The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-29
Music and Drama
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Coming Attractions for q
Wichita Amusement Lovers.
AZ the Crawford.

will shortly be seen in town. The play
has now reached its eleventh season and
upon this visit to this city at the Craw-
ford of Tuesday December !, there VIII
be disclosed an entirely new and gorgeous
scenic production which has just been
completed in New York and is now used
with the play for the first time. 1t Is by
Gar the most expensive and elaborate
scenic outfit that has ever been Identified
with the play. The company will be on
the same high scale of excellence that has
always been maintained, and the role OF
= the mountain heroine, aMdge. VIII De
PLAYED by Miss Bessie Barriscale one OF
the brightest and mosc cnary,iinE little
actresses who has ever appeared IN the
part. This will be he, second season in
this trying role. Thx<sstory of I'm Old
Kentucky" is genersS1y known to theatre
nafrons II tells of a feud between the
Brierlys and ldndsays, two families in
the mountains Of Kentucky, which result
ed some years before the opening of the
MAY in the treacherous killing sof the
fa.ner of Madge Briefly and ono Ben
Iorey BY Lem Lindsay. Frank Layson,
q young aristocratic seized Of the blue
grass. is hunting up IN the mountains and
runs across Madse. the last remaining
survivor of the terrible vendetta. anu
learns to love her. Lem Lindsay turns
up again under the alias Of Horace Hoiton-
md. having amassed fortune by trading
n negroes, resolves to marry his daush-
ter Barbara to young A-ayson. Madge, the
Mountain girl, is loved by young moon
SINNER, Joe Lorey, as well as by Frank
Layson. Lorey is the son of the man
killed by Lem Lindsay some years pre-
vious to the time of the play. Joe Lorey
becomes jealous of Layson and determines
to ambush and kill his rival, who has
rendezvous with Madge for the purpose OF
telling her. whether her land is valuable
for mining purposes or nc-. Lorey re-
pents his rash resolve to shoot Layson
down without chance to defend himself.
lays down his rife and fights his rival
hand toshand. Layson lie worsted in the
encounter and Lorey leaves him insensi-
bic, after having stamped out the fuse to
= bomb he first intended to finish Layson
off with. Holton appears and relights
the fuse which is about to blow Layson
to pieces, but Madge daringly swings.
herself across a chasm by rope and
saves her sweetheart's ure by throwing
Inc OO@llD lulO the NHdpul bClOtC II Ga
plodes Holton, determined on Lawsens
ruin, since he is unable 70 make a match
between his daughter Barbara and Frank,
sets fire TO the stable in which Lawson
keeps his thoroughbred mare Queen
Bess." the night before the great race,
The Ashland Oaks, In which the mare is
entered by layson, who expects to recoup
his shattered fortunes by winning this big
stake event. Again Madge comes to the
rescue in the nick of time and gets the
horse from the burning stable Joe Lorey
Is accused of the crime Of setting fire
to the stable, but Madge suspects the real
culprit, and through subsequent inter-
changes Of the plot unearths him, not
only an the would-be murderer of her
lover after Lacey's Jealous attack in the
mountains, but also as the firebug and
assassin of Loreys and her own father.
Before the final denouement, Madge has
further showed her interest in the af-
fairs of her sweetheart Frank Layson,
by DOMINIC Jockeys clothes and riding
Queen Bess to victory in The Ashland
Oaks, her boys disguise being so perfect
that even Frank does not recognize her as
she rides first under the wire. She mas
volunteered to ride the race and prevent
the horse from being scratched, when
the jockey assigned to ride the mare was
helplessly drunk. Layson gets out of his
financial difficulties through Queen Bess'
victory, the villain Holton is finally
brought to bay and meets a just fate at
the hands OF Joe Lorey. The final curtain
Is reached after Lorey takes AIadge's
hand and with magnificent self-sacrifice
gives her TO his rival, Layson-a tender,
touching scene.
BRECKENRIDGE STOCK COMPANY.
The Breckenridge Stock Company Will
open a three nights engagement at the
Crawford on Thursday. December g. Mr..
Breckenridge, who heads this company, is
well known in Wichita. having been here
number Of times. His last visit was
with the well known Mercy Stock Com
pany. The opening bill is new military
drama entitled Nebraska" Special seen
cry is carried and specialties are intro
duced between the acts. making a contin-
uous performance. Ladies are admitted
free to- the opening performance, under
the usual conditions. Sale of seats opens
at Howe's jewelry store on Tuesday.
MARIE WAINWRIGHT
It's name is not given to Shakespeares
comedy. Twelfth Night" because il has
any relation TO the time of the play. AS
g. matter OF fact the period covered by the
story of the little page, Viola. is more
than three months. Twelfth Night was
among the immortal bard's contemporary
ies season Of frolic devoted to the spin
ming Of jolly yarns, anc II is because
Twelfth Night is a fantastic tumble
OF mirth with romance that he bestowed
upon it the title he gave it. The audience
that viii see Miss Marie Wainwright
when she comes here soon are assured
OF mirthful evenings enjoyment.
HAPPY HoOLIGAN.
There is one ensemble dance and bal
let in Happy Hooligsn" which will be
the bin at the Crawford soon which has
cost the management 81 coo. The cost has
been in real money. too. and not in stage
money. In this dance twenty of the most
attractive show girls in the theatrical
business are seen in costumes of velvet.
tblacR which are heavily embroidered
and trimmed with brillisnts. The dance
is known as the diamond ballet, and is
one OF the most beautiful and expensive
ever introduced in farce or musical com
edy.
Success Of the largest and most graft
Tying kind continues to attend the bril-
liant performances OF the Jefferson De
Angels Opera Company in Sam s Shu-
bert and Nixon and Zimmermaus great