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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1908
Page
7
An unusual dialogue appears between Warthleat Man and another on Bypurior Avenue. The two discuss plans and work hours with odd phrasing, referencing long nights and constant effort. A watchful man is noted nearby as a possible observer.
A garbled text piece describes Prina Donna arranging costumes for a song and a theater scene. It mentions a producer, a tailor, and a court-like setting with requests about dress fittings and a promised present. The readable parts show names and places but lack coherent narrative details.
The Grand presents The Power That Governs and The Kreutzer Sonata with Night Blanche Walch and Chauncy Olcott in ONeill of Derry. Bunting offers Evain Diss in a varied program. Empire plans An American Beauty as the next act, with the troupe featuring favored favorites.
Readable portions list Foge and Kit Carson programs with Sis Hopkins and Miufadeys acts across Tuesday and Wednesday as well as Friday and Saturday matinees and evenings. The notice outlines a schedule of performances at the big tent with multiple acts in rotation.
The Empire stage troupe led by Miss Emma Bunting presents an American vaudeville program with Creston Clarke and Mr. Ugo in a blend of music and social comedy. Adelaide Prides aids the show while Miss Pringe travels to become familiar with Ayatinasalers, and George Shin leads a strong company delivering Shakespearean and modern pieces to engaged audiences.
A chaotic notice details the Bur gees-blimmeletn company moving to Denver amid managerial disputes led by Roy Anite and Shaun A. Winwilaod. It cites contractual woes with patrons and a pending engagement, while clarifying the schedule and responses from the theatre. The piece also mentions a new play by Frances K. Johnsen and ongoing public inquiries into the company’s finances.
A charity carnival at Grand Opera House next Wednesday February 23 features a 60-member cast and chorus under J Costigan. Proceeds benefit St Patrick's church, with local talent including Stanley Winters Witten Thema Gasthey Mary Manning Margaret Bhielis Ketheryne Saiter Ethel Get Marie DaRata and Mme Payton Small. The program promises a novel, fully staged show with songs, dances, and stage business to entertain a broad audience and help the church debt.
The dramatic performance draws mixed crowd as Wroidlyes Fo mata' is premiered by Binaehr Walsl at a vigil. The cast includes Vert Andruss and Jean Farrigale among others as the piece probes domestic tension and memory in a tense theater atmosphere.
A revival of O'Neill of Derry at Grand depicts swashbuckling eighteenth century Cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell era motifs. The show features Miss Winifred Givens and a chorus delivering lively numbers with German Irish and modern caricatures, drawing a strong audience and selling out with lively advertising.
A local theater notice lauds The Ham Tree for its revival and stronger cast. It highlights changes in Bates the Mystery and Ernest Averhart, praises W C Fields and O Leemp, and previews Allen Curtis Muse Comedy Company upcoming performances and dates in Abilene.
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