St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-30
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

dency to holiday recreation, aDd will
probably realize handsomely for week
to come. The opening of the Hennepin
Avenue makes five places of amusement
in full blast, and all of them are living
and prospecting.
The annual engagement Of the Bos-
tonians in English opera begins at tue
Grand opera house, Minneapolis, to-
morrow evening. Year after year this
famous organization makes its appear
turn out TO do it honor. This
year the Bostonians have been greatly
strengthened numerically. and in
choral strength they have no equal. The
stage is also under the direction of Oscar
We'll, stage director and architect,
and the ensemble and general
business of this organization surpaSses
Conreid'S color groupings. The prin-
cipals of the company are the same.
with the exception of the addition OF
Jessie Bartlett Davis. Charlotte Ma
conda, Josephine Bartlett, Eugene
Cowles. The repertoire has been in
creased by '.Pygmalion and Galatea''
and Dorothy" and both operas will be
given here The complete repertoire
is as follows: Monday, Thursday and
Saturday, "Pygmalion and Galatea:''
Tuesday and Thursday, Dorothy,
New Years matinee, "Fatinitza:"
Wednesday, .Miguon;" Friday, don
Pasquale." The scenery for all these
operas is carried by this company. and
the scenes are from the brush of that
we'll known artist, Walter Burridge.
The sale of seats still remains at the
box Office.
MIR. and Mrs. w. J. Florence will be
seen at the Grand one week, commenc-
ing Jan. 7. This famous couple will be
supported by metropolitan company,
and some new comedies will be pre-
sented.
Manager Conklin is already arrang-
ing for the actors fund benefit at his
theater Jan. s.
THE PEOPLES.
Manager Sterling. of the Peoples
theater, made lucky selection, indeed,
for Christmas-week attraction. That
brilliant and elaborate spectacular pro-
duction, THE Forty Thieves" has
proved a remarkable drawing card. The
house has been comfortably filled at
every performance, and hundreds or
people were turned away at both per-
fOrmances on Christmas day. Seldom
has finer spectacular production been
seen in Minneapolis. The costumes are
brilliant, the groupings artistic and the
scenic tableauX very beautiful. The
corps de ballet of Minneapolis maidens
is novel feature. All of the dances
are artiStically executed. The play
has been so well received that the man
agement have decided to continue 1t
this and tomorrow evenings. New ana
novel specialtieS will he introduced, IL
is promised.
New Years day matinee and evening,
and for the remainder OF the week, The
Hidden Hand" the great Serio-comic
drama, will be the attraction. The
play is an old one, but there is some
thing delightfully."- interesting about it,
nevertheless. Comedy and pathoS are
pleasingly interviewer in the dialogue.
The climaXeS are numerous ana start
ling. The scene OF the play Is lald IN
the South. Some rare old plantation
songs will be rendered by well -trained
chorus. Alice Kemp will sing and
dance. Stage Manager HARRISON VIII
be seen as Maj Ira Wakefield, j, NJ.
Burton as Wool, the majors servant, j..
B. Brown as Black Donald, j. E. Mel
son as Col. LIE Noir. Edwin Ferry as
Herbert Grayson, Wallace Shaw as the
Judge, Edwin Haskell as Pomp, }. CA
Callahan as Traverse Rookie, Alice Kemp
as Capitola, Carrie Strong as Mrs. Cons
diment. Mary Clifford as Clara Day.
and Dell Douglas as Morah Rookie
There will be upwards OF thirty people
in the cast. The stage settings will be!
new and elaborate.
AT THE PENCE. /
Director Book, of the Pence, will
usher in the new year with new play
and very good one-"Driven From
Home" The play has beautiful melo-
dramatic story and requires great deal
of special scenery. The story is OF the!
handsome daughter OF an old money
lender, IsaacsOn, who was betrayed and
then banished from home by her vim
dictive father. This character, the
father, in the play is strongly drawn.
He is old and so helplesSly blind that he
always appears led by child, yet MS
vengeance is fierce and untiinching.
JesSaline Rogers will play Margaret.the
betrayed girl. "Driven From Home"
has never been produced in this city.
Beginning tonight, it will be run until
Thursday, including the extra New
Years matinee on Tuesday. The bill
for the latter half Of the week is an eX-
citing and thoroughly American play,
called "Sentenced to Sing Sing"
The Peoples theater stock company
has begun the rehearsal of ''Uncle
Toms Cabin" which is to follow The
Hidden Hand" at this house. A very
elaborate production of the rare old his
torical drama is promised.
The Minneapolis Flambeau club is to
be given a grand benefit at the Peoples
theater the night of Jan. II. The re-
ceipts will be used in purchasing uni
forms to enable this club to represent
Minneapolis and the state properly at
the Inauguration ceremonies at Wash
ington.
THE HENNEPIN.
Patience" has been winning at
traction at the reopened Hcnnepin Ave
nue. theater the past week, and the uni
formly large audiences have freely
commended the Cecilian Opera club
for its fine achievement. 1t Is seldom
that an opera is presented with more
attention to artistic finish even by
professional company. The solo work
has been excellent, and the chorus is
the best ever heard here. The opera is
to be repeated on the afternoon and
evening of Tuesday of this week at the
Hennepin Avenue theater, Miss Gold
man singing Patience" in the after
noon and Nine. Romani in the evening.
1t is likely that the management will
then take the opera to st. Paul for a
run.
BY Invitation
Of Darius CommandeIy, Zion Com