Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-10
SOME WEEK
HERE
OMAHA PLAY BILLS

n HAT festival of fun, "Parlor,

ingly successful engagement OF
seven months at the Republic thea
ter, New York, where it proved one
OF the most popular farces in recent
years. The play is in three acts and
is the work of c. w. Bell and Mark
Swan, The story deals with the
escapades of an eminently respect
able young benedict who is com
PEELED to assume the guise of Don
Juan to satisfy the sentimental
cravings of his adoring wife. AS
Stunning strange role that ill/hts
him, he finds himself with more
venturesome ladies on his hands
than so gentle an individual ever
dreamed existed. But developments
that ensue made New York and Chi
cago laugh uproariously for more
than a year. The company of fare
eurs chosen to interpret the play
includes Eda Ann Luke, Marguerite
Riser. Eleanor Martin, Violet Bar
ney, Ryder Keane. Jack Osterman,
Homer Barton, Moette Aimes, Ger
trude Webster, Frank F. Moore,
George Williams and John Fern
lock. Matiness will be given
Wednesday and Saturday.
Hearts of the World" the great
David Wark Griffith feature, which
has drawn such crowds for the last
10 days to the Brandeis, will hold
over today, its final exhibition being
this afternoon and evening. This is
perhaps the most remarkable film
story ever produced, having for its
background the grimness of var,
photographed on the spot, the
action scenes being made under
actual battlefield conditions.
"The Country Cousin" with Alex
andra Carlisle PLAYING the stellar
role, comes to the Brandeis theater
for five days engagement commenc-
ing Tuesday night with matinee
Saturday. This comedy is precisely
what ex-President Roosevelt called
it "a first class American play" IL
reveals in vivid and intensely anus
Jag fashion the best and worst traits
of our compatriots, and brings into
sharp. dramatic contrast the hcti-
tious and artificial life of a certain
spendthrift class in the cities and
the saner life Of those of the smaller
communities who keep burning the
fires of true Americanlsm.
Booth Harrington, from whose
pen came the famous play, The
Man from Home" and other notable
successes, and Julian Street, writer
of many delightful books and
stories are the authors OF The
Country Cousin" They. have told
the story of a young girl in an Ohio
town who. anxious to see life, leaves
her home and mother and joins her
father who has been divorced from
his wife and married again. The
girl has an inheritance of her own
and does not realize that this is the
main reason why her father and his
spendthrift wife are SO anxious to
entertain her. When Cousin Nancy
arrives on the scene things are IN
pretty bad shape and the girls
money is going rapidly. Nancy, how,
ever, is equal to the occasion and
things begin to happen. There are
several strong dramatic climaxes IN
the play, as we'll as numerous sit
nations. and the story holds the IN
terest from start to finish.
Miss Carlisle, accomplished and
charming actress that she IS, mas
invented the role of Nancy Price
wah all the attractive sweetness and
resolute buoyant hopefulness that
characterize the best type of Amer
lean womanhood of the day. Asso-
GATED with her and under the direc-
ton of Klaw & Erlanger and George
c. Tyler is large company OF COM
petent players. Chief among them
are Alfred Lunt, Genevieve Tobirn,
Grace Hampton, Helen Holcomb1'
lula Stuart, Nina Herbert, Jack
Crosby. Phil Heege and others.
Elliott. Comstock and Gests' new
est musical comedy. "Oh, Look!'
with the wonderful Dolly sisters
and the inimitable Harry Fox, "a;
we'll as the entire original cast and
beauty chorus, is announced here
for one week at the Boyd start'ps
November II. The Dolly sisters
and Harry Fox have seldom been
seen outside of New York: Their
present contract provided for their
appearance in "Oh, Look!" in New
York Chicago, Boston and Phila-
delphia. The closing of the theaters
in Chicago cut the run in that city
at the height of its success, during
the twelfth week, and thus very
few cities will have an opportunity
q see "Oh, Look" in its original
form. James Montgomery is the
author of the comedy, the lyrics
wera provided by Joseph Mccarthy
and Harry Carroll furnished the
fascinating score.
At the Orpheum this week, one OF
the topline features will be RUDE
Vile" and the other, Robert I.
Haines in THE One Way Out" The
FIRST named is melange of mirth and
melody with Harry B. Watson and
Jere Delaney at the head OF the
excellent company. A general store
IS the scene. The chair-warmers
Of this esta blishment include dane
ers, a band of instrumentalists and
a quartet of songsters. Robert T.
Haines portrays the leading role
in "The One Way Out" written by
Lieut.. Robert Garland. Mr.. Haines
was leading man with Grace George
in "Clothes." and was also leading
man with Blanche Bates in The
Darling of the Gods" A unique
partnership has been formed by
Marion Vadie and Ota Gygi. two
headline artists of totally different
tunes Miss Vadie is an accomplish ed