Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
Go.rip from stageIand.

when Annie Russell! concludes her mar
velously successful engagement rs F9Sk
in "A Midsummer Nights Dream at the
Astor theater, late this month, Managers
Wagenhals & Kemper VIII send heT,. win
ell the sumptuous details OF the SyyV cI pIS
of the country. She will be. seen in some
Of the big eastern cities and will make a
mediate points, taking in St Louis on the
return and ending up at New York where
her interrupted run at the Astor theater
Richard Mansfield will leave New York
for Chicago with his company on Eri-
day morning next and will arrive Saturday
afternoon. On Monday evening at 7:4b ne
will act Peer Gynt" at the Grand Opera
house for the first time on any stage. This
SeSearais of peer dynt' in New, York
Complete performances are to be given
each day in the New York theater, begin.
effects dancers and full orchestra. The
four carloads of scenery for the plays IN
Mr.. Mansfeld's repertoire will arrive In
Chicago on Wednesday and store house
has been secured, where It will be Kept
until after the Peer qynt' performances.
sleepers, day coach, a dining car, Eve
scenery and baggage cars and MI Mans
fields private car The perform performance VII Fl
focus on Chicago. the artistic Interest % Of I
both Europe and America. Mr.. MANSFIELD
enterprise reveals lRssni Posse . Someqy
The role Is one which Sir Henry Irving
wanted much to act, but he felt his phys
zeal limitations too much to undertake to
OVERLOOKING with animal spirits, or even
the cynical plutocrat Sas In act four nm, me
In the last act as the aged homeoomer, who
finds his real self and final peace In the
heart Of the pure woman who , has wait S
many cuts in Peer oynt' from bis orig.
inal writing, and Il IL often acted at the
t hnsasT y afOK Berlin and Munich have ssoh
acted the comedy and in Paris II has been
given at the Theater de Loeyvre, i !.
seen by By the young pssson. but ~ beau:
tfui story and chaste moral, its fairy
Gysrs9 IiS ana sys as ssharsn
Owing to a totally unexpected popularity
In the remarkable tour Of Yyette Guilberl
S AS. Ghsya Mso sns h sSS Saiss
tours every arranged in this country, Llsb:
tour, have arranged four weeks ex-
tension, which will take the twin starr into
the western territory tr9 ,na DSluth M aEk
T rest Of q the 'ii country Is to see and
% soma csmO @Es has Sssn Ve heard ' whe
had for its tone certain unfairness In
the arrangement Feeling Feeling the Justice tS o.
executive head OF Lisbler q Co, has ar.
ranged the extension referred 70 above, and
SO, When the organization btTlheS DuulA
instead Of turning eastward again, and
finishing the tour at Brooklyn, November
II as originally planned. the organization
will proceed to Omaha, and thence to Salt
Lake City, taking In after that all the
principal cities OF the Pacific seaboard
Nothing but one night win be played any.
where, and this is in itself remarkable
state OF affairs. So far even New York
City was allotted but one day in the tour
and this is the best that any municipality
can hope for. The theatrical term, "ont
night stand is sufficiently well known &C
the lay public to be understood, and wher
it is considered that the enormous distances
of the west are to be cut up into a serie;
OF these. some idea Of the magnitude Of
the railway arrangements may be gathered
AS an instance to show the speed at which
this tour is being carried forward, Madam,
Guilbert and Mr.. Chevalier were In Quebec
Canada, October TO- Nine days later they
reached New Orleans and had visited nint
of the largest cities in the union. The
itinerary comprises a total railroad mileage
OF over 5000, and 1t Ii the most stupendoui
task the railroads of this country, or AM
other have ever been called upon TO com
pete. AS an artistic event II has been re
Solved with a favor that is little short o.
marvellous.