Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-21
"sweet Kitty BeIluirs' at the Boyd.

Miss Lang and the Woodward company in
acts, by David Belasco; founded on the
novel, THE Bath Comedy" by Fgerson
Castle; produced Under the personal di-
rection OF o, ID. woodward. The cast:
Sir Jasper Standsh, Baronet, living at
Batn ......................W Walter G. Ryder
Colonel the Hon. Henry ViIliers, com
manding the. F'ifty-first regiment,
(King's Own Infantry. Lloyd Ingraham
Captain Spicer of the l'itty-first regi-
ment..,.... "a. Maurice p. Waldron
Lord Verney lieutenant Of the tl F+s;ns
Mr.. Tom Stafford, Lieutenant of the
Fifty-first regiment Oliver Pugh
Candy, prlvateyothe coloners orderly of
Fenwick private, an orderly of the
-Fifty-first regiment. ........Phil Kopp
The bishop of BaIhaand Wells. ;.;.".;;.,.
Colonel Kimby MacFionton command
ing the Sixth Qnniskilling0 regi-
ment of Dragons Louis Won Weithhoff
Captain Dennis O'Hara. -. .Graydon Fox
Major Owny MacTeague. 80. Bob Jennings
Mr.. Lantry MacCluskey, lieutenant:
Mr. DARBY o;Donovan, corn ee .......s'.
.........n............. Edward Anderson
Mailow, lard Verney's man. Clinton Tustin
The Innkeeper of the Bear inn at
First CARRIER. Barnes
Second carrier. ....'...'''''''.''N Neal Calhoun
Mistress Kitty Bellairs, young wldew
"a daughter of the former colonel of
the Inniskllings Dragoons).... 49,.
.;;:.,.;;.;.. ,,;.;;,.;.''''' Eva Lang
i1'u! .. o..n Miss Ethel VaIentipe
Lady Maria Pridoaux, Colonel vililers'
sis.et ....n Miss Henrietta Vaders
Lady Bah Flyte the late Belle Of Bath
.........................M Miss Marie Hudson
Mistress Bate-Coome, the majors wife
Hon. Mrs. Beaufort. 800. Kathryn Sheldon
Miss Prue, her sister. Georgia, Fisher
Miss Debby. .............".: Grace Granger
Miss Sally. ....................Alice Ballentine
Selma, Lady Maria Prideaux's maid.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Emma ltepperlln
Lydie, Kittys maid. ...........F Frances Swan
Barmald of the Bear" inn. ................
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Emma Hepperlin
"The Bath Comedy was a sprightly tale,
withal, and a right merry comedy did Mr..
Belasco make of it. But David hath tenn
| peramental tendency to melodrama, and
what was mere bubble and froth in the
Castle story becomes near-tragedy in the
Belasco play. Perhaps it heightens the eff
feet of the high lights TO throw beside them
the shadow of the little bit of sorrow that
creeps into the action of the comedy; II
this be so, it is most effectively done
| otherwise, the tale of how Sweet Kitty
Bellairs amused herself at Bath, over
turned the reignlng queen and then abdi-
another kingdom over the heart of the man
she loved-and tested out some theories she
held, is most pleasngly told. 1t is dainty
snappy and altogether enjoyable.
Miss Lang easily realizes the conditions
and qualities of Kitty Bellairs; she Il
pretty, she is young vivacious, impulslve
generous in all things, and vigorous In hel
own defense. When she falls away from
her English veneering and becomes the
Irish girl, battling for her own good nam'
and the love of the man who is sacrificing
his career for her she Is fine. 1t is one o
the best things Miss Lang has ever dom
in Omaha, and will be well remembered b!
! all who see it.
Mr. Friebus plays Lord Verney very well
IL would be very easy to make this younl
! man too sophisticated, and the temptation
to do so is strong. but in this instance tn
part is taken at the right pitch and Is wei
sustained throughout Mr.. Ingraham is do
= ing Colonel Villiers with his usual goo
Judgment and the others make BRAY
/ show in their brilliant uniforms and-pow
a dered periwigs.
5 Miss Hudson plays Lady Bah Flyte wit
! a touch Of vindlctveness that seems mos
! homogeneous, when 1t is remembered tina
the victim of her wrath is in reality he
: sister Miss Valentine is doing Lady Star
. dish most delightfully."- Especially good
: her work in the third act when she tell
0 cowardly lie to shield herself at the eS
. pense OF Kitty.
= The play is most appropriately MOUNTED
I and the pictures shown of men and wome
T dressed in the fashion OF century ag
with background of luxury are allurinI
o while the exaggerated statelines of II
g manners gives 10 the whole a quaint In