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The "Prairie Waif."
Last evening the Opera Hall was extra well filled by an appreciative audience to witness the production of the above play by "Buffalo Bill" and his troupe. The play itself, as the name would imply, belongs to the class commonly known as the "border drama." Contrary, however, to the general run of such plays, the "blood and thunder" business was conspicuous by its absence. Mr. Cody, as Buffalo Bill, was naturally the centre of attraction, and acted three different characters in a manner that gained for him the rapturous applause of the audience. Jule Keen, as Hans, the Dutchman, was far ahead of the average, and by his songs, dances and witty sayings kept the audience in roars of laughter from the beginning to the end of the play. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, as Onita, acted her part in an excellent manner, and soon won the sympathy of the whole house. Suffice to say that all the characters were well taken and the support was very good, the parts of General Brown and Sadie being particularly good. Incidental to the play are songs, dances and fancy rifle shooting, in the latter of which Buffalo Bill did some marvellous shooting, holding the rifle to almost every conceivable position. The Cheyenne Indians, in full costume, performed some war dances in the last act, which were looked on with great interest by the spectators.
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POPE'S.-Buffalo Bill and his company, including a band of Cheyenne Indians who do scalp-dance and make work for the savage-slayer, will begin his engagement at this house to-night, in his new play, The Prairie Waif.
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| POPE'S | BUFFALO BILL. |
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MONDAY, October 4, every evening, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees. Matinee prices 25[American cent] and 50[American cent]; reserved seats 25[American cent] extra.
HON WM.F. CODY.
BUFFALO BILL COMBINATION.
Including a troupe of Cheyenne Indian Chiefs, in his new border drama,
PRAIRIE WAIF.
Monday, October 11. Alice Oates, in her new musical comedy, Long Branch.
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at Pope's Buffalo Bill crowded the upper tiers to suffocation every night, and had the lower portion of the house also full. The Counique had not space enough to give its patrons, who crowded the theater to its very doors. The Pickwick, in the West End, although no; situated so as to experience the same rush as the other amusement resorts, got its share of public attention and patronage. Mortimer's mysteries drawing large audiences every afternoon and evening.
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Buffalo Bill.
The Hamilton Spectator, speaking of the performance of this celebrated scout, on Monda night says-"Hon. Bill Cody's Company of ladies, gentlemen, Indians and Jackass filled the academy of music last evening with a highly appreciative, much crowded and highly demonstrative audience.
The play has some very striking sets, is nicely put on, and exhibits an abundance of properties which smack suffifiently of the prairie and forest as to be the genuine thing. The house was the largest of the season, there being $410 in the hall. Over a hundred people were turned away from the door."