Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-24

Gossip from stageIand.
The company which is TO support Law
renee D'orsay in his new play, Lord 1I D9n,
Robertson, Ida NJ Darling, Margaret Dale,
Howard Percy, Thomas Walsh, sydney
Mather, Harry Dodd, Emerson Mack, IyS-
ter Chambers and Harold Heaton. Mr..
Dorsay's part is said to be somewhat
more heroic"
be starred" in THE Morals of Marcus re-
calls the fact that this was the play pro-
duced by Mr. BouTehier at the carrier
theater In London from which the critics
were debarred on the opening night. As
will be remembered by those familiar win
the controversy that followed. Mr.. Bour-
his action, asking that the play be re,
viewed fin justice 10 the author, actors and
S w. J. locke q is S novel The Morals Of
Marcus ordeyne,' and has enjoyed long
London run.
Omaha people will regret very much the
change in the Woodward Stock company
that takes Miss Mary Hill to Kansas City
Miss Hill has been one OF the moest care
full and painstaking members of the COM
pany during the time she has been with II,
and has well established herself In local
popularity. She was well known here al
ready, through her work with the summer
stock at the Boyd, and since she has been
at the Burwood she has greatly increased
ward stock company at the Auditorium in
Kansas City, where her husband, Harry
Long, is stage director.
nunzio will soon visit America, 1t has been
said that Sothern and Marlowe will be the
first to produce an English version Of any
Of the Italian dramatist's plays. While the
production may be the first New York will
see, the fact has been overlooked that Flor
ence Roberts appeared in an English YER
sion of D'Annunzios "Glasconda" at the
Alcazar theater, San Francisco, on Thurs
day, September 10, 1903, and subsequently,
atle and Portland. 1t is now announced
that Miss Roberts will present "Glasconda"
at special matinees during her forthcom,
1t has become known that Edwin Milton
Royle submitted his first revision Of Cleo"
to Charles Dillingham; last week. II this
that all negotiations will be at an end and
that Mr. Dillingham; will have to find either
Five or an entirely new play for Mrs
Leslie Carter to make her debut under his
management. Mr.. Dillingham; recently as
version of Article Forty-Five," he had
received no less than Ave plays based on
the ola drama, all written purely on spec,
ulation after the differences of himself and
Royle came into court. Mr.. Royle obtained
an injunction restraining the presentation
on the ground that his manuscript had been
altered to its detriment AT Mr.. Royles
house the fact that he had submitted his
final manuscript was confirmed The mat
stood" said Mrs. Royle. III Mr.. Dillingham;
does not wish to present the manuscript
as Mr., Royle has now revised It my huS-
ment, We expect the matter to be ami
cably settled"
During an incidental talk with a party of
diners at the Lambs club few nights ago,
a layman who was deferentlally drifting
into the "shop talk" OF his actor-comrades,
asked Mr.. William Lackaye his opinion Of
present stage conditions, and IL, In the
actors belief, there was hope for the flu
ture Of the American dramar Hope" an
swered Mr.. Lackaye. Indeed, do believe
there are great hopes. The National the
ater now building on Central Park West,
Is purposed to present sociological studies
Of American conditions; The Lion and the
Mouse which expounds a moral lesson
from an exposition of American frenzed
finance and, the concentration Of wealth,
vivid portrayal Of corruption and graft
in American politics. The Man of the Hour
duced in New York The director of the
American National theater, Herr Conrted,
is German; Charles Klein, author Of The
Lion and the Mouse, and George Broad
hurst. who wrote The Man of the Hour,
two typically American conditions, are Eng
lishmen. Yes" he concluded, at looks 10
me as IL there is a fine outlook for the
American drama, so long as we maintain
our friendly relations with England and
Germany"
The following is list Of Richard Mans
fields roles prepared by the press repre-
sentative to prove the actors .'eosmopoli-
flve-faccid Baron Chevrial, quaint little
Monsieur, eloquent Cyrano de Bergerac,
exquisite BeaGesire md aItruStic AL Al
Prince Karl musicianly Courvosier naive
Karl Heinrich, and Shaw's Swiss near
German, Captain Bluntschle; OF Romans,
poetic Brutus and brutal Nero; of Eng
iishmen, five-enigmatic DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde, blase Beau Brummel, bloody King
Richard III, climbing T1ttlebat Titmouse,
courtly King Henry V: of Americans two
silent Arthur Dimmesdale and cynical
Dick Dudgeon; of Russians, two-the senils
Rodion the Student; of Spaniards, two
amorous Don Juan and martyred Don
Carlos OF Jews, one-reVengeful Shylock
The boys in this list are Prince Karl, Tit
tlebat Titmouse Don Juan, Dudgeon, Cour-
votsier Karl, Heinrich, King Henry and
Don Carlos. The middle-aged men are
Jekyl and Hyde, Beau Brummel. Nero,
Bluntschle, Monsieur, Dimmesdale, Brutus,
Cyrano Rodion, Beaucaire and Alceste
The old men Chevrial Shylock and Tar.
Ivan. Both King Richard III and Peer
Gynt begin as boys and follow the course
Of the characters career to maturity, ex-
hibiting in one evening the artists powers
OF protean transition.