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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1896)
THE COURIER. ANNOUNCEMENTS. BPOONEK DUAMATIO COMPANY. Of the many repertoire companies which have toured the west during the last decade, but few have survived many seasons, and of these the Spooner Dra snatic Company, which is to be at the Funke all next week, is in the front rank. For seven successive seasons this r -pbbbbbbbbQ) bbbbbbbbbm t bbbbbbsbbbbV' prosperous plays. The French original from which Mr. Fitch has made his play is the famous novel by Henri Mur ger, entitled "La Vie de Boheme." It is to this work that all Frenchmen look for their most accurate reflections of Bohemian life of the guy French capi tol. The work is Balsacian in its fidelity to nature and its tine shades of charac ter drawing. The light heartedness of these inhabitants of the Latin quarter of Paris, even undei the greatest bur den, their unvarying cheerfulness, even when looking over a mouthful of bread, and the close coutact of pathos and humor of their lives has been skilfully and charmingly imparted, it is said, by Mr. Fitch. There is, of course, a love jxxsekes qpbra P. C. ZEIIKUNG Mgr. WEB II i MI.VJ ALLIF. SPOONER. company has been a favorite one in the west and south, and the press comments on the organization gathered together this season bear testimony to the fact that it is the strongest ever carried un der this management. This company is headed by A Hie Spooner, the fourteen-year old star, whose singing, dancing and dramatic ability have long since stamped her as a wonder. She is ably supported by an acting company of eleven people.headed by the versatile comedian, F.E.Spooner. During the engagement here new plays will be produced, the opening bill, "The Flower Girl," having been expressly written for AHie Spooner. Each play will be mounted with new special scen ery, and in this respect the company carries the most complete outfit of any repertoire organization in the country. A new feature carried is a magnificent tereopticon with which the portraits of all the leading public men are projected on a special drop between acts. Prices for this engagement will be 10, 20 and 3" cents, and any person pur chasing a 30 cent ticket for Monday eight's performance can take one lady free. OPINING OP THE LANSINQ THEATRE SEA SON. Charles Froh man's stock company from the Empire theatre, New York, is dow playing its seventh annual tour. It it to appear here on Thursday, Septem ber 17, at the Lansing theatre for one night only. The leading woman iB Miss Viola Al len, who has occupied that position for several seasons. Mis9 Allen, through feer performances of leading roles in apport of Thomasso Salvini, Joseph Jefferson and other leading stare, and ber performances of late under Charles Frohman's direction, has become ac knowledged as one of our most success ful emotional actresses. The leading nan w Mr. William Faversham, who, although new to his present position,has played important parts in the Empire casts for a number of seasons and has distinguished himself therein. Other players worthy of much more than passing comment are J. E. Dodson, who came to this country as leading character actor with Mr. and Mrs. Ken dall; May Robson, considered by many as the best eccentric comedienne on this ide of the Atlantic; Ida Conquest, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Jane Harwar, Ellen Gail. Katherine Mulkins, Robert Ede on. Ferdinand Gottschalk, E. Y. Back up W. H. Crompton, J. L. Finney, Charles Young, Walter Day and George Pierce. -Bohemia," which the company will present here on Thursday evening, Sep tember 17. an adaptation from the Freachmade by Clyde Fitch, author of "Beau Brummel" and various other KQjtojN SEPT. 4, THE FAVORITE I 1 II In ca Xew Repertolre( William Faversham as "Rudolph in "Bohemia." story running through the comedy. A young artist breaks away from the home of his rich uncle rather than marry a rich widow whom he does not love. He plunges into "Bohemia," where he falls in love with a pretty and piquante mil liner named "Mimi." This love is re turned, but their happiness is terribly delayed by the scheme of the uncle to separate tbem, by fair means or foul: This delay, however, is welcome, for it gives the occasion to introduce numer ous delightful types, men and women, mostly out at elbow. "Bohemia" closed the last season of the Empire company in New York after a run of more than a hundred nights. It belongs to the categoiy of plays of which "Trilby" is a conspicuous exam ple, and it is said that the dialogue is refreshingly clever and spirited. Seats on sale at the Lansing box office Tues day. September 17, at 10 a. m. Prices $1.50, $1, 75c, f0c and 25c. $100 DOLLAKS BEWABDSIOO The readers of this paper will be pleasedto learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to .he medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatement. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, cting adirectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disea ae, and giving the patient strength by f building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testi monals. Address, F.J. Chenet 4 Co., Toledo Oluo. Sold by druggists, 75 cents. Monday Might the New Comedy Drama "THK FL0WBK QIKL" Description of French Court Life of the Eighteenth Century. bADIBS FREE Any person purchasing a 30 cent ticket for Monday Might, can take one lady free. PEOPLE'S POPULAR PRICES lO, 20 and 30 Cents. I
