The Management in giving theatrical benefits paid the expenses of the production and turned over the receipts of the box office to the actor. Often business men and other admirers tendered a benefit to a favorite, who arranged his own program. The liberality of the Washoites during benefits made the Bulletin reporter and others “proud […]
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Friday benefit for Leighton’s Farewell
She is leaving 1 week from Maguire’s Minstrels coming and killing all week. So they heavily promote all week long a friday farewell show (2 from farewell) with the bill of Our Female American Cousin, The Widow’s Victim, and Fool of the Family. But attendance is disappointing. Saturday and Sunday tickets are reduced price with […]
Maguire’s Minstrels wins the Week
Not only is the Negro song and dance troupe amazing, but the stand alone star acts feature superstars like Lotta Crabtree, Carrie Howard, Walter Bray, Jake Wallace, Ned Hamilton, W.H. Smith, Miss Sanger, Mlle Lamoureux, J.H. O’Neil, Pete Sterling, W.D. Corrister, and F.H. Oldfield. The Virginia Melodeon crowded out competition — Sunday [ST p 154] […]