Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, June 14, 1908, EDITORIAL SECTION, Page 3, Image 11
n THE OMAITA SUNDAY DEE: JUNE 14, 1908. n a)v Gossip About Plays and Players AKKED CARL'FO sounds a little queer, but that la what has ben on tap nlirhUr at the Burwnri theater during- the lat week. Two of Mr. Ediaon'a Inventions ha-e been wedrtM. and now we nay alt quietly In' a darkened theater and the expense of a dime can hear the rlden notes of the greatest of living tenora r eatlafactorlly aa If we were holding down a'seat In the Metropolitan at 10 fer. To be aure, the llghta and ths color of the fatting are missing, to some extent, but ff U 1s Caruso wa go to hear and see then w are not disappointed because ha la aeon In a monochrome and we know that hla oTee like hla figure la being reproduced Artificially. Something uncanny about It, too. atarta a train of reflection. It hasn't tn oery long since the possession of a f icture machine or a talking machine would have earned tta owner a place In the Hat of thoee who Buffered death at the ftake or something equally unpleasant and effective. But modern Invention Is keeping VR. with the requlrementa of the public. nd canned. music or drama haa long been a. staple. It haa been possible for one to lave at his own fireside a 'minstrel show a vaudeville performance, or, If hla inclination waa In direction of something else, opera or tragedy was at hla easy beck. Nor have the more selecfand favored members .of society disdained at all times the mechanical aid to musical enjoyment. It la recalled that a gentleman who occu pied, and still occupies, a very large place In the commercial development of thla age nee emerged from the atrlctnesa of hla privacy long enough to give a recital of canned music at a prominent church. Such a.' notable example la surely excuse for others of lesser ability but equal dcalre to aarve. And now to the perforated roll or atrlated disc haa been joined the contlnuoua film cfr nexatl ves, and the triumph la complete lit the wedding of the phonograph and the klitctoscope la achieved one more triumph for Ir.ventlva genlue. and a vista of possi bilities both lengthy and Inviting la opened. Romeo may aigh hla love Into the eager ear o( Juliet Just aa well through a talking ma clUne as In full view of the audience, and a thi blograpti or projectlscope, orswhatever you want to call It, will ault the action to tlie word, and aa the honeyed phrases of yoking Mr. Montague ravish the senses of MlM Capulet, he will take her In hla arms. aCS nothing will be left to the Imagination aye probably the warmth of light and -Cfl5tr on the atage. The movements are aupti as simulate life with photographic accuracy, and the tervent' worda of the surcharged lover are given in all their dellcloua ecstacy of passion. And ao with at) the Jtat of things dear to people at tit theater. Comedy and tragedy look alike to the synchroscope; the llghta and the com preshed air never go on a strike, and the I motor funs true, while the electricity that ddmlnatea the action of all la aa certain as ddath or taxation. Canned Caruso la but the forerunner of a long list of notablea who will give of their talents to entertain us while we spend ao Idle half hour in a cool and darkened theater listening and watching. , i The machine la one that the manager rec ognises aa factor in the amusement ef fort. The moving picture shows have thriven - wonderfully well, not only In Omaha, but wherever Introduced, and the film business haa grown to proportions that command the utmost respect of even the most important of melt In the business of amusing the tftiblle. fcartr-lrr the year the improvement die to the combination dt Trie talking, machine with the -picture maehlne waa introduced In . New Tor, and ' It haa really revolutionised thi business there. The furore from the first haa not yet subsided, or Is '-It likely to, for the promoters are extending Us possibilities constantly. In Chicago and other large cities it has met aUollar aucceaa. And the patronage at the Burwood last week may be taken aa an In dication that Omaha la going to like it quite aa Well aa other placea do. One of the amusing .Incidents In connection with Its progress com! from Chicago. Over there the police exercise a more or lea rigid censorship on fhe picture machlnee, and rtulte recently" one of the lleutenante of po lii e condemned a production of canned JJacheth' becauac he believed the repro duction of scenoa of violence were na for th.o best interests of Chicago's youth; he therefore eliminated the several scenes dftalinB with murder, and the duel between Macbeth and Macduff, because of the ex nle.lve urcd by the king In his adjuration to- hSi antagonist. If the Word "damned" could bu supplanted by some