Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-04

ance of the inane marquis; Miss wainwright,
also long beloved by Omaha folks, who
hope she will be long spared to give such
delights as she did last night as the mar
quise; Miss Beckley, beautiful and gifted
with a voice of great sweetness and power,
who redeems her apparent lack Of interest
shown in the first act by a splendid scene
in the second, and a still more convincing
one in the fourth; Mr.. Hoops, perfect as
the French man of society and the world,
cold, selfish, Indifferent to everything bat
his own pleasure, who could debauch a
woman, wreck a home, and murder a mar
on the field of honor" Mr.. Hallam, the
rattle-brained scapegrace son Of the mar
quis; Vera McCord. who shows how far a
woman can fall for love Of a man; and
finally, each of the others, who add some
thing of individual effort to the success Of
the whole.
A sparsely settled auditorium greeted the
company when the curtain rose promptly
at s, and the progress Of the first act was
much disturbed by arrivals who We're un-
able to finish dinner and dress in time, but
by the time the curtain went down the
house was well filled, and the applause
gave proof that coming hte hadn't damp
ened the enthusiasm of any. It Is well 10
remember for the next two nights at least
the curtain goes up promptly at s. in order
that the play may be over by Il; it il
rather long, but it is not duh, and the three
hours given it are well spent.
.The Man on the Box at the bur-
wood.
A comedy in three acts. from the novel OF
Harold McGrath; presented by the VIII
liam Grew Stock company. b cast:
Lieutenant Robert Worburton ........
Nlulau a. GieN
Charles Henderson ........... William Neft
Colonel George Annesiey. Loyd lngraham
Count Karlotf .........".. Taylor Bennett
Colonel Frank Raleigh, u. 5. A.. .
bahlel Foiu
Magistrate Watts ................ Dan Ford
John Martin '......."..'... shelton wilson
Officer OBrlen ....--....... ROBERT Ehdefs
Officer Cassidy ........,... Nl4lam SchrOde
Monsieur Pierre ............. Robert Enders
William ........'..'~-,- Shelloh wilson
Nancy WOrburton ........-.... Mabel Cullen
Mrs. Conway ...-..-........... IVY BoWman
Cora Maude Monroe
Elizabeth Annesley ........... Msude Leone
The second offering here Of Mr.. Grew
and his players was given yesterday to
audiences no less enthusiastic than those
OF Sunday. although It Nigh ave been ex-
pected that the warmth Of the auditors
would be somewhat dissipated by the pass
ing OF a little time.
THE Mar on the Box was the last play
I gwen nN the DuI MUeA oNNNA NnAAAHaAN VA
the spring and was one of the most sue
cessful Of its later attempts. Miss Leone
appears TO better advantage as Elizabeth
Annesley than in any other role which she
has locally undertaken. Mr.. Grew viii not
eclipse Henry r. Dlxey and Max Flgman
as Lieutenant Robert Woburton, because
he Is not so much Of a comedian as those
two. But Mr.. Grew was quite amusing IN
the comedy situations. Of which the play Is
fun. and very effective in the less frequent
serious passages.
Mr.. Ingraham is the Colonel Annesley. II
Is not much OF a part-there are none sucf
save the two leading ones-but Mr.. Ingra-
ham gives a well studied characterizatio
OF the role, nevertheless. Maude Monro,
Is the Cora. and does well what little thers
Is for her to do.
The play. as a whole, was found 70 b'
quite diverting and amusing by its audi
snee. which was large. II will be giveI
through Saturday night, when the com.
pany will go to St Joseph for an indsfi
mite stay.
aBIs Hopkins" at the KruE.
-sls Hopkins" with Rose Melville In tn
tile role. opened a three nights Engage
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