Theater: American

8 Saxons

The act was eighteen minutes long on the full stage. The group consists of four men and four women. They open with a Japanese number, then a Mexican song and dance. They finish with a wooden shoe dance. During the dance, three of the group play the piano and one of the girls dances as she plays.

Tanner, Shea and Potter

This Rathskeller act was fourteen minutes long. Three boys open with a song during which one plays the piano and the other two sit on top of it. One of the boys does a piano solo, then a bass solo. They then perform a “cissy” number followed by two other songs.

Locke and Linder

This comedy skit was eighteen minutes long. One man plays a “souse” with a Dutch dialect dressed in evening clothes. The other plays an Irish policeman, a letter carrier, an old man, and an iceman. The two engage in cross-fire comedic talk. At one point the “souse” wants to get home quickly, so he stamps himself with his address and the other man (as the letter carrier) walks him to his house.

Angelo Trio

The act was nine minutes long on the full stage. The act consists of two men and a woman who may be a man as well. They open with a singing number during which one of the men plays the violin. The violinist then acts as the understander. The “woman” balances atop the understander by one hand as he walks up and down stairs while playing the violin. They also do some tumbling and club juggling.

Burns and Kohl

The act was fourteen minutes long on the full stage. The act consists of a trainer dressed in an old-fashioned suit and a “Dutchman” comedian. A pony circles the stage to pick out numbers and coloured kerchiefs. Dogs jump on the pony’s back from a platform as it circles the stage.

Three McDonalds and Doc Kealey

The act was twenty minutes long on the full stage. The sketch revolves around two straight men, one in blackface, and a woman in a restaurant. The waiters are on strike, so one of the men recruits the man in blackface (a barber) to serve him. The comedy evolves into singing a telephone number during which all of the lights are shut off, save for the light emanating from the mouthpieces of the telephone.