Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24
BRANDEIS
STARTS THIS WEEK

\ MAHA is due for 4 visit from
J Ruth Chatterton this week, to
open the season at the Bran

terest We are far eAough removed
from the storm center of the strike
to get only its echoes, but the dis
turbance holds not a little of pos
sible influence on the theaters here.
Most direct will be the result of
abandonment of tours incident to
the lack Of players to fill the COM
panics. While the producing man
ayers remain obdurate. the fact that
the big theaters in New York and
Chicago are idle is strong argu-
mfnt for the belief that some sort
Of settlement will soon come about.
George M. Cohan, as usual. is get
ting the greatest possible amount of
personal advertisement out of the
affair, but those who know him and
his methods arc not much excited
over his announced determine ton to
spend his life and 100000 of his
money to break up the Actors Equi-
ty association. Outsiders are con-
tent for the present to look on.
Henry Miller will present Ruth
Chatterton at the Brandeis theater
ss the opening attraction of the sea-
son on Friday. August 20 and so, in
THE Merrie Month of May" writ
ten by George Scarborough, clean,
wholesome. fascinating comedy of
American life and manners, right up
to date, with the scenes laid in
Washington. Miss Chatterton ap-
pears as a young girl from Arizona,
2 Washington society debutante.
Her father is one OF the United
States senators from that state. The
play gains its title from the fact
that the action takes place in the
senator's Washington home one
moonlit evening in May. Merriment
is its keynote, but it has an abund-
ance Of heart interest, too. Miss
Chatterton as Judith, the daughter
Of the senator, has many suitors for
her hand. Of course she picks out
the right one in the end, but how
that comes about remains for the
play to divulge Among the char
acters are Senator Baldwin. prod
ust Of the west, bluff and genial,
but mighty fond OF Washington life;
Tod Musgrave, young western
ranch foreman; Congressman
Hamill, a silver-voiced politician
and a power in the house; Courtneysl
Blue, a society man, who is quite at
home with the socially elect: Miss
Halle Baldwin, the kindly sister OF
the senator; Mrs. Langley. an at
tractive Washington widow; Pet
Baldwin, the senator's schoolgirl
laughter, and Jefferson, the old col
ored butler, a survivor Of the ante
bellum days. The company provided
by Mr.. Miller for Miss Chatterton's
support is especially noteworthy
and includes James Rennie, Lucille
Watson. Edward Fielding, Charles
Trowbridge, Sydney Booth. Rather.
inc Emmet. Lawrence Eddinser and
Flora Sheffield. The engagement is
for two nights and inatlnee on
Saturday. .,.-. ...n .es---.-
NJ NJ Messxs. Cohan & Harris promise
10 present at the Brandeis theater
for five nights, beginning August
81, the newest George NJ. Cohan
comedy. "A Prince There Was,
suggested by the novel Enchanted
Hearts" written by Darragh,
Aldrich, we'll known to readers OF
modern fiction. 1t was first pre-
sented in New York early last win
Ter at the Gearge M. Cohan theater,
where it had long and prosperous
run until the late springtime when
Il was transferred to Chicago tor
an all-summer engagement
Henry Miller and Blanche Bates
will be at the Brandeis theater Sep
tember S and 6 in "Moliere,' the play
by Philip Moeller, the American
author, which attracted so much at
tention during its recent Ions, run
a the Liberty theater in New YORK
and which Mr.. Miller brings here
with the original superb production
intact and a distinguished company
That includes such established fav-
orites as David Glassford, Catherine
Calhoun Doucet, Forrest Robinson:
Alice Gale, Sidney Herbert, Paul
Doucct. Frederick Roland. James P.
Hagen, Wallace Roberts, Elsie Fred
erie, Florence Busby. VINCENT
Chambers, Frank Longacre, William
Robins and Paul CASTOR. The
scenery and costumes for "Moliere"
are unusually beautiful and the III.
cidental music, for which special
players are carried to augment the
theater orchestra, has been especial
" arranged and composed for the
occasion. Mr.. Miller's high artistic
standard in presenting plays is well
known. The scenes Of the first and
third acts of "Moliere" are laid in
the study Of the aetor-dramatist in
the Palais Royal and the second in
the apartment Of Madame de Mon
tespan in the Louvre. The period is
Z during the reign Of Louis XIV OF
France, toward the close of the
seventeenth century. Mr.. Miller ap-
pears a. Moliere and Miss Bates As
Madame de Montespan, the mistress
Of Louis XIV Of France.
Nothing Of higher excellence is
offered by the Orpheum circuit than
Marion Morgan Dancers, who come
to Omaha this week, under the di-
rection of Martin Beck, and are fea-
tured as the stellar attraction. The
story pictures the period of Atilla
and the Huns. 1t is a production
which brilliantly combines story,
eolorful lighting. scenic elaboration,
with costuming. delightful music and
graceful motion. Furthermore, the
music in its delightful colorfulness
is descriptive Of the story. And in
conjunction with this dance drama
as the stellar attraction will be acts
Of great variety to appeal to popu-
lar taste. One feature will be Les
ter, the most accomplished ventrilo-
quist and vocal trickster OF the vau--