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Keith-Albee managers' report book, November 28, 1904 - August 28, 1905
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138 Report on show, Keith's Theatre, Providence, R. I., Week of April 3, 1905. (Chas. Lovenberg, Manager.) The show is a fairly good one but it seems rather quiet: there is a lack of good strong comedy in it and aside from the two principal features (Miss Bergere and the Japs) there is nothing that will draw any money unless it be the Dogs and Monkeys and we would get a little children business for that. Joe Morris. Failed to materialize but we have plenty of show without him. The Haywards. Comedy sketch with some trick piano playing by the woman and some fairly good dancing by the man. Good act for an early spot on the bill. 12 min. in 3, 3 shows. Campbell & Caulfield. Irish talking act same as they have always given us. Went fairly. 15 min. in one, 3 shows. Ferrall Brothers. Comedy bicycle act and a very good one from a three a day standpoint. 12 min. open full stage with close in one, 3 shows. Mazuz & Mazette. Acrobatic comedy act, man and woman. Best act they have ever given us. 17 min. full stage. (Going to make an effort to have them close in one in order to split this two dumb acts.) 2 shows. Blanche Sharpe. Soprano vocaliste. This young girl has a pleasing manner and a fair voice. She sings two songs in dresses, and changes to male attire wearing the new U. S. uniform which is very pretty. Fairly good three a day act. 8 min. in one, 3 shows. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Murphy. In their new sketch "The Coal Strike"; desirable because it is new and it is fairly good. Not as strong however as their former sketch "Casey The Fireman". 21 min. in 3, 2 shows. Al. Lawrence. Mimic comedian. While this man is good, in fact exceptionally so, from the three a day standpoint, he does not seem to make the hit that he does in other houses and to us he is a three a day act. His place on the bill was a little too strong for him: should be on at least one-half hour earlier but I don't see any way of remedying the matter. 20 min. in one, 3 shows. Valerie Bergere & Co. In "His Japanese Wife." One of the best sketches as well as among the best played, in vaudeville. 31 min. full stage, 2 shows. Melville & Stetson. these women are clever, in a sense, but they had a little harder place than they could really hold down and are no longer really valuable to this house. Would be best to skip them for another year anyway. 17 min. in one, 2 shows. Japanese Imperial Guard. Do a fairly good drilling and wall-scaling act: but not as good as the Streeters and others we have had, by any means but on account of the Japanese sympathy they are probably valuable. 12 min. full stage, 2 shows. George H. Wood. Blackface comedian. He has a lot of exceptionally bright stuff but I think it is a little too deep for a vaudeville audience; at that I think
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138 Report on show, Keith's Theatre, Providence, R. I., Week of April 3, 1905. (Chas. Lovenberg, Manager.) The show is a fairly good one but it seems rather quiet: there is a lack of good strong comedy in it and aside from the two principal features (Miss Bergere and the Japs) there is nothing that will draw any money unless it be the Dogs and Monkeys and we would get a little children business for that. Joe Morris. Failed to materialize but we have plenty of show without him. The Haywards. Comedy sketch with some trick piano playing by the woman and some fairly good dancing by the man. Good act for an early spot on the bill. 12 min. in 3, 3 shows. Campbell & Caulfield. Irish talking act same as they have always given us. Went fairly. 15 min. in one, 3 shows. Ferrall Brothers. Comedy bicycle act and a very good one from a three a day standpoint. 12 min. open full stage with close in one, 3 shows. Mazuz & Mazette. Acrobatic comedy act, man and woman. Best act they have ever given us. 17 min. full stage. (Going to make an effort to have them close in one in order to split this two dumb acts.) 2 shows. Blanche Sharpe. Soprano vocaliste. This young girl has a pleasing manner and a fair voice. She sings two songs in dresses, and changes to male attire wearing the new U. S. uniform which is very pretty. Fairly good three a day act. 8 min. in one, 3 shows. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Murphy. In their new sketch "The Coal Strike"; desirable because it is new and it is fairly good. Not as strong however as their former sketch "Casey The Fireman". 21 min. in 3, 2 shows. Al. Lawrence. Mimic comedian. While this man is good, in fact exceptionally so, from the three a day standpoint, he does not seem to make the hit that he does in other houses and to us he is a three a day act. His place on the bill was a little too strong for him: should be on at least one-half hour earlier but I don't see any way of remedying the matter. 20 min. in one, 3 shows. Valerie Bergere & Co. In "His Japanese Wife." One of the best sketches as well as among the best played, in vaudeville. 31 min. full stage, 2 shows. Melville & Stetson. these women are clever, in a sense, but they had a little harder place than they could really hold down and are no longer really valuable to this house. Would be best to skip them for another year anyway. 17 min. in one, 2 shows. Japanese Imperial Guard. Do a fairly good drilling and wall-scaling act: but not as good as the Streeters and others we have had, by any means but on account of the Japanese sympathy they are probably valuable. 12 min. full stage, 2 shows. George H. Wood. Blackface comedian. He has a lot of exceptionally bright stuff but I think it is a little too deep for a vaudeville audience; at that I think
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