St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
DRAMATIC DRIFT.


nished amusement for theater patrons
the past week. Like all of Mr.. RICE'S
productions. "Pearl of Pekin" is chiefly
remarkable for its gorgeous cOstuming
and scenic effects, although the perform
ance is given by company of exceed
ingly clever artists. Marble Heart"
proved popular attraction at the Peo-
pies.
This week the Grand will present a
double bill, including the two extremes
of theatrical performances. The first
half of the week the Slavln and john
son Minstrel company will hold the
boards, while the latter part of the
week will be an Interpretation of opera
by the Conreid company. The minstrel
company includes the well-known
burnt cork artists, Messrs. SLAvIN and
JOHNSON, HUGH DoGHERTY. the vet
cram end man; JAY QUIGLEY, WILL
MALCOLM, GEORGE O. MARSHALL, and
five members Of the SELBINI family.
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The repertoire of the Conried Opera
company is as follows: Thursday
evening, ''The Black Hussar;" Friday,
''Amorita;" Saturday matinee, "Gypsy
Baron," and Saturday night, 'Vice
Admiral" Miss BELLINI and HARRY
DE LORAE, who gained so much pop
ularity with the Conried company dur
ing previous visits to this city, are not
with the organization this season. The
company, however, includes some very
fine artists, the following being some of
the most notable; LILLIAN CONWAY,
MARVIN LANGDON, LOUISE BIANCHI,
JENNIE RIEFFoRTH, FRANK DAVID,
HARRY billiard, j. S. GREENS
FIELDER and w. Ii. FITZGERALD.
''The Romance of a Poor Young
Man" will be the bill at the Peoples
this week. The play is from the French
of OCTAVE FEUILLET, was adapted and
dramatiZed for the American stage by
PIERREPoNT EDWARDS and LESTER
WALLACE, and was first produced at
WALLACK's theater, New York, where
it met with great favor. 1t is of the rO-
mantic-heroic kind. like ''RoSedale,"
and abounds in highly dramatic situa-
tons, the ''leap for honor" from the
ruined tower of Elm being one of the
strongest climaXeS. The following is
the cast:
Manuel, Marquis de Champcey..A. S. LIPMAN
Doctor Desmarets, formerly of the
French army =: CHARLES STANLEY
NJ. Qe bGNanQeS, Il HILL OI tuS HOTiu-
HAROLD RUSSELL
Gaspar Laroque, formerly captain of a
privateer. -. .......F. G.. HUEBNEE
Aiain. confidential domestic BEN Crimson
Yyonnet. a Breton shepherd
CHARLES WYNGATE
Henri .......... ...W WILL MARKS
Marguerite Miss MAY LOUISE AIGEN
Madame Laroque, her mother
Mrs. MARY MYERS
Nine. Helouin, governess--
Madame Aubrey, poor relation
Miss SALLY WILLIAMS
Louise Vauberger, Manuel's former
nurse .....;1;..:...3; Miss kATY LANPHEAR
Christine. Breton Peasant Child
Miss EDNA BAUGH
The feeling of disappointment which
prevailed among the patrons of the PeO-
pies theater when Miss DIETZ vacated
the post of leading lady in the company
has all vanished. 1t was an emkarrasS-
ing situation for Miss YOUNG to come
here as total stranger to our. people
and take the place Of one who had in
gratiated herself into public affection as
Miss DIETZ had done. But she
went to work in such mod
est way as to win favor at the
start. Gradually her abilities were
developed, until now Miss YOUNG is
recognized by our people to be the peer
of any leading lady in the profession.
She gives the evidence of being true
artist in every detail of her stage work.
Nothing is sighted, and nothing super
ficially done. All of her impersona-
tons, no matter how varied they may
be, are conscientious, intelligent por-
trayals of the characters she assumes.
She possesses the fortunate faculty in
an actor of losing her identity in the
Characteristic same happy faculty
which Mr.. LIPMAN possesses i'll an EN-
inent degree.
Another member of the Peoples
stock company who has grown in pOpu-
lar favor is Miss SALLIE WILLIAMS.
Her experience was similar to Miss
YoUNG's. 1t was hard lines for her to
attempt to fill the Soubrette parts iii
which ADA DEAvEs had won 50
many triumphS. Another disadvantage
that Miss WILLIAMS had to labor under
was that. when Dame Nature was dis
tributing her blessings upon woman
kind in the shape of pretty faces. she
was not as partial to Miss WILLIAMS as
to some others of her sex. But beauty
is only skin deep after all, and hand
some is as handsome does. Miss WILL
IAMs had what is better than face
beauty. She had pretty ways and
good heart, and she had vivacity and
intellig ence and sweet voice. These
all told in her favor, and to-day there
is nowhere a more popular sOubrette.
OF one more des6ryedly so, than SALLIE
WILLIAMS.
Mrs. LANGTRY and her wardrobe will
be along next week on their annual
tour of the Northwest. Mrs. LANGTRY
will stop for three nights and matinee
in st. Paul to show our people how
Lena Despard dressed in "As in
Looking Glass"
In Mr.. DALY's new comedy espe-
cially strong points were put in for Miss
REHAN, Mr.. LEWIS and Mr.. DREW. A
New York paper devotes, considerable
space to complimenting Mr.. DAILY for
having his theater renovated and busted
during the summer vacation. 1t is
singular fact that the New York thea
ter managers are exceedingly careless
i'm the matter of cleaning their houses.
There are theaters in the metropolis
where the drapery and oyerhangings
have the dust of years on them.
In his "reminiscences, recently pub
lished. GEORGE GRossNuTH includes
these of rehearsals of the GILBERT
opperettas: 1.-The music is
always taken first. The principal sing
ers and the chorus are seated in semi
circle on the stage. A cottage piano is
in the middle. and we are rehearSed as
an ordinary choir would be. SULLIVAN
usually first rehearses the difficult
choruses, especially the finale to the
first act-ali elaborate score. The quar-
tets and triOs arrive next, and the duets
and songs last. GILBERT will attend
all these musical rehearsals; he takes
mental notes OF the style of composition,
time, rhythm, everything, and goes home
and invents his groups and business.
II is well known that GILBERT is an eX-