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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1907
Page
11
The Grand Opera House presents a busy weekly slate with matinee and night shows including Surey Matinee with Human BRIS on Monday and Maudl Powell on Tuesday. Wednesday features My Friend From Arkansaw followed by Yosh Jenkins. Saturday offers matinee and night performances starring Bernard Daly in Kerry Gow.
A light hearted company gathering featured humorous performances and playful acts designed to entertain employees. Attendees from multiple departments enjoyed the spontaneous stunts presented by colleagues, creating a lively, collegial atmosphere.
The Big Tent Theater presents a packed schedule with matinee and evening performances. Featured titles include Send Me Your Tuesday and Wednesday Possum Ridge and A True Kentuckian with showings through Thursday to Saturday.
Wallace Widdecomb Alfred Herr om and Eileen Erral star in A Message From Mars to a strong audience at the Grand Opera House. The production draws praise for its balanced cast and engaging dream sequence, with public favor growing through the performance. Also promised are Hoist Evits, a Lumina inversion play, and Maud Powell the violinist appearing Tuesday night at the Grand. Powell’s work is praised for musical density and expressive reading, drawing wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike.
Aime Pownil performs Tuesday December 17 in San Antonio highlighting athletic merit and reception of her performance. The event emphasizes a high quality display, with audience response noted as strong for the excellence on stage.
At the Empire a burlesque comedy runs nightly with Emma Bunning and Rachel Gnidstein in lead roles. The show promises witty dialogue and rapid action in a lighthearted drama that centers on a Jewish heroine without denigrating the Jewish people.
The Ble Tent theater plans a week of new productions including Len Ma Your Wife and Pasir Ridge. Longtime star George Spaulding headlines the season with Sure Ridge and A True Kentickian melodramas, promising strong crowds.
The piece highlights performances by Mr. Kearney and Mareus Orlinde Kidder in a humorous dramatic program. It praises costumes, scenery, and the cast, noting George B. Colian’s Basak tangion and the audience appeal of a long-running American theater presence. It traces Qubey’s career from childhood to notable works including The Governor's Son and Lille Johnny Jones.
Louis James offers a farce titled The Comedy of Drops echoing Limbespearean style. The work is praised for its adherence to philosophical principles and sharp character drawing, distinguishing it from other humorous dramas of Slimie-Spearas.
A review praises a stage version of Human Hearts as masterful theatre. It highlights vivid character portrayal and high emotional appeal, noting strong comedy and pathos. The author credits Shakespearean resonance in the farce and commends Lola for embodying the theme with fresh energy and skilled ventriloquism.
Bernard Daly in Kerry Gow delivers a breezy if uneven turn as the lead, praised for a warm stage presence and Daly's extended songs. Miss Clark Dalton and Ban O'Hara contribute solid supporting numbers, while the set and lighting create a scenic but sometimes distracting backdrop for the lively but loosely structured show.
Fragmentary lines recall Evelyhody and Hedy by the Huy adults in a grand, distant pageant. Names like I. Waskida and Roberts appear amid garbled text about a New York event and a Red Cross performance.
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