St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
Drnnlatic Notes.

Booth opens in New York on the oath.
Margaret Mather is billed for Brooklyn.
Modteska is billed this week for Boston.
Maggie Mitchell is doing New York state.
Nat Goodwin is billed to play in Philadel-
phia.
Rose Eytinge will play in Cincinnati this
week.
Mile Rhea performs in Philadelphia this
week.
The Irving company open in Bro oklyn to-
morrow night.
Abbey's Opera company opens in New
York tomorrow.
Langtry, the Lily, plays at Dayton, Ohio,
tomorrow night.
Annie Pixley played ''M'Iss" and cara"
in Chicago last week.
Keene, the tragedian, is billed for Cleve-
land, Ohio, this week.
Emma Abbott sings in Pittsburg, com
mencing on the 31st inst.
j. K. Emmett and ''dot dog Snyder" will
delight the Quaker city this week.
Madame Janauschek opens an en- gage
ment in st. Louis tomorrow night.
"Jalma,'' the great spectacular play, still
holds its own at McVicker's theater, Chicago
Colonel Wood has bought the Olympic
theater, Chicago, and will turn it into NIL
scum with a stock company.
''The Princess Ida," the latest opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan, will be produced III
Chicago for the first time this week.
The "Girl l Love" company busted in Chi
cago last week, and dozen escaped actors
are fleeing from the wrath of their boarding
house keeper.
'Young Mrs. Winthrop will be given in
New York this week. Isn't it about time
this interesting female should ''catch on"
and settle down in life?
Mr.. Geo. B. Mcdonald, the general con
tractor for Sells Brothers circus, was in st.
Paul last week, arranging for his show, which
is due here on June %.
The news comes that Byrne q Richardson,
of the Dramatic Times, will start a paper call
ed the Journalist, to be devoted exclusively to
the newspapers and newspaper men, all over
the country.
Skipped by the Light of the Moon"
drew immense houses in Chicago last week
It is connection of the best elements in
forbidden Fruit Confusion" and other
similar plays.
s'Her Sacrifice will be produced in New
York for the first time this week 1t tells the
story of girl whose father has committed
murder and who assumes the guilt in order
to shield him.
Ashley has been rendered benefit in New
York, and he accepted. Among the artists
who have testified their appreciation by vol
unteering to perform are Nilsson, Campani-
nj scalchi, Irving, Miss Terry and others.
Abbey thinks Italian opera too costly a
luxury, and he is going to cut it. We thought
while ago that the famous impressario had
softening of the brain, but this news is en-
couraging. There may be hope for him
yet.
Manager Foster, of the Boston Ideals, ar
rived in the city yesterday from the New
England states. He is looking up the forth
coming engagement of the Ideals in this city,
and in the meantime he will recuperate at
the Merchants hotel.
G.. H. Willett, attorney for Miss Anna
Dickinson, took out writ Of attachment
against the boX-office receipts of Hooley's
theater, Chicago, last Saturday night, where
Fannie Davenport appeared as Fedora. Miss
Dickinson claimed Fannie Davenport was in
debted to her to the amount of 81, $50 for I'M
paid royalties on the American Girl, which
the latter played one or two seasons ago. Two
of the wardrobe trunks were attached. Bonds
being furnished, the baggage was released,
and the Fedora combination was permitted
to depart in peace.
This is the way Nine. Gerster regards the
Patti Crittenden, Marquis of Queensbury
rules, hard gloves, kissing ARRAY:
Reporter suppose you heard about that
| kissing affray between Governor Crittenden
and Patti?
Gerster-I heard that the governor kissed
Patti before she had time to resist, but don't
see anything in that to create so much talk.
:Reporter-You don't?
Gerster-Certainly not. There is nothing
wrong in a man kissing a woman old
enough.
Now that Gerster is ''old enough" it is
hoped that she will give all the boys chance.
-Neocs Letter.
The following corker is literal copy of a
curious playful issued in the year 1893 by
the manager of the Theater Royal, Kilkenny:
''Kilkenny Theater Royal, by his Majesty's
company of comedians. On Saturday, May
IA, 1898, will be performed by command of
several respectable persons in this most
learned metropolis, for the benefit of the
worthy Mr.. Kearns, the tragedy of Hamlet,
originally written and composed by the cele-
brated Dan Heys, of Limerick, and inserted
in Shakespeare's works. Hamlet, by Mr..
Kearns (being his first appearance in that
character), who, between the acts, will per-
form several solos on the patent bagpipes,
which play three tunes at the same time"
The Cincinnati Festival opens on
April 21st. The programme is as follows:
Monday, April 81, Julius Caesar, with Tom
Keene as Marc Anthony, Fred Warde as
Brutus, and r. B. Mantell as Cassius. An
effort will be made to get Keene to play
Cassius, and let Mantell have Antony.
Tuesday, Twelfth Night, with Robson and
Crane and Modjeska.
Wednesday, Romeo and Juliet, with Man
tell as Romeo, Modjeska as Juliet, and Warde
as Mercutio.
Thursday, Comedy of Errors, with Robson
and Crane as the Two Dromios, and Mantell
and Mr.. Lipman.
Friday, AS You Like It, with Tom Keene
as Jacques, Warde as Orlando, Robson
as Touchstone, and Fanny Davenport as
Rosalind.
Saturday matinee, Othello with Keene as
the Moore, Warde as Iago, Modjeska as Des-
demona, and Agnes Booth as Emile.
Saturday evening, King Henry w., with
John Jack as Falstaff, Tom Keene as Hot