St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-09
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

DRAMATIC DRIFT.
The past week has been a compare
lively uneventful one in local dramatic
matters. ''Harbor Lights" a cleverIy
written melodrama of the English type,
had the weeks run at the Grand and
did fairly good business. At the PeO-
pies theater BULwER's well-WOrn play
Lady OF Lyons" attracted good houses.
The performances were uniformly
smooth, and, while not up to the stand
ard OF a Wallack theater performance,
they were good enough to entertain the
Intelligent audiences who witnessed
them.
All of this week that prince of come
dianS, NAT GOODWIN, will hold the
boards at the Grand in two of his most
popular plays. 1t has been three years
since Mr.. GOODWIN has been seen in
st. Paul, and there will naturally be a
desire on the part of theater goers to
see what changes have occurred in the
actor and in his acting. NAT GOODWIN
was an Old-time favorite with st. Paul
people, and his return engagement has
been anticipated with a good deal of
pleasure. His bill for the week will be
Turned Up" Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday and special Friday matinee,
Saturday evenings. His one-act piece,
"Lend Me Five Shillings," will be
played at each performance. There
will be no Wednesday or Saturday mat
lneeS.
The bill at the Peoples for the week
Will be the first production in this city
OF "a Woman of the People," an in
tensely emotional domestic drama,
which several years ago had very sue
cessful run in both Paris and London.
1t was brought to America by ROSE
EYTINGE, and when afterwards pro-
duced at the Baldwin theater. San Fran
cisco. was announced as '"Ehe Great
Ten-Thousand Dollar Play, with JAMES
ONEILL and ROSE WOOD as the repre-
sentatives of the two leading characters
OF the drama. The play will be pro-
trand, A. S. LIPMAN; Appiani, f. c.
HUEBNER; Remy, CHARLES STANLEY:
Henri de BasSieres, HAROLD RUSSELL;
Pierre, Il. r. COTTON; DR.. LIE Blanc,
CHARLES WYNGATE; Grosmeme, w.
MARKS; Guillaume, B. Johnson; Ma
RE, Miss LODUSKI YOUNG; Adelaide,
Miss LISETTE LIE BARON; Marguerite,
Miss SALLIE WILLIAMS; Berlinguette,
Miss LILLE V. ARMSTRONG;; Charlotte,
Miss KATIE LANPHEAR.
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By the death of the venerable LESTER
WALLACK last week the American pro-
fession loses one of the most successful
managers identified with its history.
Although an Englishman by birth, Mr..
WALLACK came to New York when
nnitn q child on6 in
fession under the tutelage of his father,
whose name is indiSsOlubly associated
with the stage. Upon the death of his
father LESTER WALLACK inherited the
Well-knoWn theater bearing the family
name, and has been in active manage
ment of it ever since. The WALLACE
testimonial benefit last spring, which
melted $4,000, was the most notable
dramatic affair in this country, because
of the celebrity of the people who were
cast in the performance.
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OF the many new plays that have
come to the surface within the last dec
ade, only two possessed merit enough
to be accepted as worthy of occupying a
permanent place in dramatic literature.
They are "Jim the Penman'' and ''Held
by the Enemy" The vitality of Sir
sOrbingly interesting play is illustrated
by the fact that it has started this sea-
son in New York on the most successful
run it has ever had. The old story of
James Ralston's villainy, and of the
broken love of Nina L'Estrahge and
Louis Percival has still the faScinat-
ing interest to metropolitan plaY-goers
that it had in previous seasons. Mr..
GILLETTE has revised his HELD by the
Enemy" and will play the leading part
in it himself this season.
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1t is rumored that we'll known gen.
tleman recently connected with tlleat-
rieal management in this city has on
foot project to open a concert hall,
with view of giving during the winter |
a series of high class musical entertain |
ments. 1t is believed by those who |
have given attention to the matter that |
the enterprise can be made successful, |
and it certainly would be to the credit !
of the city If it should prove success. |
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Apropos to LoTTA's negotiations the |
past week looking to the purchase of |
the Grand opera house, it is fact not |
generally known that this remarkable |
little woman has penchant for theat- |
rical property and invests great deal |
of her earnings in theatrical stock. She |
owns outright an excellent theater in |
New York. and it is said that she holds |
q proprietary interest in great many |
of the leading theaters throughout the |
country. After the burning of the Ma
tional theater in Washington city some
time ago, it came out that Lolita owned |
$25,0 of the stock. She is also the
owner of quite alarge slice of real estate
in st. Paul.
The fever which recently broke out |
among our amateurs to enter the pro-
fesson has abated. They have either
found out that professional work was |
not the thing it was cracked up to be or
they met with Encouragement on the
threshold of their professional expert
ences which determined a reconsidera-
ton of their plans for the present. 1t
is limited around that the jealousy
which exists among professionals when
ever an amateur appears on the stage
has had a discOuraging effect on our
young people who were ambitious to
enter stage life.
The GOunod club, under the conduc-
torship of Mr.. HENRY MCLACHLAN, is
new musical organization in this city, |
which announces its purpose to give
three subscription concerts during the
season in the Peoples theater. The first
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