St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-16
A DRAMATIC SCHEME
In Connection With the Henne
min Avenue Theater Sale.

There is vast amount of excitement
in theatrical circles over rumOr that
has gained considerable Roadway. 1t is
stated that scheme is now on foot,
headed by William M. Morton, of the
Columbia theater, of Chicago: AL Hay
man, of the Baldwin theater, San Fran
cisco; and c. o. White, of the White
Opera house, of Detroit, to purchase the
Hennepin Avenue, over which there
has been so much litigation, and in
clude it in circuit with eight other
houses. This circuit, it is said, will be
made up of the following houses:
Columbia, Chicago; Euclid Avenue the
alter, Cleveland; White Opera house,
Detroit; the proposed new theater in
Milwaukee,; Fosters opera house, pes
Moines; Boyd's opera house, Omaha;
theater, San Francisco. All these
houses, it is understood, will be con-
trolled by the three gentlemen men
toned, and they will make contracts
with companies for nine weeks, one
week at each place. Just how true the
rumor is could not be learned last even
ing. Considerable doubt is expressed
by some as to whether the scheme could
be worked or not. The presence of
Frederick Book, formerly of the Pence
opera house, in the city Saturday and
Sunday, literally loaded down with
wealth. gave rise to the report that he
was making Overtures to get the Henne-
| pin Avenue theater, but as he has not
been found by the dramatic editors of
| the various papers, his intentions CAN
not be learned. But it is certain that
his visit here means something, and
therefore the interest will remain at
fever heat until something drops.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Every seat was taken and alSleS were
crowded when the curtain went up last
evening upon the military drama. "An-
tietam, or The Spy of South Mountain"
at the Peoples theater. The initial
production was highly satistac-
tory on the whole. The plot of
the piece is very animated and
dealing as it does with one Of the
famous battles of the Rebellion, creates
a great deal of interest among q. A. X.
men especially. The allegOrical tab
leaux were well presented, and the cy-
cloramic view of the prison at Salisbury
was realistic. Company B, of the First
regiment, participated in the play, and
was enthusiastically greeted. The COM
pany has a benefit Friday night. the
seats for which have nearly all been
Sold The balcony will therefore be re-
served for that evening to give people
the opportunity of securing seats in
advance.
The report that John Murray, the
veteran actor, is to receive a benefit at
the Peoples theater is erroneous.
THE BOSTONIANS.
The BostonianS open their spring en-
gagement tonight at the Grand opera
house, and large audience will no
doubt be in attendance. "Mignon," by
Ambrose Thomas, will be given. Cast
as follows: Filma, Marie Stone; Mig
non, Juliette Gordon; Frederick,
Agnes Huntington; Wilhelm Meister,
Tom Karl; Lothario, W. II.
Mcdonald; Giarno, George Frothing
ham. The company arrive from Cleve-
land to-day. An increased orchestra
and beautiful scenery will be accesso-
ries to the production.
James O'Neil is to appear at the Grand
opera for week following the Bosto-
mans. His great success, "Monte Cristo,"
will be presented.