Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-30
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Alice Fischer in Mrs. Jack" a f%arcical
comedy in three acts, b. Grace Livingston
Furniss. The cast:
Mrs. Jack Banastar, Jacks widow.....
Mrs. Hiida Pointer, jacks Stern.
...............Mrs Thorndyke Boucicault
Charley BRnastsr, Jacks brother.,......
.............. Mr.. Douglas Fairbanks
Mrs. Ann o'Hara, Jacks aunt..:n""I
Dexter Meade. JACKS executors Miss Aiee he's"
.................. Mr.. Charles NJ. Collins
Dick Fedris. Mrs. Jacks chum: ......".
.".."3...."......;;Mr Mr.. James CareW
Brinsley Boone, a ~tragedisn.
Mr.. Jacques Kruger
Msrky Deaves, an ex-pugiiist...;..
..,,............, Mr.. William Humphrey
Cherry Perry, a soubrette. ...........,.....
Miss Myrtle vinson
Mrs. Trumbull, a social leader. """"
...""..v".v.."...Mis Miss Nellie Mayer
poo"'. !.!.'.'' Miss Edith Warner
Mark Ramsay. hotelkeeper from JopI
Hiram Bolton, hotelkeeper from Sag
NAV, Mich Mr.. Ed l.. Clark
Hudson, butler........ Mr.. George Schaeffer
Collops, a cook. ........ Miss Edith bowman
Gerda, a maid...."..,..Miss Mary e. Post
Several hundred Omaha people who took
q chance on a new star in a new play at
the Boyd last night can today tell several
thousand who did not go that MRS. Jack"
is one Of the merriest bits of s~atirical
comedy offered in Omaha in many a day.
1t has all the beauty OF a bright woman's
keen sense Of humor, and ripples and CUR
giles with delicious fun, sparkling wit and
satire sharp as a razor from first to last.
Briefly, Mr.. John Banastar dies, leaving
ten millions of dollars, a brother and sister
(who are Of the snobocracy), and a mis-
cellaneous assortment Of dependents, such
as prize fighters, bad actors, and the like,
and a widow who is the de facto heiress TO
the whole lot, and as it subsequently de-
velops, Is also heiress de jure. During an
interim OF four months, though, the brother
and sister build hopes on a codicil, which
is not read until the last minute and then
disappoints them. Not an especially original
plot, but It ia in the working out Of the
story that Miss Furniss has given us the
beneht OF her perception and wit and fur
nished us with the best excuse for laughter
seen on the Boyd stage this season.
Miss Alice Fischer has an excellent no
tion OF the part OF a big, whole-souled
western woman, who despises sham and
social shoddy, and who desires to do what
is right morally, whether she is legally
Obliged to or not. And she makes this
noIlon live through the IhIOO oSIS Vi the
play to the great amusement OF all. She
has the poise Of the, artist, and gives in
telligent expression to the idea Of the
author.
Supporting Miss Fischer is an excellent
company, one so we'll balanced and en-
tirely fitted for the piece that the star
hardly seems to be the star. Miss Alice
Leigh has probably the hardest work to dc
in the character Of Mrs. Ann O'Hara, and
gives us just such 3 warm-hearted, sensible,
level-headed Irish woman as we meet in
daily life, without a single touch Of the
stage Irish about it. BY doing this she
adds greatly to the success Of the play,
Each of the others in the cast deserves
praise for good acting.
Mrs. Jack will be given again this
evening and at a matinee and evening per-
Torrance tomorrow.