Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
Coming Events.

At the New theater. Council Bluffs. on
Tuesday May q, Mrs. Fiske and the Man
haitian company will be seen in Leah
Kleschna," the notable drama by c. NJ. S.
Mcclellan, that they presented with tre-
mendous success in New York for five
months. The same cast that appeared at
the Manhattan will be seen here on the
play. Mrs. Fiske cannot play in Omaha,
as she is not booked by the theatrical
syndicate and no theaters here are open to
her.
Leah Kleschna" Is a drama of modern
life, with scenes laid in Paris and near
Neustadt, Austria, at the present time.
Mrs FIske is seen in a role different from
any she has hitherto played. The daugh-
ter of a noted criminal, Leah has been
trained by him as his assistant in thefts
of uncommon dimensions and adroitness.
They seem part of the routine of life to
her. One brings her face to face with a
man-the most discussed Frenchman OF the
hour-whom she has admired from afar.
He does not arrest her, upbraid her or
laugh at her. He is not even sentimental
over her. He simply understands her as
no one else has and sympathetically rouses
the other and better woman that is In
her. In the end that conquers, the more
easily when love enters. The girl leaves
her father and his associates and goes
back TO the lettuce fields where her mother
had labored. there to find peace. There,
TOO, she finds happiness when the man
who had awakened her moral sense comes
to take her to his home. No star within
memory has been surrounded by such a
group Of players as John Mason, George
Arliss, Charles Cartwright and William B.
Mack. Claus Bogel.' Edward Donnelly
Monroe hu
Terry. Frank Eastwood. Emily Stevens
Fernando Elisou, Mary Maddern, Ger
trude Graham and the others in the cast
The play was staged under Mrs Fiske's
personal direction, and her methods dom
mate the performance. For the conven-
ience Of Omaha theatergoers seats for Mrs.
Ftske have been placed on sale at the
Beaton Drug company, 1901 Farnam street.
.
Melbourne Mcdowell, who will appear at
the Krug theater this week in CLEOPATRA ."
stands well identified On the American
stage in the heroic Sardou roles Cleo
patra" will be the opening bill. and in the
role Of the Roman general, Marc Antony
Mr.. Macdowen will be seen. The produc-
ton will be gotten Up especially for this
occasion. In the first act is shown the
tribunal OF the Romans at Tarus, with a
the luxurious barge Of the Egyptian queen
Thence the action shifts TO the palace Of
Ramesis. from whence the spectators are
again transported to the celebrated temple
of Memphis. The fourth act passes in a
palace at Actium, fronting the shores Of
the Asian gulf, where Cleopatra, hidden
by a curtain. is forced to listen to a love
scene between her paramour and his Roman
wife. Then comes the storm in the fifth
act, veritable triumph OF stage mechan-
ism. In response 10 the appeals OF the
royal sorceress the sky begins TO darken,
the first low mumblirg gs OF thunder are
heard, lightning flashes up and down the
heavens, until suddenly a tempest bursts
with all the fury Of a tropical storm. From
this point on the inevitable doom Of poor,
impulsive Antony is worked out TO a tragic
end. Mr.. Mcdowell will be supported by
Miss Ethel Fuller, who has been specially
engaged for the rendition OF these Sardou
plays. Miss Fuller worked with Mr.. Mac
dowell the earlier part OF this season. In
addition TO Miss Fuller Mr.. Macdowell will
be supported by the entire strength of the
Caldwell Stock company. Next week La
Tosca" will be the bill.
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"A Daughter OF Erin" an Irish comedy