Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
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Like the majority OF its predecessors this |
season. the past week has been a decidedly |
quiet one In amusement circles. There was
nothing at the theaters that proved mag
netic enough to draw more than half house. |
About the only excitement the week FUR
nished to amusement patrons was the clos
Ing OF the exposition on Tuesday night. At
Boyd's theater Paul Gilmore and his Mus
keteers" proved to be the biggest frost"
OF the season This should be lesson TO
the management not to book cheap attrac-
tions. Such actors as Gilmore are known In
the profession as "one night stand" per-
formers, capable OF furnishing amusement
only to people who rarely il ever have OPP
portunities of seeing play or artist of real
merit. For the management Of a metro
politan theater or one laying claim to such
title to innict an attraction OF
this class upon it's patrons is really an un-
pardonable offense. Omaha playgoers are.
however, pretty good at Furnishing these
offenses and they do 1t by keeping away
from the theater during the engagement OF
. mediocre attraction.
At the Orpheum the bill OF vaudeville
specialties looked first class upon paper, as
nearly all the names included In 1t were
familiar to theatergoers Of this city and
their owners always appeared here before
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willie thew we're not quite UP to expecta-
tions, and while great deal more preten-
tious the bill in no way compared with the
really excellent one OF the week before.
The Trocadero opera companys presenta-
tion OF Robert Macaire" was a rather in
different production. and while the princi-
pals sang the popular airs OF this duplicate
"Erminie' in fairly commendable way
the chorus lacked ginger and did not enter
into the performance with the proper
amount OF life and spirit.
For the week opening today there are
some good attractions. At Boyds on Sun
day and Monday Primrose & Dockstader's
minstrels will hold the boards; on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday Johnstone Ben
nett comes with "a Female Drummer" one
OF the extravaganza successes OF last sea-
son, and on Friday and Saturday Sousa's
comic opera, 1.-The Bride, Elect" first pro-
duced two years ago, will have its initial
Omaha production
At the Orpheum the headline attraction
is one that cannot help but please and will
without a doubt be the most magnetic yet
presented at this theater. 1t is the Juvenile
Military band OF Hungary, made up en-
tirely OF lads ranging in age from to 16
years. The organization was seen in
concert at one of the leading theaters last
season and received unlimited praise from
those who heard it,
The Trocadero inaugurates a new policy
and will change it's bill on Monday instead
OF Sunday nights, as heretofore. For this
week Flotow's light opera Martha" is to
be the Offering
Despite the fact that for the last three
months the management OF the Trocadero
theater has conducted this "refreshment
privilege" resort in the most orderly man
ner possible, and the capable little stock
opera company has produced comic operas
that have in most cases been deserving of
praise, the patronage has not been sufi-
ciently large to assure the permanency Of a
stock opera company in Omaha. Realizing
that the population of this city does not in
cIude enough people with that Bohemian
spirit to support such resort the manage
ment has decided to eliminate the refresh
ment privilege and commencing with to-
morrow evenings performance, the theater
will be conducted upon the same plan as
Boyd's and the Orpheum. Thirsty individ-
uals will hereafter be compelled to visit
neighboring bars between acts. This is in
deed a commendable move, and with the
smoking and drinking eliminated and the
continued presentation OF 'meritorious enter
Trocadero should not receive liberal patron
age from the theater-going public Of Omaha
and vicinity. .
The personnel OF the Trocadero Opera com
pany will be changed somewhat tomorrow
William Riley Hatch, who has been th
leading baritone since 1t came to this city
and one of the most capable artists in 1t
leaves to join the new Woodward Stool
company. Maurice Hageman, the stage di
rector and popular comedian, who has don
so much to bring the company to its presen
state OF efficiency, and Miss Alice James
one of the minor principals, leave for Chi
cago. Eloise Mortimer, who was the lead
ing prima donna until she suffered the al
most complete loss of her voice, left wee
ago for California.
There were two important theatrical event
in New York City last week-the reappear
ance In this country OF Engands, II not tn
worlds, greatest actor, Sir Henry Irving an
his CO. worker, Miss Ellen Terry. in ne
Sardou play and the production by Willial
H. Crane, one Of Americas foremost come
dams, of a new comedy
Regarding "Robespierre," in which M
Irving and Miss Terry appeared, the Ne
York critics were unanimous in the opinio
that 1t gives Mr.. Irving greater opportun
ties than anything American theatergoel
have ever seen him in before but as to II
real merits of the play there Is quite
difference of opinion. Some OF the critic
declare 1t nothing more than great spe'