Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-11
OD[0NS SEASON
OPENS TUESDAY
Great List of Attractions Book
ed by Manager Busby For
Season 1866
REGULAR SEASON SEPTEMBER 2e
.Pessy From Paris" Will Be First
High Class Attraction Of tho Sea-
overwhelmingly Season Begins
Next Week-Bookings So Far Larger
Than UsuaI-The List.

a reminder that fall, with its amuse-
ment season, is close at hand, comes
with the announcement Of the theat-
rical bookings at the Odeon. Manager
Busby has great list for the season
Of 1865, much larger one, in fact,
than is usually in hand at this time
Of year. The preliminary season be-
gins next Tuesday, August 15, with the
rural comedy, Uncle Josh Spruceby,'
but not until the latter part of Sep
TENDER will the doors open for a high
class attraction. The regular season
will open on September &c with George
AIDES musical comedy, Peggy From
Paris"
The playhouse has been renovated
thruou.t all walls, floors. furniture and
interior appurtenances and decorations
having been thoroughly cleaned. The
ordinary repairs, made necessary by
last years wear and tear, have been
attended to. The bookings for this
year include many attractions of more
than ordinary interest. In the list are
ten strictly musical comedies, which
have been so popular during the past
few seasons, besides several other
large musical shows, which, however
do not assume to the title of musical
comedies, altho they vary but little
There are also in the list three of the
larger extravaganzas, "Babes in Toy
land" "The Wizard Of o." and Sleep
ing Beauty and the Beast" The US
ual number of stars in legitimate COM
edy, including May Irwin, Tim Muir
ply, Jefferson Bros, and Thomas
Jefferson, are already booked, and
more than the usual number of stand
ard dramatic productions. Blanche
Walsh, Mildred Holland, Robert Man.
tell Roselle Knott, Walker Whiteside
and many others are among other stars
who will be seen before the local foot
lights. The bookings will continue
during the present month and Septem-
Der, and from then on, turnout the
season, they will be made in lesser
numbers.
The list Of attractions so far booked
Is as follows: Libreati's hand, "Uncle
Josh Spruceby," Pete Baker, "The
Wizard Of o. extravaganza; Buster
Brown" Miss Bob White" musical
comedy; Checkers" 'The Tenderfoot,"
musical comedy; Thomas jefferson, in
grip Van Winkle;" "The Girl and the
Bandit" musical comedy; George
comedy; Adele Thurston, Blanche
Walsh in 1.-THE Woman in the Case"
Tim Murphy, "Floradora," musical
:
ganza; when Knighthood Was in
Flower" Mildred Holland, Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast" extravaganza;
'"The virginian," "The Paraders," mu-
steal comedy; George AIDES Peggy
From Paris" musical comedy; Rob-
ert Mantell, May Irwin, Little john
ME jones'" musical comedy; West and
vokes, the old Ward and Vokes show;
Roselle Knott, possibly in "a Modern
Magdalen;" San Toy" musical COM
edy; Walker Whiteside, William and
Joseph Jefferson, in "The Rivals"
sThe Isle Of Bong Bong" musical COM
edy; "The Two Johns" "After Mid
night" "Al" Martins "Uncle Toms
Cabin" What Women Will Do"
"Paris by Night" Down by the Sea"
aVVedded and Parted" "The Sign of
the Four" revival Of "Trilby." can
American Tramp" eat Piney Ridge"
..Jack" Hoeffler Company. repertoire;
sIInder Southern Skies can Orphans
Prayer" cat Cripple Creek" 'Yon
Yonson," "Jack" Haverly's minstrels,
"a Royal Slave can Aristocratic
Tramp" ''The Holy City," "Her Only
SIN" ''For Her Sake "At the. Old
Cross Roads," Flora DeVoss Company,
repertoire; 'ewhy Girls Leave Home"
GUY Hickman Company, repertoire;
Adams Comedians, "a Hero of the
Mines" Donna Troy Stock Company,
repertoire; Woodward Stock Company,
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