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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1912
Page
50
The Grand presents Baby Mine at Monday and Tuesday with the New York company under William A. Brady. Week features The Pink Lady Othello Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar and The Chocolate Soldier with matinee and night showings. Shakespeare program Wednesday features McLean Hanford Tyler and Dromah in a renowned ensemble.
A humorous moment in Baby Mine is noted while Othello features MacLean as the Moor and Hanford as the witty Iago. Tyler plays Desdemona and Dromah portrays Emilia. Thursday brings Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. In Old Kentucky returns Friday at the Grand Opera House with matinee and evening showings.
The Whitney Opera Company brings The Chocolate Soldier to the Grand Opera House with a renewed grand production. Miss Mildred Johnson headlines In Old Kentucky alongside a strong cast and a clever Ethiopian chorus. An all-Viennese orchestra and Bulgarias costumes accompany Strauss music and Shaw inspired libretto. Charles Purcell leads the Chocolate Soldier with Rena Vivienne Lucille Saunders Jon Bergere and others in supporting roles.
The touring drama In Old Kentucky comes to the Grand Opera House for a December 20 matinee and night show. Now in its twenty first year on the American stage the production features Mildred Johnson and a cast including Joseph Slaytor George M. De Vere Walter Fredericks Harry Cressy Alice Endres and Gertrude Graham with a new scenic production and a famed pickaninny scene. Benedict McQuarrie, known for Baby Mine, is highlighted as an upcoming star with William A. Brady to later headline a Margaret Mayo work.
The Plaza theater this week features Milton and Dolly Nobles in a veteran vaudeville act, the Gray Trio with Miss Norman Gray, Holden and Harron, Dolores Vallecita and her performing leopards, the Caites Brothers, Les Silvas, and Wright and Lawrence with new cabaret songs. The program blends comedy, novelty, music, and animal acts for a lively show.
The article explains how Julian Eltinge uses tiny shoes and foot changes to perform in The Fascinating Widow at the Grand Opera House starting January 1. It notes offstage he wears No 7, but in disguise he appears in No 4 or smaller, with feet reshaped for female roles.
The Winning Widow a two act musical comedy by Ed Moran arrives at the Grand Opera House Monday night November 23. Star Max Spiegel presents an elaborate show with music by Seymour Furth and lyrics by Moran. Cast includes Mal Clark Ben Turbett William Marshall Joe Freed James Hunter Lovey Marie Greene Leona Thompson Flo Gillespie Hilda Burton. Spectacle features Frank D. Thomas lighting Gates and Morange scenery Tom Creamer props Max Mahieu costumes and Grady directing. A large chorus and two car loads of scenery travel for the production.
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