St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-03
AMUSENIEN is.

The sad story of the eventful court
ship of Romeo Montague and Juliet
Capulet, with which Shakespeare en-
deavored to discourage the matrimonial
mart of the fifteenth century, having
fulfilled it's mission as the ideal story
of the love lorn lads and lasses of all sue
ceeding ages, reburnished into comedy,
blossohed out upon the Grand opera
stage, last aided and abetted by the
Appollo Glee club. The club followed
thea general outlines Of Shakespcare's
story as regards costumes, places and
its own, which were unique. The first
scene was street within the patrol
limits of Verona, upon which a
company of male AmaZOns appeared
and did George Washington centen-
NAL march, then formed into opposing
sQuadrons and fought a blOodleSs conf
bat with wooden swords. These were
the opposing factions of the Capulets
and MOntagues on the evening of an ex-
citing election Bill Tybalt, chairman
purchased by fraud. The crowd cheered
and Capulet invited them to lawn
party on his ancestral grounds the next
evening. The second act was Oh the
grounds, when grim-visaged War had
SmoOthed his wrinkled front, and
Romeo hoped in for the ex-
press purpose Of making conquest
of the Capulet committee charged the
other side with importing repeaters
from Venice, and gave Sam Mercurio a
and Dago streets, where large crowd
assembled to see the fun. They were
happily separated by Col. Capulet, who
appeared and declared that he
| would never accept nomination
of Juliet's hand. After imbibing cam
paign cider recklessly the whole gang
OF strikers fell asleep and snored like a
| ten-cent lodging house in fair time.
| Then Romeo came out and sung love
serenade to Juliet, who threw him
triple-plated kiss from the balcony that
shattered his front teeth. The scene
with Romeo locked in double Nelson
OH Juiiet's bosom. painting and strug-
| Cling for breath. In quick succession
| the audience was taken to Friar Law.
rence's cell, where they..were instructed
how monk may monkey with
the Minneapolis street car strike !;
to another street in Verona and
an open-all-night drug store, and lastly
to cemetery where Juliet lay pale in
death, until some derogatory remark
| Was HduC tiISt CauoCN ASA " AA0O civ
slap the offender in the neck.
turned to life and in this
respect the Glee clubs version was a
decided improvement on ShaKspeare's
which is oyerclogged with sadness TO-
ward the end. The audience was
charmed on looking back over its Shout
der to see Juliet grinning from ear
to ear instead of Writhing with a
bottle Of salvOlatile in her hands.
The best Of the principals were Al
Flournoy as Friar Lawrence, with
original songs, dances and local hits;
W. b. Heath as Romeo, and E. p.
Browning as the nurse. Charles w.
Halls Juliet was also fair burlesque
on Shakespeare's love lorn maiden.
| The piece runs tonight and to-morro W
night
George Cadden's benefit at tine Pence
last night drew crowded house. The
| play. Hunted DowD," was very
thrilling, and Mr.. Gladden.. in the lead
ing role, with his several DISCUSSES. was
| a great favOrite. He played French
man, Irishman and Chinaman, all
equally well. The rest of the company
were at their best. Hunted Down.
will run the remainder OF the week.
COup's Equescurriculum continues to
draw large houses at the Peoples
theater.
The sale of seats for Joseph Jeffer-
sons engagement at the Grand opens
to-day. The repertory is as follows !:
Monday and Wednesday, Rip Van
Winklc;" Tuesday "a double bill,)
'sCricket on the Hearth aud "Lend Me
Five ShillingS."