Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 1, Number 4, March 1990 Page: 122
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SAT NOV 21
WED JAN 13
THU JAN 14
THU JAN 28
FRI FEB 12
SAT FEB 13
TUE FEB 23
WED OCT 26
FRI OCT 28
FRI NOV 4
THU NOV 17
FRI NOV 18
TUE DEC 20
TUE JAN 24
TUE FEB 7
MON MAR 13Eugene Robinson: Paul Kauvar *
Fredericke Warde: The Lion's Mouth *
Al G. Field & Company Famous Minstrels *
Denman Thompson: The Two Sisters *
Milton & Dollie Nobles: From Sire to Son *
Charles A. Gardner: Captain Karl *
Hoyt's Company: A Hole in the Ground *
1892-1893 Season
Donnelly and Miller: A Ship Ahoy *
Lincoln J. Carter: The Fast Mail *
Hettie Bernard Chase: Uncle's Darling *
George C. Staley: Royal Pass *
Porter J. White: Paul Kauvar *
Frank Maeder's Comedy Company: The Kid
Jeffries Lewis: La Belle Russe *
James O'Neill: Fontenelle *
Mexican Typical Orchestra *Appendix B
Opera House Legends
According to legend and the historical marker on
the Stafford Opera House, Lillian Russell gave the first per-
formance at the theater in 1886 in a play called As In A
Looking Glass. Unhappily, the legend is not true. In fact, as
we have seen, Louise Balfe opened the opera house in the
play The Planter's Wife on the night of October 28, 1887.
Russell apparently never set foot in the hall, either in 1886
or any later date. Had she done so, her appearance would
certainly been trumpeted, for she was unquestionably the
biggest star of the time. But neither the contemporary issues
of the Colorado Citizen or the Weimar Mercury mention her
in regard to any performance in Columbus. In addition,
Russell did not appear in any Galveston or Houston theater
before the Stafford Opera House closed, and it is difficult to
imagine that she would have booked an engagement in
Columbus while ignoring those two much larger cities.122
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