Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-25
At the PLAY HOUSES
when Kuixhthood Wa. In Flower


mt the Boyd.
Roselle Knott and company in when
Knighthood Was in Flower, romantic
play in fve acts by Charles Major and
Paul Hester: based on the novel OF the
same name, by Charles Major; under d.
rection of shipman and Colman. The
cast:
Henry the Eighth. King Of England.
Francis D'Angouleme, Dauphin Of
Thomas ss'1 wolsey Bishop Of Lincoln.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John A. Alexander
Duke Of Buckingham wedgewood Novel;
Duke de Longueville. Envoy OF France
Sir Edward Caskoden. Master Of the
Master ReP'e cavendsh Woseys G Secretary seyo0
........................... James DeeTds
Sir Adam Judson, cousin to BueklnE;
ham ........................E dgerton Gray
viii somers King Henry's jester.
Observation-Disclosures. Lewis Richard
Captain Bradhurst, OF the ship ROYAL
Hind .........................E Edward Dillon
Host Of the Bow and string tavern.
Servant at the tavern ......Joseph Warden
| First Adventurer Duncan Lewis
! Second Adventurer. Il: d wilson
/ Charles Brandon, Captain OF the Kings
| Queen Catherine. of England. Sadie Travers
| Maids of Honor to Mary Tudor:
Lady Jane Bolingbroke. Anna a Day
Mistress Anne Boleyn.......C Claire Colwel
Mistress Jane Seymour. Maude Morton
Folly Dancer at COURT. .1neE Hamilton MI ton
! Page to Henry the Eighth.
| ....................Ma Master Charles Cnfton
Mary Tudor ....................'R osehe hHott
Roselle Knott's Mary Tudor princess of
| England. is exhilaratng that the paltry
| few sentimental souls left in this strenuous
| age Of American commercialism find them
selves wishing that knishthood might still
be in flower, taking their cue from the
authors assumption that this chivalrous
| las a Z
knighthood proved to be for Charles Bran
don. one witnessing Roselle Knots rem
dition OF the pretty play finds himself
drifting along with a sort of unconscious.
| Irresistible current of imagination, leading
| him on to a very earnest desire to possess
| such a luxury. Miss Knots conception
| of the piece certainly is intelligent and her
execution is thoroughly in keeping with 1t.
She proves herself most careful student
of the minutest details, bringing out the
fobles and follies, the intrigue and decep-
ton Of selfish royalty with completeness
that is satisfying indeed. She ought TO
have been an American girl. this Mary
Tudor of Miss KNOTS, and western
American girl at that; one of those care
go-free, liberty-lovlng and royalty-hating
| western girls whose love of q strong true
man is commensurate only with her con-
tempt for low, lusting sycophant, incapa-
bic of exercising the sacred function OF true
love. Mary Tudor, though starting out as
the princess Of England because she was
the sister of the king passing through the
form of being the queen of France be-
cause she is-not the wife, but the consort
of the king "Old King Louis"-never gets
sufficiently imbued with the royal idea to
suit her lustful sponsors, but the regal
| contempt and abandon with which she
sings kingships and things to the air Is
refreshing, to say no more. 81 am getting
mighty tired of these kings" she exclaims
i'm her girlish passion for her only lover,
Charles Brandon. Miss Knott is pretty
enough to be queen in most any country,
even America.
The supporting company is good; 1t is
excellent in most respects. Ernest Hast
ings gives Miss Knott superb support as
Charles Brandon captain of the king
guards officially, but king Of Mary's heart
in every day affairs. Mr.. Hastings Is a
splendid picture of physical manhood. He
has a good conception of his part, he is
a fine elocutionist and fts the part he
plays as II they were made for each other.
Ogden Stevens wins friends and admiration
as Henry VIII and incidentally you have
to admit at the last that Henry is not n
bad sort, indeed, that he is good old fellow
after his monkshness in affiXing his sister
to senile old king, Louis OF France. But
then Henry was a king and couldn't help
it. Wedgewood NOVEL; the duke of
buckingham, John A. Alexander as Car
dlnal Wolsey, and Anna A. Day Lady
Jane Bolingbroke and Lionel Seybolt as
Sir Edwin Caskoden carry their parts with
unusual cleveTness.
, The piece will be given at matinee to-
day and tonight and Tuesday night.