Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
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, to hear a great artist treat a great subject
in great way, and interpret strong types
! Of history and romance in sbcld. strong.
/ all-persuasive manner. Richard, Louis Xl,,
1 Richeieu, Shylock and Hamlet were men of
real flesh and blood, and not manniklns and
| Keene plays them according to the intent
of their gifted makers, Supported by
strong company, Mr.. Kecne will be seen
during the engagement in varied program.
In the character of Louis XI., in which he
will be seen Monday night Thomas Keene
/ has shown that he possesses the histronic
bearing TO raise Il to a standard OF perfec-
! ton to be easily asslmilated by the average
: theater-goer. There have been a number CT
Louises on the stage, men OF mark ee char
aCter actors, but Mr.. keenc has shown that
! he. an heroic actor could outplay them all
In the line OF delineation OF great eccentric
! roles. To some this did not come as
surprise for those who remember Mr..
! Keenes earlier years, remember that he had
attained distinction in comedy, even broad
| comedy, before he became identified with
the tragic stage, and that there is no line
/ of stage work in which he did not show
himself master. "Richelieu" will be play cd
Tuesday night aud there are not a few
who believe that his Interpretation Of the
| Willy, coldly intellectual and undaunted car
dinal Is enc of the finest things in his round
of accomplishment. Richard H." a char
/ acter in which he has appeared upward Of
1000 times, will he the bill the closing night
The general acceptance of the character Of
Richard is that he was cold-bloodei, vicious
| crafty and ambitious. For centuries this
opinion has been accepted correct, in
spite of the protest of Sir Horace Walpole
| who raised his lone voice to protest against
the general verdict. and tried to persuade
the world that Richard Of Gloster was a
much msligned sovereign. Despite Sir
Horace. however Mr.. Keene represents
| Richard as a hump-backed villain, accord
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The greatest artistic success that has ever
been won in Europe has been made by a
| little American girl. Loie Fuller, or, as she
is now generally known, LA Lo!e." She in
vented the serpentine dance, and has brought
| 1t to its present perfection which neces-
states the use Of twenty-four calcium lights
| and small army of mechanics La Loe"
has been creating sensation in New York
during the last three weeks and now Omaha
is to have taste of her quality. But 1t
will be very brief one for La Loie'' Is to
appear only one night, tomorrow, at the
| Creighton, under the auspices of Paxton &
| Burgess.
| What la Loe" does and the effects she
produces thus told by London writer:
''The orchestra is playing piano, the drop
curtain rises and reveals the stage hung
with black. The Internal lock thrills the
house. Then in an invisible way, from
| mass of black drapery. at the back of the
SldSe, La lOle, as the queen Oh nlSnI,
appears She is in black dress, starred all
over with spangles The figure dances toward
the foot lights. 1t poses like a study. In
the twinkling Of an eye the limelights flash
and the orchestra begins. Both keep the
queen of night company. AS she twirls first
this. then that way, forward and backward,
round and round and round again and again
in her danse du mutt. applause after applause
follows her footsteps.
1.-The skirt dance is as old as the proven
n al Iar ,fA DA.
and in jerusalem, too This, her first dance.
is a marvellous resemblance of bewildering
and dazzling gems. Her lights are produced
entirely by electricity Each light has to
be put out in place with the regularity Of
row of trees in an old Dutch garden. She
must do the thing just so, or she will not
get the right effect. The lighting effects
must not run here. there and everywhere.
They must be on the spot, otherwise her
dress, instead of having the color of sun
| flower. might have that cf a bluebel or that
of..a damask rose. Even among the electric
lights law and order must reign.
"There are 500 people. even 1000, who
can twirl few yards Of muslin or silk and
bob in and out of a focus of electric light,
but twrling few yards Of silk and playing
in touch with the lights is another matter,
and any girl who is given to kicking her
tees at all, does not make La Loie Day in
and day out of her life it is one long, never
ending experiment with La Loie and she
loves it. She drills her light men-drs
them to do just what she wants. She tells
them to throw the light so and so, and they
have to do their business with the exact
tude of clock work. This one has to throw
a yellow light up to a certain spot, another
a blue one. another red, and so on, ever
changing by her command.
"As to skirt dancing as she describes 1t,
| 1t Is a mass CT color. while 1t Is a question
| of scales. The movement Is mus cal; the
colors all music. 1t is an embroidery OF
| light.
"Her various dances differ from one an
other. The Fleur de Ly's' is her last dance.
| 1t requires 500 yards of material. which, in
motion, reaches from her body ten feet each
! way. The discovery of this dance was by
accident One night, while dancing In Paris,
her arms gave her a great deal of pain, and
to rest them, she held them aloft for ease,
and. turning round she enveloped the dress
| until the outcome was the appearance of a
mammoth Nile fly.
! "Her second dance, The Night produces
| marvellous effects of stars, moons, crescents,
! etc. The third dance, La Firmament.' has
an effect produced by glass drop in the
! center of the stage, about two yards square,
| under which are beautiful reflections, wherein
| she stands. Her fourth dance Is her Ere
| Dance for she produces effects of flames
| which envelop her, and in her hand her
drapery appears as one sheet of fame"
Little Miss Nugget" presented by
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Leola Mitchell and Charles A. Loder, will open
four nights engagement at the Creighton,
with matinee today, and with the single ex-
eeption of tomorrow night, when LA Lo!e"
Fuller will occupy the theater, will be the
drawing card until Thursday night Little
Miss Nugget while new here, is at present
| in its fourteenth year of success and s
said to be full OF interesting and laugh
| provoking situations, the action Of the play
! being interspersed with numerous specalties.
! Charles A. L,der will be remembered from his
former appearance in "Oh What Night"
and The Hustler" he holding the record
for the largest Sunday business. at popular
| prices with the former production. The
usual matinees will be given during the en-
| gagement.
| On Friday and Saturday of next week.
| Stuart Robson, one of the conspicuous mem
| bers OF that circle of bright comedians who are
| now making name for the American stage
that will live In history. will appear at
| Boyd's theatre in his new comedy, Mrs
Pcnderbury Past" the play which had such
an extended run at the Garrick theater, New
| York, the present season. At the Saturday
matinee. Mr.. Robson may present still another
| new play. MRS. Ponderbury's Past" will
/ bA mounted In the same luxurnuo rnapnar