Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-13
At THE PLAY HOUSES.
..rhe Lily ana the Prince. at the boyd.

Miss Mildred Holland and company in Tho
Lilly and the Prince" romantic drama in
&C unit di Savell ....... George Warrington
Countess di Savelli. ...!.t.... Amy rain
Angela di Savelh. O.. Mildred Holland
Slyio dorsini'.'.,ys'r;,. Wiis IAN s stnplsH
Duke of Ferrara, alias fFrontini. ). 800.
:..........''.'.. a.insi ., pei IA har ARE
Lucrezia Borgia, duchess Of Ferrara..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Teresa a. Dale
sancia. her friend ......!s. 5 Alice Holiday
Count Forelli .................. Douglas Allen
Prince of Colonna 800; John Anton Miesen
Governor of prison .......... Stanley Wood
Guard Observation-Disclosures. Forrest Moore
Cardinal Capha ..>.,..e George =. Layton
Inquisitor ................' tSayinohu Htah
Count d'Urbino ..:.,.......... wallace Lord
Cecco .,....,..................., Alton lhoiilas
THE Lily and the Prince is a melodrsma
of uncertain quality; 1t is frankness itself
as regards the wheels by which 1t moves,
yet at times it appears tolave in 1t some
thing of the elements OF better order or
drama than 1t appears. 1t is not well put
together, its dialogue being for the greater
part stilted and stiff, but despite these
manifest defects, its story is one OF such
interest and such ingenuity is extended in
the working out of it's transparent plot that
it holds attention to the end. Its story is;
Z
Florentine noble is arrested and taken to
Rome on a charge of treason. He and his
two sons are locked in the fortress Of San
Angelo. The daughter goes to Rome two
years later, after the death of her mother.
to seek out her father and finds her lover
who is serving in the Roman army. He has
come under the favor OF Lucrezia Borgia,
and has been made a captain In the Papal
guards He remains true to his p!ighted
troth, and Borgia seeks TO entrap the
maiden with the prince OF Colonna, hoping
thus TO win the lover, d'Orsini The girl
fathoms the plot, and Is sent on n wild
goose chase to San Angelo. to be assassin
ated. Instead, she wins her way to the
dungeon, where the secret council is in
session. and there denounces the traitor,
who is none other than the duke of
Ferrara husband OF Borgia The fathers
life and liberty is regained, and the girl
and the lover are united.
The second and third acts allow Miss
Holland a fine chance of which she takes
the best advantage, Her scenes with the
duchess of Ferrara are convincing, and her
scene in the trial chamber Is made impress
sve by the genuine earnestness she puts
into her appeal This would. it seems. be
more effective without the added effect
of thoroughly out-of-place spot light"
Miss Holland is too much of an artist to
require the aid Of such a paltry srtihce.
Her lighter scenes are carried of with
much grace
Mr.. Miesen is most at home of the men.
He makes Colonna quite an ideal pleasure
loving italian Of the time. MIR. Cliford's
orsini is hardly the sort of soldier that
even a romantic girl would fall in love
WITH much less time-tred and fire-tested
woman OF the Borgia stamp. Alice Holli-
days Sancia is a good bit OF acting. a
feather-brained. selfish woman of the world
who would cheerfuliy a sister sacrificed
or compromised. but who would take no
chances herself. The rest of the company
do the little asked of them very we'll The
staging of the piece is most elaborate. the
settings being heavy and appropriate. and
the costumes beautiful. so that the pictures
are attractive in the extreme.
The Lily and the Prince" will be given
at a matinee this afternoon and again this
evening.