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The Fargo Opera House programs, entitled The Theatre, were produced from the opening in 1894 till it was destroyed by fire in 1912. The Institute holdings contain the years 1899-1911. The seasons of 18991900, 1903-1904, 1904-1905, 1905-1906, 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1908-1909, 1909-1910 and 1910-1911 are complete and in leather bound books likely produced by Walker Brothers printing firm. The remaining years are loose leaf and very incomplete. The Mary Darrow Weible Collection (Mss 620) contains an incomplete set of programs from 1894-1908.
The Theatre publication contains a program for each performance, announcements for upcoming performances, news items dealing with the opera house, and advertisements for local businesses. They contain art work for each performance, including portraits of the performers, some of them being: Lillian Russell, Nance O’Neil, Donald Meek, Walter E. Perkins, James O’Neill, Octavie Barbe, Eddy Foy, Mabel Hite, Eugenie Blair, Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner, Harry Corson Clarke, Madame Helena Modjeska, Melbourne McDowell, Blanch Walsh, Belle Archer, Adelaide Thurston , Jessie Mae Hall, Rose Coghlan, Harry Beresford, Elsa Ryan, David Brattstrom, Caroline Lum, Paul T. Nicholson, Jr., Lottie Williams Salter, Willie Collier, Lucy Daly, Estella Dale, Edith Kingsley Pauline Hall, Bobby Barry, Louis James, Kate Claxton, Lulu Glaser, Richard Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, Charles B. Hanford, William Owen, Charles Brandt, Madelyn Marshall, Bernice Howard, Edward J. Farrell, Isabelle D’Armond, Eleanor Robson, Roselle Knott, Madge Carr Cook, Maddie De Long, Daniel Sully, Florence Roberts, Albert Arveschoug, Anna Wynne, Margaret Vokes, Oscar L. Figman, Blanch Walsh, Elsie Frazee, Louis James, Maude Fealy, Digby Bell, John Griffith, Robert Lett, Henrietta Crosman, John l. Kearney, William Faversham, Ezra Kendall, Leslie Carter, Viola Allen, Lawrence Evart, Cheridah Simpson, Florence Gale, Percy Helton, Stephanie Longfellow, George S. Trimble, Sarah Truax, Marie Cahill, Max Figman, Louis James, Allen Doone, David B. Gally, Lionel Adams, the Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company, Opera singer Madam Sofia Scalchi, Magicians the Great and Only Kellar , and Madam Adelaide Herrmann. Ruggero Leoncavallo of Italy conducting the LaScala Orchestra, John Philip Sousa and his band, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Olof College Band, the University of Minnesota Glee Club, Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Minstrel shows, with blackface performer George Pimrose and the Pimorse Minstrels, Richards & Pringle’s Famous Georgia Minstrels, West’s Minstrels, Barlow Minstrels, Haverly’s Minstrels, and the Black Patti Trubadours, and many more. Some of the performances include: Ben Hur, The Three Musketeers, On the Suwanee River, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Yon Yonson, Babes in Toyland, Buster Brown, Merry Wives of Windsor, In Old Kentucky, Sign of the Cross, Faust, Monte Cristo, King Richard the Third, Ole Olson with singer Ben Hendricks, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Bruster’s Millions, The Made and the Mummy, Checkers, Parsifal, The World, The Lion and the Mouse, A Homespun Heart, La Tosca, and Madam Butterfly, featuring the Savage Grand Opera Co., with Eliza Szamosy in the roll of Madam Butterfly, and many more.
The Theatre publication contains a program for each performance, announcements for upcoming performances, news items dealing with the opera house, and advertisements for local businesses. They contain art work for each performance, including portraits of the performers, some of them being: Lillian Russell, Nance O’Neil, Donald Meek, Walter E. Perkins, James O’Neill, Octavie Barbe, Eddy Foy, Mabel Hite, Eugenie Blair, Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner, Harry Corson Clarke, Madame Helena Modjeska, Melbourne McDowell, Blanch Walsh, Belle Archer, Adelaide Thurston , Jessie Mae Hall, Rose Coghlan, Harry Beresford, Elsa Ryan, David Brattstrom, Caroline Lum, Paul T. Nicholson, Jr., Lottie Williams Salter, Willie Collier, Lucy Daly, Estella Dale, Edith Kingsley Pauline Hall, Bobby Barry, Louis James, Kate Claxton, Lulu Glaser, Richard Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, Charles B. Hanford, William Owen, Charles Brandt, Madelyn Marshall, Bernice Howard, Edward J. Farrell, Isabelle D’Armond, Eleanor Robson, Roselle Knott, Madge Carr Cook, Maddie De Long, Daniel Sully, Florence Roberts, Albert Arveschoug, Anna Wynne, Margaret Vokes, Oscar L. Figman, Blanch Walsh, Elsie Frazee, Louis James, Maude Fealy, Digby Bell, John Griffith, Robert Lett, Henrietta Crosman, John l. Kearney, William Faversham, Ezra Kendall, Leslie Carter, Viola Allen, Lawrence Evart, Cheridah Simpson, Florence Gale, Percy Helton, Stephanie Longfellow, George S. Trimble, Sarah Truax, Marie Cahill, Max Figman, Louis James, Allen Doone, David B. Gally, Lionel Adams, the Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company, Opera singer Madam Sofia Scalchi, Magicians the Great and Only Kellar , and Madam Adelaide Herrmann. Ruggero Leoncavallo of Italy conducting the LaScala Orchestra, John Philip Sousa and his band, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, St. Olof College Band, the University of Minnesota Glee Club, Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Minstrel shows, with blackface performer George Pimrose and the Pimorse Minstrels, Richards & Pringle’s Famous Georgia Minstrels, West’s Minstrels, Barlow Minstrels, Haverly’s Minstrels, and the Black Patti Trubadours, and many more. Some of the performances include: Ben Hur, The Three Musketeers, On the Suwanee River, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Yon Yonson, Babes in Toyland, Buster Brown, Merry Wives of Windsor, In Old Kentucky, Sign of the Cross, Faust, Monte Cristo, King Richard the Third, Ole Olson with singer Ben Hendricks, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Bruster’s Millions, The Made and the Mummy, Checkers, Parsifal, The World, The Lion and the Mouse, A Homespun Heart, La Tosca, and Madam Butterfly, featuring the Savage Grand Opera Co., with Eliza Szamosy in the roll of Madam Butterfly, and many more.
Dates
- 1899-1911
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (1 linear feet)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Fargo Opera House. (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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