Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-18

The cast; .ss1e5etc
Duncan, king of Scotland ,,--..;.-;:..;;;
Malcolm ............... Mr.. Thomas r. Mills
DonaIbain ..,............ MISS Clara Athy
Macbeth ........... Mr.. Charles ID. Herman
Banquo .''''''''''.',,,.' Mr. EdMHr1 LSWets
Macdun .......... Mr.. Frederic M0ntaBue
Lennox ............, MT. WlHlam Mchesney
Ross .....,,...'''''.''.'' 'MI; Il. y; fhilnps
Menteith ............', ME. Tom RopStlson
Caithness ........ Mr.. Dallas Mcdonald
Drunken Porter .....s.. Mr.. Harry Tebbett
Fleance, son to Banquo. :. Miss May Smith
siward, early of Northumberland, gem
eral of the English forces. .....:...
Young siward, his son. 1890.
seyton, an officer attending on Macbeth
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mr.. Bonner Keel
Gentlewoman, attending. on Lady Mac
A Doctor ............... Mr.. Arthur Hinton
A bleeding Sergeant, Mr.. sand MePhe son
Messenger ...,,..... Mr.. John Alexander
Second Murderer ............ Mr.. Cyril Ward
Lady Macbeth. Madame Helena Modieska
Second Witch ...... Miss Margaret Buckiin
Third Witch .....,......, Miss Grace Varesl
FIRST Apparltion ,'.''''''' Mr. J; Moote!snu
Third Apparition .....,. Miss Jessie Brown
Omaha will remember Helena Modjeska
aa standing wide-eyed and gasping, staring
at her hand, the anguish of a soul torn by
remorse written on her face, while her
whole attitude and aspect depicted the ter
ror and misery and sorrow OF kindly ma
ture oveTborne by sin.
II is just a little singular that Nine.
Medjcska should have chosen to make
her farewell appearance In the sleep-walk-
ing scene from Macbeth" but she did,
and she depicts with terrible realism the
bitterness of that spectacle prophetic as II
was of her impending doom, when all the
fabric OF her wrong-doing, born of ambi-
ton and fostered in lust for power. should
come crashing down upon her and bury
her baneath its ruin. IL matters not here
to debate the question as to which was
first the sinner, husband or wife, or TO
argue as to which was the greater Lady
Macbeth in Helena Modieska's hands be-
comes the equal partner OF her lord and
sharer in his Utmost thoughts She fur
nishes him with that finer quality OF
courage which he lacks, but saps her own
strength in giving the inspiration for his
bloody deeds. All this is made clear by
the star whose light will soon be lost in
voluntary eclipse. 1t Is a great character,
and has been deemed worthy the best ef-
forts OF the greatest of tragediennes. In
this attitude Nine. Modjeska has APP
preached it. and with careful, we'll consld-
cred steps she develops It from the first
scene, In which a newly Matched hope
Hedges itself into bloody resolve, TO that
ending wherein remorse and horror for
the crime blots out all else. The climax
is reached by such degrees as lessen the
shock, but do not disturb the impressive
ness of the cumulative effect.
Herman "a Fine Macbeth.
Supporting Nine Modjeska is a company
OF uncommon excellence. Mr.. Herman gives
such a presentation OF Macbeth as might
in the main be called a star performance
itself. He shows rare and discriminating
intelligence in his reading OF the lines.
majestic in their poetry and impressive in
their tenor, set down for the part, and IL
Eliminates their meaning perfectly. Once or
twice during the evening he seemed to re-
eede from the high plane on which he
pitched his conception Of the part, but only
for an instant, and these brief relaxations
were more than compensated for by the
fire and vigor with which he renewed HIS
effort to make the real Macbeth live. Al
together Mr. Herman quite dominated the
situation. sharing with the star the credit
for the success Of the evening.
scene Call for Mr.. Montague.
Mr.. Montague was the recipienrNof what
Is an honor decidedly rare in Omaha. a
scene call, At the close Of the scene In
which he voiced his grief at the massacre
Of his family and vowed his vow Of ven