Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-13
At THE PLAY HOUSES
.erhe Heir TO III. Hoornh, at the pora.

'eThe Heir 90 the HOorah" at the boyd.
Guy Bates Post and company in The
acts. by Paul Armstrong; under the dl-
reCtlon of the Kirke LaShelle company.
The cast manned in the order in which
Morris, an imported butler. 90. Harry Rich
Janet an imported maid. Florence Coventry
Hush, "A Japanese valet....T Temamoto
Mrs. II. J. *. Kent, mother-in.law
Mrs. Joe Lacy. her daughter. Nora o Brien
Joe Lacy, OF the Hoorah mine ......
Mrs. Kate Brandon. of the Katydid
Dave Lacy, Joe's brother and partner
Bud Young, joe's friend and partner"
H. yam ,, Rensselaer, Kelly, ,j foreman q
Livingstone Winthrop an eastern cap
Owners Of the Kiibear mine? ''p Nil F eSm
son Lon Perry, c. c. Quinby, Colin
Campbell
Gus Ferris, owner of the Dixie ranch
Madgc Casey, maiden aunt of Joe and
Dave Lacy. ,..,.........L Louise Rutter
Whlpple q physician. .......... George Barr
Johnson, a trained urse...............
.....,..,.....,,........ Florence Coventry
'The Heir to the Hoorah" captivated a
respectfully sizeable audience-if you know
what that is-at the Boyd last night, and
sent all hands away feeling better than
they have since well it's not necessary to
be painfully accurate as to dates, and the
crowd that left the Boyd last night was
as well pleased as any that ever walked
out OF the front door of the theater. Paul
Armstrong may not reap everlasting fame
| by reason of his comedy of western ways
and eastern manners, but he surely will
earn the thanks of all of his fellow Ameri-
cans who see it performed by the COM
pany now having 1t in hand, II is clean
| 1t is crisp, it doesn't depend on horseplay
/ for it's fun. and it is as full of fun as a
| Christmas pudding is of plums and lndiges
/ ton. Its humor is of that enjoyable kind
/ that leaves no aftertaste Of cynicism, and
while it depends for its action on a con.
| trast of east and west, IL is so deity
/ managed that neither section of the coun
| try has any occasion to complain. although
/ the only unpleasant character in the cas-
comes from the east, and she has to bt
"a bit unpleasant vi the play would enc
right there.
Guy Bates Post has been fitted with the
role of the hero but he doesn't appear
very heroic in the first act, when he allows
his wfe's mother to order him about ii
a shameful manner. Later on he shows
for existence. He makes the part of joe
Lacy very effective by his quiet methods
But II is to Ernest Lamson the comedy oil
the piece owes it's life AS Dave Lacy
I the brother of Joseph, and one-third owner
4 i'm the Hoorah, he comes on with bit o.
western self-assertiveness and the good
! natured ways OF a man who is rich anC
honest and wants to have good time anC
see everybody else in the same fix Dave
is outspoken, toe, and some of his com
Z ment is decidedly pointed Likewise II
Budworth Young. who goes through tn,
piece as Bud. except when Aunt Margaret
who is just 10, calls him Mr.. Young. BuC
has a very happy faculty of laconicall!
hitting a verbal bull seye about once every
so often. The other men in the compan!
are equally strong i'm their roles. and ado
very much to the success of the play.
Nora O'Brien is winsome and earnest il
the role of Mrs. Joe Lacy, and makes
great deal of her opportunities. Miss Pey
ton is charming as the widow Brandon
and does her share admirably Miss Rut
ter and Miss Morewin are also we'll placed
The play Is very effectively staged, the in
PRODUCTION of the huge redwood cradle II
the last act being an attractive bit O
realism. 1t is over this cradle the estranget
husband and wife come together again
"The Heir to the Hoorah" will he the bill
until after Wednesday evening, with
matinee on Wednesday.