St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-31
IN DRAMATIC CIRCLES
What the Present Week Has
in Store for Minneapolis
Theater-GoePS.
The Attractions at All Of the
Houses Of a High
Order.
A Cosby Letter, Touching on
Things Dramatic, by Otis
Colbupn.
Another Letter Of Interest,"
General News of a The
atrical Nature.

Steele Mackaye's last play, the most
famous success of this most talented
writer has yet produced, paul KauVar,'
which has created the greatest excite
ment in New York, Boston, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Brooklyn. and which is
pronounced to be one of the strongest
plays OF the age, will receive its first
Minneapolis presentation at the Grand
opera Monday evening, with it's elegant
scenery, picturesque costumes and the
original cast. including Joseph Haworth
and Miss Carrie Turner.
The play pictures the frightful scenes
OF the French revolution during the
Reign OF Terror. Paul kauvar is said
to be aprototype of Camille de Moulise,
one of the most picturesque characters
of the period of the revolution. In
the tableau of the guillotine IN
Paul Kauvar the eXecutioner holds in
his hand an exact reproduction of the
head of the beautiful Duchesse de Lam
bale, who was fayOrite maid of honor
to Marie Antonette. She was only
eighteen when she was guiiiotined, and
her headlesS body was thrown to the
dogs in the cutters of Paris.
Charles FL. Hoyt's most successful
farce comedy, "a Hole in the Ground"
will be presented at the Grand next
Thursday evening for three-nights
engagement. George Richards, who
plays the role Of travelling stranger,
will depict how life is made miserable
by delays at country railroad stations.
In his peculiar dry way he is very droll,
and his rendition of Hoyt's parody on
Gounod's Funeral March of a Marion
cite" alone Worth going to hear. Miss
Nettie Lyford will be seen as the pert
and pretty lunch counter girl. She is a
graceful dancer, pleasing sing CT, and
one OF the cleyereSt SOubretteS on the
stage. In The cast will be Frank Law
ton, the clever comedian and tuneful
whistler; and Julian Mitchell. whose
makeup as the much-abuSed base ball
umpire is comedp of itself. There
will be new music, fresh fun, catchy
choruSes, and the usual attributes of
HOyt'S most laughable entertainment.
The sale of seats will open Tuesday.
AT THE PENCE.
"Mr. Potter from Texas" which has
been so long in preparation at the Pence,
will give its first performance tonight.
The prOduduction tonight will be the
first presetation of this singularly dra-
mratic story and the remarkable char
acter of Potter upon any stage. Frederic
Book will create the character, and he
has so much confidence in its strength
that he has put more study upon the
role than upon any other OF this season.
Potter is millionaire from Texas,
with cowboy manner of dress and
speech. Early in life he lost his scalp
in the rescue of young girl from the
Indians. Inasmuch as the girl later on
becomes his wife, he is always proud
and even anxious to remove his
wig and show his bare head.
When his daughter was about fifteen,
his wife died, and the heart-broken
father vowed he would live ''fer his
darter," as he would gladly have lived
for her mother. He put all his keen
ness and energy into an effort to get an
Independent fortune for his daughter,
and succeeded beyond his hopes.
Wherever Potter goes, among common
or uncommon folk, he makes fun and
firm friends. Lady Anmerly, the lead
+ ing lady character, is almost as strong
as Potter. She is a beautiful and i'm
menSely wealthy widow, a social leader,
passionate, and cunning as fox. Van
Colt, the dude, and Ida Potter, the
American girl. are two good characters.
In the dramatiZation every effort has
been made to make the play lively and
strong. The opening scene shows the
balcony of deserted house in AleXan-
dria, Egypt, and beyond gives view of
the city on the night when it was bonn
barded by the English during the late
war with Egypt.
AT THE PEOPLES.
The first and by far the most success
full of the modern English melodramas.
Lights o. London" will be presented
at the Peoples theater this week. 1t
marked distinct era in dramatic his
tory, for it was the first of the melo-
dramas to be produced upon an elabo-
rate scale. When it was first produced
in London, nearly ten years ago, it
took the city by storm. But great as
was the success of the play in England,
it was even more successful in this
country. 1t was first presented in New
York by Shook and Collier. and it had
a great run. Lights O. London" will
be presented at the Peoples tomorrow
night upon an elaborate scale. All Of
the famous scenes will be reproduced,
and particular attention has been de-
voted to the great bridge scene. The
play will be strongly cast. Mr.. Gossin
will appear as Harold Armytage, Miss
tombstone as BeSS, MIR. Brown as Seth
Preene, Mr.. Nelson as Clifford, and
Miss Salisbury as Shakespeare. The
music at the Peoples is attracting a
great deal of attention. Every week
Director Brooke has furnished novel
ties. Next week John j. Cross, the
we'll koWn cornet yirtuoSo. will appear