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.HE OMAHA SUNDAY EEE: FEBRUARY 24, 1918.
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? X-T,1' i'Mil" Harry Lauder, March 14, lf. fpZf
C(B t t lm,b matinee and evening. "The Smarter ,-tB" f 4y
l Set" Warch 17 to 20; the screaming t, ' "MS&J J&-
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TODAY
2:15 to 11 P. M.
All Week
Matinee & Night
DAILY
MATHIEES
2:15
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7:15 and 9:15
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AT THE THEATER BEAUTIFUL
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PRICES
HATKIEES
Except Sat. and Sun.
15c and 25c
MIGHTS
15c, 25c, 35c
Orchestra Floor and Boxes Reserved At All Performances.
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THE VARIETY DANCERS
Spectacular Dancing Novelty 9
(LASS
A Musical
Wizard
BARNES & ROBINSON
Two Tiny Tuneful Tots
More War
New ; York Managers
Ready for Drive. That
Holds Much Interest
for World of Theater
EW YORK manager! are
TVT I preparing for the "spring
111 I drive" at the theaters, and
1 1 .. . c i
inis involves more vi rcai
interest to the managers
whose houses lie on this
side of the Hudson river. Greatest
of all factors in the present situation
is the breach between the Shuberts
ana tne a.. c. comDinauon; tnis
division has resulted in a new align
ment of interests, and in the read
justment the Shuberts seem to have
the better of the deal. At least the
more active producers have taken
their stand under the Shubert ban
ner, and are sending afield more and
better companies than have toured
in some time. In Omaha the effect
is that the Boyd theater has a fairly
solid list of booking, extending
through the coming month, with con
tracts that lead up well to the end
of April, and time asked for through
May and into June. These are all
"Shubert" attractions and of first-class
quality. On the other hand, no an
nouncements are made from the "K.
& E." end for Omaha, and, while the
Brandeis is available for their shows,
the Hippodrome vaudeville, now so
successful there, is not likely to be
frequently disturbed. In New York
the prediction is made that Cohan &
Harris will join forces with the Shu
berts, and the opinion seems to be
that the policy of this combination
is more popular than of its older op
ponent It does not so much concern
the public, which at no time is in
clined to scan the label; what the peo-
nle out thia viv rrallv ar intrrati.d
ducing it. Omaha had Otis Skinner
under Klaw & Erlanger auspices, and
"You're in Love" and "Love o
Mike" under the Shubert direction,
and enjoyed them all. In the mean
time vaudeville, musical burlesque
and the movies are getting patron-'f
age at a rate tnat enables the manag
ers to lay down considerable sums of
war tax collections each week, anu
none are worrying especially ovfr the
quarrels of the Broadway magnates
Manager Burgess announces the
following high-class attractions for
the month of March at the Boyd
theater: February 28, March 1 and
2, the Waldorf comedy by Clare
Kummer "Good Gracious Anr.abellc."
For the week of March 4, Robert
Mantel in repertoire of Shakespeare
and romantic drama. March 10 and
13, the musical comedy, "Gipsy
Trail." Harry Lauder, March 14,
matinee and evening. "The Smarter
Set," March 17 to 20; the screaming
comedy, "Mary's Ankle," March 21
to 23, and "Oh Boy," week of March
24.
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Clare Kummer is one of those rare
playwrights whose work stand the
severe test of reading. That makes
them uncommon. The literary grace
in them is neat in the extreme, and
there is a whimsical strain of comedy
running through them that strongly
resembles in the main the char
acteristic touches with which Barrie
has been making the theatrical world
titter for more than a score of years.
But the Kummer plays there are
only just two of them so far, "Good
Gracious Annabelle" and "A Suc
cessful Calamity" have true dramatic
as well as literary worth. . They are
rich in "character studies, and espe
cially in sketches of figures belonging
to Bohemia, Not the boozv Bo
hemia of Upper Broadway, but the
land of wit and humor, the realm of
fancy and good fellowship celebrated
by John Boyle O'Reilly. They are
the plays of a woman of the world.
Yet only a few years ago the author
was known chiefly on account of the
song hit entitled "Dearie." a senti-
mental tidbit that went the rounds
of every parlor in the land. She has
fought an uphill fight, as all women
have to in the professional world, and
by sheer Dluck and talent she hai
made her way to the front of Ameri
can dramatic authors. "Good Gra
cious Annabelle" will be Dresente'd
at the Boyd for three nights begin
ning with Thursday, a matinee being
played on Saturday.
