Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-25
ao..ip from staReIand.

IN the dramatlzation Of her novel. The
House Of Mirth."
Annie Russell Is now on her way home
from London. She will appear here In a
new comedy by q well known dramaust,
the title OF which has not yet been an
nounced.
Nat Goodwin is making an adaptation
for his own use OF the French play, The
Mizzoura" and 'srhe Prince Chap In Lon
don before long.
Mr.. Conreid has already secured the
for next season. He will also present
new singer in Miss Marie hatfield, a
Brooklyn mezzo-soprano.
Clay Clement has Just completed new
play which he will produce next season and
In which he will play the title role 1t Is
called Sam Houston OF Texas, and deals
with incidents In the life Of the famous
character.
The high court Of England has decided
that a chorus girl who contracts illness
the management OF a theater can recover
damages from them. The pantomime
fairies are rejoicing.
and is doing that striking and realistic
sketch, THE Dope Fiend," McCree's work
in this act was what attracted attention to
him several years ago and brought him
comedy.
Mabel Fenton of the well known vaude-
willie team Of Ross and Fenton, whose bur-
lesques Of well known plays are familiar
to patrons Of the continuous houses, has
announced tnaL with the teIInlndllOu VI
this season she will retire from the stage
for all time.
1t is with ill-repressed glee that "w. W."
this PsbragSRh for sn the H Ne Il, XS ark
week at the Liberty theater this week;
Alasl great as Mr. Brady has declared
the play to be, the public seems to have
agreed with the critics
Miss Florence Roberts begins an engage
ment at the Liberty theater on April le,
presenting for the first time in New York
a play entitled THE Strength of the
Weak" of which Alice NJ. Smith is the
op @ne Ths snd of N the Sy are laid
Miss Marion Winchester, the American
dancer from San Francisco, who has
achieved a continental reputation through
her nimbleness of feet, has added to her
laurels by making one of the biggest hits
in the production of the London Gaiety
where she takes the part of the Sugar
Queen.
Marguerite sylvia, who has been COM
pleting her vocal studies abroad, appeared
opera at Nancy, France, where, according
to cable reports, she created a sensation.
1t is said that the American singer has
been engaged for season at the Opera
Comique in Paris.
1t is now known that the next new play
by j. M. Barrie will be seen at the London
trey will play the leading male part. The
nature of the piece is kept secret, but re-
port says that It VIII compare favorably
either Of humor or pathos.
Madame Calve has declared that she will
never sing Carmen" in New York again
In fact, she is frank enough to say that
she does not like New York, either its pub
lie or its critics. She likes better to sing
in the west and south and her tour of sixty
concerts next season will be governed In
some measure at least by her wishes In
that respect.
There were two revivals Of more than
passing interest in New York last week.
Klaw & Erlanger reproduced the great
Drury Lane spectacle, 'Humpty Dumpty,"
came back to Broadway in "Happyland"
at the Casino. Both were well received
week. Lent seems 70 have made very
little impression on the theater audience
|, anyway. Most Of the houses did most
> satisfactory business.
The London critics are not over polite to
DR.. Conan Doyle's romantic drama, "Briga-
der Gerard" but they admit that the lead
fully well. They seem to think that Gerard
Is somewhat too comical a figure for a
hero, but DR.. Doyle remarks that he meant
him to be comical, that the public likes
him to be comical and that the critics as q
rule are not good judges of his work any
way. Possibly both sides are right At all
events, there seems to be no doubt that
the piece has made hit with the public.
The Billboards spring special number,
which was out last week, bears every evil
dence of prosperity of the tent and park
show business, for It is full of advertise
ments of these enterprises and the allied
features of amusing the public. The mum
Der contains 124 pages and is embellished
with pictures Of the leaders of the American
stage, its literary features being made
, nent to the show business by men who
know Of what they are writing The
number fully sustains the high reputation
of the Billboard.
Miss Harriet Burt, who played the part
OF Jack Horner In 1.-The Gingerbread Man"
during the time Miss Bertram was alb
sent owing to the death Of her husband, e.
]. Morgan, was called from the ranks OF
, the chrous at venture TO take the role.
10 hQ
hardly missed Her performance in Omaha
was finished and complete in detail, and IN
that Miss Burt will stay in the chorus
very long. She was first seen in Omaha
as the New York girl in the Song Of the
, Cities" in 1.-THE Prince Of P1isen' three
years ago.
John Corbin says of James J. corbetts
newest effort to make II stick In the
.'legit:" 1t was not to be expected that
, there should be any great amount Of actiy-
ity in the theatrical world at this mid
Lenten season About the only thing new
Fifth Avenue by James ]. Corbett, who
made his appearance In light comedy, sup
ported by Amelia Bingham and her an
marked improvement over anything he has
ever done in the theatrical line, and Il is
a comedian after ali. HIS work in "Mr.
Smooth" at least merits serious consid-
Grafton.
OF May Naudain the. New York Times
says: May Naudain, who is to play Stella
Bright in His Majesty has for several
seasons past sung almost nothing but Vic
tor Herbert's music, She played Peter
Pumpkin and Bopeep in Babes In Toy
land and was later the Ambassador In IL
Happened In Nordland. During the run OF
the latter piece II was Miss Naudain who
saved a performance by playing Kate Peep
vogel at few minutes notice, on the oc-
casion OF Marie Cahills withdrawal In
the burlesque of The Music Master Miss
Naudain had the part of the landlady
Mrs. Kruger. During the last two seasons
she has been the soloist at Mr.. Herbert
concerts at the Majestic theater"
In his old age Vlctorien Sardou, the dis
tinguished playwright, has called in col
laborators from the spirit world. He de-
! clares that the spOok Of Bernard Palsy
the famous spotter who hourished In the
| sixteenth century, has assisted him In his
work. Palissys spirit, says Sardou, seized
his hand and wrote Paper too small" and
II was not until the dramatist had ran
sacked Paris for the largest sheet of paper
: made that the spook was satisfied. Fol
! years past, SardOu AYERS, he has held
! communication with spirits through the
! medium Of tables and the ''planchette.'
) One table became 80 completely influenced
4 by supernatural powers that IL would fol
: low him about his apartment like dog
Another manifestation was showers OF
: roses from the ceiling onto his head. AL
/ literary Paris Is taking an amused interest