation of poor stories. Act is not strong enough for this place in the bill by any means, and we shall have to put them in the section where they belong. Henry E. Dixey, 2 shows, 23 min. full stage -- This actor, who has not appeared here for seven years, presented a costume sketch entitled, "David Garrick on The Art of Acting", in which he is supported by a Miss Nordstrom, a clever amateur whom he is probably teaching at the expense of vaudeville managers. I must say, however, that she gives promise of becoming a good actress. Dixey himself was good, introducing several of his specialties in a most natural manner, and the couple danced a gavotte gracefully. There were glimpses of comedy throughout the sketch, which drew forth quiet laughter, and there were two curtain calls at the close. The reception given Dixey when he first came on the stage demonstrated quite clearly that he had probably drawn a goodly proportion of the large audience assembled, notwithstanding the humid weather prevailing. For this city the sketch can be rated as all right, although I should say he was getting too much for it; but there are other cities in which I would not be surprised to learn it had failed/ The Italian trio, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- The ensemble work of this organization of male vocalists is much better than their individual singing, especially that of the man of giant stature, who continually loses his breath and gasps while vocalizing. I must own, however, that the grand jury, as represented by the audience, were pleased with them, and they might have easily sung a fourth selection. tears if he never returns. George and May Woodward, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- Presenting a "Rube" sketch, in which they introduce singing specialties and a bit of eccentric dancing. It is not a bad act at all, being good enough for the 3-show section anywhere. In Salem it would be a headliner.
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