Marie A. Monfort: reader

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MARIE A. MONFORT Reader
EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT THE COIT LYCEUM BUREAU, CLEVELAND



MARIE MONFORT Reader

WE TAKE pleasure in presenting Miss Marie Monfort to the Lyceum Patrons in our territory, because she has something good, uplifting, and entertaining in store for everyone.  We make mention of this fact, first of all, because it is hard to find one so versatile as Miss Monfort, and yet possessing all the pleasing qualities that place her work as an interpreter, far above the average monologist.  She has a pleasing personality, is highly educated, successful as a teacher of dramatic art, and widely known as a distinguished reader.  We can therefore assure any lecture course committee, that Miss Monfort will meet just that certain demand your audience is making for something new, artistic, attractive, scholarly and instructive, yet withal, very entertaining.  She is endowed with a personal magnetism that makes itself felt from the moment she appears on the platform, and after her departure the message remains in the minds of her hearers.

We cannot do better than to quote Mr. Leland T. Powers, the famous impersonator of America, when he says:

I am proud to claim Miss Marie Monfort as a student and exponent of the work done at Leland Powers School.  Her rare personality and her cultivated gifts of mind and heart, honor and adorn the profession she has chosen.  No audience can listen to her without a sense of high pleasure and uplift.

Her knowledge of literature is wide, and in choosing her program she is guided by noble ideals, and by a sympathetic understanding of what in literature is adapted to the Spoken Word.



PROGRAMS



Nance Oldfield
Charles Reade



Characters Introduced


Nance Oldfield—a famous tragedienne of the Drury Lane Theatre in the time of 1706.
Susan Oldfield—a young cousin and companion of the actress.
Nathaniel Oldworthy—an attorney-at-law from Coventry
Alexander Oldworthy—his son, a poet infatuated with the actress.



Scenes from Plays and Novels


Miss Civilization
The Prince Chap


David Copperfield
The Little Princess


Sweethearts
A Pair of Lunatics


The Lane That Had No Turning
The Nettle





The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare

Act 1—The Wooing of Katherine.
Act 2—The Wedding of Katherine.
Act 3—The Taming of Katherine.


Characters Introduced


Baptista—a wealthy gentleman of Padua.
Petruchio—a wealthy gentleman of Verona, suitor to Katherine.
Katherine—the Shrew.
Bianca—her sister.
Hortensio—suitor to Bianca.
Grumio, Curtis,} servants to Petruchio.
Brondella—servant to Baptista.
Other servants.
Tailor.



A Miscellaneous Evening
This evening's entertainment will appeal to any audience, for all tastes will be thoroughly satisfied.  Stories from popular writers, poems, monologues, etc. are given



Rebecca's Ride
Wiggins


A—Little Rid Hin
Whitney


B—Rosa
Anon


The Prodigal Son
Davis


A—Sister's Beau
Riley


B—His Philosophy
Riley


C—Griggsby Station
Riley


Monologue
Selected


The Wooing of Hiawatha
Longfellow


A Winter's Courtship
Jewett


The Wild White Rose
Anon







MARIE MONFORT Entertainer

PRESS and PERSONAL MENTION
Lebanon, Ohio.—
An immense audience was crowded into the Main Street Presbyterian Church on last Sunday night when Miss Marie Monfort gave the sacred reading, The Other Wise Man, by Henry Van Dyke.  Miss Monfort is an artist.  This celebrated word painting took on a new coloring under this skillful reader.  Her unusual gifts and powers held the audience spellbound and she created an atmosphere about her work that was felt long after she had left the platform.—
The Western Star.


Lynn, Mass.—On several occasions it has been my privilege to listen to the readings given by Miss Marie Monfort and she has each time impressed me as an unusually competent and talented reader.  I was most fortunate in securing her to give a recital in the Lynn Educational Association and her presentation of Nance Oldfield on that occasion was a great delight to the audience.  Miss Monfort is strong, competent, mature, experienced and yet vivacious, fresh and possessed of an enthusiasm that adds a zest to her impersonation giving her characters living reality.—Prof. Francis Haseltine, General Secretary of the Lynn Educational Association.

