Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-17
AT THE THEATERS

roR those who insist upon the happy
II ending to complete their Joy IN q
II play, Tiger! Tiger!" will be found
= lacking just that much, but @ for
those who delight to be movea py 3,,asr tne
tiger, calling In the blood Of one man man
for one woman, the Beasco production
presented at the Brandeis theater last
night before a large audience VIII I'M
Frances starr and Lionel Atwill. filling
the Two leading roles Of this emouonai
drama by Edward Knoblock. held the au-
dience literally gripped in the tense emo
tion which fills every scene OF the loul
acts. .... !, A.,
Unconventional in the extreme Is the
plot. Give Couper. NJ. p, bacheloI o. 90,
night and she comes with him 10 ms
apartment Now. he isn't the KIND OF man
you might think nor is she that kihu oL
girl. Though Couper has just been telling
guest that he is S6 and immune" from
the folltes OF youth, he Immediately reels
the tiger, tiger in his soul. And thougn
tho girl Sally, is but, cock ana ,., ,a,Rs
the cockney dialect, she Is tine one "om-
an" for this aristocrat.
Miss Starr is especially adapted to tne
part of sweet, simple, uneducatea put M
Sally. Mr. Atwll proved good lover and
rose splendidly to heights of emotion.
Frederick Lloyd as Freddie Staunton.
man about town" and, FREQUENT visitpr ur,, az a.
iIshy," as, in fact. is everybody else. and
If seems that Coupers chambers" must
surely face on Piccadilly or Leicester
square. don't you know; no. with Inc me 1sist naet
Tan, graceful Mary Moore was beautiful
and genuine in a rather difficult part as
Evelyn Greer, the aristocratic English
woman whom Couper "ought" to love and
marry by all the rules OF reason. but with
whom he can't fall in love.
The play Is full OF surprises .hs nc 's grasi raad
scarcely mention of the war. it has
been called a sex play. Yet there is noth.
| ing Of tho unsayory element to sex plays
.Tiyer! Tiger" will be at the Brandeif
| tonight, with a special matinee this after
noon.
After an absence from Omaha Of sew
| eral seasons, Walker Whiteside will ap-
pear at the, Brandeis theater In one OF
the pronounced successes OF ;. the year,
rett, Harry Dornton. williams H. Sui
| livan, Carl Vose. Miss Sydney Shields,
| Duncan will be seen at the Brandeis in
Mr.. Whiteside's support the first half
| of next week.
theater.going public that minstrelsy Is
/ on the wans visit to the Brandeis
! theater. where Gus Hill's minstrel show
| isS 10 be next Sunday. March 81. for one
! night only, will soon dispel the idea;
| There. will be the usual, or we should
rather. say. the unusual street parade.
Homer B. Mason is light comedian
whose work is particularly effective IN
4 the one-act play, Married" one or the
headline offerings ,this week at the
Orpheum Marguerite keeler, his co-star.
is winsomely amusing in the role she por-
| trays. Another Of the headline features Is
| the Four Mortons. Mr.. and Mrs. Morton
have been popular on the vaudeville stage
| for many years. Their. clever son and
| daughter, Joe and Martha, are appearing
I with them No act OF the bill scores better
than the musical offering of Lyons and
Yesco, whose instrumental numbers, harp
and cello, are particularly pleasing They
also offer an exclusive repertory of songs
One Of the popular attractions Of the
| current bill at the Empress Is the comedy