Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04

"Under the Red Robe" at the BurwOod,
BY way of pleasing variety romance the
vigorous, undiluted romance of 1880. is the
thing of interest at the Woodward Stock
company's house this week. The play was
made by Edward Rose out Of Stanley Wey-
mans novel in such a way as to make
very pretty and effective story-one In sat
isfyinE proximity to the dramatic touch
stone through its entirety. All of the
members of the stock company do well
with 1t and some particularly well. All
together It is alluring even to the faded
theater-goer and contains a freshness and
charm that cannot be resisted. OF course,
having Cardinal Richelieu as the potential
figure the play toys with history some
what but not enough either to vex or tire
Questions of honor, prompted by the clean
love Of a badly situated young cavalier,
are the pendulum by which the tale swings
and it's development is at once exciting,
fascinating and reasonable. 1t has been
played here before, by a road company,
and Omahans are quite familiar with II.
Miss Lang received a greeting that might
be termed properly an ovation after her
three weeks absence. due to an accident
while playing in when We Were Twenty
one" Her entrance, which Is In the second
act is adjusted very well for ovations,
being in the center. rear. backed by a
pretty light and fron'ed by vacant stage.
She looked more than usually beautiful
| because Of the rest. In Rene de Cocheforet
she has a part that abounds In opportunity.
She rose to it in the second act in the
final scene with Bera ult, but did not in the
succeeding scenes.
| Mr. Morrison plays the role OF De Be
! rault the gambler-duelist who is sent by
, Richelieu. as the price of his life, to cap
ture Rene's brother. He seems, strangely
! to fail to inject vitality into some very
| dramatic situations. After succeeding with
them indinerently he does his really best
work In a soliloquy near the end OF the
play. In his parting with his prisoner he
says only one line as it should be deliv'
cred. and that is, IT am only human" He
diates in vocal tones at the expense OF
force.
The role that IL really acted for all u
is worth is the strong one of Richelieu by
Mr. Owen, who does, also. the part o.
clon a tongueless octogenarian. To pu
IL bluntly. the first and last acts, as Richie
lieu. are entirely Mr.. owens. Special!
is this true in the declamatory period
where he discourses with Berault on hi
own downfall These passages drew en-
thusiastic applause from an audience dis
tinctIy hostile in sentiment to the cardina
at that time 1t is two old man part
that the actor plays yet neither is like tn
other in any item. Clon. too, is played
with the touches of art that mark tn
master player
Mr.. NJ. scoheld. the 'new director dem
onstrated much comedy capacity as Cap
tain La Role and gave a clever perform
ance. Mr.. Davies as Lieutenant Name
read his lines with exceptional force an
effect. He makes It one OF the best hit
he has done At the Burwood. John Tod
Is good as Henri de Cocheforet.
The play is staged uncommonly wei
with lot of new and very pretty scener
and accessories. In fact. the mountin
is one OF the features of the production.
) "After Nidni~bt" ut the KruE.
A melodramatic story Of the under sid
OF New York life. written for stage pui
poses under the name OF after Midnight,
he. L~aNUur