St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

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| At the Grand the Grismer-Davies
| company did not meet with the success
| that was deserved. The company is a
| good one, and no fault can be found
with the productions as they are put
upon the stage; but they do not seem to
| be the class of dramas that will draw
we'll in st. Paul. Of the two plays.
| SCALED Back" and "Forgiven," the
| former had the better reception.
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| The past week has been very sue
| cessful one at the Peoples, and the
| presentation Of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE has met with crowded houses
each evening. The story has been
widely read, and could not fail to draw
when put on the stage. The part taken
| by Mr.. Lipman is difficult one, but he
has been eminently successful in his
impersonatiOn of the Jekyll-Hyde COM
blnatiOn.
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| At the Peoples theater an event OF
| unusual interest is promised for the
week of Dec. 8, being the production of
| four-act comedy written 10y gentle
| man of this city, and entitled "Our
| Foreign Correspondent" AS the name
| Indicates. it is work international in
scope and contemperaneous in interest.
| MIR. Hill has had this piece in prepare
| ton for some weeks, and has given it
exceptional attention, this being the
first entirely new production at the
Peoples under his stage management.
| Special scenery has been painted for it
by Mr.. Bender, including lonely Eng
| liSh garden set and some picturesque
views in Venice. The cast will include
all the principals of the company In
parts Suting their respective gifts, and
it is expected that the first night will
bring out an audience as brilliant as
that SIGNALLING the opening OF this
fayOrite temple of the drama
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Richard A. Purdy'S new version of
"William Tell' met with an enthusiastic
reception in Baltimore last week. The
play was put on the stage by Frederick
Warde, and is the young tragedlan's
latest success. Mr.. Purdy has used
some of Sheridan Knowles play and re-
placed much that was old-fashioned in
it with direct and beautiful scenes from
the great German original of Schiller.
Mr.. WardeS performance of the heroic
Tell was instinct with fire, energy and
passion, while in the scenes where his
evoked his tenderness and pathOS are
true and touching. The scenes of the
defiance of Gessler were superbly acted,
and the passionate craving for liberty
to which Tell gives vent found Sympa-
thetie response. Mr.. Warde has un-
dOubtedly found a drama which will
meet with warm welcome wherever it
is presented.
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AS neither the press nor the pulpit
has satisfactorily answered the ques-
ton. "Is marriage failure?" the sub
ject will soon be taken up by the stage.
Next season Agnes Herndou will star
the country in a new play, us Mar
riage FaiIure?' The title has already
been copyrighted. Miss Herndon's own
attempts at marriage will enable her to
give the public the benefit of her per-
sonal experience.
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Maud Banks is the attraction at the
Haymarket theater in Chicago. Last
week she appeared in 1.-THE Lady of
Lyons" Loves Sacrifice" and "Leah,
the Forsaken." The young lady has
developed remarkable talent within the
past few months, and the Chicago press
speak of her as a genius and as one of
the most fascinating figures seen upon
the stage in recent years.
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Mrs. James Brown Potter is doing a
very good business this season.. She re-
Gently played to $1,000 in Baltimore,
and she expects to take in not a little
money at Wallack's, in New York, later
in the season. The critics say that
Mrs. Potter'S acting shows marked
Improvement over that of last year, and
that she is really commendable
actress. She has ordered some superb
the Jersey Lily.
Gillette's "She" is preparing to take
tour OF the chief cities of the country
with an organization of seventy people,
including William Gillette, David Bel
asco, Phil Goatcher, Al Hyman and
| Charles Frohman. AS a spectacular
| play ''She' will be the greatest produc-
| ton of the season.
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Miss Eva Ballou, San Francisco
actress of note, but who is native of
| st. Paul. is now visiting friends in this
city. She is daughter of Mrs. Addie
BallOu, who has gained celebrity as a
| lecturer and a press correspondent.
Mrs. Ballou is also stopping in the city
| on her return from the Grand Army en-
campment at Columbus, and will de-
liver lecture before the Garfield post
tonight.
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The Boston Ideals, reorganiZed, thor
oughly infused with new blood and at
the beginning OF a most successful sea-
son, open weeks engagement at the
Grand opera house. The features pos
sessing uniqueness are the appearance
of four new people, numbering among
them two of the best known yOcaliStS in
America-Pauline L'Allemand and
Georgiene Won JanuschOwsky-and the
fact that they appear in four operas,
none of which they have appeared in
here in st. Paul. OF the constitution of
the company the readers of the GLOBE
are already informed; but the strength
of the company is said to be not in the
individuals alone, but in the ensemble,
which cannot help but be one of the
strongest in English opera. The
repertory is: Monday and Thurs
day nights and Saturday matinee,
Barber of Seville" Tuesday and
Topaz" Thursday Thanksgiving, mat
inee, and Saturday night, 'Faust.n
The new opera, "Queen Topaz" which
has received only four presentations in
this country, is by Victor Masse, and
has story of peculiar interest. Leo
nora Salyiata, a young Italian noble
woman, has been stolen during her
childhood by band of wandering Gyp-
sizes, and brought up under their chief
as Queen Topaz. She lives,the nomadie
life of the tribe, and has scarcely
reached womanhood when she meets
and loves Capt. Rafel, an officer in the
Italian army, who has been captured by
her tribe and whom she saves from
their vengeance. Previous to this meet
ing Rafel has already won Countess
PhilomeIe's affections after desperate
Irritation: and this enyiouS woman. Sec