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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1912
Page
20
The Grand presents Polly of the Circus this afternoon and tonight plus Monday night. Miss Nobody from Star Land appears Tuesday night. Wednesday matinee and night show. The Balkan Princess headlines Friday night with a Friday matinee and Saturday night shows.
An interview with Elsie St Leon and her mother Mrs St Leon examines the circus life behind Polly of the Circus. Vera St Leon joins the family as part of the real troupe while the piece notes Elsie birth in China and Vera in Australia and the show’s lively dress rehearsal scene.
Julie Ring stars in The Yankee Girl at the Grand Opera House for four nights starting Friday October 26. George W. Hobart wrote book and lyrics while Silvio Hein composed the score. The musical comedy is praised as a bright, humorous tale of a jolly American girl in a southern republic with catchy tunes and a large supporting cast.
Miss Francesca Miller-Ressing has wintered in this city and travels next to Birmingham to sing with Liberati's band, then Boston for a week at the Electric show. She schedules an engagement in Waco with Kryl's Bohemian band, then likely returns to her relatives here. The Winter Garden introduces the magnaphone as a modern stage communication device enabling all areas to hear the stage manager.
Viennese opera The Rose Maid by Messrs Werba and Luescher dazzled New York with scenic splendor and tuneful music. The production features a dance opening with London Tivoli girls, diverse dance styles, a grand stairway waltz, a cavalry finale, and patriotic pony girls in Uncle Sam uniforms.
Al H. Wilson the German dialect comedian returns with It Happened in Potsdam a Cyril Reed adaptation set in Potsdam near Frederick the Great and Kaiser Wilhelm. Wilson’s famed voice and humor headline November 16 17 with a special cast and stage sets by Sidney R. Ellis.
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