Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
At TIE PLAY HOUSES.
The sleeping Beauty and Tn. Beast,

"The sleeping Beauty and the Beast,
mt the boyd.
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" a
Drury Lane theater spectacle, in three
acts and eleven scenes; by J. Hickory
Wood and Arthur Collins; music by ]. NJ.
Glover and Frederic Solomon: under di-
. rection Of w. r. Vaudeville. The princi-
pals:
King Bardout. ................. Ralph Edwards
queen Spadia. Charles Saunders
lena .................,....... Barney Bernard
President Petit. Edward Marsh
Doctor Squills. David DeWolf
Princess Beauty.................R Rose Sartelia
Prince Charming. Isabelle Underwood
MaleNoientia, witch. Edith Arnold
Benevolentia, fairy queen. Isabelle Miller
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast
might have been great spectacle at the
Drury Lane theater, London; indeed, Il
must have been, for IL had long and
notably successful career there, as it did
later In New York. But Omaha is a long
way from either London or New York. and
the spectacle has shrunken so in its de-
layed transmission that II is hardly more
than a ghost of the original show. 1t still
has its points of interest, and the COM
pany which presented It at the Boyd yes
terday does its best TO give life to the
situations.
Barney Bernard, who joined the COM
pany yesterday, redeems the comedy end
Of the performance, In the part OF Lena
His delivery of the lines in which Joe
Cawthorne once delighted is unctuous and
full of a natural humor that is irresistible
He has long been known as one OF the
best in his line on the vaudeville stage
and f,e comes to the new work full of zeal
the benefit Of which his auditors last night
had. In contrast with the work of Bernard
is that OF Edwards and Saunders, as the
king and queen. They try very hard to get
the fun out of the lines set down for the
king and queen, but with Indifferent sue
cess. ...
Isabelle Underwood saves the show in
the singing line. She has a magnificent
contralto voice and utilizes 1t fully, having
three splendid solos. All the way, from
the lower to the upper registers, her fine
voice rings true. and the enthusiastic re-
calls she received were richly deserved
Miss Edith Arnold sings an interpolated
song with good effect. The chorus singing
is good, but the body is hardly numerous
enough to make the spectacular features
of the piece very imposing.
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast
Will be offered again this evening and on
Tuesday evening.
Vaudeville at the Creiehton- Orpheum
Art, genuine and unniistakable is hav.
ing an inning at the Orpheum this week
one Is 10th to speak of the Fadette or
chestra as an act" for It deserves a bet.
ter appellation. 1t Is a distinct and nota.
Die departure from the ordinary and its
reception by the Sunday assemplages al
the Orpheum indicate the accuracy OF a
long cherished belief that people who seek
their amusement there would appreciate
things above the usual run of turns u
TwentS-one young women, each an artist
under the direction of Madam Caroline b
Nichols, compose the orchestra and fur.
nish treat which none of the Omaha
devotees of music can afford to overlook
1t is not the light and frothy popular
music and has not n vestige of ragtime
but all worthy of genuine artistic en-.
neavor and produced with such effect OF
tone and tempo as to fairly enthuse ever
the most sluggish. Madam Nichols con.
ducts with Arm confidence and an cas-,
grace, securing positive and satisfactory
results and producing the utmost from the
instruments under her control. The pre-.
cision of movement is noticeable through.
out and the careful phrasing and shading
of the tone effects is a striking quality
In number, dominate the ensemble. but the
wood winds are we'll represented, and the
hrasses are present In such number as tc
add just the proper element to the Who'll,
TO ensure perfection The young woman
who presides over the slide trombone 1.
an artist. indeed her mellow notes beinl
such as even Pryor might not disown
while the cornetist and the bassoonis
understand their instruments thoroughly
The flute and the piccolo are under charg,
or the same player, who has a sliRh
chance to show herself mistress of tw,
dificult instruments. For that matter
each member Of the orchestra is a playe
OF determined ability. Yesterday fou
numbers and three encores were played. an,
the reception exceeded in enthusiasm any
thing ever heard at the Orpheum theater
1t Is apparent that the success this or
ganization has met all along its route A
to be duplicated in Omaha.
Other features of the bill deserve com
mendation. Mignonette Kokin is IN,
clever dainty little woman who sang an,
danced her way into the hearts of IN
local patrons OF the vaudeville house SOM
years ago, and is giving some exceilen
limitations as we'll as some good work O
own Harry and Kate Jackson hav
oSou SheNCu make a MT with thei
high grade comedy. Al Lawrence has
good monologue, the value of which woul,
be much improved IL he knew how TO de
liver his lines. Galleti's monkeys cut
lot OF monkey shines on the stage an,
keep the spectators in roar of laughter
Nellie Florede sings delightfully."-, her turl
being one of the best OF the sort SO ia
this season. Klekko and Fravoli sing som
selections from I'll TroVatore esnecia n,
the duet between Manrico and Leonora
Their voices are good and their singinl
was much appreciated. The kinodrome ha
good picture. telling a tale of piracy
muredr. theft, pursuir and capture that /
really thrilling
what Happened to Jones" at III,
Burwood.
What Happened TO Jones' is a tSpica
Broadhurst farce that. when properly pre-
scented. is bound to have very laughabl