Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
SUNDAY AT The THEATERS
"Olsn'man" at the Boyd Gets Large and
Dsmonstrativs Audience.
NEW LEADING WOMAN At tn. BuRwOOD
Miss Marie Pettis opens Her Omaha
Engagement in "NeII Gwynn" and
Makes Instantaneous Success
with Patrons OF House.

The Clansman," a play OF the reconstruc-
ton period. In four acts. by Thomas
Dixon, jr. at the Boyd theater. The cast
Rev Ephraim Fox, negro exhorter.
Dick. a dark skinner white man. 80.
Aeck. sheriff Of Ulster. John ' b Hymer
Nelse, an old-fashioned negro: .;:.......
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Wallace owen
Carpetbagser, peddler and auctlonesr
Thompson. southern planter ........,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II. SIMMONS
Judge Wallace of the old regime ,.,...,,.
Gus. of the Black Guard .... Albert Lovern
Eve Nelse's wife. Mrs. Charles @. Craig
Austin Stoneman, the radical leader.
Dr. Richard Cameron. a conservative:
.........................D Lawrence Eddinger
Flora his little daughter Violet Mersereau
Nellie Graham, daughter of the south
Observation-Disclosures. Ruth Hart
Elsie Stoneman............A ileen Goodwin
Helen Lowell. her schoolmate. Eleanor Kent
Ben Cameron. the Clansman. :....:......
Observation-Disclosures. Maurice Freeman
silas Lynch, lieutenant governor OF
south CarOlna. ...,....,.. James y. Ryan
Freedmans bureau agent. Charles Murphy
Negro corporal. Charles Elliott
William Pitt Shrimp, governor Of South nth.
General Nathan b. Forrest, grand
wizard of the Khan. George Linderman
| United States commissioner f. Miller
1t Is an evidence OF the dramatic power
OF this play Of the reconstruction period
that at it's second appearance before an
Omaha audience It drew alternately ap-
! plause and Kisses, very few other
theatrical productions have done. II is
rarely that the audience, or at least the
| portion of the audience that lead in the
audible expression OF their feelings. enter
into the spirit Of the play so thoroughly as
It did last night. The applause and the
| hnth nv With
author and while the faction that ex-
pressed itself may have been small II
cannot be denied that. like the governor
of South Carolina It was also loud.
| 1.-THE Clansman" takes its plot from a
time when dramatic incidents were crowd
| ing upon each other In the rapidly chang
| ing political and social conditions of South
Carolina. Dixon has presented these condi-
lions in an. exceedingly strong way from
| the standpoint of the extreme southern
| fighter as he believes for the supremacy
of civilization. The race problem was then
in its beginning, and at the same time in
Its most strenuous period of development
and the concrete manner in which he
handles II makes an effective appeal tc
the feelings of everyone who sees the play
no matter what his opinion as to the alb
stract problem may be. The interest Il
increased by the introduction OF ghostlS
and mysterious scenes from the Ku ISluS
Khan. The usual love element is also g
strong feature of the plot.
The cast has been changed somewhat
since the appearance of the play In Omaha
last year. but 1t has lost little by the
change Ben Cameron. the leader of the
clansmen, is ably interpreted by Mauric,
Freeman. who has both the ability and
the physical appearance required by tn,
part Austin Stoneman, the radical leader
and Silas Lynch. the negro lieutenant gov
ernor, are represented. respectively. by NJ
]. Jordan and James ]. Ryan, in a very
satisfactory way. The young women OF
the cast are charming and beautiful, and
the negro principals, from Uncle Nelse and
Aunt Eve and the faint-hearted sheriff
down, are all as natural as life.
The play was witnessed by a good Grove
of both races last night. 1t will run unit
after Wednesday night, with a matinee OF
Wednesday afternoon.
GNan nxvyuu1 ma tha Rur~nnd