The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-22

stAgecraft, George Marion. who is Han " w. Savage's general stage director.
 It ts q typical Henry W. Savage pro- duction in every sense of the word.
 which means that it is an artistic tri. | umph.
 The cast is . strong and capable one including as 1t does such we'll known artists as Frederick Truesdaie. Neil Moran. walter Walker. Dan Baker George ober, Raymond Chase, Hale Norcross. Edgar Halstead, Ernest B. Carr. Robert Mackay. Laurence Wheat. Otis Turner. George F. Femerest, Har- I old Torrington. Dorothy Tennant, Ade- I line Dunlap. Katherine Nugent, Lids McMillan, Elsa Payne, Mildred st Pierre, Georgia Cross, Florence Cam eron and Virginia Milton.
 Hoyt's A Bunch of Keys., Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys" will be presented at the Montgomery Theatre Friday night,
 The piece Is we'll known to the the- atregoing public. and nearly everyone has either seen or heard of "A Bunch of Keys" the funniest of comedies,
 which abounds in the most ridiculous
 situations. witty sayings and music of
 the kind that receives four or i've en- cores. The company consists of most
 ly all new talent this season. There
 Is an abundance of bright music. and
 songs, pretty costumes and appropri- ate stage settings.
 There is hardly city in America
 that has theatre where there is a
 theatregoing public but what the name of Charles H. Hoyt Is almost a house.
 hold word. This well known author is in a degree the father of farce com edy. The first time his name was brought prominent before the public was when "A Bunch of Keys" was first produced. The Keys" was a success and 1t made more people laugh than any other production in farce comedy.
 Mnslcal Comedy at Bi1ou.
 Beginning Monday evening, the John B. Wills Musical Comedy Company will inaugurate a weeks engagement at the BiJou Theatre. John B. Wills heads the company of twenty capable artists. and the acting company is aug mented by a. prize beauty chorus of pretty girls whose sweet singing, stunning costumes and graceful danc- ing are salient features of the attrac- ton.
 The vehicle used to introduce the company to local play-goers will be the tuneful musical conception, Tn Att lantic City" It is said to be repiete with funny sayings. humorous dia- logue, mirth provoking situations, and much extemporaneous comedy. The songs and music are of the catchy sort that appeal to lovers Of light music. the kind that the audience huns and whistles as it leaves the theatre and remembers for days after the show has gone.
 'In Atlantic City" will be the offer- ing both Monday and Tuesday nights and at the Tuesday matinee, and will be followed by the roliicking, rip- snorting, side-spiitting hilarity TWO Old Cronies."
 TWO Old cronies" comes to one like an old friend out of the dim land of yesterday. It has been played first by the Wills Brothers. then by wills, Hen show and TenBroek. and later by John E. Wills, often that one looks upon it as fixture like Way Down East" or Ten Nights in a Bar Room" Only 1t don't teach a moral lesson, kill a villain or make hero of any one. Its sole object in life is to make people laugh till they gasp for breath and it has served its purpose well. The pro- auction given it this season Is said to quite excel any previous presentation and 1t has been brightened and bur- nished up until 1t is as sparkling and up to date as if 1t were an entirely new offering. Two Old Cronies'' will be presented Wednesday night and Thursday matinee and night ana will be succeeded on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee by the charming musical fantasy Sweet Six teen"
 This play is said to be as catchy, as bright and as fresh as the title im- plies. It Is perhaps little more of a | comic opera than a musical comedy, | and Is not unlike the Gilbert Sullivan operas. Its dialogue furnishes many laughs, its entrancing music many raptures. and the action of the play | takes place in localities which provide | the scenic and costume artists oppor- | tunity to display their genius in de- signing novel masterpieces of their re- l spective arts.
 Throughout the engagement the bills will be changed every two nights Popular priced matinees will be given | on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.