Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-29
AfnuSef
At the Boyd.

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Countess of Warminster Florence Stanley
Lady Venetia Byonnesse. ...... Helen Ware
Marquis of Chateauroy. Alexander Kearney
LORD Constantia ............... James Allen
6lerre Baroni .....,.......... Aubrey Noyes
Renee Baroni ............. Emily Lascelles
Maitre SaVtgnol ........... Frank Browning
General Lamoriciere .......... Mark Fenton
Paul Lamoriciere ............ Helen Mueller
Captain de Chanre1lon. 4. Charles Bearsford
Ab-Del-Kareen, the Marabout. .........,
Bou Allan and 81 Hassan. BedoHins''
;...,Wm: G., Warren and VIM. ]. Welsh
Amineh, the doctress. zee. Florence Stanley
a missionary ........".."...... Robert Tice
A settler Lem Roberts
Felice, a maid ................. Lillian Haner
Moorish dancer ............... Julia Caldweil
Cigarette, Vivandiere ........Jane Remark
Just because you may have happened to
read Mile de la RANGES story is no sign
you have seen Paul M. Potter's play. Not
much. Under Two Flags" is one thing
as a novel and quite another thing as a
play. In many respects the acting version
is preferable. 1t gives in tabloid form
what one must wade through an almost
interminahle morass Of ouida'8 turgid
words to obtain. Chiefly, however, the
great improvement is in the character of
Berthe Cecil, the hero. Like John Halifax,
Daniel Deronda, and other men drawn by
women, BERTHE Cecil in the novel Is Just
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play he is quite a different sort, something
one might reasonably expect to meet in
flesh and blood. Cigarette in the novel
isn't an especially attractive parsonage,
but in the play she is gifted with many
little feminine traits which you would
hardly expect to encounter in the daughter
Of a camp-following woman who never
knew her father, and who had only such
education as might come to the lot Of a
vivandiere through contact with the SOL
diers of Fr"uce in Algiers. other depar
ures from the de la Rance version of t..
chief incidents in the life Of Hon. Berthe
Cecil, who was also several kinds Of an
ass. both in the play and in the book, are
to the manifest advantage of the telling.
None Of the dramatic possibilities Of the
really fascinating story are lost and sew
eral are greatly enhanced. All in all, the
piece is a good example Of the modern
melodrama.
Miss Jane Remark is not a stranger to
Omaha people by any means, although
when she first came among us she didn't
object to being called Jennie. Several
years added experience, chiefly in stock,
have broadened her artistic scope without
diminishing her artistic FIRE, and she brings
to a part which easily enlists the auditors
bylnpdlug muCu dDlllly hS an dClItSbs sup
plemented by natural graces. In fact, the
part Of Cigarette fits her as neatly as do
the abbreviated gowns she wears. She
has ample opportunity to exhibit all her
powers as an actress, and the curtain calls
TO which she responded at the end OF each
act showed how we'll her efforts were ap-
preciated.
Emmett c. King has the BERTHE Cecil
part and does 1t we'll. Theodore Marston
as Rockingham and Robert Folsom as
Rake furnish the hero with a pair OF
friends he should never forget. Alexander
Kearney, to whom falls the lot of the in
dispensable villain, does his thankless
work with the charm OF a finished actor.
Others in the long cast are acceptable.
The piece is staged with all the scenery
and accessories prepared for its original
New York production, and is In this re-
spect practically perfect. No finer bit of
realism than the sand storm and Gig
a~rette's ride through the gorge OF Chellala
is ever seen.
Two of the largest audiences OF the sea-
son were present at the matinee and even
ing performances yesterday. 1t was no
ticed last night that many people seldom
seen in the theater on Sunday were pres
emit. The engagement will end with Satur-
day nights performance. Matinees will be
given on Thursday and Saturday.