St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-05
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

The attractive melodrama "London
by Night has occupied the boards at
the Peoples all of the past week, ex-
cept Thursday evening, which was set
apart for the benefit rendered to Mr..
COOTE on the eve of his departure for
other theatrical fields. The business at
the Peoples the past week was unusu-
ally good. Those who like reScues from
drowning and railroad accidents and all
sorts of such sensational heroism were
amply gratified by the very excellent
production of London by Night"
This week 1. w. RoBEErsoN's mas
terpiece of high comedy, Caste" will
will be given with the full strength of
the company. Miss DIETZ will take
the role of Esther Eccles and Mr.. Rus
SELL will impersonate D'Alory. 1t will
be remembered that this piece was
played at the Grand last winter by the
Furnishes Fifth Avenue company with
Mr. L1PMAN in the cast.
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Mr.. LIPMAN is expected home from
New York next Tuesday, with the new
people who are to take the place of the
retiring members of the Peoples stock
company. The first play that will be
produced by the reorganized company
Will be London Assurance" which is
billed for next week.
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Owing to her impaired health Miss
DIETZ has decided to retire from the
stage after this week, for awhile, and
seek the rest she SO much needs. AS
has been previously announced, Mr..
CooTE goes to join CORA TANNER in
rN1o
AYLING goes with NAT GOODWIN this
season. Mr.. CALICE has no engage
ment, but will go to New York in search
OF one. Of all the retiring members of
the stock company none will be more
missed by our theater-goerS than Miss
ADA DEAvEs, whose versatility of
genius, coupled with sunny nature,
has made her a stage pet. She is
booked with KATE CASTLETON'S COM
pany, and will return to st. Paul later
i'll the season. A cordial welcome
awaits the bright little soubrette when
ever she comes.
The work of decorating the interior of
the Grand Opera house is being pushed
with rapidity, and everything will be
ready for the opening of this popular
resort on the evening of the 25th inst.
are being made, the old Grand will
hardly be recognizable when it is re-
opened.
The Pail Mall Gazette is worked up
because of the discovery that RICHARD
MANSFIELD's manager employs faint
Ing actress, who agrees by contract to
sit in the audience every night and
faint at the moment Jekyll turns into
Hyde. What slow people our English
cousins are, to be sure. The fainting
actress trick is an old one in this cOun-
try. No well regulated company goes
without one. And yet the English
papers are just tumbling to it.
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A New York theatrical journal an
nOunceS that CHARES l.. ANDREWS is
searching the market over for a thor
oughly good leading comedian to sup
port FLoRINE ARNOLD in ''Her Hus-
band" If Miss ARNOLD hasn't i'm
proved in her stage work since here last
season, she will need good man to sup
port her.
JAY RIAL, who is to be the acting
manager Of the great production Of
"Uncle TOMS Cabin" at Hollis Street
theater, Boston, next week, will wear a
historical suit of clothes made of hand
manufactured flax from the plantation
of Col. SHELBY, of Shelby county, Ken
lucky. HARRY WEBER, who plays
''Marks," will wear suit of blue Alta
kapaS cloth from Iberia parish, La; a
fabric formerly worn exclusively by
wealthy Southern slave dealers.
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HENRY IRVING is converting himself
into cheap advertiser for American
showmen. 1t will be remembered that
he gave BUFFALO BILL" boost last
winter. He did the same thing for RICH
ARD MANSFIELD the other night in a
London theater. The next thing the
Pears Soap company will be employ
ing Mr. IRVING as an advertising agent.
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CREsToN CLARKE, the nephew of
EDWIN BOOTH, is billed to open his sea-
son in Richmond, Va, Oct. %. Mr..
CLARKE is rapidly acquiring fame as
tragedian, and there are those who pre-
dict that he will ultimately wear the
mantle of his famous uncle.