Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-20
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EORGE NJ. COHAN'S latest
(rcomedy, "A Prince There Was,


EORGE NJ. COHAN'S latest
(rcomedy. "A Prince There Was,
~ opened a three days engage
ment at the Brandeis last night, with
matinee Wednesday, bringing a
typical Cohanesque breath of fresh
ness to the American stage. An ex-
cellent company is presenting the
play here. Replete with tense situa-
tons, delicious humor and surpris-
es, the play moves swiftly from the
rise of the curtain to the end of the
last act. The characters are unique
and unusually we'll portrayed.
The production was suggested by
Darrah Aldrich's novel, Enchanted
Hearts," 1t is the story OF a young
New York millionaireZthe prince
in the story-who becomes disgusted
with both the world and himself.
Seeking forgetfulness in the flow
ing bowl, a new light dawns for
him when girl, who believes him
to be one Of the fairy. princes she
has encountered in her story books,
visits him in his apartments in a
New York hotel
The girl, boarding house slavey,
wants him to rescue fairy prin-
cess, a boarder, who is also a
struggling magazine writer. As the
play unfolds the audience gets a
real insight into the different char
acters, the blase man of money, the
film actor, boarding house denizens
and others. James Gleason as the
young millionaire is we'll cast, as
suming the role OF the bored man
of means who finally meets life as
I it really is. The support is excel
lent, including Ena Lewis Wiley,
William Slider, Josephine Williams,
John Bedouir, Lucile Webster, John
E. Sanders, Adelaide Wilson, James
Bradbury, jr., Maria Nelson, Joseph
Oddo, Will Goodwin and Muriel
Nelson.
The visit of E. H.. Sothern and
Julia .Marlowe at Boyd's theater. the
three days beginning Thursday, Jan
uary p, comes at significant time
| when Boyd's theater, one of the
most famous playhouses in this sec
ton of the country, is about to pass
into history. This theater has seen
the passing of the greatest players
of the past generation and it is fit
ting that Sothern and Marlowe
should be among the last players to
appear ON the same boards where
Irving, ,Bernhardt, Forbes s-Robertson
and other giants of the theater have
acted. Sothern and Marlowe will
present twelfth Night" Hamlet
and "The Tanning of the Shrew."
De Wolf Hopper in "The Better
Ole" will be presented at the Bran
deis theater for three days, starting
Thursday. It is by Capt. Bruce
Bairnsfather and Capt. Arthur Eliot
based upon Captain Bairnsfather's
war cartoons, Fragments From
France" The musical numbers were
composed, selected and arranged by
Herman Darewski and Percival
knight.
Especially pleasing to the BIG So
ciety night audience last evening
was the tri-stellar bill which is on
view this week at the Orpheum. One
of the headline attractions is con-
tributed by the French character
singer, Mile. Nita-Jo. Nothing on
the bill rouses such hearty enthusi-
asm as the work of the singing dia-
lect eomedienne, Lillian Shaw. The
| third top-line offering is the jazz
act in which Eva Shirley is assisted
by jazz instrumentalists and by the
eccentric dancer, Al Roth.
The jazzy auto, the crew of which
is composed of Comedians Harry
("Heinie') Cooper and Same How
ard. is furnishing no end of laughs
during the performance Of Butter
flies Of BroadWay"at the Gayety this
week. Ladies matinee at 2:l5 daily.
The Three Weston Sisters, ap-
pearing at the Empress as one OF
the feature acts, furnish selections
on the violin,, cello and piano. The
comedy element of the bill is pro-
vided by Knowles and Hurst, live
| ly pair who have line of chatter
that registers every time.
BY arrangement with Aekerman,
Harris and Brown, the Fanchon
Marco revue, Lets Co." will be
seen al, the Brandeis all of mex,
week. starting Sunday night. 1t is
not encumbered by a plot of great
moment, but is a parcel of merri-
nent, garnished with catchy music
and girdled with girls. Fanchon and
Marco are at the head of the lengthy
cast Of musical comedy, vaudeville
and operatic favorites.