Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-21

serted by the conspirators. Flambeau re-
mains alone to stab himself TO death. The
act ends when the duke. after listening to
Flambeau's dying words. charges forth,
sword I'm hand when he hears the crash
OF approaching troops, only to find his own
regiment.
The bedchamber Of the duke at schon-
hrunn is the scene for the last act. The
dukes mother and the doctor are standing
about him as he is near death. The viati-
cum is administered. The duke hears
Theresa sobbing in the next room and
realizes he has heard his last mass.
Victory" cries the Eaglet. 'Hotses
that l may go and meet my fatherl" He
dies while the women who love him weep
about the bed.
Ethel barrymore will be seen at
the Brandeis on Monday and Tues
day. May 20 and 80 when Charles Froh-
man will present her in the double bill by
James Matthew Barrie, Alice sit-by-the-
Fire" and The Twelve-Pound Look" This
Is the bill In which the actress was seen
during her ten weeks season in New York
and during her engagements in Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston. In these cities
the bill was superlatively praised as one
which would be appreciated by all those
who enjoyed the art of the dramatist, the
skill Of the player and had the good of
the theatcr at heart Out of compliment
to the Scotch dramatist the double bill is
called AN Evening with Barrie" The two
plays show Barrie In different moods and
II the playwright had never written THE
Little Minister" Peter Pan" or What
Every Woman Knows It is said that
THE Twelve-Pound Look" the piece de
resistance on the bill. would be sufficient
to establish his genius. This drama in
tabloid fOrm-it runs for forty minutes in
its unfolding-must have been wrung from
its authors very heart. 1t il the most
sinister arraiRnment which any successful
man has given to that great god, Success
Pithily, conclsely and with tremendous
force II shows the utter futility Of success,
and within its narrow confines as regards
time 1t unfolds material enough for several
plays. Barrie wrote the play for Miss
Barrymore and in IL gave to her a role in
which she is seen at her best. Alice Sit
by-the-Fire," with which the bill opens is
a three-act comedy that is fun Of sweet
ness and humanity. The story deals with
a mother who returns home after a long
absence to find herself a stranger in her
own household. She endeavors to win the
love Of her daughter, but this is not easy,
for Barrie with his playful satire shows
the young girls notions turned topsy-
turvy by the erotio problem plays which
she has Witnessed. Miss Barrymores por-
trayal Of the mother is full of charm. The
leading man Of the supporting company 10
Charles Dalton.
F. ziegfeld, jr.s' revue, The Follies of
1910" conceded to be the largest and most
diverting entertainment in the world be-
gins an engagement of three days dura-
ton at the Brandeis theater, commencing
Thursday. June l. THE Follies," which
is in three acts and sixteen brilliantly
illuminated scenes, is the work of Harry
d. Smith. Gus Edwardes, Julian Mitchell
and numerous others. The company pre-
senting the piece is made up of more than
$50 well-known musical comedy players
and includes such distinguished talent as
Bickel and Watson, Bert Williams (for-
merly of williams g. walker). Bobby
North, Billy Reeves, william c. Schrode,
w. Wanna. imperial Russian dancer;
QuigR & Nickerson, Charles Hessong. Ad-
die Young, Charles Scr1bner, Harry Luck.
Fanny Brice, Shirley Kellogg, Florence
Gardner, Vera Maxwell Airline Boley,
Evelyn Carlton. Lottie Vernon, Viola
Jewell, Lydia Scott, Fawn Conway. Amy
Webb, Trixie Cadiz. numerous others and
seventy-five Anna Held girls.
At the Boyd this week the Frank e,