other the scene might be tetalned. Evidently Chi cago a young people are In no danger ao long as that lieutenant of police la on guarS. They will have their canned drama served with denatured profanity, or not at in. All the while the Wodwnr.l 6crk com pany, at the Boyd theater Is playing nightly te as many people aa can con-fortally flrewd Into that commodious 'b'ster. Di rector Llvlnstone Is malnn,'' ' t'; his'' (ttndatd at which he sta.tel the seaaon, and,' 'a keeping his comraiv v c .i-ccri ditch all the time. Flays a i' ' i. -s ail'.t? have pleased the people, and the success that has attended the engagement so far Is a most eloquent testimonial of the popu larity of the organisation. It Is the present Intention tp continue the season far Into the aummer. On Monday evening at Um scorn park. Ml Lilian Fitch will present her annual open-air play. "Twelfth Night." being chosen thla time aa the bill. Miss Fitch has met with remarkable success In her al fresco productions In Omaha, and the event haa almost become a fixture. Thla lime It la to be for the benefit of the pub lic play-grounds. Miss Fitch haa given persons! attention to the rehearsal of the drama, and to all the detaila of Its produc tion, and this means a good deal. The cast will be made up from pupils of the Boyd School of Acting, although several of them have had experience. Mias Meyer, who plays Olivia, waa a member of one of Oeorge M. Cohan's companies In New York during the last season, and Miss Nsgl, who will plsy the leading role of Viola, haa been seen In public on ' a numher of oc casions. The full caat for the plsy Is: Sebastian (brother to Viola). ...Iuls Bmlth Antonio ....Jay Buckingham Viola (afterward, Caessrio) Julia Nagl A aea captain Arthur Wortendike Duke Orslno (In love with Ollvla Harry de Toung Curio (of prslno's household) Garland Davidson Valentine Lee Lrtle Blr Toby Belch (uncle to Olivia) Hal Buckingham Sir Andrew Aguecheek (friend of Sir Toby) Harry Kerney Mart (maid to Olivia) Miss Beselln Malvollo (steward to Olivia) Rodney Durkee Clown Ray crossman Fabian Rudolph Hevden Olivia Blanche Harte Feste Hana Jessen Gentlemen attending the duke J Charles Riley, Andy Holmes Musicians Messrs. Evsns, Garland Davidson Attendants- Margaret Mr Therson, Harriet Hatch, Helen Forbea. Daphne Peters, Bertha Dickey. Gertrwle Weitsel, Janet Hall, Hazel Evans, MiMred Putler, Flower ballet, led llsch. Alice Carter, Helen Scohle. F.lliaheth Bruce. G-ctchen MrConnell, Dorothy Hall. Marie Holllnger, Katherlne Beeson. by Miss Luclle Ka- Manager Johnson of the Burwood theater concluded arrangements during tie week, whereby Miss Lorn a Elliott will be come leading woman at that theater nix', season. Miss Elliott was leading woman at the Burwood during the first half of the second season of the Woodward Stock company, succeeding Miss Eva Lang at the head of the company. During the seven teen weeks she played there she made' marry warm friends, and was greatly ad mired for her thoroughly consistent work in a wide range of characters. Her health became such hnt she waa forced to give over the work, and she left the com pany at Christmas time. Since then she has been 111 most of the time, but is now fully recovered, and looking forward to the renewal Of her acquaintance with the Omaha public. Miss Elliott has been mak ing her home In) Omaha since last fall, with Mm A. L. Havens on South Thirty-third street. She will be here for a few weeks, but expecta to go eaat for a short time before the theater opens In August. Stage Director Bacon of the Burwood left for California with Mrs. Bacon during the week, and will spend the summer on his fruit farm on the bay across from San Francisco.. While watching his prune crop ripen he will. Jay 'plans for next, winter's campaign at the Burwood. which he says Is to be an important one. Before leav ing Omaha he said he hoped to give Omaha some fine plsys. well staged and produced by k strong company. He " will return early in August. I MAt'D ALLAN AND HER DANCES American Girl . W ho Now Wants to Cnptnre America, LONDON. June 13. (Special Correspond ence.) If Marc Klaw and Maud Allan can come to terma In the near future you In the United States will have a chance next fall of judging of the merit a of this remarkable young dancer. Curiously enough although she Is an American in the aense that ahe spent ten years of her youth In San Francisco and considers the California city her home, she haa never appeared on your side of the water. She has been danc ing for five years on the continent, where she created a furore, but this la her first appearance in England.' Su great a hit haa she made that although ahe has already been here three months the management of the Palace theater, where she la ap pearing, haa algned her up