Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-17
At THE PLAYROVStS
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'fThs suuhw Man" at the Boyd.
Henry Jewett and company In ''The Squaw
Man drama I'm four acts, by Edward
Milton Royle, under direction of Ldebler
Henry Wynnegate, earl Of Herhtll.......
- ...sss. ...'....s........H .Hlchard ChAWHeI
Diana, his wife.............,E Edith Cartwright
Lady Elizabeth wynnesete, his mother
Lady Mabel wynneE5te. his isis sister.......
Captain James wynnegate, afterwards
Jim Carston,' his oOuAln Henry Jeweh
Rev. BalchazaRr Ch!swtck, his secretary
.....--.--.------.----.W ~ GIaIlgsr I15,3
NaIcoi,n fstrjs tbs sS,i;s soIIcitaI l-ii''
.-.---.--.--.---------.--.--- Fletcher Harvey
Sir John Applagate, Diana > cousin.--..-
Rt. Rev. Bishop OF Exeter. Herbert Tortier
SIR Charles Major1bauks, Diana's father
Ms. Chichester-c;hiahestsr Jones. an
American lady ,-- Nina Lyn
Jim Carston's COW punchsrs-
Big Bill, foreman---.-.--.Charles Chappelle
shorty Horace Mltch0u
Andy. Locke
, Baco White. interpreter -. Logan Paul
Tabywana, peace chief Of the Utes.....,
Nat u -Ritch, hts daughter Minnie Vlctorson
Little Hal, her son Master Jack Forrest
Cash Hawkins rustler and bad man.
~, =. -----------John hSrrlnEton
McSorley, engineer Of the Overland
Limited d-.--.....-........--..-E w Remble
Parker, Pullman conductor.-.-H r. Robson
FeJe. Logan Paul
Punk, a Chinaman. Jerome Sachs
Mrs Hiram Doolittls, from Dover
Mr. Hiram Doolittie, her husband -. o'
--..---.-.---................- Curtis Peel
Bud Hardy, sheriff Of Coyote county.
- ....-----------.-.-..A "A w. CJeckl Ellis
hlu ClArk-- Charles Bender
When Edward Milton Royle was inspired
with the idea Of 'SFhe Squaw Man he
wrote It as a short acting sketch to enIiven
a lambs Club gambol. It's intrinsic quail
/ ties were 80 apparent that he was en-
cOuraged to expand st into a play. and it
was later given TO the public in It's present
form. 1t not only tells a very interesting
| story, and in direct and satisfying way
but 1t Is put together 80 deftly and in
geniously that II stands as a remarkable
! piece OF dramatic construction. II IS
crowded with Incidents, in fact almost over
crowded. A full four-aet drama has been
made out of less stun than is used for the
predatory first act: the incidents of the
second act are the raw material out OF
which owen wister made the greatest Of
all western or cowboy dramas, and each
of the other two acts is as prolific Of events.
And yet it hardly occurs to even the criti-
cal observer that Mr.. Royle has put too
|
and its action is natural and easy, whuo
it's situations are intensely strong.
Mr. Henry Jewett has fallen heir to the
hero part, a role that calls for poise as well
as action; for a mingling OF straightforward
manliness with the subtleties Of polite So
ciety. and 1t is done In a way that is thor
oughly workmanlike. MIR. Jewett's manner
| and voice are carefully adapted to the sit
! uatlons, and he easily conveys the impress
sion he apparently intends making the
| squaw man the real man Of the play with
| out reference to the course directed by the
author. Some other characters are done
very well, Charles Chappelle as Big Bill;
John Harrington as Cash Hawkins and
Jack" Ellis as Bud Hardy are all types
familiar enough in the west, while the cow
boys and Indians incidental to the play are
the real thing. Mr.. ColviHe ought to have
little trouble establishing himself at a
council. t,i
Miss Minnie Victorson is asked to enact
an extremely dificuts role, that Of the
squaw. She glides throughput play In an
unobtrusive way, and yet she impresses her
personality strongly onsuthe action. She
makes it very plain that mothers are much
the same wherever found regardless OF
color or social condition. Miss Cartwright
il really the leading woman Of. the company
but her role is rather conventional, al
though it is well done. The other women
are more or less incidental bat add to the
color Of the opening act certain little
touches Of comedy that relieve Il
immensely. The piece is well mounted
The Boyd theater was we'll filled last
night by an audie1ce that g.ew very dem
onstrative at thef close Of the second anc
third acts and ef fen insisted on the curtain
being raised aft Il the tragic climax Of the
fourth The So law Man" will be repeated
this evening anI on Tuesday afternoon and
evening.