Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
AZ the Omaha Theaters.

At the Omaha Theaters.
w. l. Abingdon, who has won 50 marked
a success in the role OF the Devil, In
Henry w. Savage's sole-authorized produce
ton Of the comedy Of that name. first
achieved footlight fame in the character
Of the Spider in the famous London pro-
duction of The Silver King This was
on the occasion OF the remarkable run OF
the play when it was presented continuously
in the British metropolis for two entire
seasons.
Afterwards Mr.. Abingdon played the
polished Williams in the productions
made at the Adelphia theater, London,
during the long incumbency Of that house
by the notable company headed by the
unfortunate William Terriss-perhaps the
most popular actor the British stag has
known. Mr.. Abingdon frequently achieved
that most complete triumph that a stage
william may have in being Kissed from
the stage. Olga Nethersole was also a
member of the Terrlss company at the
time, as were a number of other players
of particular note. In this country Mr..
Abingdon has since won fine success in
leading roles, coming here TO be the lead
ing man with Amelia Bingham, and re-
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Langtry and other actresses Of the upper
flight. The Devil of Franz Molnar's sensa-
tional and witty comedy is the third
Satan Mr.. Abingdon has portrayed. In
the spectacular presentation made in Lon
don a few seasons ago of Pilgrims Prog
ress' he was cast as Apollyon, while later
he appeared in that city as the Prince
Lucius in the dramatisation of the Marie
Corelli romance, THE Sorrows Of Satan"
In Mr.. savage'S notable production Of
THE Devil'. Mr.. Abingdon will be seen at
the Boyd tonight and Monday.
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For the first time in the history of the
American stage, a first-class dramatic pro-
duction is on tour with a number of cele-
brated circus acrobats and clowns playing
leading parts. The play is Frederic Thomp-
sons big production, Polly of the Circus, -
by Margaret Mayo, with Edith Taliaferro
playing the leading part. Polly of the
Circus deals with a girl bareback rider,
who is injured during a performance in a
small town and is left behind to recuperate.
Her period Of convalescence is spent in the
home of the village preacher, with whom
she falls in love. Later, for reasons ex-
planned In the play, she returns to the cir
Gus, which makes 1t necessary to present a
tent show in full operation on the stage
of the theater. To give the necessary
touch of realism, Mr.. Thompson has en-
gagged a number of the most famous cir
Gus folks IN the world of white tops.
The play will be seen at Boyd Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, with matinee Christ
mas and Saturday.
At the Boyd on Sunday and Monday,
next week, Edwin a. Relkin's Yiddish COM
pany, headed by one of the most distin-
guished Yiddish actresses, Nine. Kenny
Lipzin, will present some of the
most successful plays, "Mirele Eff
fros'' Cthe Jewish Queen Lear, and
1.-THE Orphan" from the pen of
Mr.. Jacob Gordin. The plays have to
their credit a consecutive run Of 800 nights
at one of the leading theaters of New
York City and have proven some of the
greatest financial and artistic successes
ever known.
Charles Frohman will present Miss
Marie Doro in THE Richest Girl a new
and sparkling comedy in four acts, by the
authors of MY Wife, at Boyd's theater
for two nights, December 20 and 30. THE
Richest Girl" was given its first presenta-
ton at the Park theater, Boston, on Sep
TENDER q, and 1t scored quite as en-
/ phatic a success as did "The Morals of
Marcus" in which Miss Doro made her
stellar debut at the same theater a year
ago. Miss Doro's role in 1.-The Richest
Girl" is a charming creation and charac-
terization, and the part fits this quaint
little actress perfectly. For this engage
ment Mr.. Orrin Johnson has been especially
engaged for the part of Paul Normand,
the leading male role.
The Burwood company, after having had