Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-11
GEORGE ARLISS
IN NEW ROLE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A GREAT medical scientist de-
n voted to developing his dis

A GREAT medical scientist de-
~ voted to developing his dis
a. covery:
A young butterfly wife, neglected
!nconsequence;
An aristocratic French marquis,
attracted by the lonely butterfly;
Are the chief characters in the
drama of Jacques Duval." /.
1t is the story of the struggle of
honest love with blind infatuation. =
The play has an ingeniously de-
vised plot, presenting some new ele-
ments in the art of dramatic con-
struction. Jacques Duval' will be
the attraction at the Brandeis
thcater for four nights with matinees
on Thursday and Saturday, begin
ming next Wednesday evening.
George Arliss, the noted character
actor, will play the title role in
Jacques Duval" Its chief incident
concerns a medical scientist who has
spent years of experimentation on a
serum to cure tuberculosis. On the
eve of proclaimng his great discov-
cry to the world, he learns that his
wife, who has sought diversion from
his austcrity, is unfaithful to him.
Her lover is victim of the white
plague. Without apparently relax
ing his efforts in behalf of science,
he seeks to effect cure of the lover,
with the intent OF making him we'll,
because it is contrary to ethics to
kill sick man.
Jacques Duval" is written in four
acts The locale is a university town
near Paris. The play was written
by brilliant Danish author less
than two years ago, was translated
into both French and German, and
at the present time is running i'll
theaters in Paris and Berlin. The
adaptation for Mr.. Arliss was made
by George S. Kaufman. dramatic
editor of tho New York Times. Mr..
George c. Tyler is the producer and
manager of the attraction and has
provided very sumptuous produc-
tion.
Elizabeth Risdon, a beautiful and
talented English actress, is Mr.. Ar
lss' leading lady. In the support.
ing cast Of players are Mrs. Arliss,
George Barr, Fernando Eliscu, Man
art Kippen, Guy Cunningham, A.
Stapleton Kent, Harold Thomas,
Carl Anthony, William Seymour,
William K. Barwald, Peter Brad
: ford, Irving Decker, ]. Palmer Col
Inns, Spencer Harris and Elsie Fred
eric.
Presenting Shakespearean drama !
according to the highest traditions
of the theater, f. H. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe will be seen at Boyd's |
theater three days commencing
Thursday, January q. Twelfth
Night" will be presented on Thurs
day night and Saturday afternoon.
Hamlet" will be seen on Friday
might and flaming of the Shrew"
on Saturday night. The staging of
the Sothern and Marlowe repertoire
this year marks complete change
from the old traditions. Set in an
impressionistic background, after
the fashion of the new school of
stage-craft, which has been making
such strides on the other side of
the Atlantic, but Of which little has
been seen in classical drama in this
country, the plays are given >with
heightened atmospheric effect
The company supporting these
stars includes Frederick Lewis,
Rowland Blackstone, Henry Stan
ford: AlrIa Kruger, Lenore Chip
pendale, r Sayre Crawley, Vernon
Kelso, Colvil D|nn. Frank Peters.
V. L. Granville, Clifford Walker,
Malcolm Bradley, Ursula Faucit,
Frank Howson, Leon Cunningham
and others. Frank A. Howson, sr..
is musical director for Sothern and
Marlowe, for whom he has arranged
special scores for the plays in their
8 O'Clock at night and 2 o'clock at
8 o'clock at night and 2 r'clock at
the Saturday matinee.
/. Turn TO the Right will again be
introduced at the Brandeis theater
for three performances beginning
with a matinee To-day. John
Golden is sending the original New
York-Chicago production and it will |
be presented exactly as it ran for a
solid year in each of these cities.
The cast includes Samuel Reed. |
William Foran, Charles w. Good
rich. Maude Huntley and Rita Ross
each OF whom has appeared more
than 1000 times in the principal |
roles. Mike Donlin is also a men,
Der of the company. In addition |
the cast includes Stuart Fox, Jane
Ellison, Sidney Henderson, Sylvia |
Field, Rexford Burnett, Zahrah Of
futt, Stephen Singer and George |
Spelvin.
Few plays have created so great a |
stir as Friendly Enemies" the com
edy success which A. III. Woods will |
present at the Boyd tonight for an
engagement of four days. The play |
is the work ofSamuel Shipman and |
Aaron Hoffman. 1t concerns the re-
lations of two German Americans, |
one of them intensely loyal to
America, the other still harboring a
passionate affection for Germany. |
During the play the clash Of these |
two characters, such close friends |
in everything but the matter of pa
triotism, furnishes the brightest,
cleverest entertainment since the |
palmy days of Weber and Fields.
The production is said to be splen- |
did one A popular matinee will be |
given Wednesday.
%
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" the |
pajama-clad, hilariously complicated |
A. H. Woods farce success of ma
trimonial tangle is the attraction |
at Boyd's for the three days COM
mcncing Thursday, January Is, with |
a popular matinee Saturday. The
fun of this play has new angle in |
that IL involves a husband who is