St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

The "Arabian Nights" spectacular
show did thriving business at the
Grand all last week. The gorgeousness
of the scenery was the main attraction,
although the performance was filled in
with what might be properly called
good variety specialties.
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This week st. Paul theater-goers will
enjoy the very rare treat in this seasons
entertainment of touch of the legiti-
mate rendered by the two well known
artists, LOUIS JAMES and MARIE VAIN
WRIGHT. The following is announced
as the weeks repertoire: Monday and
Saturday evenings, ''Virginius;" Tues
day and Friday nights and Saturday
matinee, GILBERT'S new version of
Faust and Marguerite" entitled
"Gretchen;" Wednesday, "Othello."
with Mr.. JAMES in the title role and
Miss WAINWRIGHT as DeSdemona;
Thursday, Hamlet" in which Miss
WAINWRIGHT will give her most cele-
brated representation of Ophelia.
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This will be the first stellar appear
ance in this city of LOUIS JAMES and
MARIE WAINWRIGHT, although both of
them are well known to our st. Paul
people as the leading people with Law
RENEE BARRETT two years ago. 1t has
BARRETT's jealousy of his leading man
that occasioned the rupture between him
self and Mr.. JAMES. For number of
years Miss WAINWRIGHT has been the
| fayOrite American interpreter of
SHAKEsPEARE's heroines. SALvINI
says that that she is the sweetest Des-
demOna who ever played to his Othello,
| and Mr.. BOOTH pronounced her imper-
| SOnatiOn of Ophelia as the most natural
and lovable picture of the unfortunate
heroine he ever witnessed.
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1t seems rather odd to read in a New
York paper of a recent date the follow
ing paragraph: "MAGGIE MITCHELL
will produce her new play Maggie, the
Midget at the Fourteenth Street thea
| ter tonight" MAGGIE MITCHELL has
played "The Midget" for two seasons
in st. Paul, but it is new thing to the
| Gothamites.
MINNIE HAUK is singing in the
principal cities of Germany, where she
| has been given most enthusiastic re-
ception. In April she will sing at the
Philharmonic concerts in Stockholm
son at the Italian opera in London.
EDWIN BOOTH Is one of the most in
| veterate of smokers, and must spend a
small fortune annually in the indul-
gence of his taste for the fragrant weed.
| AS rule, he smokes cigars of partic-
ular brand, manufactured expressly
| for him. At home, in his study,
he burns mixture of costly and fra
grant tobacco in great water pipe, and
there Is always table spread with a
| great array of pipes of all makes, from
which the visitor can make a choice il
| he prefers.
| The ORvIN brothers are playing
aladdin" in the City of Mexico. The
| spectacular finds great favor with the
] Mexicans, the ORVINS just having com
| pleted long and successful run OF
cinderella in that city.
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After finishing their engagement in
the Twin Cities LOUIS JAMES and Miss
| WAINWRIGHT will return to New York
! to play a two weeks engagement in
| "Virginius" at the FifthAvenue theater.
Their engagement at that house will be
the last played under the management
OF JOHN STETsoN.
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LAURA BELLINI closes her engage.
ment with the Gypsy Baron opera
| company at San Francisco, and will
| Immediately organize an opera company
OF her own. She has purchased from
| CoNREID and HERMANN three new ope-
ras, and will doubtless make success of
her venture.