St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
"Arabian Nights" at the Grand

"Arabian Nights at the Grand
"The Strangers" at the Peoples.
The Grand opera house will have a
superb attraction the first three nights
of the coming week in 1.-The Arabian
Nights" spectacle which for beauty
and daintiness has never been ap-
preached in this country. The scenery
is exquisite. the blending of cOlors per-
feet, the costumes dazzling, and the en-
tire production will be on a scale of
grandeur that will surpass the most
sanguine expectations of Minneapolis
theater-goers. The cast this sea-
son is noteworthy one. In
the company are actors and singers
of note, prominent among whom
are Loie Fuller, who has created
perfect Juror among the New York
dudes; Miss Leona Fontainebleau, lately
one of the most prominent members Of
Hoyt's companies; Miss Daisy Temple,
last season one of the principal attrac-
tons with "The Still Alarm" and, pre-
viouS to that, in prominent roles at the
New York Bijou during Nat Goodwin'S
engagement there; Miss Fannie Cohen,
for several seasons with Kate CastletOn;
Richard f. Carroll, last year leading
comedian with Vernona Jarbeau; Ed
VIII II. OdIIOll. bCOlSC IlSHCIs August
Siegrist and others of note. The sale
of seats has been encouraging, and we'll
filled houses will doubtless rule during
the engagement.
Natural Cas-" one of the comedy
successes of the day, has been booked
for the last three nights of the week at
the Grand. and will be produced with
an exceptionally strong cast of char
acterS. The piece is on the order of
H0yt plays, but is far superior to any of
its class, and fairly scintilates with
bright fun. The sale of seats COM
mences Tuesday.
1t was in many respects a remarkable
production of that sensational drama of
French criminal life, The Strangers
of Paris" that was seen at the Peoples
theater last night, and the audience was
not slow in teStifylng its approval of the
admirable work of the company. The
house was the largest of the
season, every seat having
been sold before o'clock. The chief
intrest of the play centered; of course,
in the role or Jagron, the stranger.
Theodore Hamilton was almost the
ideal JagrOn. There was in his express
sion of frlghtful malignitY and the
clutohingS of the great, sineway hands
suggestion of Stevenson'S Mr.. Hyde.
MI. Hamilton makeup was eXcellent
and portrayal of the past was
uniformly strong and impress
sive. The scene in which the
stranger, is brought in irons before the
chief of police, and an effort is made to
eXtort confession of the murder was
particularly powerful one, and the
actor held his audience as if by spell.
j. b. Brown, who is an excellent actor
always, did some strong and finished
work as Joe Blanchard, the condemned
convict. Albert Burns made the
most of the part of Mons. Claude,
chief of police. Edwin Ferry
played Capt. Guerrin, the old sea cap
tain, who is murnered, and Robert, the
young army officer, and his work in
both parts was deserving of praise. j.
W. Burton as Lonstalot, convict, sur
prised those of the audience who have
seen him only in comedy parts. He did
very strong bit of acting in the prison
scene, where is called upon to recog-
niZe the stranger. Marie WELLESLEY as
Mathilde, had comparatively
small part, but she displayed
much strength and versatility in it. Miss
Rita Booth as Blanchaad's wife prov ed
herself a capable emotional actress.
Miss Lydia Knott was very pretty
Florienne. The stage settings were
very elaborate. The play runs all the
week. 4f 81,