St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-26
FooTLIGHf AND FOYER.
At the Newmarket,

At the Newmarket.
A notable amusement event for st.
Paul will be the appearance at the New
| market, the first half of this week, of
Clara Morris. Her company this season
is one Of the best she has ever had. 1t
is headed by Frederic De Belleville,
Miss Withros Willet, Miss Allen, MIR.
Elliott, Mr.. Colville, Mr.. Coventry and
other clever people. An exchange SAYS
of Miss Morris acting: IA daZed audi
ence, held spellbound by an abnormal
play and weird actress, who has no
equal in the one gift of manifeSting wo-
manly misery. The same old result of
tears and wounded sensibilities; the
same old methods, beyond if not above
art; the same clairvoyant stare; the
same CHASTITY death and the same old
feeling of horror"
Clara Morris has grown perceptibly
stout to the eye since | saw her last.
But even with this addition of flesh she
shows no sign of vital improvement in
her acting. 1t is the same phenomenal
nervous eXcitation, and the interest
centerS as of old on the organic condi-
ton of the character or the player.
Clara Morris must play the part of
inloiOl IuhCs w q llCd1 b-UIGdh Slc
is helpless. Without a death scene she
could not live. Life is not her theme.
Fancy her trying to do Rosaiind!
Here is the most extraordinary woman
that the American stage has produced
in our day, playing round the country
with a limited repertoire, and always
getting hold of the hearts of her audi
ence. One cannot help regarding it with
regret.
The three plays Miss Morris will ap-
pear in during this engagement are:
Monday, .'Camille;" Tuesday, "L'Arti-
Gle d." and Wednesday, "Renee DE
Moray" 1t is the first time Miss Morris
will be seen at night in "Camille' in
this city; heretofore Miss Morris would
appear in Camille" at the matinee
only. The prices will be as usual. The
management, Messrs. Scott and Good
win, have concluded not to make any
increase.
AT THE HARRIS.
Miss Lillian Lewis, who treadS the
boards at the Harris theater next week,
is magnetic woman of perfect mold,
graceful bearing and unusual power IN
the portrayal of emotions, who is rap
idly being recognized by the play-going
public as an American actress whose
hlil lihSSL AOh6 olA0 ollS1tiN III
stage annals. 1t was not long ago that
she was all unusually capable aspirant
whose field was apparently bounded by
the routes of Western circuits. But in
remarkably short space of time she
has mounted higher, secured an en-
viable position and commanded the at
tention of a discriminating public. AS
an emotional actress she ranks with the
best, and has won plauditS of Eastern
critics, who regard the West as a
Nazareth out of which nothing
good can come: She comes to St. Paul
fresh from highly satisfactory New
Despard" found countless admirers.
She opens her engagement at the Har-
! riS III version of las in a Looking
| GLASS;" dramatized by Lawrence Mars
ton, the Lena of which is a much better
conception than that advanced by Mrs.
Langtry. The week will be devoted to
| repertoire, and ARTICLE A." ''Dona
| Sol" and other standard emotional ia
vorltes will be given. The usual Thurs
| day and Saturday matinees will be
| given. There will be a special matinee
| traction. Miss Lewis managers claim
that, whatever is said to the contrary,
their star is by all odds the Cora of tue
| American stage.
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THE SUSPECT.
1.-THE Suspect" No romantic meIo-
| drama could have plot richer in Incl
| dent than the one representing the
early days of the French republic. THE
| Suspect" is founded upon the supposed
perfdy of Duke de Presles, a member
| of the French nobility, to whom the
| papers of the campaign were intruSted.
| His tianee'S brother. Staunch royal
list, makes away with the plans and the
| duke is accused Of treaehery. Unable
to clear himself of the suspicion he
enlistS under an assumed name in the
| French army, after having pretended to
commit suicide. His fiance follows him
! to the camp to inform him that Fauon,
the commissioner of public safety. has
discovered that the suicide was pre-
| tense and that the camp was to be
searched for the supposed traitor.
| FauOn falls in love with Gilberte. and
to save her lover she pretends to favor
| the commissioners advances. The de-
velopment of the plot gives ample OPP
| portunity for strong scenes and exeit-
ing climaxes. Henry Lee, as the Duke
de Presles, is at all times good. Miss
Seligman, who is the heroine, displays
| ability which is at all times almost gen
| Jus. In the fourth act she runs to a
height with which Mod jeska or Clara
Morris could not have surpassed. The
support is good throughout. and the
| play we'll coStumed and staged. 1.-THE
| Suspect will be played at the Newman
| ket three nights. commencing Thurs
day evening, and Saturday matinee.
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THE OLYMPIC.
Manager Wells says he is determined
to keep up the standard of frst-class
| vaudeville attractions at the Olympic,
and will never be imposed upon as he
was last week. For the current week
he has secured a first-class attraction in
Zoe Atkinson's jolly tourists, clever
speciality company. Among the artists
are Morrissey and Rich, Wardell, the
fire king; Lille King. Charlie and Min