Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-23
THE AMUSEMENT WORLD.

The past week was one of the dullest seen
in st. Paul since the opening of the season of
1872 For two nights, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings, the st. Vincent town lot boom
occupied the Opera house, and though the great
Coolican is lively real estate auctioneer and
manages to introduce considerable spice and
drollery into his business, it would hardly
be fair to the "profesh," to class
him and his entertainment among the amuse-
ments. Thursday evening the Mendelssohn-
Lltta combination appeared before rather
small but intelligent audience. The fact that
the audience was thoroughly delighted is the
best possible evidence that the entertainment
was really good. The other Opera House en-
tertainment was that by Bengough,
Canada's Mast, Friday evening, in a
lecture and character drawings, the first
very poor and the latter very good. The at
tendance wBs the smallest seen in the Opera
house for years, reminding old settlers. If any
were present, of the season when the late vet
eran Plunket had the house, seventy-fve pay
ing people being considered large audience.
The Minnesota Boat CInb
The present week is much more promising.
For the first amusement night, to-
morrow evening, the Minnesota Boat
Club will present in benefit
entertainment, w. S. Gilbert's eccentrcity,
"Wedding March, a charming production,
and entirely new to st. PaHl audience. The
Boat club know no such word as fail in any
thing they undertake. Their attalnments in
their chosen element for muscular develop
ment have been most brilliant, as evidenced by
the numerous medals won by them ID gal
lantIy contested struggles for supremacy. AS
hosts in receptions they stand unrlvalled, and
now they propose to win a triumph before the
footlghtfor the pleasure of their many friends
and their own pccuniary benefit. And
it is safe to say they will succeed in both.
Robson and Crane.
There is a world of pleasant anticipations
conveyed in the announcement that the "boss''
comic cherubs of the comedy stage, Robson and
Crane, are to favor St. Paul with four of their
inimitable performances this week, as follows:
THURSDAY evening, "Our Bachelors" Fri
day evening, "Sharps and Flats
sa urday matinee, "Our Bachelors" and Sat
urday evening, Forbidden Fruit" OF their
presentation Of "Our Bachelors" the New
York Times says:
0Stuart Robson and William q. Crane were
welcomed by an audience which filled Haver.
ly's Fifth avenue theater upon their reappear
ance on the stage of this city last evening, anc
they succeeded in furnishing their patrons with
ample food for mirth for three hours. "Oul
Bachelors was the piece selected for the
opening of their engagement. It is familiar
to most theater- goers of the metropolis, hav
ing been produced here before and having hat
successful, run. It furnishes series OF
ludicrous situations, and affords anloppor
tunity for Messrs. Robson and Crane to dis
play their peculiarities as character actors.
Mr.. Robson as Prof. Bangle presents pic
ture of eccentrieity which is irresistible il
its effect npon an audience. His face which
is the embodiment Of fun, his shrill, piping
voice, and the perplexities in which thu
action of the play involves him, kept tn
audience in continual roar of lau ghter from
| the beginning of the first act until The curtain
dropped on the last scene. Mr.. Crane finds
peculiar congenial role in the character o
Judge Fowler, The savage and relentless enem,
of matrimony. His make up is perfect, ant
his acting is in thorough keeping with tn
perfection of his makeup. It would be diff
cult to say which created the most amuse
ment last evening, Mr.. Crane or Mr.. Robson
Between them they succeeded in producing
| ludicrous effects which no audience could re
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