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Keith-Albee manager reports, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903

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NEW YORK SHOW WEEK OF JUNE 1st.--2.
GNH.--TROVOLLO.--Ventriloquist. This fellow is a clever performer and has some very clever ideas and a good way of presenting them, the only trouble with him being that he has to be watched pretty close or he will spring material that should not be used in our house. I cut some of his stuff this afternoon, and I think we have him trimmed up so that he will be all right for the week. 18 minutes, pen full stage, close with about three minutes in one.
YYH.--RENO & RICHARDS.-- Acrobatic comedy and grotesque performers. This team went fully as strong this afternoon as it ever did in this house. Reno's eccentric foolishness at the finish of the act simply captivated the audience. It is a nonsensical lot of stuff, but it is impossible for the average person to keep from laughing at it. 16 minutes, open full stage, close in one.
YNH.--LILLIAN BURKHART & CO., presenting Miss Burkhart's latest sketch, "A Strenuous Daisy." This act is unquestionably the best thing that Miss Burkhart has ever done. It gives her an opportunity in a field in which she has never ventured before, and the only trouble with her act is that her cast is not hardly strong enough for it. I think, however, that this will be rectified immediately. The man who plays the old man in the act is not good at all. he is somewhat stilted and mechanical and has rather an unpleasant voice. The old lady is better and will do all right, as she has a very good conception of her part. The young fellow, while not at all strong, is better than the old man, but the latter should be changed at once. 31 minutes, full stage.
YRR.--PRESS ELDRIDGE.-- This performer got on very late this afternoon, as the shoe for various reasons was out of its time, consequently he found the audience somewhat thinned out and tired of laughing. He did very well, indeed, but had a very hard time of it up to the last song which got the audience in great shape, an enabled him to take five or six encores. When he gets on at the time he should be on, which will be at the night show and hereafter, he will do as well as he ever did in the house. 18 minutes in one.
SRR.--6 GLINSERETTIS.-- A European Troupe of acrobats consisting of six men, and an all mighty good one. They do some really remarkable work and they went very strong this afternoon. 10 minutes, full stage.
AR.--THE VITAGRAPH.--The vitagraph gave us this afternoon a series of views that were instructive and interesting without any comedy  at all, as they took certain subjects and sustained it throughout the entire series; it being a description of a voyage of the "Keiser Wilhelm" from Germany to New York. The pictures were very artistic indeed and very interesting. 20 minutes in one.
S. K. HODGDON.

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NEW YORK SHOW WEEK OF JUNE 1st.--2. GNH.--TROVOLLO.--Ventriloquist. This fellow is a clever performer and has some very clever ideas and a good way of presenting them, the only trouble with him being that he has to be watched pretty close or he will spring material that should not be used in our house. I cut some of his stuff this afternoon, and I think we have him trimmed up so that he will be all right for the week. 18 minutes, pen full stage, close with about three minutes in one. YYH.--RENO & RICHARDS.-- Acrobatic comedy and grotesque performers. This team went fully as strong this afternoon as it ever did in this house. Reno's eccentric foolishness at the finish of the act simply captivated the audience. It is a nonsensical lot of stuff, but it is impossible for the average person to keep from laughing at it. 16 minutes, open full stage, close in one. YNH.--LILLIAN BURKHART & CO., presenting Miss Burkhart's latest sketch, "A Strenuous Daisy." This act is unquestionably the best thing that Miss Burkhart has ever done. It gives her an opportunity in a field in which she has never ventured before, and the only trouble with her act is that her cast is not hardly strong enough for it. I think, however, that this will be rectified immediately. The man who plays the old man in the act is not good at all. he is somewhat stilted and mechanical and has rather an unpleasant voice. The old lady is better and will do all right, as she has a very good conception of her part. The young fellow, while not at all strong, is better than the old man, but the latter should be changed at once. 31 minutes, full stage. YRR.--PRESS ELDRIDGE.-- This performer got on very late this afternoon, as the shoe for various reasons was out of its time, consequently he found the audience somewhat thinned out and tired of laughing. He did very well, indeed, but had a very hard time of it up to the last song which got the audience in great shape, an enabled him to take five or six encores. When he gets on at the time he should be on, which will be at the night show and hereafter, he will do as well as he ever did in the house. 18 minutes in one. SRR.--6 GLINSERETTIS.-- A European Troupe of acrobats consisting of six men, and an all mighty good one. They do some really remarkable work and they went very strong this afternoon. 10 minutes, full stage. AR.--THE VITAGRAPH.--The vitagraph gave us this afternoon a series of views that were instructive and interesting without any comedy at all, as they took certain subjects and sustained it throughout the entire series; it being a description of a voyage of the "Keiser Wilhelm" from Germany to New York. The pictures were very artistic indeed and very interesting. 20 minutes in one. S. K. HODGDON.