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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1913
Page
38
The Kiss Waltz with Valeska Suratt in the leading role plays tonight and Monday afternoon and night. The Love Wager with Fritzi Scheff in the leading role plays Wednesday and Thursday nights.
The Grand Opera House presents Valeska Suratt in The Kiss Waltz with a stars’ cast and a chorus praised for high vocal quality. The production features Ziehrer music, Downing draperies, and Suratt in a ten thousand dollar diamond dress, as plot centers on Guido Spini’s love interest and jealous intrigue. Fritzi Scheff then headlines The Love Wager with Joseph M. Gaites managing and a Hungarian setting.
The famed entertainer May Irwin opened in New York amid overwhelming applause with critics largely silent on fault. Reporters say her show alongside Widow by Proxy drew hysterical praise and is expected to run as long as Niagara.
Louis Mann stars in Elevating a Husband a Lipman Shipman comedy at the Grand Opera House March 17 and 20 with Emily Ann Wellman and a full company. The play follows Charles Sample a self made five cent store merchant who marries a poor music teacher and aims to be elevated by his wife through humorous trials and eventual happiness. The engagement follows successful runs in New York with earlier appearances at major venues. Also on bill Patriots Lennox Robinson a political Irish comedy at Wallack's drawing card for its Irish themes and world wide appeal.
Under William A. Brody management plans are underway for an elaborate revival of a Mantell classic. The production will feature a famous American woman star.
A new Plaza show debuts featuring headliners William Schilling and Company in a dramatic playlet about a wife, a reporter, and a double betrayal. Edwin Ford & Company perform a "Dancing Carnival" act with four stage pictures and notable dancers. Duncan and Holt bring busy burlesque and violin-like humor, with Gretchen Knorr captivating audiences with southern charm.
Iss Knorr appears in a dazzling gown and delivers high turning songs while Wills Wills Hassan and Hassan showcase superior pantomime. The Dunbars, sister and brother duo, bring artistry and humor, with Miss Dunbar a gifted comedienne and Mr Dunbar a top class comedian. Bert Delano troupe headlines gymnastic feats on the triple horizontal bar, widely praised for daring stunts and lively humor.
Viola Allen star of The Daughter of Heaven in Century Theater's big cities faces a film offer of 2500 dollars per day for ten days as Gloria Quayle in The Christian pending deal with author Hell Caine.
The Liebler Company has arranged with Ben Creet and Edith Wynne Matthison to revive the morality play Everyman at the Children's Theater in New York starting Monday March 10. Two performances daily, afternoon and evening, are planned.
Under the direction of William A. Brady, John Barrymore is set to appear soon in a fresh comedy drama. The announcement highlights Brady's guiding role and Barrymore's upcoming performance.
The Paul J. Rainey expedition produced motion pictures after a year and a quarter million dollar effort. An over 350 man team including 30 whites and 300 blacks, 135 camels and more. the project aims to preserve safari scenes by film, slide, and lecture for the American public. It cost over $250,000 and took about a year.
American baritone David Bispham appears at the Grand Opera House in San Antonio under the Press Club of San Antonio. Assisted by pianist Harry M. Gilbert, he will perform a Poe The Raven recital and a program of classical, modern, and American works.
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