Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses

rich themselves at the expense Of the ma
ton II they can show him to be mixed up in
the deal that is to have such rich fruit. But
the father has taken into his service a
young newspaper man, alert as a deer
and smart as a man can well be; and this
spry youngster, his interest whetted by
his love for the new senator's daughter,
shows all concerned the way out of dark
ness into which a few minutes Of deceit
has plunged them.
The play was written by Harrison Rhodes
and Thomas A. Wise, respectively, now
elist and actor.
Augustus Pitou offers as an attraction
at the Boyd Friday night and Saturday
matinee and night, Chauncey Olcott is his
successful play, Ragged Robin a ro-
nance of Ireland in the early part Of the
last century. The play has been wonder
fully successful throughout the country.
1t is a tale of a wandering minstrel, the
son Of a titled land owner, who has been
driven from home by the false accusation
Of a crime. Ragged Robin" has been
given a splendid production in the way of
costumes and scenic effects and there is
an excellent cast. Mr.. Olcott has a group
Of new and catchy songs and there is some
beautiful Incidental music composed by
Frederick Knight Logan. The play is from
the pen of Rida johnson Young in COLA
boration with Rita Olcott.
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Play-goers who enjoy exquisite pictorial
effects and gorgeous ensemble features will
welcome the announcement that the The
Girl in the Grandstand, - a play with music
and girls will be the offering at the Bur
wood all this week, beginning tomorrow
vpifb "Wednesday md SATURDAY. rnatfppaa
and a special Thanksgiving matinee.
"The Girl in the Grandstand," was writ
ten by David M. Wolff, who furnished the
book, and Arthur b. Weinberg, who sup
piled the lyrics and music.
Among the numbers which are best liked,
and which are Of the kind that will be
long whistled, are when a Fellows
Twenty-one," Take a Trip in a Two-Penny
Tube" Dream On" MY Pal Of the Grand
Canal" you're the Only One I'm Think
ing or" Were Suited to a t." That's
What They All Say" Meet Me Grille"
Sister May Honey Babe and Hit 1t
Up For Wellington"
The story told involves a cinder path race
with the william played by Sidney X.
Powell, member of a prominent Omaha
family, wishing to throw the race for the
sake of money.
The De Vault Yiddish Opera company
will present The Jewess'' this afternoon
and The Daughter of Jerusalem" at the
Burwood this evening. The performances
will be given entirely in the Yiddish
language. The offering will be novelty all
the way through. The operas are new,
the solists are new TO Omaha and the
language for grand opera is now here too.
The company numbers some vocalists of
the first rank and is said to be excep-
tionally strong in the ensemble numbers.
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An early booking of note at the urwoo
is Eddie Foy and his big musical comedy,
Mr.. Hamlet of Broadway" The engage
ment is announced for next Sunday, Mon
day end Tuesday. For the last month Foy
has been playing to immense houses in the
big cities of the far west, His success with
the piece during it's NeW-York run was
remarkable.
1.-THE Time, the Place and the Girl" to
be seen at the Krug Thursday for
three days is a musical comedy
Of heart interest, with a plot of strong
dramatic scenes, which are yet full of
fun, laugh provoking dialogue and humor-
Gus complications, all set to music, and
with its acting possibilities enhanced by
half a dozen Unique but thoroughly life
like characterizations. There is the philoso-
phical young sport, with a mind of wisdom
expressed in clean and down-to-date slang;