Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-29

brought before long suffering public
In certain sort OF plays. About the
only real thing that has been ligidly
excluded from this class OF plays has
been real actors.
This great success OF MesRrs. "Spilren
Hennessy and kid Mccoy, the real
burglars now playing a profitable en-
gagement ia local theater, led them,
il is understood some time ago 10
think seriously Of producing a play of
their own shortly in which everything
will be real. Accordingly they began
10 collabOrate. and IL Is reported that
their play is practically complete, but
little remaining except TO arrange part
OF tho cast and map out the route. MIR.
Hennessy himself will manage the
play, while Mr.. Mccoy will assume the
part OF the leading burglar and star.
The play will open with splendidly
mounted tank scene In which the tank
| will cover the entire stage and be
fairly Overlooking with real water
High above will be real suspension
bridge. A real tug will be SCANNING
about the back OF the tank and couple
| of real barrels and real silk hat lost
| by a real Brooklyn man will float past.
! Suddenly Mr.. Steve Brodie viii appear
4 ON the bridge and leap into the tank,
! Mr.. BrOdie having been secured as
first jumping gent" as Mr.. Hennessy
4 puts IL. The engagement OF Mr..
| BrOdie as leading jumper, Mr.. Hem
messy, with pardonable pride, says he
/ considers remarkable managerial en-
I terprise. He trusts that il will moi
| materially reduce the receipts Of
| Booth, Barrett and Modjeska ia their
\ contemplated tour. Mr.. Hennessy de-
sires that Art may be successful Ia
whatever form il may appear.
The other act viii follow ia rapid
succession. a smaller tank will be in
PRODUCED in the third in which some
person from the audience who really
wants 70 commit suicide will ie2p in
and be- rescued by real policeman.
There will he street scene in the
second act, In which a real street
sweeping machine will be introduced.
II will be the first appearance OF the
sweeper on amy stage, though II has
been rehcarsiug for some time. There
will be real leiter-boN fastened 10 a
lamp-post. and the audience can step
forward and mail their letters. as a
real lcticr-earrler will come along and
get them In the last act A real street.
car will have collision with a real
nsh-cart and the drivers will indulge in
real fight. A man who has swung Il
hnnch OF shoe strings at Broadway and
Scsey streets for two years viii appear
ns shoe-string peddler. lie will b.
blown np by real subway explosion
in the fourth act. There will be Z
real cooking. main. and real TexR,
stage rubbcr will hold up the or
chastra-
A, The end 81 tho net there will be .
rsai DIRE scene. a man now serving i
Scn-years term Tor arson al Sing Sing,
ba, whose sentence will Xpirc befor,
the FIRST night, win come IN and in fnl
yicw ~ the audience set the theatre OF
FIRE /, Will BIZ burned 10 The ground
and az the delighted spectators escape.
their pockets will bn picked by rea
pickp0cit";s. those having urchestrs
seats being sand -ba&ged ia the lobby
while patrons ~ tllv dress circle Amt
balcony will be- ran over by the rea
tre-nugiu,s coming u attempt 10 sub
due the ronnagrad0n The cost o
procuring new theatre for each Per
iu~mauca will b. great. but Manage
Spike is not 2 man iO ia]ter al expense
Texas sitting.