Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-29
At the Theaters
Earo.- AZ the Boya.

.Mirele Effros. a drama by Jacob
Gordin. presented In Yiddish The cast;
Mnrele Effros. the Jewish Queen Lear
EpAn
Joseph. her S~choeneola
schalmen. her bookkeeper........Mr. Hirsch
Machley, her Madame Name
Nuehemze Chana Dvore MI. Schoenholz
ChanR Mr.. Ftnkelstein
s~chendeie. their daughter. Mis- sehoenholE
Her little boy..--........Miss J. Goldstetn
Yiddish is one Of the many languages
which the ordinary theatergoer does not
speak. but miteracy in this tongue is not
q disqualification 10 the enjoyment Of the
acting OF Madame Kenny Lipzin, who.
with her company, presented "Mirele Ef-
fros" last evening. The drama bears the
subtitle OF The Jewish Queen Lear" a
caption which would lead 10 the correct
supposition that the drama, which is by
Jacob Gordin. is a study in filial revolt
and ingrRttude. There is. Of course. a
change from the S-hskespearean tragedy
named. II the sex Of the principal char
scter and likewise the Goneril and Regan
OF the Gordin play are sons instead Of
daughters. There is one other fairly i'm
portant divergence from the old tragedy.
for the ending Of "Mirele Effros' Is happy.
It IL hardly too much TO say that just
as one need not be proficient In French to
get an evenings pleasure when Bernhard
holds the boards. or in Italian when Duse
plays La Tosca," 80 similarly the acting
OF Madame Lipzin has an universal APP
peal During her first scene. when she
rules the home. imperious, dominant al
most regal; during another scene, when
her sons rebel and clamor for a division
Of the estate left by their father, the
mother now at once affronted and grieved;
/ aEafn ubzn aha rz~4fzz hon gha Fa4har
really left nothing but debts and how she
ercrght the estate to affluence-an the
varying emotions she felt could easily be
read upon a mobile countensnce. what was
passing in her mind was made clear
through gesture, intonation and accent.
1t must not be thought that the author
Who wrote the drama known as The
kreutzer Sonata" has really copied the
shakesPearean plot, for except IN the gen
eral way indicated there is a wide diverg-
ence. The discord in the home begins
when Joseph, the elder son, has introduced
his bride there and also her good-for-noth-
ing father.
1t IL the daughter-in-law, Schendele.
played by Miss Sehoenholz. who proves to
be the serpent in Eden. once the money
is secured, NochemEe Chans Dvore, the
father-in-law, proceeds to make ducks and
NAoAtS VI H. the OauRnleE Sitting UP al
the trouble she can, and Daniel, the other
son, helping things along by becoming
thoroughly dissolute. What really forced
the harrassed mother 10 leave the home
was. however. an accusation of dishonesty
against Schalman Qfr. Hirsch) for thirty
years her b~ookkeeper and confidential as
sociate in business. After a nerve-racking
scene in which Nine. Lpzin ran the gamut
Of anger, sorrow and hesrt-deep grief, she
goes away TO find a refuge in Schalman's
home. With him she re-engages in busi-
ness, and thus by the time her sons have
lost all their money she Is once more in
opulent circumstances
The medium Of reconciliation is a grand
child. Mirele Effros dwells again where
formerly she had sway. and with a firm
command Of the domestic excheouer and
her sons chsstened by the not very sweet
uses of adversely. the prospects when the
last curtain comes down are that serenity
will continue for some time in the house.
hold. a
Nine. Lipzin in physique, Temperament,
and method mind one much Of Modjeska
as the great Polish woman was when in
her prime. Her support is good, hut a,
much inferior TO her as were the player,
with whom Modjeska was surrounded
Mime. Lipzin will be seen this evening ir
a totally different role. playing q 16-year,
old girl in THE Orphan" another produc.
OF Gordin's pen.