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The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, on Broadway and 45th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
The musical comedy The Billionaire, with music by Gustav Kerker and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, is presented during a three month run at Daly's Theatre, New York City, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
Billed as "the Great Colored Comedy", The Hottest Coon In Dixie, is playing at The Globe Theatre, Hamilton, Ohio, USA. A review in the Hamilton Sun newspaper reports that the show, "is a continuous two and half hours delight. There is ragtime music, the quintessence of cake-walking, the soul charm of Southern plantation melodies, the utter ludicrousness of innate negro humor, beautiful costumes, beautiful faces, beautiful forms, magnificent electrical effects and a company of forty artists. The company carries its own superb orchestra."
Musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest music producers, Fred Gaisberg of the Gramophone Company makes a diary entry on his first day of recording in Tokyo, Japan, Asia, stating, We made some 54 records. Japanese music is simply too horrible, but funny to relate, Europeans who have been long in the country profess to really enjoy it, and say that there is more in the music and acting than a casual observer would believe."
Theodor Weisser of Neustadt, Schwarzwald, Germany applies for a US Patent for an improved metronome which he has invented. It is described as a metronome, "in which hammerstrokes on a fixed bell are regulated by means of a sliding lever, one end of which I form or provide with a toothed or notched scale to indicate the different measures to which the mechanism for operating the bell is set and at the same time to lock said lever in position."Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.