Theater: American

James Keane and Co.

This sketch entitled “The Prodigal Son” was seventeen minutes long on the full stage. A young man cavorts with women of ill repute and gambles away his money offstage, which causes his fiance to drop him. He returns home to his mother who he treats badly. As he goes to bed, the curtains are lowered. When they are raised, he is in the costume of a convict and he screams for another chance. When the curtain lowers and raises again, it is reveal that the previous scene was a dream. His mother runs in to comfort him and he assures her he will change his ways.

Severin

Probably the finest example of pantomimic art since Pilar Morin. Grim as is the tale and sometimes even gruesome, it has the most extraordinary power to grip and hold attention. The story is unusually complex for pantomimic interpretation, but the facile art of the star makes its every point startingly clear.

Pankleb Duo

The act was sixteen minutes long on the main stage. The man wears a false “Vandyke” beard and opens the act with some comedic talk. He talks as he works with the clay while the woman models one piece and prepares the clay for the man throughout the rest of the act.