Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-24


success during a solid years engagement
in Chicago, will be the attraction at the
Brandeis theater four nights and a
matinee, beginning tonight.
There are a score and a half of
cleverly drawn characters in the play,
and the cast has been personally selected
by Mr. Conan. 1t includes John Webster
William H. Forestelle, Jay c. Yorke,
Junius Mathews, James II. Manning John
ID. O'Hara, Charles H. Wilson, Charles
b. Hamlin, Yoshin Sakurai, Arthur "
Gibson, James C. Mack Abner, SIMMONS,
William Walcott, Milton b. Pollock,
Ethel Hunt, Florence Dunlap, Marjorie
Foster, Lois Burnett, Ella Sothern, Mar
garet Maclyn and others A beautiful
stage production has been provided by
Cohan and Harris. Matinees will be given
Christmas day and Wednesday.
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With all health-glving wholesomeness
of the Carlsbad Spring of which 1t tells.
''The Spring Maid" comes to the Bran
deis Theater, Thursday December %, as
Viennese operetta that has spread Its
powers of fascination over all of con-
tinental Europe and has proved the power
= enchant theeater goers this side the
/Atlantic in exactly the same way. Helm
rich Reinhart its composer, is we'll
known over Germany as the composer OF
dozens of the musical playlets so gen.
erously appreciated there. His first
| opera, "Das SUISSE Madel," was played
kby the German Opera company in New
York last season and will soon be also
produced by Werba and Luescher. For
the prima donna role in this quaint work,
Fraulein Mlzzi Hajos, Hungarian song
stress who created the leading part OF
the saucy Princess Bozena when the
opera was played in Vienna and Berlin
Z has been brought to this country. In sup
. wort of this star Werba and Luescher
have sent a great orchetra OF thirty
players-the largest that has ever been
used for a light opera work; a great
ballet, and a company OF ninety -four
which includes such singers as George
Leon Moore Dorothy Maynard, Leo
Stark, Tillie Salinger, Jack Rafael, Louis
Miller, and with Orpha Tewes as the
premiere danseuse.
Maud Campbell. who is playing the
part Of "Nonnie" in SCHOOL Days"
which comes to the Brandeis theater for
New Years week, is a Bostonian and
began her professional work in sacred
concerts at the Boston theater In
school Days Miss Campbell will have
many opportunities TO show her ability
as a singer and dancer.
An engagement OF exceptional interest
will be that OF Blanche Ring at Boyd's
theater for four days. beginning tonight.
Miss Ring will be seen in The Wall
Street Girl" a bright. new musical com
edy by Margaret Mayo ana Edgar Selwyn
Hapgood Burt has contributed the lyrics
and Karl Hoschna the music. Mr..
Hoschna is the composer Of Madame
Sherry and Three Twins" and in The /
Wall Street Girl" he has music which is
sure to linger in the memory and set
the feet to tapping.
Among Miss Rings great song hits are
Decide Dundee" Il Want a Regular
Man." THE Indian Rag" Il Should |
Have Been Born Boy" Every Day
and Daddy" These she viii sing as
only Blanche Ring can sing them Harry |
Glfoil has the principal comedy role, |
while others in the cast include Clar- /
ence oliver Charles Winninger Charles /
Gotthold, Maude Knowlton, Florence |
Shirley and Cross and Josephine. Miss |
Ring is said to have the most stunning |
chorus which has left Broadway this
season. Matinees Will be given on
Christmas and Wednesday.
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The woodward players will offer an
other new comedy at the American thea
ter this week. Sauce for the Goose"
which was written for Grace George and
played by her with great success The
leading role Is one in which Miss Lang +
viii find splendid opportunity, for #
Is ON the lines Of Cyprienne in "Divor-
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