Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-09

G1HATs the use Of working for a
~I uving7 Let's write a play. How
N viii we do IT. Easy enough. Just
lSfyrI1I sit down for a moment and call
~ TO mind the strongest scenes "
some OF the most successful plays you have
ever witnessed. Jot these down ON a pad.
and then coordinate a few OF them. say
fvo or slx. At least three must be used
as climatic, for your play must have three
acts. each with a strong finish. and then
the anti-climax OF the fourth act, to send
EN- home" Having selected the scenes.
Netch in the characters as they appeared
each of the scenes chosen. This will
we you the outlines OF the composite pic
are you are about to work up. Having
determined on the persons, tho next thing
Is to work them into a blend. so that you
will have q hero with the attributes OF a
number Of heroes, and 20 on through the
list. Then recall the speeches made at the
crises of the several plays from which you
are selecting and you will have the
framework of the dialogue. The rest Is
easy. Sketch In the incidents, fll out the
conversational gaps. and Pour play Ia ready
to 90 on the market
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WIN u succeed1 Ask David Belasco; or.
II you don't know him well enough to APP
Reid. Belasco Is probably the greatest OF
playwrights and managers who have
achieved fame and fortune By adapting"
but Hal Reid 10 not the least. This latter
gentleman doesn't aspire to the position oc-
cupied by Mr.. Bslasco. He is content to
please the humber patrons of the theater,
and he knows his audience well. Juat as
old Mokanna supplied his heaven with
wings ana glories for ell ranks and ages"
% does Mr.. Reid lard his plays with scenes
and sentiments that appeal at one time or
another to each and all who may stray
into a theater while one of his productions
10 being presented. Take 1.-THE Cow
Puncher," for example. his latest and in a
great many ways his best The curtain
rises on q stage setting made very familiar
by Richard Carrie in THE Tenderfoot."
Even the grouping OF the people on the
stage suggests this, and II Sergeant Bill
Barker or the three Ranger captains were
to como on with ono of their songs, no one
would be surprised In fact, the general
selection OF the characters Is such as might
warrant the inference that the earle musi-
cal comedy had been dramatized. But here
comes The virBinisn," In the person of
the hero, and then Arizona" In one OF
the minor incidents, and 90 on all through
the list. Mr.. Reid has borrowed with bet
ter taste this Tina than he ever did before.
Does It payf Go to the theater some night
and see the crowds that give up money
to see these ''coliated" dramas.
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On Monday evening the doors of the Boyd
theater win be open to the public that
, those who viii may visit the theater and
see what It looks like In its new dress.
During the summer the interior OF this
beautiful theater has been entirely redeco-
rated, the carpets and drapery have been
renewed. and the chairs and other fittings
and furnishings have been entirely re-
placed. A new curtain IL installed, and
the whole interior has been done over for
the first time since the theater was built,
fifteen years ago. Several times it has
bean renovated. and partly furnished anew.
but this time 1t has been thorough and all
embracing. Manager Burgess and his staff
viii be present on Monday evening TO well
come the visitors. and Director Nordin OF
the orchestra will provide program OF
music for the evening.