Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-06
Many Attractions Booked For
Theatrical Season of 1904
at the Odeon
INFORMAL OPENING AUGUST I;
First Big Show Will Occur on October
20 When Comic Opera 'When Johnny
Comes Marching Home" Will Be
Given-September is Heavily Booked
List Of Seasons Attractions to
Date.

rapidly approaching, and week after
next, on August II, the Odeon will have
its informal opening with Rosar & Ma
sons comedians. A busy season is to
follow, Manager Busby having at the
present time more attractions than
in the year. While the week of August
II will see the house lighted for the
first time since the last season closed,
the first big show will not be given
until October 20, when the comic opera
when Johnny Comes Marching
Home Will be presented.
The fact that Marshalltown has been
made a part of the new Iowa-Illinois
Circuit of Theaters is going to help To-
cal bookings very materially, altho no
one has had any complaint of the char
acter Of the attractions during the past
two seasons, or during the management
of Busby Bros. The list last year was
as complete and of as high a standard
as could have possibly been asked. but
this year even better line is promised.
So far seven comic operas have beer
booked, and in the list are only two,
The Sultan of Sulu,' ana The Prince
Of Pilsen,'' which were presented last
year. Aside from these two and When
Johnny Comes Marching Home Man
ager Busby has already booked The
Wizard of o." "The Silver Slipper.
Jerome Sykes in The Billionaire,' and
the Bostonans.
Mr. Busby has paid particular atten-
ton this year to high-class productions
of a standard line. romantic dramas
and the better classes Of comedy ana
melo- drama and farce-comedy, which
are popular in Marshalltown. In the
list OF bookings will be seen Tim Muir
ply in his new piece, "A Man from
Missouri" Under the Southern
Skies" Roselie Knott, who was here
last season with Amelia Bingham's
company in "A Modern Magdalen' in
When Knighthood Was in Flower;
Walker Whiteside in the legitimate;
Eugene Blair in "Zaza:' the great New
England idyll, Quincy Adams Saw
YER" Elnora Montell in Helen Grant
ley's success of last year, The CIR ana
the Judge" Virginia Drew-Trescott,
formerly Josie Allen of this city, IN
new productions; Ezra Kendall In the
Vinegar Buyer" Charles b. Hanford:
..The Parish PRIEST" S. Miller Kent;
Ward & Vokes: AN Indiana Ro-
nance" Joe Jefferson, Jr.. and William
j efferson-tifteen first-c,ass attractions
of their several kinds.
From the 17then OF August on thru
September the bookings are quite nu-
merous, prominent among those for
September being Lizzie Evans in
"Sweet Clover" Under Southern
Skies" by Lottie Blair Parker, author
of "'way Down Feast" and THE Gar
den of the Gods"
One big Improvement to the interior
of the house in the sinking of the or
chestra Dit sixteen inches. The top of
the piano, under the new arrangement,
will come about six inches below the
stage floor, so that those in the front
oart of the house may have better
view of the stage. The house has been
cleaned turnout. and the
stage walks have been painted white, in
order to get a better effect from the
electricity.
The following bookings have been
made for the season to date: The
Wizard Of o." Joe Welch in ''The Ped
dler;" Nettie De Coursey in IAN Or
phan's Prayer" Stetson's Uncle Toms
Cabin" Tim Murphy in his new piece
"A Man From Missouri" '"The Land
of Cotton;" 1.-TWO Little Waits" Marie
Heath in For Mothers Sake" "Unde"
Southern Skies" Roselle Knott in
when Knighthood Was in Flower"
THE Silver Slipper" Walker White
ID IL; ;,, ~
Adams Sawyer" 1.-The Red River"
THE Parish PRIEST" Sultan Of Sulu;"
Sam Il. Jacks Burlesquers; Elnora
Montell in THE Girl and the Judge"
The Flaming Arrow" Sweet Glover;
Irving French Company; Human
Hearts," Ezra Kendall in The Vinegar
Buyer" Charles B. Hanford; THE
Katzenjammer Kids" The Prince of
Pilsen;" Under Two Flags" THE
Charity Nurse" Herbert Flint, hyp-
notist; Hello Bill" "At Cripple
Creek" ",rhe Pumpkin Husker;" S.
Miller Kent; James Boys in Mis-
souri," The Star Boarder;;" Ward &
Vokes, In 1.-The Two Pinks;" IAN In
diana Romance: The Governors
Som" The Bostonians; when Reuben
Comes to Town" 1.-The Two Sisters"
"a Royal Slave" The Jeffersons in
THE Rivals" 1.-The Fatal Wedding
Gibney's Stock Company" Wood
Ward in 1.-TWO Merry Tramps;" Gid
cons Colored Minstrels; The Garden
of the Gods" "Uncle Josh Spruceby;"
"a Bunch of Keys" Virginia Drew
Prescott; Maloney's Weddings"
Sweet Jasmine Hi Henry's Min
stels; Her Only SIM" Mississippi,
Not Guilty." Martins Ten Nights in
Bar Room" What Happened to
Jones'" "A Montana outlaw" I'm
womans Power" "Peck's Bad Boy"
Richards & Pringles colored Minstrels;
Three Hickman Brothers in Down
and Up" Her First False Step"
North Brothers Comedians" Jerome
Sykes in 1.-The Billionaire;" "On the
Frontier" "rhe Road to Ruin" His
Nibs, the Baron" Down in Mobile"
Tracey the Bandit" Arizona"
when Johnny Comes Marching
Home:" "rhe Road to Frisco"
Folsom. Cal.-Two bands of the es-
capped convicts have been located and
1t is thought that they will soon be
captured.
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