Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

heapolis, but are not seen here. Other
managers are not afraid to come here
with their top attractions: why should Mr..
Beck continue to slight us7
Locally. the real interest Of the week
developed at its close, in the announce
ment that the shuberts had concluded an
arrangement with Manager johnson of the
Burwood whereby that theater will have
the many Shubert attractions during the
coming season. The season will open at
the Burwood on September u and run for
forty weeks. During that time the best
companies under direction Of Sam s. and
Lee Shubert Qnc.) will be offered there.
shuberts control or direct seventy-five
stars or companies, among them e. H
Sothern. Maxine Elliott, Mary Mannering,
William Faversham. Nine. Nazimova. Nine.
Kalisch. Julia Mariowe, Forbes Robert
son, Charles Rlchman, Lew Field, Lulu
CHASER. Minnie Dupree, Sam Bernard,
James T.. Powers, Marguerite Clarke, JEFF
ferson De Angels, Blanche Ring and 9TH
ers. From New York came the further
announcement that the Lleblers have
broken with the Klaw & Erlanger combi-
nation, and during the next season at least
will book at the shubert theaters exclu-
sively. Liebler g. Co. control twenty-six
first-class attractions, their list for the
coming season comprising: Eleanor Rob
son in THE Dawn Of a Tomorrow" Viola
Allen in The White Sister, william
Hodge in "The Man From Home Wilton
Lackaye in 1.-THE Battle" Dustin FarnuIn
In Cameo Kirby" Walker Whiteside in
"The Melting Pot" William Farnum in a
new play. Ezra Kendall in 1.-THE Vinegar
Buyer Madge Carr Cook in a new play
by Booth Harrington, and H. l.. Wilson
I'm the Blood" with II. b. Warner, a
new play by E. II. Royle; Miss Philura,''
with Chrystal Herne, a new play by
Henry Blossom: THE Lady of Dreams"
by Edmund Rostand; Foreign Exchange"
by Booth Harrington and Harry L. Will
son; The Deliverer," by Louis N. Parker;
For Better, For Worse" by Cleveland
Moffett; "A Little Brother to the Rich"
a new play by Joseph M. Patterson;
Esther Frear," by Cleveland Moffett;
Vera, the Medium by Richard Harding
Davis; THE Ordeal a new play by John
L%oughran; 1.-THE Renegade" by Paul
Armstrong; a new play by 20. Henry"
(sydney Porter; 1.-The Squaw Man. Com
parry A; 1.-THE SQuaw Man." Company b;
THE Head of the House." by Edward w.
Townsend and Frank O'Malley; Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch" Company
A; MRS. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch
Company b: THE Man from Home" by
Booth Harrington and Harry Leon Wilson,
Especial company. Mr.. George c. Tyler,
the executive head of Liebler & Co., who
is at present In Europe, has cabled his
office that he has secured a number of
foreign attractions and plays which will be
added to this list.
All Of this means that Omaha will see the
very best of all the American stage has
to offer during the next season. Competi-
ton means that both sides to the contro-
versy will have to play strong for public
favor, and the very best will be offered in
the cities where rival theaters are located
The public will not be expected to deter
mine anything as to the merits of the row;
II will be permitted to content itself with
deciding which theater to patronize and
then go. The settlement of the long
standing grievances between Klaw & Err.
LANCER and David Belasco and Harrison
Grey Fiske means hat the list of attrac'
lions to be offered by the syndicate Ii
greatly enhanced, and a lively season Il
certain. No more Knight for a Day,
companies with twelve chorus girls trying
TO fill the stage will be paraded for public
inspection at a flrst-elass theater in Omaha
next season. Whatever caused the rumpui
among the managers doesn't much matter
The public In these parts will gain becaus,
1t is under way.