St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23
MINNEAPOLIS THEATERS.
Strong Attractions Announced for the
Coming Week at Them all.
SPECTACULAR PREDOMINANT
'The Arabian Nights" at the Grand,
.'The Strangers" and "The
Money King"

cient to crowd the Grand opera house
every night last week. and there IS
hardly theater in America that wonld
not have turned away people under the
same circumstances.
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What promises to be one of the most
| brilliant engagements OF the season at
the Grand opera house will be the pro-
dnctiOn of that gorgeous and famous
spectacle, "The Arabian Nights" the
| first three nights of the coming week.
| This merry burlesqee which met Wlthyso
much favor and such phenomenal brsl-
ness in Minneapolis last season, comes
to us this time gorgeous and grand be-
yond anything yet attempted III a spec
| tacular way. The scenery has been en-
tirely repainted since last season, new
costumes provided, and a remark
able Improvement in every way
IS said to have taken place:
| The ballet is very prominent
feature this year. 1t is claimed to be
| much larger than is usual, and to con,
tain some very clever girls OF youth ana
beauty. 1t has three premleres OF re-
nown, namely Mile. DOrst and M.
Oreste, the greatest character dancers
France has yet produced, and Mile.
| Sylvia, superb classical dancer ana
| beautiful woman.
The last three nights of the week at
| the Grand will be taken up with tne
production of Natural Cas-" This
successful musical hit has met with
the greatest popular favor, and is to-day
the regning success Of the boards. 1t
will be presented here with strong
cast, including Donnelly, Girard and
| others. Natural Gas" is farce, the
| plot of which is as follows: Christopher
| Bluff operates a gas exchange. and ne
has a delightful assortment OF female
lone, is suddenly enriched by the dis
covery of gas well on her
small piece of property. Her hand
is the chje3t or the ambition
OF Whfrlem 0'Rourke, a policeman.
| The first act introduces the characters:
| Nois E. eHoWell is an actor: Jobson
Doodle, a lawyer; Ginger Whipsaw, a
darby; Jimpsy, the brokers' assist
ant; jeanette, a pert typewriter;
Daisy, a society belle. The second act
sees Kitty Malone in possession OF her
wealth. She gives solree musicale
| and uses exalted phrases and perverted
English and French. The third act is
given to lawn tennis party: The
| special work that is introduced is en-
| tirely in keeping with the individual
characters, and altogether the enter
| tainment is the best of its kind. The
| sale of seats for Natural Gas" opens
Tuesday.
The Peoples theater has not suffered
| on account of the many counter at
| fractions in the city during the past
week. The attendance has been excel
| lent at every performance, and on two
| or three nights the house has been
packed. The theater-going public this
| season seem to be possessed of mania
for comedy, of whatever nature. the
double comedy bill at the Peoples dur
| ing the week has been very attractive.
1.-The Factory Girl" the English drama,
is of the class of plays that mix
| mirth and pathOs in an entertaining
way. 1t has been presented by the
| PEOPLES stock company in a manner
| that could do no less than please the
patrons of the cosy play house. 1.-The
Jersey Lily" the farcical afterpiece,
was full of harmless local hits and
clever ''take-offs" on several gay young
members of the Press club. This week
one of the most powerful of the French
melodramas, "The Strangers of
Paris" will be produced. 1t is of the
vivid sensational type, and the spec
| tacular effects are promised to be mag
nificent. 1t will be staged with an
elaborate attention to scenic detail:
Arthur Hartt, the scenic artist OF
the house, has been at work for
| special settings for this production.
The role of Jagon, the stranger, which
has always been favorite with strong
actors of the realistic school, will DE
taken by Theodore Hamilton, who has
PLAYED it successfully in Eastern cities.
| J. B. Brown will appear as Joe Blanch-
! ard, the condemned convict. Miss Marie
! Wellesley will take the part of Ma
thilde, the strangers daughter; and
| Miss Booth, Wallace Shaw and j. E.
! Nelson will be seen in the other princl-
pal roles. The play will require almost
! the entire strength of the company,
| there being seventeen people In the
| cast besides the gems d'armes, convicts,
| etc, The scenic effects include seven
! tableauX, the first showing the little
| house on the Boulevard BeSSiereS
where the cry "Help! murder! muir
derr' is heard, and the others follow
ing in rapid succession. A murder,
suicide, a convict ship from which the
condemned men escape into the water,
and a square in Paris where the venge
ance and death of the-strangler and his
] accomplice are shown, are fey of the
more striking scenes.
~
Frederick Book is meeting with eX-
! cellent success at the Pence opera
! house. Last week he did an enormous
| business with the "Stranglers of Paris"
and this week he will delight his au-
| dience with two strong bills. The first
half of the week, commencing tonight,
will be devoted to the production of the
beautiful romantic melodrama 1.-The
Money King" 1t this play, which will
be strongly cast and handsomely staged,
| Mr.. Book will play the leading role of
Wilbur Ross, Miss Rodgers will also be
seen in the strongly pathetic parts of
Alice. On Thursday and for the re-
mainder of the week the sterling old
melodrama "Not Guilty" will be re-
vived. Mr.. Book playing the dual roles
of SiIas Jarrett and Col. Willoughby.
Maggie Mitchell will soon play an en-
gagement at the Grand opera. Her new
! play. "Ray," will be presented. "The
Pearl of Pekin," Rice's new Chinese
comic opera, is also an early production
at the Grand.
The elaborate production of ''Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE" the dramatiza-
ton of the weird story from the pen of
Robert Louis Stevenson, will be the
event of the season at the Peoples the
alter. The stock company will soon be-
gin rehearsal of the play. Theodore
Hamilton will appear in the title role.
He has scored his greatest success as an
actor in this part. IL will DE thesfirst
presentation OF the play in Minneapolis
! by strong company. u
WHO HAS THE DIAMOND?
| A Game of Hold Fast and Didn't
| Like.