Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

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PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Attractions Billed to Appear at the
Two Opera Houses This Week-Notes.
Tomorrow night Frederick Warde will
| open an engagement at the Grand opera
house and present for the first time in this
| city his new play, 'The Mountebank"
| Tuesday night he will be seen in "Damon
| and Pythias" and 1t is understood that tho
knights will attend in body IN uniforms.
| General Dalton, the brigade-commander, and
his staff have given notice that they pro-
pose to be present, Mr. Warde has not
ought to draw well prominent critic,
| writing of his performance in THE Mounte-
| bank' says: 1.-THE four calls received by
him at the end of the second ana three at
the end of the third act were nothing more
| nor less than the spontaneous homage of an
exacting critical audience at the shrine of
| true merit and genius. There was only one
Mccullough. There is only one Warde.
| The latter takes the place of the former.
The Mountebank' is his masterpiece
Next Wednesday night we shall again
| have the pleasure of witnessing and enjoying
| another presentation by Conried's superb
! company, of 1.-The Kings Fool" that very
romantic and tuneful little opera which
| lnaQc Sucn n clever nlt mere earlier III Jnc
| season. On the date mentioned they fill a
| return engagement at Boyd's and promise
| even better performance than before. The
| Same company of artists, Walter West
Helen Bertram, Jennie Reifforth, Ada Glosca,
| Della Fox, Harold Leslie u. II. Fitzgerald
| and all the others who created favorable i'm
| pressions with their good voices, splendid
costumes and good acting will be here again.
| The story of this opera is already familiar to
| our people, there fore need not be repeated
| again. A big audience iS assured,
Mr.. Joseph jefferson in his quaint por-
| trayal of "Trip Van Wlnklc," will be seen
next Wednesday evening at the Grand opera
| house. The performances needs no comment
in advance, as 1t has long ago become a
| classic among American theatricals, but we
| look upon each performance OF Mr.. Jefferson
| with the same fond expectation. Joseph
Jefferson and Rip Van Winke have long
ago gone to memory's note book and YOU
rarely think of one without seeing the IA
mliar face of the other. Time seems to turn
backward in his flight with this gentle prince
| of American comedians.
| w. Fl. Powers company will present ''The
Fairy's Well" at Boyds opera house, Friday
| evening next. The play is a spectacular
| Irish drama, that deals only with the bright
| side of life in the Green Isle" Incidental
to the play characteristic dances and numer-
GUS songs will be introduced. and also gen.
uine Irish bag piper. The story of the play
is centered on the fortunes of Eunice Beres-
| ford whose father, to retrieve his fallen for
| tune, goes to America and achieves success
| in the mines of Nevada but not before he
contracts fever, of which he dies. He in
trusts his money and a letter te a comrade,
| Jonah Kelly, who sails for Ireland, and in the
search for the daughter of his partner, be-
| comes the victim of villainous plot aud
nearly loses his life by falling into pool of
| voter, from which he is rescued by Larry
Dee, chivalrous young lrishman. Jonah
| Kelly is nursed back to life, and through the
assistance of Larry Dee finally folls the ef-
forts OF the villains, and restores the fortune
| to Eunice BeresfOrn.
by Manager Miner, of the Grand, this week,
is IAN Evening with Ben-Hur" Friday and
Saturday nights. 1t is under the super
| vision of l.. X. Bradford, of Washington,
| and it is said to be the finest representation
| of tableux ever seen on any stage The
| costumes are in keeping with the time and
| country, and follow as nearly as possible the
descriptions in the book, and the fine scenic
| adaptations of the story bring out its fea-
| lures in great yividness.
An agreeable item of news is that an or
| ganization, to be known as the "Omaha
Musical Convention Association" has just
| been formed, with Mr.. Franklin S. Smith as
| musical director, and Mr. j. N. Maclean as
business manager. A BEE reporter was
| kindly admitted to the association rooms, 3O7
Paxton building, when, in personal inter-
| view with Messrs. Smith and Maclean, the
| following facts as TO their modus Oprandi
were elected from them: The special aim
| of the association is to enlist the hearty CO.
| operation and support OF local churches,
| singing societies and other public OrganiZa-
| tions in the various cities and towns through
| out the west, in the work of instituting mus
| ical conventions under the personal direction
| of Mr.. Smith. These conventions are to be
| held for teu consecutive evenings, in each
town, during whith time Mr.. Smith will con-
| duct the drill of choruses ana give system
attic instruction in the rudiments of the mus.
| nf
ing music, exercises in all I'M
promptu reading and voice culture
| eliminating in q grand concert TO be given
by the members of the convention at the
| close of the session. In addition to this the
association proposes TO manage concert conf
panies and furnish music for public and pri-
vate entertainments The time has come
when Mr. Smith can give his entire attention
to the work in which his every ambition is
centered, and for which he is qualified The
library of the O. Nj. G.. A. is Of rare merit
and contains valuable means of effective
musical work 1t contains histories of music
| as an art, theories and treaties on the art Of
singing. and biographical sketches of the
artists and critics of Europe and America
celebrity. There are also over three thou
sand copies of sheet music in octave form,
being the choicest comDOsitions of the best
masters IN the world, alphabetically ar
ranged with an index verum of the whole IL
brary carefully and definitely formed. 1t is
| the result OF twenty years collection on the
1 pdTJ VI MT. Dtulbu. WIN suCu hH cQulpmeHt
and with such qualifications as the director
and manager possesses there Is no doubt
that the association will perform a work
which has been greatly needed and sadly
neglected throughout the state, and Will do
great good in awakening new interest in
music, developing latent talent in all classes
increasing the efficiency of church cbolrs and
singing societies, improving the song service
In church worship, anu inspiring and ele
waiting the public generally in this. the grand
est Of the fine arts.
| Among the members OF Joe JeffersOn's
company is young lady, Miss Geneva In
| gersoll, who once lived in Omaha and has
| great many friends here.
II is reported that pretty Isabella Coe, wei
known in this city, is TO join N. q. Goodwin
| next season as his leading lady. She mad
great hit In New York in hoyts latest ~
Midnight Bell"
Gossip has II that Maggie Mitchell vii