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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1912
Page
43
The Plaza presents John and Mae Burke in Some Laughs this week as Thanksgiving entertainment opens. Burke as a soldier meets a suffragette, sparking rapid fire humor and a lively vaudeville reception for patrons.
San Francisco audience enjoys David Bispham in costume in ten minutes performing The Pirate Song The Banjo Song and Danny Deever at the Bohemian Club High Jinks. Lillian Nordica John Burke and Gardiner Vincent accompany with spectacular vaudeville acts and audience-friendly humor.
A chronicle of Milestones shows three dress eras 1860 1885 1912 with hoopskirt bustle and straight gowns and notes changes in room furnishings across acts. The joint writing by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch yields a unique stylish production appealing to women and theatre audiences.
A stage presentation of George M. Cohan’s Get Rich Quick Wallingford comes to the Grand Opera House featuring Wallingford’s rapid schemes that transform Battlesburg from a stagnant village into a bustling town as rich men rush to invest.
The Savage agency seeks adipose actors for major parts in Rupert Hughes comedy What Ails You and the Booweed tag fantasy Somewhere Else. With rising demand and shrinking supply, Charles Wright and Edward Begley fill current spots, but vacancies arise as Wright departs. Frawley may contract a thin actor and fatten him up within two months.
Charles McNaughton presents The Three Trees in The Spring Maid lauded as a standout comedy scene with popular records of Day Dreams and Two Little Love Bees. Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph Brooks plan Hall Caine's The Woman Thou Gavest Me adaptation with a strong cast. Jane Abercrombie, rising Aborn soprano, advances to a fourth season after training in Milwaukee and Chicago under William Hinshaw.
For the first time in her career the distinguished actress Margaret Anglin will perform December 9 10 and 11 at the Grand Opera house. She stars in Green Stockings a sparkling comedy by A E W Mason that has drawn praise nationwide.
Klaw and Erlanger present The Pink Lady a deluxe musical comedy by Caryll with book by McClellan adaption of Le Satyre at the Grand Opera House for four nights starting December 12 including a matinee December 14. The production features 100 performers and an augmented orchestra praised for its taste color and verisimilitude.
Lingford reports a promoter watching a George M. Cohan style piece take shape with cast members John Webster Alice Claire Elliot Joseph Sweeney Fanchon Campbell and John G. Sparks. Henry Miller plans a new production Blackbirds by Harry James Smith featuring Laura Hope Crews in a star debut after Mrs Bumpstead Leigh.
A timely play draws strong interest from American theatre audiences with prominent support from Mathilde Cottrelly Florence Short Ethel Winthrop Bertha Welby Sydney Valentine Bradbury and Harry O Tayor.
A forty member group dubbed the millionaire’s club embraces Wal’s dashing optimistic methods that have transformed their lives, signaling a shared faith in new business and social reform.
The piece lists performances on December 6 7 and 18 at the Grand Opera House featuring Alma in the central role. Local residents are invited to see the production described as a musical stage experience with featured performers and orchestra.
Arthur V. Gibson Charles Henderson Olive Artell Delmar Clark James Mulry James Mack Marcia Mainell Eliza Mason Calvin Tibbetts Junius Matthews Charles Wilson Minnie Gale Howard Gibson Yoshin Sakurai and others perform a delightful comedy at the Grand opera house on December 2 3 and 4 with a lively cast and venue noted for entertainment.
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