St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-25
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

1t has been a good while since st.
Paul theater patrons have enjoyed such
a season of legitimate drama as has
been furnished during the past week.
LOUIS JAMES and MAIZE WAINWRIGHT
were we'll known here as leading man
and lady for LAWRENCE BARRETT; con-
SeQuently there was considerable anXi-
ETY. to see them in star parts, and the
opera house was well filled during the
entire week. AS we'll as Mr.. JAMES
was known and as much as had been
expected of him, still his stellar per-
fOrmances have been in the nature of a
revelation. They were not only superb
from an artistic standpoint, but they
manifest so much originality that MIR.
JAMES is now Justly entitled to the dis
tinction of place in the front rank of
his profession. One thing is certain
that, with the exception of EDWIN
BOOTH, he has no superior on the Amer
lean stage as an interpreter of Shake
spearean roles, and he impartS to his
characteriZationS a freshness that is
lacking in Mr.. BOOTH'S best per-
fOrmanceS.
Among the women of the stage there
have been none who eXcelled MARIE
SHAKESPEARE herOines. Miss VAIN
WRIGHT is conscientious student of
ShakeSpearean drama, and probably de-
votes more time to study than any other
woman in her profession. Her pretty
face and sweet manners are great aid
to her genius.
.sLost in New York; is the name of
the pIav billed at the Grand for all of
this week. 1t has no connection with
the recent blizzard, ,nOr is ROSCOE
CONKLING the hero of the play. 1t is a
picture of everyday life in the metrOp-
oils, frightened by realistic stage effects,
the most striking being the East river
scene. The water in this scene is in a
large tank, seventy-fve by thirty feet,
and four feet deep, through which a
steam launch and marine craft of vari-
Gus descriptions are blowing their way.
Next week EVANS and HoEY will be
here in CHARLIE HOYT'S popular skit,
"A Parlor Match" The play is out in
q new dress, presenting a variety of
new sketches and songs, and retains all
of its old-time popularity.
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Col. SCOTT, of the Grand, returned
from Chicago yesterday, having bun1ed
in a snOwdrift for thirty-six hours on
his way home. While in Chicago he
arranged for production of III. RIDER
HAGGARD's ''She' in this city the sec
ond week in May. ''She' was dram
atiZed by WILLIAM GILLETTE, and LOIS
FULLER plays the title role.
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The dramatization of "She" has been
e.. T., Al .rI, rNE II
CARDS books. During the last two
weeks performance ofs"She" in Chi
cago over $4,000 copies of the book have
been sold in that city:
LOUIS JAMES and MARIE VAIN
WRIGHT are booked to open the next
season at the Grand. They will be here
in August and will go on to the Pacific
coast, where Mr.. JAMES has been en-
gagged for the next winters season.
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LAURA BELLINI has received tempt
ing offer to go to Europe next season
and sing in grand opera. She expresses
a preference for remaining here and
taking the road with company of her
own. Her engagement with the Conreid
Opera company ended with the close of
the San Francisco engagement, and she
is now in that city. HARRY De LoRAfE
has also severed his connection with the
CoNREIDs and will probably join Miss
BELLINTS new organization.
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EVANS and HoEY are strict church
men, and will not play Passion week.
They played in ''Parlor Match" at Still
water last night, and their company will
Low off all this week
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FANNY DAvENPORT's failure in the
production of s'La TOsca" in New York
was not owing to Miss DAvENPoRT's
inability to play the part, nor to the lack
of proper stage effects. The play had
been mounted at a cost OF $4,000, and
Miss DAVENPORT never played better.
But the failure was due to the coarse
DesS of the lines, which approached
absolute vulgarity, and the f1ippant style
with which sacred things were treated.
LA Tosca'' went all right in Paris with
BERNHARDT in the leading part. But
American ideas have not degenerated
to the Partisan plane as yet, and FANNY
DAVENPORT is a long ways from being
a SARA BERNHARDT.
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The BoOTH-BARRETT combination is
getting a fearful roast from the South
ern press. Mr.. BOOTH is accused of
negligence in his work, and Mr.. BAR
RETT is thought to have his eye SO
closely fixed on the almighty dollar that
he fails to observe the necessity for
treating the public with respect. If Mr..
BooTH wants to retain the proud posi-
ton he has won, he will have to amend
his ways. He can't afford to lease his
genius to LAWRENCE BARRETT for
commercial purposes only.