to August. She has appeared by special command be fore the king and queen and haa attracted all the other members of the royal family to the big vaudeville house. Even the clergy, which In some Instances originally objected to her Introduction of a property head of John the Baptist Into her "Salome" dance, have been well represented in her audiences. Miss Allan tells me that ahe la anxious to uproar in the United States, but that tlicre sre many obstacles. "Aside from the offer of Mr. Klaw," she said, "I have had several offera from vaudeville houses. Mr. Keith was one of those who made an of: -r to me. but I do not think that I will arie.ir cn the vaudeville stage In the United States. I have always stuck to the legiti mate stage and any arrangement I make with Mr. Klaw will be with that end In view. One does not meet the audience which can appreciate my work In the Tau devllle houses. The Palace theater Is ex ceptional, for I believe In no other vaude ville house In the world will you find as high a class of spectators aa In this London house. Another objection to appearing in the vaudeville bouses In the United Statea la the two performances a day. My dancea, although extending ever a very short time, are very trying on my strength. I could not stand two appearances a day," With the conclusion of tha Vedrenne Barker performances at the Savoy and Mr. Vedrenne's subsequent business arrange ment with Lewis Waller, which goes into effect the beginning of next season, wa In London who are interested In the drama thought we had seen the lsst of a move ment that haa done a great deal for the betterment of the stage In England. Now It neems thst the movement has been granted "a new leaae of life by the ar rangement of Ita two prime movers with Frederick Harrison. Bernard Shaw's "Get ting Married," which he has called "a con versation," and which has been lipped to pieces by the critics almost without excep tion, on Monday last took the place of "A Fearful Joy" In the night bill at the Hay market. The latter play certainly was fearful, but sad to say, did not prove a Joy, and Mrs. Langtry was compelled to with draw It. "Getting Married" will run for a fortnight at least and will be followed by a new play from the pen of Laurence Hous rnan, called "The Chinese Lantern," which will also run for two weeks. During the evening run of "Getting Married" four spe cial matinees will be given of a play called "Nan," by John Maaefleld, and a one-act play, "Feed the Brute," by George Paston, which were well received when presented a week ago 8unday by the Pioneers' society. Just how long the arrangement between Harrison and Vedrenne. and Barker will last Is a matter for conjecture. I suppose It la more or less a matter of dollars and cents, for Mr. Vedrenne has already aald that he la through with producing plays for the mere love of the work. -Meanwhile the other member of the Vedrenne - Barker combination. Bernard 8haw, la regarding with complacency the spread of the Shavian cult all over the world. Paria haa seen "Candida," but haa seemingly failed to appreciate the play. That talented French critic, M. Mendes, haa declared that he la utterly unable to find anything worth comprehending In the play and the French capital seems to agree with him. Russia has already been Intro duced to the Irish dramatist arxl there Is a good chance that aome of his more popu lar plays will soon be done Into Japanese and presented In the land of the mikado. Madame Sada Yacco, who Is now making a tour of European cities picking up the latest Ideas in theater management, in tends to take over the Imperial theater, Yokohama, upon her return to Japan and wanta to take back with her an "English leading man to support her. Mr. Robert Lorraine, whose fine performances in Shaw's "Man and Superman" In New York will be remembered, la said to be willing to take the Journey to the east. ' Although Lewis Waller is compelled by contract to withdraw "A Whlfe Man," the English version of Edwin Milton Royle's, "The Squaw Man," In the next few weeks. England haa by no means seen the last of it. Two companies have already been formed and will present the play In the provinces for an indefinite period. One will be headed by Herbert Sleath,rhusband of Ellis Jeffries. Charles Dillingham la now on the conti nent with Charlea Frohman. Before another season comes to a close the former expects tp have Frltsi Scheff in London In "Mile. Modiste" , and Montgomery and Stone, aa well, in "The Red Mill." T!ie dainty Frltzl has been coming a long while, but her continued success has kept her lrf the United States. We have no one over here that Is comparable to her in her own particular line. Frohman will visit Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Hamburg and