St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-09
GOSSIP OF THE FOYER.
Attractions at the Theaters for the
Week.
GENERALLY GOOD LAYOUT,
D ixey's "Adonis" at the Grand fTWt
Orphans" at the Peoples. ''Swee- /,
ney Todd"

Henry E. Dixey, prince of comedians
and cleverest of entertainers, will play
three-nights engagement at the Grand
opera commencing Monday evening,
presenting that bewildering, enhancing
burlesque dream. "Adonis." Mr.. Dixey
will be supported by an exceptionally
strong and brilliant company, and the
same performance that won New York,
Boston and Chicago for over three years
will be given here.
Henry E. DiXey is inimitable in this
burlesQue. He dances, fights, sings,
uses DISCUSSES and makes jokes in so
airy and graceful manner one Won
ders at his versatility, so easy is his art.
Mr.. DiXey's great limitations of Irving
and the country girl are two of the clev-
crest mOrceauX on the stage. "AdoniS"
is full OF delightful surprises. The
Rice's productions, good to look upon.
Special pains have been taken to get
good voices coupled with good looks,
and the result is the handsOmest lot of
men and women on the stage. Of the
costumes it is needless to say more than
that they are of the most gorgeous and
expensive kind, while the effects are
novel and beautiful. The dan ces,
marches, specialties and ensemble of
'Adonis" must be seen to be appre-
ciated, and the merry quips of Henry E.
DiXey must be heard to be enjoyed.
The sale of seats is large, and surpasses
that OF last year, when "AdoniS" was
first presented here.
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Sol Smith Russell, the comedian. will
,aty "a ic Of Cc0r, n
house the last three nights of the week,
presenting his new play and great sue
cess. "a Poor Relation" written es-
pecially for him and pronounced by
critics to be the greatest comedy the
gentle Sol has ever had. The role
which Mr.. Russell plays is that of an
impecunious inventor, who is Whin-
steal, grandiloquent, noble and crushed,
and the play details his various vicissi-
tudeS and final rise to fortune. Mr..
RusselPS many friends here-for he re-
sides i'll MinneapOliS-Wil be pleased
to hear of his engagement. The sale
of seats opens Monday.
Miss Florence Field, Minneapolis
girl, is member of the Sol Smith Rus
sell company.
That charming emotional queen, Efie
Ellsler, the original Hazel Kirke, will
be seen at the Grand i'll her new play
the first of next week. Miss EllSler
made great hit here last year.
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The management of the Peoples
theater have put on CDR. Jeykll and Mr..
Hyde" to very big audiences during the
last week. The famous drama has en-
joyed three weeks run at this house
this season, breaking all previous rec
ords. 1t is doubtful, even now, if the
patrons have had enough of the awful
picture portrayed by Mr.. Hamilton as
Jeykll and Hyde. This week that
powerful and sensational melodrama,
traction. This is the play in which
Kate ClaXton acquired fame and fort
une. This play has always been among
the most popular pieces of its class.
1t depicts strange and sensational
story of high and low life in Paris, the
wickedest city under the sun. The
production of the play at the Peoples
will be made the most elaborate ever
witnessed in Minneapolis. The piece
gives any amount of opportunity for
stage display, and Manager Sterling
proposes to make the most of it. Theo-
dore Hamilton will be seen as Jacques
Frochard, the outlaw. There is every
reason to believe that he will make the
part all that the author intended it. The
role of Pierre, the outlaws brother,
has previously appeared in the part to
excellent advantage. j. B. Brown will
be the Chevalier de VaudIey. The
roles of Henrietta and Louise, the two
orphans, will be taken by Miss Marie
Wellesley and Miss Alice Kemp, re-
spectively. 1t will require the entire
stock company to cast the play.
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Arthur HURT, the scenic artist of the
Peoples theater, is in New York to Sc
cure designs and material for the stage
effects which will be introduced in the
grand spectacle to be produced at this
house Christmas week.
Sweeney Todd, the Famous Barber
of Fleet Street," play founded on the
underlined for the latter half of this
week at the Pence. Todd was a char
acter in real life who had shop in
Fleet street, London. He got large
fortune by numbering wealthy custom
ers in conjunction with the notorious
Mrs. LOvett, who sold poisoned mutton
pies. Frederick Book has made
study of the character, and will
play the role. ga Rough Diamond'
will be played as an afterpiece with
''Sweeney Todd" In the farce Miss
Rogers will appear in her popular role
OF Marjorie, and in the play she will
make a speciality of Tobias, the bar
ber's boy. For the first half of the week
the bill is bob. the Newsboy." Miss
Rogers, ALWAYS successful in such roles,
is everybody's fayorite as the news
boy detective. She is the idol of the
urchins, who crowd the gallery every
night when "Bob'' is on. Miss Rogers
has peculiar ability for such roles as
"Amery." Little Cricket and"Lorle."
Her figure is slender and girlish, but
graceful, her face is pretty, and she has
an endowment of that un-
known quantity called 'genius" that
makes her bright in all her parts.