Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

Robert Edeson and others OF this brilliant
cast. The women, too-there are Viola
Allen. May Robson and Ida Conquest,
names illustrious now in theaterdom.
Only little less brilliant is the cast which
appears four years before this at the open
ing of the new Boyd. And. II II contains
fewer famous names, it is. because the
cast is smaller. It was the A.. II. Palmer
Home Stock company which opened this
theater In Alabama the cast being as
follows:
Colonel Preston. an old planter
Colonel ,Mooberly, a relic Of TIE Cor; -,
Squire Tucker, "a coosa county justice
..:",.."".A. ~,...... Charles L. Harris
Captain Davenport a northern railroad
Mr.. Armstrong, his t.. Edward Bell
Lathrop Page, a southern boy.........
Edward Abeles
Raymond age............ Walden Ramsey
Decatur, an ante-bellum servant ......
Mrs PAGE Miss Nae jReue Sroot FAX x
Mrs. Stockton ..........Mi Emily Seward
carey Preston. Miller
Atlanta Moberly. Mamie CraddocS
Here, too, are famous names. Maurice
Barrymore. famous wit and %reconteur, as
well as finished actor, is dead, but three
of his talented children. headed by Ethel
Barrymore, are carrying on the family
fame. ]. II. Stoddart attained his great
distinction, OF course, in the Ian Mnclaren
play. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush" f.
NJ. Holland has risen to be called by many
critics the best character actor in Amer
lea" Mr.. Holland has become a star, but
his ventures have not met with great sue
cess. Nevertheless, even IL he has not
mana a graat 1aaI 80 an g,. 6Ea ,,nr
.ager, his reputation as a great actor Is
secure. Edward AbeleS Is a younger man.
His fame came when he assumed the title
role IN 'Brewster's Millions" Another
brilliant actor in this company was Reuben
Fax. Few know OF him compared to the
many who know ~Stoddart, but Mr.. Fax as
Pasty, was, perhaps, as deserving of fame
as the man who played the dour old Scots
father.
1t was an even decade before this when
Fay Temp.eton opened the first Boyd thea
ter viii The Mascotte." Her program Is
printed with the names Of the players first.
as follows;
FAY. 18th Greatest OF the Mascottes
sem NJ. crane Plppu
John Templeton.... Prince LORENZO Xvii
Alice Coleman las the Pet of the Ages
with her celebrated cOrnet solo, for
which she Is unrlvalled).
Anh Feffy'''''.'''.:' ......'. Ricardo
Edith Weaver. as the Pet OF the Regiment
lsabel as Paoloa
cora crane .'s'..,., Marco
amy HarYnN Luigi
Jeanne Vincent, as Alfonso
Josef Handel ..........as Prince Frederic
WliHam ~. Fuller......,,........as Rocco
Herr d, ByeIs...............as Matteo
I.ubtHe IlaFNeN ,.,..,,.,.,,a PQratOnte
Edwon Van NeChten ...............
.''.,-..u....., AS the Court Physician
Mcktrby. ....,.--...,.a ANGELO
LauN Lee...,.....,...as the Drummer Boy
The leading woman remained a star on
the American stage a long time after she
sang In this opera. II is not so very long
ago when she was delighting an entirely
new generation OF t-heateTgoers as Mary In
'FNrty-flvc Minutes from Broadway She
could be sim charming thousands. II she
would but quiet domesticlty has been her
choice for the last two or three years.
MT, William Courtenay and Doris Keane
end their associates in "Arsene Lupln" arc
clever players, whose repute Is not buIlde
entirely on a foundation OF sand. But they
VIII have TO travel a rapid gait 70 eclipse
OF their predecessors who opened
Omaha theaters Of bygone days.