St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06
DRAMATIC DRIFT.
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DRAMATIC DRIFT.
Home At the Grand Fred
erick Warde, the ira
Doings. gedian, gave a series
of excellent perform
ances, but not to very good houses.
The prevalent dizziness in social and
business circles has even affected thea
ter-gOerS.
Joseph Murphy in select Irish comedy
Will have possession of the Grand this
week.
IT, The Peoples has enjoyed more than an
"Ticket-of-Leave Man"
Sarah In Sarah Bernhardt is
making triumphal
Egypt. march through Egypt,
playing to houses
where standing room is at a premium.
The land of the Sphinx is heaping glory
and gold upon her, and Sarah's Egyp-
tian adOrerS may be counted by scores.
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Fanny Kemble is now eighty years
old. 1t was over sixty years ago that
she made her first appearance upon the
stage as Juliet.
DR.. Karl Sass, Hungarian bishop,
has entered the field as a dramatic
author. He has written a tragedy en-
titled 'The Death of Attila," and the
play will go ON the stage of the Ma
tional theater at Buda-Pesth this win
ter.
Mrs. Potter New York society
people are 'cutting"
Suffers. Mrs. Potter in such
way that the lady is
very much disheartened. In no part of
the country has she been criticised so
harshly as in New York, where only
a few years ago she was brilliant fig
ure in society. She and her leading
man, kyrle Bellew, have been given the
name of "a pair of wax dolls"
An Electric 'The Penalty Under
the New Law is the
Fad. title of new comedy
drama to be put ON the
stage this season. Ella Wilson, the
daughter of Fred Wilson. is the author.
The play will illustrate the advantages
and disadvantages of death by electric
ity. The stage will be divided into two
apartments, one In which the electrical
appliances can be seen at work, and the
other representing the execution room.
The play, if put on properly, is likely to
prove great attraction, especially in
New York.
Julia Mar Eastern dramatic
critics say that Julia
lowe. Marlowe has brill
liant future before her,
and is destined to become the leading
dramatic artist of America. She is de-
scribed as having fine figure, a beau
tiful face, and the advantage of being
young and robust. She has the voice
of Bernhard, the personal magnetism
of Nelson. and the grace of Mary An
derson. Miss Marlowe has just made
her debut in Philadelphia in Romeo
and Juliet" and is thought by some to
be the ideal Juliet.
A Silly Many of the leading
American actors and
Crusade. actresses think that
the American stage
should be protected against foreign in
yaders. Fanny Davenport, though not
in favor of excluding foreign actors al
together, thinks that they should not
be allowed to receive better prices than
American actors. Says Miss Davenport:
1--WE should force the English star to
charge only the price that home article
can charge. In that event, we would
strike at the real evil, and the specu-
lators and commercial drummerS of
would no longer impose upon
the good-natured public, and English
talent would rank with American in
worth. Why should Irving charge
premium for seats and our own Booth
play at s1.5O? Stop paying premiums
for foreign artists, and they will no
longer come"
"The Charity Ball'' is the title of a
new society comedy which will be put
on the stage by Belasco and De Mile
next season. The play is satire on the
hobbies and foibles of society women.
Anew Marie Wainwright
will soon appear in
Rosalind. Philadelphia as Rosa
lind in Gas You Like
IT, Rosalind generally wears high
top boots when she dons male at
tire, but Miss Wainwright has de-
clared her determination to discard
them. 1t is given as reason that
Miss Wainwright is shapely, and she
does not approve of hiding the gifts of
the gods.