Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

opening a TOUT QdyS euBdbS
- ment at the Boyd in this clever
zSF comedy of stage life by James
- Forbes, author Of THE Travel
ing Salesman" Star and play are but new
from a successful season in London, hav-
ing played 100 performances at the Vaude-
Vale theater in The British metropolis
where both scored the greatest triumph
ever reaped by an American star Of play
in that city. Mis- Stahl's personal triumph
was remarkable and the usually staId and
conservative London critics let themselves
| go for once and united in acclaiming her
as the legitimate successor to Rejane and
Bernhard. Her return to Omaha will be
Nike that of an old friend as her remark
able engagement here before will be re-
membered with pleasure by all who take
an interest in things theatrical. THE
Chorus Lady" which is conceded to nave
been the first play to reveal the life Of
the chorus queen, as 1t really exists and
to shear 1t of all the tinsel and ~trappings
accorded these ladies by the newspapers
and popular belief, tells the story Of
Patricia o'Brien, a brlght-eyed, whole
souled Irish lassie who has taken to the
stage because OF It's mystic beckonings. but
VINO soon found the falseness of it's pre-
lenses. All who have seen the play will
recall the famous dressing room scene of
the second act, showing the chorus OF a
New York theater during a performance.
This has always been one of the big fea-
lures OF the play and retains the same in
terest as OF yore. Manager Henry B
Harris has retained nearly the entire
original supporting cast, including Wufred
Lucas. Alice Leigh, Giles Shine Isabel
Goodwin, Claire Lane, Walter Pennington.
Kenyon Bishop, Lillian O'Neil, Beatrice
Brown Annie Ives, Helen Dahl. Amy
Lesser and Florence Grant. There will he
a matinee on Wednesday.
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Grand opera for a brief season will omen
at Boyd's theater Thursday evening for
three nights and Saturday matines The
Lambardi Grand Opera company will be
the purveyor. Each opera will be given
with a complete change OF cast so that in
order to see and hear every artist II will
be necessary to go to every performances
the complete repertoire for Omaha is as
ooiIoWs; Thursday night. Puccinis La
poneme' Friday evening Gounod's
aust saturday matinee Lucia" and
Saturday evening I'll Trovatore" with
Aledam ster/Adaberto, for the last two
seasons dramatic soprano OF the Metro
Cptld company, III the role
OF "Leanora." La Boheme' will lntrodrce
Attiiio Maurini, hailed as one of tbe
worlds great tenors. in the character ~
"Rodolfo' Marina Calvi. an lncomnar,bIo
Mimi Giuseppe Maggi, baritone from
the Covent garden and Vincenzo viole
basso, viii complete the cast NJ nrinotnai
artists who will be supported BY a chorus
OF sixty voices and an orchestra OF ff,v
instruments under the personal direction
OF Mainstro Cav. Fulgenzlo Guerrier5
Faust will mark the first apnearance
IN America of Impresario Lambardps nov,
oasso' l.. Sabellico, who will appear here
as 'Metlstofole." MI. Sabelicco viii ar
rive mere wednesday from Italy and will
tohlihue from here on the tour with the
Lahioardl company. Lucia" will intro
uuSe SishoHta Isabelle de Frata. cotora-
ture soprano. and Giovanni Nadal tenor
De ftate Is the youngest artist OF the
Nanoaful company. In III Trovatore,' win
appear Madam Ester Adaberto the Metre
poiltat star, A~lessandro ScalsbrJns A.
matte tenor as "AIanrico." and Mme
Dofores Frau, as "Azucena." The ust ~
principal artists win be supported by a
host or secondary artis-s and the orchestra
Oh itty and chorus of sixty. The Lsmhsrd
ompany travels by a special train OF fo,r'
leeh cars six Pullmans. five baggage go
one diner one day coach and one obse,,,s
tion car. Thea company win come ar,
from Kansas City here and GO from hsro
10 Denver and the Pacific coast.
lehman ThomDson's familiar play oThs
old Homestead" with Edward snader as
Uncle Josh. Charles Clark as Seth Perkins
Gus as Henry Hopkins. Franz
h"opp as the oanzey boy, George Patcb
as the county fiddler, Maggie Breyer as
Aunt Matilda, Anita Fowler as Ricketv