Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14

house, which has been denominated as
''the hrst theatsr In the land" The thsatar
has been thronged TO Its capacity at each
have run through the entire season. Pre-
vious Arrangements, however make II nee
essary to interrupt the run, 50 that Miss
Russell her entire company OF $50 people,
the marvellous flying fairy ballet and all
the many other features will DO taken on
the road
ESyrs s.s OBJ. 8. p IN: sSS
mite" achieved Suoh triumph at the
Savoy theater, London, the last season.
.ionsi actress. in III: title role i' OF the Boer
wife, Deborah, is a striking example Of
native born playwright who sought for
ls a New Yorker by birth, not only gradu-
ated from Harvard In the class Of SO, being
its ivy orator on class day. but he also dis
at the university az a valued member Of It's
famous theatrical society, the Hasty Pud-
sins club He eOlseOTatsd In is Tsp plays sod
lions Since going abroad he has collab-
GRATED in and written about twenty-five
sSs smS Tsm. them Sf The ee i re5eon Lana ana
The Partiklsr Pet" in which Cyril Maude
appeared. The shulamite' Is his best sue
cess.
To insure adequate dress rshearsais Of
Der 70 at the Grand Opera house, Chicago,
sive use Of the Aerial thester. New York
Hero he will give complete dress rehearsals,
with scenery, lights, ballots, extra people
frem October is TO October Is On that
date he embarks his company, the largest
from New Yor foP choaso ever T
train. There will be nearly 800 people
aboard. In the train will be Mr.. Mans
two day coaches and ave sixty,foot bag,
gage carloads Of scenery for Peer Gynt."
chant s Of Venice, Beau brummei," King
Richard Ill" "A Partisan Romance"
Hyd S rhe Scarlet Lette Se@'n r Seo MIS-.
anthrope" and the other plays which Mr..
Mansfield expects to give. On arriving in
dress rehearsal OF "Peer Gynt'' on the
stage OF the Grand Opera house.
Mr.. Hall Gaines The Bondsman" 70 re-
ported as huge success at Drury Lane
ing melodramas. Mr.. A. b. Walkley de-
votes a column and half of semi-humor-
at ali IMPRESSED either by its magnitude
or -magntficence. He writes; We have
sesn all his plays. in the ordinary course
bring home to US more forcibly than ever
the distinction between business and
pleasure, They seem to US OF poor intel
lectual texture-crude in method, garish
and as noisy as a brass band. They pre-
sent a set Of people-uneouth people, violent
INTERPRETATION we 90 uOt hnOW SLlo w
not want to know and cannot persuade our
selves to believe in. The histories Of these
people are of the sort known as kaleido-
seopic. They are suddenly plunged from
giddy heights OF power or prosperity into
Ia depths of wretchedness. Painting geog-
rsphy tolls after them. in vain as they
whirl round the globe from the SHOWS OF
Iceland to the gaming tables OF Monte
Carlo. or from the homesteads of man TO
the sulphur mines OF Sicily But wherever
they go they are always essentially the
same-'tremendous companions, in the
Boswellian phrase, uncomfortably en-
phatic, always on the strain. They have
hearts abnormally developed hearts,
humping, palpitating, bursting or broken
hearts. They have voices which can always
be heard above the perceptual din OF hymns
and ohoruses behind the scenes: They have
all the outward semblances OF human be-
ings. Further, they have consoiences, ter
ribly obtrusive and tiresome consciences,
and what is called q profound conviction
OF sin. But they have no real psychology,
no real vie interieure, no power Of In
dividual reflections" Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell is the heroine of THE Bondsman," but
the part does not seem to suit her well.
At all events the critics are not enthu-
siastic over her performance.