expects to be back In London in ten days or so. His trip is taken to arrange for the presentation 'of several English playa controlled by him In the orig inal before they are translated or adapted. Thus, "The Admirable Crichton," will be produced next spring In Berlin, wiill Maude Adams will make a brief tour on the continent at the same time in "Twelfth Night," "The Little Minister" and "Tho Jesters." "Peter Pan" Is soon to open in Paris and the same play Is ntfw being presented in Vienna. If Mr. Frohman's expectation are realized he will alro appear as a manager In St. Petersburg next winter. Ttie same manager has also signed papers with George Edwardes, "whereby the former will be able to i resent Gertie Millar, the popular star of the Gaiety theater in London, in New York next Sep tember. Mr. Frohman says he has been trying to pull thla deal off for the past three years. 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He also objects to the attentions Deing pam his daughter by a young man. ana inter cepts a letter from his wife to the daughter's lover, and misconstrues Its meaning. To thwart what he supposes to be an Intrigue, he decides to leave home with his wife and daughter, and installs his scapegrace nephew as roaster of the house. This young man, who la a medical atudent when he works, but whose time is mostly taken up In dodging his creditors. Inspired by the thought of his colored servant, takes In a miscellaneous lot of lodgers, AQd has the house well filled when his uncle unexpectedly returns. The fun that follows from the situations is con tinuous, and yet the events that follow are logical. Each member of the company gets a good character part. Mr. Morrison wilt be the nephew, Miss Fleming has the role of the opera singer and the others are well placed. The bill will run all week. An exceptionally fine program of motion photography arranged for I he Burwood theater for the week starting this afternoon and each evening from 1 to I and 1 to 11, Thursday afternoon. It embraces only the with complete change f In program next choicest of the latest subjects turned out by the manufacturers, and, best of all, the films to be shown at the Burwood have hot been seen.4 Omaha. The pictures are the largest to be seen in the city and the program of the most generous length. The difficulties wblctr prohibited the pictures from being absolutely clear and sharp at all times have been gvercorne, as will be seen by a visit ,to the popular Burwood this weelt. The famous German synchro scope, the machine which produces sound and picture in unison, wllld'splay during the first half of the wek the vaudeville act performed early In the season at the Orpheum. that of the Great Adelmanp, tho world's most noted xylophone soloist. This number will be just as satisfying as though one had paid a half dollar to see the act on a vaudeville stag The last three daya of the week will find the Dixie Jubilee troupe In the program, thanks to the synchroscope. The Illustrated songs and auxetophone concerta will complete the long bill. One may drop In and atay aa long aa desired. The Offering at the Air Dome this week will be the three-act comedy drama, "Mi randa." Beth Swap, a Connecticut Yan kee, takes a vacation to Cuba, and finding things a trifle dull, determines to "start things" at once. Count Almonte, a Cuban nobleman, determines to abduct Miranda, the daughter of a poor Cuban. The plot Is frustrated by the sharpness of the Yan kee, who outwit the plotters and delivers Miranda to her lawful lover. Miaa Hayes, whose past work has attracted much at tention, will play the title role, while Mr. Illllman will have another character study In the part of Beth Swap. The play will be beautifully coatumed. New vaudeville turns will be 'given between the acts. In cluding a aong and dance specialty by Marie Snowden. AMl'SEMEXTS. AMUSEMENTS. Characters from "Twelfth Night" to Be Shown Monday Night at Hanscom Park V'? xv ' r . ! i .. -i 4 ) - ' in ' 1 P 9-J ' ' i. a - wV.. W tmr. I I . I J. NT! V, - - , v - ' ' " , T. " "- " - - . w tisa NAOL AS VIOLA, A'Ubur Smith, as Sir Toby Belch. Mlsa Beselln aa Maria. SUTTlva ux sua jau ov UALVOUA. studolph Haydcn as Sir Aadrew Aguecbeak. HISS MEYER AS OLIVIA. CH AU XAU'Q U A BENS0-JUNE 22 lo 28-3 SESSIONS DAILY CATT. f 'JACK" CBAWromD "The Poet Scout of the Sierras." Soldier. Indian Fighter. Ranchman, Miner. Poet. IOU. J. BEAUCHAatP of Ohio Dr. Loveland of Omaha says he alone la worth the price of a season ticket. Raised with the Indians, traveled 1,000,000 miles, lectured 1.500 times. "BUVSKIBm" HAWKS of Maryland Mikes you laugh or cry at will. MI88 BELXl XBABsTET of MlssUsIpppl Traveler, lecturer, writer. Queen of lady orators. MOM. VT. T. 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