Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12

During the last week the Boyd has of
fered nothing In the way OF theatrical
amusements, being dark the first three days
OF the week and given over to the musical
entertainments and graduating exercises OF
the public schools the remaining days.
At the Creighton the Woodward stock
company presented "Jim, the Penman."
The rain, which kept many strangers away
from the attractions at the exposition turned
them to other sources Of amusement, to the
profit Of the Creighton. The work of this
stock company has been uniformly good ever
since II first opened here, and the late ad-
ditions and changes in the personnel of
the company have strengthened 1t ma
%terially. The presentation Of Jim, the
PenrRan,' was fully UP to the standard OF
their late productions.
As usual, the specialties were among the
most pleasing features of the weeks en-
te%rtainment.
To-day they present for a week, com
mencing with a matinee, Held by the
Enemy" while the ever lively "a Texas
Steer Frances on the stage of the Boyd.
Commencing tomorrow night and contin-
uing throughout the week with matinees
Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday the new
Trocadero Theatcr will offer its patrons one
of the strongest high class specially shows
ever seen in Omaha,
The top liners for the opening week Will
be Americas great singing and dancing
comedian and composer, Mr.. Barney Pagan.
assisted by Miss Henrietta Byron, introduce
ing her latest and brightest songs and
dances. The balance of the program is made
up of we'll known artists such as Mr.. Ber-
nard Dyllyn, the baritone singer, Miss Eva
Tanguay, the vivacious singing comedienne,
Grant and Norton in a society sketch, the
four Angclas sisters, whistlers and operate
vocalists, the Tuxedo trio in a refined must
cal act, the twin sisters Fauvette in singing
and dancing specialties, Gilbert Girard, imi-
tator, and BERTHE Fowler. comedian.
In addition Frank Adelmann's augmented
orchestra will be heard in a select program
of classical and popular airs.
The Tfocadero is to be a regular theater
The sale of seats opens tomorrow at thu
box Office and every seat in the house vii
have u coupon.
The New York Times, speaking of Hoyt',
great comedy, which comes to the Boyt
Sunday night, June IL, for a week, says
considering that "A Texas Steer had 4 rul
of q hundred nights at the Bijou theater, /
is a little wonderful that Mr.. Hoyt's farce
could return there last evening and get a re
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make it really rank among the eventfi
first nights of the season. There was ap
plause so noisy, so frequent and SO pro
longed that some of 1t might very vel
have been spared for less fortunate produc
tions; there wer flowers by the wagon loa
and fully as impressive as much as flower
ever are and there were two responses t
those calls for speeches which are sup
posed to be the supreme seal Of popula
approval.
THESE events recorded, it becomes prope
to write a few words about a more impor
tant thing-the play. And in all sobriet
. Texas Steer even on it's second 'firs
nights remains worthy of serious invest
cation. Its success, about whose realit
there can be no sort of doubt, may be due 9
much to its manifest superiority to tn
pieces with which 1t is naturally thong
perhaps not quite justly compared as to i
intrinsic merits, but none the less tho:
merits are obvious and genuine.
This is certainly art. For its eXpressio
the playwright has the help of a clever con
pany of players, well trained and INTEL
gent"
A good play we'll acted is certain to 81
cure public favor in this city. Hence g
Texas Steer will meet with success at Il
Boyd next Sunday night, June II, when
comes for one week, with matinee on Satu
day. Aside from its fun-making qualitie
the farce-comedy contains an immen
amount of satire on the political world. II
company is one of the best and merrime
will hold sway during the run of this, t
best of the Hoyt series.