Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22

many OF which are spoken OF as marvels
OF the dressmaker's art.
The company is stronger, il anything, than
last season. Prominent among the princi-
pals are Jefferson de Angels, Melville Stew
art, All Wheelan, Charles DUNCAN, Edward
Knight. Kate TART, Alice Cameron and some
fifty others.
The following is the cast OF characters
OF "Fleur-de-Lis;"
The Count des Escarbilles, claimant of
tht duchy of Turbotiere.
Frederick, his son in love Win il Fj s,gxor,
The aei MARQUIS de Rosollo. claimant o.,
chrlstopRs, an iininlEeeper, in ioye with
Baron casoar, military ally Of the count
4 notary ....."""".""""..gohn Dudley
Isabelle. daughter Of the Baron Gasoar
Charlotte, eodda1rbtcr Of the T mapou k"0N
Nine. Jacob, ex-danseuse, the ex,mil-
rhd leF.s T IN the service Of the ;Ai msrS Gameron
Nanette, in the service of the marquis:
Margot, in the service of the marquis.
Celeste, in the service Of the. ma
Fleur-de-Iis, a Hover vender,.. Della Fox
m HkaliPget ct;c. fIo odati5,n, st. sfoG Claude aRa rf Gl2Sk.
On April 6, I and s Mr.. Thomas w. Keene,
the we'll known tragedlan, will appear at
Boyd's theater in the following plays: Mon
day evening, Louis XII" Tuesday evening,
"Richelieu;' Wednesday evening, Richard
Ill"
The Frawley company, Of which most ia
vorable reports have been received, will open
an engagement of one week at the Creighton,
commencing with a performance tonight,
when w. H. Cranes success "The Senator"
will be presented.
This organization, while comparatively un-
known here, includes many we'll known play
ers, familiar from former visits with other
high class attractions. The company, which
includes such artists as c. w. King, G. w.
Leslie, Wilson Enos, Maclyn Arbuckle, II.
d. Blakemore, George Osborne, Misses Hope
Ross, Blanche Bates, Jennie Remark and
Lansing Rowan, speaks highly for the eXecu-
tive ability of the management and ensures
a finished production. THE SENATOR with
which the engagement will be opened, has
been one Of the strongest cards of the Fraw-
ley company. 1t is a thoroughly American
play in its presentation. life and character,
from an American and not an English stand
point. 1t is realistic without being prosy,
humorous without vulgarity, and interesting
without intensity, all of which account in a
great measure for the tremendous success of
the play. 1.-THE Senator was presented
here several seasons ago by Mr.. Crane, and
it's repetition by so competent a company
will no doubt receive the patronage it de-
serves. During the engagement Men and
Women and 1.-The Lost Paradise" both
plays being well and favorably known, will
be produced with all the advantages of elab-
crate stage and scenic effects. A feature of
this company's performance is the costumes
Of the ladies', which are said to be exquisite
gems of the modiste's skill, and the magn'i-
cent scenery, all of which has been specially
gotten up for this organization. The usual
Wednesday and Saturday matinees will be
given.
Sol Smith Russell is better known and
loved for the purity and freshness Of his
characterizations, and for the delight he
never fails to give his auditors, than per-
haps any other actor on the American
stage. There is not a place where the ge-
NAL comedian is known that has not a
warm friendship for him, and his annual
appearance here is an event that is always
heartily welcomed. During his approach
ing engagement at Boyd's theater on Fri
lay and Saturday next Mr.. Russell will
] appear in Marguerite Merington's new COM
{, edy, can Everyday Man." which will be
put on with all its original scenery. In
addition to this he will also give a one
making a double bill. IAN Everyday Man"
is a domestic story and tells of a bank
clerk who has married the daughter of a
rich bank president. John Empy, the clerk,
is too old fashioned to suit his wife's rela-
tives. They think him too SLOW and
urge him to take a vacation in New York
and ''see life" John feigns to be fast,
but in the end saves the bank and his wife's
relatives from ruin. The play is said to
be a capital blending of mirth and pathos.
Mr.. Russell has made a genuine success
as Empy.
The heartiness with which Mr.. Russell
has been received in his performance of
Bob Acres in the old English comedy made
famous by Joseph Jefferson and John E.
Owens, The Rivals" is very gratifying
to his friends. This fine old comedy will
be the bill on Friday evening and at the
Saturday matinee. Mr.. Russell will have
sisting of Charles Mackay, Alfred Hudson,
George Woodward, George w. Durham,
Minnie Radcliffe, Bijou Fernandez and
Fanny Addison Pitt. The sale of seats for
Mr.. Russell's engagement at the Boyd will
open at 8 O'Clock next Thursday morning.
The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown"
played its biggest week Of the season at the
Standard theater in New York last week.
William A.. Brady denies most emphatically
that the English production of the play
equals his. He says: There is hardly a
comparison between them. All Of my com
pany, except the English detective, who had
to be a c%ockney, are Americans, and all who
have seen my presentation of the play admit
that it Is far better than the London enc.
That's a feather in the cap of American ac-
tors, for no English company could play a
typical American play better than an Ameri-
can company THE Strange Adventures of
Miss Brown" with Eddie Foy as Miss Brown,
will open at the Creighton for three nights
and Tuesday matinee, commencing Sunday
matinee, March 20.
Following Mr.. Keene's engagement at the
Boyd Will came the following brilliant at
fractions in quick succession: The Sherwood
Concert company. James A. Herne's "Shore
Acres" Nat C. Goodwin, "h Mizzouri' and
Ambitions" Stuart Robson, Mrs. Pouder-
bury's Past" and "She Stops to Conquer"
and the University of Michigan Glee club.
Other important announcements will be made
by the management of Boyd's theater in the
gear future.
la Lole" Fuller will be the attraction at
Creighton theater Monday, April 6, when she
will introduce the many dances which have
made her name famous on two continents,
among which the fire daGce" and "The Lily
of the Nile" are the more notable. Miss
Fuller will be supported by a capable com.
pany of vaudeville artists during the en-
gagement in Omaha.