Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-13
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Delphine Falaise. .....,..:.. Dorothy Day
Felix Durand .......... .Straehan Young
Unc Boz. .................-. Ezra WaIch
Pere Andre Clement .... Joseph Greene
Nelly DaYentry. ............ MIS-. I lsn S
Georges Durand. ...... Hamilton Revelle
Melanie Cardanne ... Gertrude Chase
Masquers, Singers, etc.
Miss Nelly, a wholly delightful per-
son, who while confessing that her last
birthday was ''frightful affair" ad-
mits that she still feels "16 inside" is
. making brief visit at Ensdsh's and her
acquaintance is wholly desirable.
Miss Nelly, or to give her her full
name, miss Nelly Of NOrleans," be it
known, is the principal character in
play by the same name In which Mrs.
Fiske returned to Indianapolis last night
for an engagement of three nights and
a Saturday matinee.
Laurence Eyre wrote Mrs. Fiske's new
play. which is described as "a comedy of
moonshine madness and make-beiieve.
It is all of that. Dealing with the tangled
love affairs of Miss Nellys niece with
the son Of her former sweetheart, what
more natural than that Miss Nelly should
HE herself from Paris to NOrleans to
straighten matters out? 1t is in this
STRENGTHENING process" that Mrs. Fiske
cation to her already noteworthy list.
Having admitted that she feels 10 in
side" Miss Nelly proceeds to act that
very way and proves several other ad-
missions that had been made in various
conversations-tha she used to he able
to land stilie was) "swear little, dance
little, firt q little" She stages a play
within a play, turning the hands Of time
back twenty years to accomplish her pur-
pose-in fact, she's wholly delightful, as
stated before, bending everybody to her
will and making them like her way.
The action takes place in a time
mellowed courtyard Of an old New
Orleans home, the setting in delightful
keeping with the characters and spiris
Of the play. To create a festive atmos-
pher in the second act there Is employed
what might be termed a musical back
ground" with sounds OF distant Mardi
Gras jewellers. Whether the play itself
is as good as some others in which Mrs.
Fiske has been seen, is open for discus
sion, of course, but Miss Nelly is worth
meeting, and you'll enjoy an evening in
her company.
The players dn support Of Mrs. Fiske
are all that could be desired, especially
good being the difficult creole role,
drawn by Mr. Hamilton Revelle
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MURAT
According TO Nora Baves, who closes
her engagement at the Murst with per-
formances tonight, tomorrow afternoon
and night, her voice contains a range
Of only eight notes, a handicap under
which most persons might abandon ell
hope ee success as a singer. Yet Miss
Bayes has acquired an ability to put
song over"-to use the stage vernacu-
lar-more effectively than any other en-
tertainer now before the public
Arthur Hammerstein'5 musical ro-
nance, "Some Time" with Frank Tin
ney, comes TO the Murat theater next
week, with matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
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b. T. KEITRs.
Mss Adelaide Bell, who is appearing
on Keiths bill this week. is one Of the
most wonderful solo dancers in the
country. Miss Bell at one time appeared
as dancer with the Harry Lauder show
and was also with Ziegfeld's Midnight
Frolic" when she was billed as danseuse
extraordinaire. Barney Zeeman, who Is
her accompanist at the piano, was on the
song writing staff Of a music concern
for three years, and also conductor Of
several musical comedies
LYRIC
Among the features of next weeks
vaudeville bill at the Lyric will be two
Indianapolis girls, Ruby and Garnet
Merriman, who have n singing and dane
ing and musical act in which they have
been highly successful throughout the
east. The girls specialize in xylophone