Lew Dockstader to Showcase Minstrel Plot at Grand
Lew Dockstader brings his twentieth century minstrel show to the Grand next Wednesday night and Thursday matinee and night with The Possum Hunt club. The act features a plotted musical stage format and an eminent cast including Carroll Johnson Eddie Mazier and Happy Naulty with about eighty others. A street parade will run at noon on minstrel day and a local joke contest awards five double tickets to winners whose jokes Dockstader may present on stage.
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Lew Dockstader
Dockstader
San Antonio
the Possum Hunt Club
Hits
Carroll Johnson
Eddie Mazier
Happy Naulty
Charles Falk
William Brandt
Frank Farron
Allen Campbell
Charles Raymond
Thomas Hughes
William Smith
Care Grand Opera House
James IX Hackett to Star in The King's Game Satire
James K Hackett will appear in San Antonio in The King s Game a satire on romantic drama. The production features a king who foils aristocratic conspirators amid a love plot with strong witty dialogue and a performance limited to one show next Thursday.
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James IX. Hackett
James K. Hackett
San Antonio
George Brackett Seitz
Hackett
Mr. Hackett
Zenda
Jennico
Don Ceasar
Rupert of Hentzau
Richard Mansfield
Margaret Anglin
Juvenal
Swift
Pope
James M. Barrie
Admiral Crichton
William Gillette
Mr. Hackett H
Seitz
Agony and humor in early 1910s theater revival season
The column discusses reader letters about theatre criticism and slang while predicting a peak year of Broadway revivals for 1911 12. It weighs star power like Dustin Farnum Sarah Bernhardt and Paul Gilmore against new plays and touring demand, noting the pull of laughs versus enduring depth.
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Dustin Farnum
New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Virginian
Farnum
Lieutenant Denton
Arizona
Paul Gilmore
Captain Debonnair
March theater opening promises lively amusement season
This piece notes a shift toward revivals and quality shows as the theater season warms. It highlights stars like James K. Hackett Louis Mann and Lew Dockstader along with upcoming productions at the Grand Royal and Star. It predicts a busy March with strong offerings and substantial audience interest.
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James K. Hackett
Lew Dockstader
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