Book/Printed Material Dry Island all-star vaudeville and burlesque

Title

• Dry Island all-star vaudeville and burlesque

Summary

• "Dry Island All-Star Vaudeville and Burlesque," benefit Morrisburg Fire Alarm Fund, given at Morrisburg Music Hall, Saturday evening, July 12, 1913. Program. Executive staff: stage manager Mr. John Irving pearce, properties: Mr. Lawrence S. Critchell, prompter: Dr. D.R. MacMartin.

Names

• Morrisburg Music Hall (Organization : Morrisburg, Ont.)
• Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 1913.

Contents

• Overture. Lena James, the Dixie Queen, famous ragtime player -- "Paris by Night," a playlet in two scenes / T.W. Amberg and C.C. Heisen -- Olio. A. Bessie Bown Ricker, child impersonator. B. William Currier in his screaming monologue "Ballyhoo Bill." C. The Dancing Dolls (Are they alive?) Laura Mae MacMartin, Ethel M. Amberg. D. The Boy Tenors. William E. Currier and "Jimmie" Corrigan, rendering their song hit "We've Never Been Over There." E. Maude Davis Pearce, operatic mezzo-soprano -- Intermission -- Part Second. F. Bessie Bown Ricker. Here she is again! G. Edwin I. Gardiner, rendering Richard Carle's song success, "I Lead an Awfully Lazy Life." H. L. Mildred Murphy, sensational dancing novelty. I. Fred L. McNally (The good old scout), in his dancing farce, "Fou Fou Frolic," assisted by a full chorus -- Grand Bull Fight, first Canadian appearance at Morrisburg. This magnificent spectacle was brought direct from Mexico at a cost of $10,000.

Headings

• -  Benefit performances--Ontario--Morrisburg
• -  Canada--Ontario--Morrisburg

Genre

• Theater programs--1913
• Theater programs--Ontario--Morrisburg

Notes

• -  Cast: "Grand Bull Fight": Signor Don Jamos, Signor Tedrico, Signor Fredrico, Signor Don Carlos, the Graceful, Signor Bull Con Currio.
• -  Cast: "Paris by Night": Dr. D.R. MacMartin, Mrs. Davis Pearce, Mr. Edwin I. Gardiner, Miss Emily Woodruff, Mr. Laurence S. Critchell, Mrs. D.R. MacMartin, Mr. William E. Currier, Miss Ethel M. Amberg, Mr. Fred L. McNally, Mr. "Jimmie" Corrigan, Mrs. Bown Ricker, Mrs. Leslie M. Critchell, Miss L. Mildred Murphy, Miss Helen Woodruff, Mr. Theodore W. Amberg, Mr. John Irving Pearce, Mrs. Carl Heisen, Miss Lena James, Mr. Jesse Firse, Mr. John Cossey, Mr. Frank Banks, Mr. Frank Ishikawa, Mrs. Jesse Firse.
• -  Morrisburg Music Hall [Morrisburg, Ont.], Saturday evening, July 12, 1913.
• -  Title devised by Library staff.
• -  In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
• -  Converted from American Memory Variety Stage pseudomarc
• -  LC copy found loose in Thr. E miscellany "Material in first pile of three miscellaneous unlabelled piles of programs".
• -  Thr. E/D Box 4, folder 19

Medium

• 1 v. (theater program).

Call Number/Physical Location

• PN2093 .A44 1877 no. Thr. E/D

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/varspbk.brmm23

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2012657934

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2012657934

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