Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

"Parsifal" and "The Merry Widow"
Miss Maxine Elliott is expressing chagrin
at the lmpoliteness OF London audien ses.
OF her opening there with Levi Waller
IN TIE Conquest" she writes in letters
II have almost made up my mind never
to appear on the London stage again. II
we had been a couple OF murderers Mr..
Waller and I could not have received more
brutal treatment / shall never forget that
night as long as / live. l know now how
the poor Christian martyrs must nave felt
the second before the lions entered the
arena. Thumbs down was certainly the
verdict which we both received from that
audience and, believe me, II was not the
gallery alone that made this demonstration.
From the moment the curtain rose the
hostile spirit of the entire audience was
apparent. 1 never went through such q
night of agony in my life. Act by act
things grew worse and worse, and then
came that awful pitiless booing at the end.
The humiliation to us of this experience
was beyond words to describe. I have had
bitter disappointments in my career, but
nothing to equal this. The whole audience
acted as If they were participating in a
foot ball match.
And The Conquest is such a pretty
pers said about II: I think II is perfectly
charming. / shall probably produce It next
season at my New York theater, where.
even u 1t fails, II viii be given at least
that silence which may mean contempt, but
which is at least merciful and courteous.
l can never seem the same toward London
AFTER this. The very idea of producing an
leaf"
The Conquest is founded upon that ro-
mantle story of Balzac, in which the adj
venturous soldier steals his mistress from
the convent, where she had sought seciu-
sion from the world. 1t is placed in the
Napoleonic period.
George Bernard Shaw, who has been
t%ivities. A new play of his is to be given
by the Afternoon theater company at His
MaJestys in London next month. It is an
nounGed also that when Charles Frohman
nstalls his repertoire ompany at the Duke
or York's in September the opening play
VIII be of Shawistic extraction.
The Booths were of Jewish descent. the
1rvings, Cornish; the Comptons, Scotch
the Robertsons, Celtic; the Boucicaults,
original French; the Jeffersons, English,
the barrymore and the Drews, Irish.
AS usual, George ". Cohan has mapped
out a busy summer for himself. Between
now and the opening of the regular season
he expects to complete the librettos and
scores of The Chorus Man" for Raymon
Hitchcock; The Harrigan Girl" for Edna
Wallace Hopper; "The Christmas Doll' fol-
his sister Josephine, and a new play fol
himself.
Richard earle tells about a man who
worked as a clown in a circus, where al
the employees were paid off alphabetically
His name was Zeno, which accounted fol
Vic AoSh NAidA ohAllib NlS MtiOAb Nv
never managed to get up to the pay wagon
At the opening of next season a dappe
looking fellow appeared at the h~eadquarteri
of the circus. The two proprietors came vi
~Joyfully and shook him by the hand.
Hello, zeno," they said. I"Glad to Sc,
you back"
Cut that zeno," said he. my name,
Ajax"
James Forbes, who is responsible TO
The Chorus Lady" and The Travelling
t Salesman" has just closed contracts fo'
the production next season Of his newes
, play, THE Commuters" IL he succeed
In showing VI the joys of living in tn
suburbs and catching the evening trail
/ home, he will put a topper over even tn
unqualified hits he has made in writing o
the stage and the commercial
} An actress who is known to have a valu
able collection of diamonds was on tn
/, train that was held up reeehtiy ne ga
> robbery, and then did not hear that sh
Q had lost her jewels, they blamed tn
/ young woman's press agent as being lax Il
q overlooking a splendid opportunity. Tha
: worthy, however. proved his alertness b
l gravely announcing the fact that the &C
tress had not lost her diamonds, thereb
2 giving a new angle to the often worke
|, press story.
t Maclyn Arbuckle thinks that in his ney
4 play, 1.-THE Circus Man he has a neN
: American type which viii surpass his sue
cesses in 9TH County Chairman" an
"The Round Up" The play is a dram
atization by Eugene Presley OF Holma
Days book, Squire Phin." Mr.. Arbuckle.
character is that Of a proprietor Of a cir
Gus who returns with a fortune to his HON
d town, which he had left In disgrace year
6 before. The story tells of his efforts I
subdue the antagonistie townfolk, as q
MAD his wild animals, by brute force. u
does so, but also conquers himself as wei
C His character undergoes PSYCHOLOGISTS
transformation and from a bully he !
changed into a big hearted chap, to whoT
d m is q pleasure to surrender. Mr., Arbuckl
n closes his season in THE Round Up" sooI
d and after "a short rest will begin rehearsal
! for next season.