Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
At the Theaters


-Co-1e~-s Co~uette- a ne Royd.
NM Ana NaEsmOv and uoupany in
CumneEss CoqRet1e- = u1rnedJ IN Chrss
ac1s ~ Roh11o Brnooo, TRANSLATED bT
Dtrus 81 eyre and Grace 1Ezbel Colnron:
under The direction % the ahubertA- The
CAST
Oours sRvto a
Brandon lyman
emo HacArdA-------ME Dodson Mltchsi
Foorman-----N-. Robsrf Colsrnan
Cyn YOUNG
Florence Fisher
Ths hAg audience 1t the Boyd last night
w1s tbo~O1EhU IN Eyupsthy with both the
EplrR q the comedy presented by Madame
HHEanoga and the b00yAnt Interpretation
q u given by the conpanJ. II would be
strange = this were not troA y the Law Of
reaction governs the th~satsr-Eoer. for
-Comts~ss Ooqustts" L. the Ear swing Of
the peDda1un nrom bssa- Far from being
asprszang ~ any point the play ends with
. burst Of sxuberAocs that approaches
hilEr1u. The spirit with which the com
pEuy entered into the ~producdon q the
comedy might be taken s. an indication
that the Law Of reaCuon was Al work there
a. well IS in the audience
After witnessing ~Comtssse CoqBetts" one
IL inclined 10 wonder Il the Madame NRxi-
nova temperEmsntATy has not more Of the
ooutssss IN her than Of Nora Hslmsr OF
HsddR Gablsr. She enters 30 thoroughly
into the spirit q the couDettish Nina that
one could hardly think OF her as be watches
the whirl q her fan the suggestive shruE
Of her shoulder or the ruguish twinkle q
her eye. as existing IN any other stDoE-
phere than that Of Comtesse Ntna's salon
The curtains were drawn last night when
the Etslss were crowded with late coDerB.
% even the f0resiEhted ooes are forced 20
conjecture upon what the oomuesse and her
Jealous husband are c1nveusng about dur
ing the FIRST half q the FIRST act Luckily
there 10 considerable stage business thai
can be seen and need not be heard 70 make
Il understAndRble
The play has rather q brief plot
Crmtesse Min a LnrerBo. known As .
ooqOet1s. but who fortunately for her
reputation carries her ntrtanous IN opea
places. sccepcs the challeree Of emo
RicardI VINO has q bad regulation rs -
CARDS his sHoon with women 10 visa
him IN his own bachelor spartDesek He
tzunts her into ACCEPTING the chaT3enee by
telling her she a. rally wal and there
fore IL afraid q Hny bUt open mrtRnunA
After a scene with he petulznGy Se&louE
husband she goes TO RtcErdfE Euartneuts
3rEt after her husband who EaspectE the
L Getting. leaves them Her wit dtsErms
Riczrdi and Ehe keeps him z. h=T mercy
hy N him and ms l0ve-mAktng rt5tco-
Ions. Unfortunately her husband returns
and sends n the servant 70 announce he
Win wait a the gate RicHrU oder tn
c-or1tesse q key by whbch she can escape
by q secret passage bun a. the r4cs of
thu hey he oenAnda one hA seUug b the
insult the cou1esse calls b1 Husband n
and a MISUNDERSTANDING fuIlUwR kAzanz
two morthA- A recooc1dztt1n W1h her
husband fo1OwH. and 81 p1rpuS%sy in
v1tes Ricarn 20 be@ bo1dur on tbe same
evening her husband uAts heT. R1rArdi
arriving just N tine 70 81 hkzs&H into
ndiculO1s neht amer che r-ee1nel1z1inn has
taken place
Nina. NAztrnOva has al chs tenpernen-
tai qualities g. vel a. The phYKscAl ele-
ments required 20 rntrrR ~Co-ua=Gm Co
onette- with . 5oekfy n every detail
In the first art she 10 M kaguad wife Of
an uRAppreaar7vs husband something OF
& ftz bE1 Da very se-to1sfy engulfec
by Ter rtrt@tSoaA The rrE act affords
her opportunity foS ss5snt Interpretation
scarcely q word pAs~aaE between her and
hsT Eulky EpOaSe. while she crowds columns
into her attempts 70 draw him from the
tp&prrb ne - 0EY prGIs1h@& 20 read &c
give his &~ttszfioa TO her. In the second
act abe rise 70 ceArST hs8ghts by thor
OuGhly -Eaoordenat1nE The rogue. Picard
~ her Starts q wit and subtle rldtczIs
The ssrSoUs uzosTcurrS1t L the Confess.
Ehe oevebODss vel h The latter part al
the ssoo0d at uS q tbs Gard where an.
leads bST husband % nnOzocs his co1-
pBsts confidence n her.
M Mitchell II tines - trpe 70 To
character Of HSos-dL but he Is ~iDcliDec
: 20 become STACEY 81 critical pof1ek M
I lyman ~ tie o0uts has 8 reserve THAI vel
fits the part. and be 81 AZ al times II
complete ouurrol o. himself
The Boyd wal crowded ~ fbe perform.
? sDoe last n4ght and the frequent and re.
! peStsd curtain calls indicated the play and
Madame NAED0vA found q responsive
/ chord IN TIE hearts q the patrons.