Ithaca, N. Y.—Miss Monfort's art possesses simplicity, ease, repose and dramatic intensity.  In her interpretations of classic literature one catches the gleam of fine intelligence and feels the heat and glow of her thrilling powers.  The powerful grasp of situation and values which she has enables her to cause the scenes which she recites to live again in the imaginations of her auditors.  It is a rare treat to come under Miss Monfort's art.—L. H. Richard, Ithaca Conservatory of Music.

San Jose, Cal.—Miss Marie Monfort's work appeals to me very strongly indeed.  To a refined and pleasing personality she adds the charm of artistic interpretation of the best literature with a beautiful voice.—Gertrude Payne, Normal School.


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MARIE MONFORT Monologist

Press and PERSONAL MENTION
Medford, Mass.—
The entertainment at the Baptist Medford Church was a decided success.  Miss Marie Monfort delighted every one by her vivid and varied presentment of different characters and by her beauty of voice and grace of movement.—
Mercury.


Cincinnati, Ohio.—
Miss Monfort's readings were handled with exquisite taste and skill.  Her rendition charmed her hearers.—
Enquirer.


Dorchester, Mass.—
Miss Monfort's work possesses a beauty and charm that at once wins and delights an audience.—
Beacon.


Boston.—
This gifted reader won all hearts.—
Transcript.


College Corner, O.—
Miss Marie Monfort, in her readings, came fully up to, and even surpassed, the highest expectations of her audience.  Her readings required much action and varied expression.  At one time mirthful, at another moving the audience to tears by her well-portrayed pathos.  The range of her voice is wide.  Everywhere her work has been receiving words of highest praise.—
News.


Ridge Farm, Ill.—
The readings of Miss Marie Monfort were of high order and she was repeatedly encored.  Miss Monfort has remarkable talent and not only creates interest in her work, but holds it throughout her numbers.—
Republican.


Cincinnati, Ohio.—
It has been my pleasure to listen, on several occasions, to the recitations of Miss Marie Monfort in several varied parts, and on each occasion I found not only admirable and accurate work, but evident genius.—
James Wood Pogue.


Brocton, Mass.—
The readings of Miss Monfort were splendid.  She is a woman of unusual power and ability and she was forced to respond to numerous encores.—
Times.


Livingston, Ala.—
On Tuesday night, at the Normal College, Miss Marie Monfort presented Much Ado About Nothing.  Too much praise can not be bestowed upon the rendition of Shakespeare's sparkling comedy.  It was surpassingly fine.  Miss Monfort revealed remarkable talent, and she held the audience at her will throughout.—
News.


Chrisman, Ill.—
The entertainment at the Baptist Church on Monday night was a rare treat.  Marie Monfort, reader-impersonator, proved to be the best who ever appeared before a Chrisman audience.—
Courier.


Dover, Ky.—
The readings and recitations by Miss Marie Monfort were of a high order, and she came in for a great share of well-merited applause.  From the time she stumped her toe in the first piece until she stroked the Little Cat in the last, she held the audience as in a trance.—
News.


Boston, Mass.—
I am proud to claim Miss Marie Monfort as a student and an exponent of the work done at Leland Powers School.  Her rare personality and her cultivated gifts of mind and heart, honor and adorn the profession she has chosen.  No audience can listen to her without a sense of high pleasure and uplift.  Her knowledge of literature is wide, and in choosing her program she is guided by noble ideals, and by a sympathetic understanding of what in literature is adapted to spoken word.—
Leland Powers.


Dorchester, Mass.—From hearing Miss Marie Monfort read on several occasions a variety of selections in widely differing styles, ranging from comedy to tragedy, and demanding a broad scope and versatility of talents, and large powers of intelligence as well as study and training—I consider it a great pleasure to listen to her readings and commend her most sincerely as a proficient artist in her platform work.—Rev. Geo. Pratt, Pastor Christ Church.




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