Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-24

| A HAPPIER conjunction Of stars
! ~ than Mr.. Faversham and Miss
= n Elliott in the well-enduring
Carton comedy Lord and Lady
/ Algy" be wished or expected, even
in these days when the impossible
comes to pass and the superlativ ap-
pears commonplace. Each formerly
was a regular and a welcome visitor
to Omaha; it means nothing to count
the time since when they first or
when they last came among US,
Pleasant memories of charming
plays. very we'll enacted, are revived
by their presence, and that Is
enough. 1t is also permitted to pay
tribute to serious effort on part OF
either. Mr.. Fayersham long ago
broke through the bonds that would
have held him to the mstinee-idol
block, and has some worthy achieve
nients set down for him. His most
noteworthy accomplishment to date,
perhaps, is the fact that he has made
= distinct success for himself en-
tirely on his own. Miss Elliotts
ventures at home and abroad in
ciude experience at managing her
own business affairs, with success,
and a chapter of far more serious
aspect-that of days and nights
spent in glorious company of the
British army when its situation was
most desperate. She has had
course of instruction at the most
exacting school of the drama ever
organized.
One who has watched the careers
of this really interesting pair from
the first may be pardoned for resort
ing to the obvious, and making COM
parisons. NJ. Fayershan's last pre-
sentation of Lord Algy here is we'll
recalled as an occasion of delight,
alleged to a slight degree by occa-
sional indifference on part of the
actor and now and then a bit of
over-emphasis on a point that might
produce a laugh. This tendency
has eyaporated, just as he brings an
earnestness born of experience to
his work, and in the very serious
ness with which he invests the char
actel may be found the richest Of
true comedy. II is a truly chasten-
ed and wholly worthy Chetland who |
snuggles the equally subdued and
disciplined Lady Algy while they
relight the home-fire in the form of |
an Egyptian cigaret a symbol of I
unity of purpose, and promise for
a future of better understanding and |
consequent conjugal comfort. In
all his many appearances here Mr..
Faversham has done nothing more
carefully and nothing better.
Miss Elliott gives us well-bal-
anced and thoroughly self-contained
Lady Algy; sophisticated, but not
overly so; "horsy," but not to the
point of ofense, her sporting instinct
rallying finally to aid her judgment
and show her that happiness and
content might be found along a GER
tain way which she might easily
take. 1t Us trite to refer to her beau
ty; the first reference ever made
to her in The Bee. quotes THE well
known words, "a daughter Of the
gods, divinely tail and most divinely
fair" She deserves them now as well
as then, but she is far better versed
IN the somewhat exacting art of the
theater, and consequently as good to
listen to as she is to observe.
The company supporting the stars
IS evenly excellent Mr.. Ayrton's
Brabazon Tudway is glorified
and altogether enjoy.
able. Miss Compton is wholly
and unaffected as Mrs.
Tudway, and of the others only
commentator may be INDUCED,
The Boyd was packed last night,
md most cordial good feeling mark
ID the proceedings. Mr.. Favershsm
and Miss Elliott were not left in
doubt as to their local standing.
Ed Flanagan and Nicely Edward,
whose comedy sketch, "Of and On"
featured this week at the Orpheum,