The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
AMUSE ENTS,
Hoyts "A Bunch of Keys,"


Hoyts "A Bunch of Keys polished
up to date, will be presented at the
Margaret tonight. The piece is we'll
known to the theatergoing public and
nearly everyone has either seen or
heard of "A Bunch of Keys" the fun
niest of all comedies, which abounds in
the most ridiculous situations. witty
sayings and music of the kind that re-
ceives four or five encores. The com
pany consists of mostly all new talent
this season and is headed by Ada Both
ner as Teddy. There is an abundance
OF bright music and songs. pretty cos
tunes and appropriate stage settings,
etc.
There is hardly a city in America
that has a theater where there is a the
atergoing public but what the name of
Charles II. Hoyt is almost a household
word. This well-known author is to a
degree the father of farce-comedy. The
first time his name was brought into
prominence before the public was when
"A Bunch Of Keys was first produced.
The keys was a success, and it has
made more people laugh than any other
production in farce-comedy. Its annual
visit is always looked forward to with
pleasant anticipations in the cities
where it has been before. because those
who have witnessed the performance
know good long laugh is in store for
them. TheatergOers never grow tired
of the comedy. "A Bunch of Keys" will
this season be produced on a grand
scale by Gus Bothner, who has engaged
an excellent company to produce this
excellent comedy. The piece has been
polished up to date and special atten-
ton has been given to the specialties,
which will embrace several novel fea-
lures, among which a burlesque will be
given by the Acme quartette. The mu-
steal numbers will also be a feature
The company is headed by Ada Both
ner, who will appear as Teddy.
"NIan From Mexico"
The San Francisco Chronicle has this
to say of Willie Collier in 1.-THE Man
from Mexico" which comes to the Mar
garet tomorrow night:
Last night the Columbia theater as
sumed the function of the old Baldwin
theater and became our first-class
house. The attraction was Willie Col
ler in The Man from Mexico and the
play went through with as much and as
steady hilarity as it did when it was
first presented. The audience which oc-
cupied every seat and much standing
room, was in holiday humor, and the
dress circle did as much laughing as
the gallery. The boys there added
performance of their own between the
acts by WhistliEg the popular song
played in the orchestra and, indeed. the
conductor became so impressed with the
genuine appreciation of the upstairs
that he took the time for them The
lower circles demanded an encore. and
that spirit of good fellowship made the
funny performance of Willie Collier
more entertaining still. The piece does
not call for any new criticism. No more
does MI Golfers comedy acting, which
is in its line so finished that one can
not find a peg of objection to hang criti-
cism on. 1t is the finest kind of farce
acting, with the apparent sincerity
without which farce is now kind of
senteel and clever clowning But this
has the genuine touch of a man whose
brain guides him, and whose personal
ity is the machine he plays with.
1T is the truth that Mr. Collier drew
a laugh with every line, and that rare
compliment was given him by many
VINO had seen the play before. even
more than once. There is no double en-