It has been decided to offer th fol
lowing repertory at the Boyd theater
during the engagement of Robert B.
Mantel!: Monday nieht. Marrh 4.
"Richelieu;" Tuesday, March 5,
"Hamlet;" Wednesday matinee,
"Romeo and ' Juliet:" Wednesday
night, "Richelieu;" Thursday night,
"King Lear;" Friday night, "Mac
beth;" Saturday matinee, "Merchant
?LYe.1ice;" Saturlay night, "Richard
III." lor all of these plays Mr. Man
tell carries complete and elaborate
scenic equipment. The tragedian be
lieves thoroughly in preserving the
traditions of the great reading of
great lines, but he has little sym
pathy with the theory that the plays
of Shakespeare should be staged
(Canttnntd on Fe Jftnn, Colnma Three.)
The Tuesday Musical Club
Present
HAROLD BAUER
(Pianist)
' at the
BOYD THEATER
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 27
At 8:13 e'Ctock
PRICES, 80c TO $1.80
Public Sale of Seats February 28.
ROBERT E. O'CONNOR & CO.
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SIDNEY DREW COMEDY
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MRS. ANNA MAY HUGHES
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Will
Every
Run a Series of Dance.
Wednesday EVenint at
TURPIN'S ACADEMY
Novelty Features During the Season.
ADMISSION, $1.00.
Course of Lectures
Under the Auspices of the Equal
Franchise Society; by
Dr. Fred Morrow Fling
- Subject
"Problems of the Peace Settlement"
la Court Room No. 1, Fourth Floor
of the Court House
March I ''Alsace Lorraine."
March 6 "A United and Independent
Poland."
March IB The Hapsbura Monarchy
and the Balkans."
March 22 "An Independent, Demo
cratic and Federated Russia."
. 8:18 P. M.
Courts Lectures, S2.S0.
Sinfle Lecture., 7Sc
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
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-MATINEE EVERY DAY-
ARTHUR
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COMMENCING
THURSDAY
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A Play of Love
AND liUJGHTER.
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Matinee
vs Saturday
25c to $1.00
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO F.NnriRSFn IT
Nights, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50. Saats Now on Sale.
ONE WEEK cismeneiot MONDAY, MARCH 4
Mail Orders Now for the
Following Repertoire:
Monday "Richelieu"
Tuesday "Hamlet"
Wed. Mat. "Romeo and Juliet"
Wed. Night "Richelieu"
Thursday "Kinf Lear"
Friday "Macbeth"
Sat. Mat. "Merchant of Venice"
I Sat. Nifht "Richard III"
. $1.00 and $1.50; Boxes, $1.50 and
ac, 91.UU; Boxes, $1.00 and $1.50.
America's Foremost Actor
Robert B.
Mantell
In Shakesperean and
Classic Plays
Special Prices Nights, 50c, 75e
Z.UO. Wed and Sat. Mats., 50c,
Lei Us Blow Our Own Horn
Like the Rest of Them
AUTO SHOW WEEK SPECIAL BILLS
At the Home of the Big Double Show
pur Theater, Your Theater, Everybody's Theater
FOUR DAYS,' STARTING SUNDAY I THREE DAYS, STARTING THURSDAY
THALEROS CIRCUS
- Speediest Animal Act In Vaudeville
RAINES & GOOD
RICH The Village Cut-Up$'
McILYAR& HAMILTON
Comedy Novelty Acro
batic & Barrel Jumping
FRANK BUSH
The American Story Teller
BIG FEATURE PHOTOPLAY
Presented By Wm. Fox
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"Six -Shooter
Andy"
Also a Wm. Fox
LVil ,mllXJ$. Two-Reel Comedy
ALICE TEDDY
The Roller Skating Bear
WILLIE MISSEM
&CO.
In An Artistic Novelty
COOK & HAMILTON
In "Samples"
Comedy Singing and
Talking
P
OGDEN & BENSON
A Pleasing Pair From Songland
A HUMAN INTEREST PHOTOPLAY
'The
Winding
Trail"
With
Viola Dana
In a Splendid Role
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At No Place Else in This Western Country
Will You Get Such Amusement Values
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