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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1912

Page

26

Plaza Theater Bills Promising Week of Quality and Novelty

The Plaza Theater announces a week headlined by There-Five Armanis featuring classical lyrics and a refined bill. Promoters promise quality performances and a fresh novelty in this run at the downtown venue.

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The Top of the World Vaudeville Bill at the Plaza

The Plaza showcases Bailey and Austin with a star lineup headlined by Five Armanis and Bloomquest Players in Nerve. Nedervelds Monk, Bootblack quartet, Three Melvins, DeVine and Williams, and Leonard and Drake perform. The Top o the World musical at Grand stars Bailey Austin with Kris Kringle Toy Shop scenes and Collie Caldwell, Klein, and a 70-person cast. Matinees 2 and shows 8:30.

The Plaza Management Armanis Bloomquest Bootblack Nederveld Melvins de Vine Williams Leonard Drake Five Armanis Naples Mt. Vesuvius Bailey & Austin Mark Swan James O'Dea Amne

The Fortune Hunter at the Grand February 18 and 19

A stage play directed by Cohan and Harris features Nat Duncan as a down and outer who learns to transform his life in a village setting. The production, which has enjoyed New York and Chicago success, is described as a tale of luck, love, and business turnarounds.

M. Nederveld Bloomquest Jack Vance Rutherford Davies Mildred Disbrow Georga Arrington Bootblack Bootblacks Phil E. Adams the Grand Messrs. Cohan & Harris Nat Duncan Fred Niblo Duncan New York Chicago Olympic Theater Chicas

Sweet Wholesome Stage Hit Creates Gentle Demand

Critics hail Winchell Smith play as one of the sweetest and most wholesome on stage in years, with supporters urging it remain at the current venue.

Winchell Smith

The Heart Breakers at Grand February 9 10

The Heart Breakers a Princess musical comedy led by George Damerel and a company of over fifty comes to the Grand February 9 10. A tale of bold youths pursuing kissing escapades ends with Damerel winning The Girl Ruth Peebles stars.

Princess Theater George Damerel Ruth Peebles

Aborn Grand Opera Co to Open at Grand with Madame Butterfly

The Aborn English grand opera company returns to the Grand Opera house next Wednesday through Saturday with a larger cast and lavish production. They open with Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, followed by The Tales of Hoffmann, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Trovatore, and Martha. The double cast includes Abercrombie, Samoloff, De Sellem, Fulton, Adkins, Kreidler, Schuster, Fein, with Nicosia and Campin conducting.

English Grand Opera Company America New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago San Antonio Grand Opera House Messrs. Aborn Offenbach Oscar Hammerstein Great Company Manhattan Aborn Donizetti Flotow Martha Jane Abercrombie Edith Helena Domenico Russo Leonard Samoloff Elaine de Sellem Zoe Fulton Morton Adkins Louis Kreidler William Schuster Philip Fein Buffo Carlo Nicosia Emanuel South Eames Nordica Schuman-Heink New Orleans Memphis Atlanta Miss Fulton Messrs. Adkins and Kreidler

Wisconsin Singer Jane Abercrombie Joins Grand Opera Troupe

Jane Abercrombie, a Wisconsin native educated in Milwaukee and Chicago, advances from church choirs to the stage with the Aborn English Grand Opera company. She completed her grand opera studies under Hinshaw of the Metropolitan Opera.

Jane Abercrombie Aborn English Grand Opera Company Miss Abercrombie Wisconsin Milwaukee Chicago Hinshaw Metropolitan Opera Company

Royal Theater Acts New Dog and Monkey Act at Show

The Royal Theater presents Don Carlos Dogs and Monkeys in a new act titled The Dog and Monkey Hotel. Ives, the Jewel Sisters, and Be Ano Duo complete the bill with a varied vaudeville lineup.

Don Carlos Dogs and Monkeys Dog and Monkey Hotel R'Ives Jewel Sisters Be Ano

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Plaza Theater DeVine DeVine Williams Com Bailey Austin Kris Kringle Illusia Shellman Walter Wellman Jack Frost Esquimeaux Ballet Charles W. Leonard Ethel Drake Miss Ethed Drake Bailey and Y Pee Madame Butt Picteere Verre Roberts MAPA English’ Grand Opera Company Savage Castle Square Tivoli Aborn Grand Opera CO Grand Senor Kaufman the Royal R’ives Re Ives Paris Eva Tanguay Julian Eltinge Vesta Victoria Carita Florence Jewel Alexander Ano Laurene James de Ano Kronsberg Oliver Morosco John Cort Messrs Shubert Wil Hayden Talbot Principa Doris Keane Antoinette Walker Lucille Watson Christine Norman Georgia Mack Frank Sheridan Edwin Ardin John Findlay Royal Theater Stars of Fortune Hunter Josephine Cohan
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