St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
FOYER AND Fo0TLtGHT.

AT the Metropolitan Opera house on Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday, January 5, 6.
and z, the Famous London Gaiety Buriesque
s'Faust up to Date will make its entree
here. The burlesque is a clever trayesty of
both Goethes classic drama and Gounod's
opera. The cast is headed by the best SOU
brette on the American stage, Miss Kate
Castleton. who assumes the role of the
modest Marguerite, and certainly something
entirely new may be expected at her hands,
The rest of the CASTS said to be remarkably
strong and will give point to all of the lines
which take the place of the serious senti-
ments and deep philosophical views that
Goethe has put into the mouth OF the devil,
and in this case it may be deyilish, but just
the same it's fun.
The scenery, costumes. paraph ernalia and
calcium light effectsp roperties, etc.. which go
make a spectuar production and which
were used at the original presentation in
London and later in New York, viii be given
here.
The burlesaue is full OF novel stage attrac-
tons, and for one, the four gaiety skirt dan
GERS in entirely new terpsichorean exercises
willasUonish as well as please all who have
not seen the originals of thenow famous skirt
dances.
dances have created a furore. She will in
troduce La Carmencita'' and ia Gibson
da,' which in itself is an evenings enter
tainment SO one would gather from notices
at hand. The company numbers some forty
people, and is made up of principals, chorus
singers, dancers and comedians, and some of
the finest burlesque actresses on the Ameri-
can stage. Miss Katherine Mclean, the
young and handsome contralto. assumes the
dashing part of Faust Miss Olive Russell
the soprano of the Duff Opera company, will
play Wagner; Miss Ada Melrose, a charming
little sonbrette. plays the part of Siebel;
Miss Emma High plays the part of Tettchen.
and Agnes Haflock that of Martha. John G.
Bell is the Mephisto; Charles A. Tyrer. Val
entine; Arthur H. Bell, Faust,
il
There appears to be fully as much INTEREST,"
manifested over the coming of 1.-THE Great
Metropolis in ST. Paul as there was in Min
neapolis. This interest springs I'D very nat
uraliy, as a great many of our people Wit
messed the performance at our sister CITY last
week. Nopiay has ever created such fur:
ore in the Northwest as Tho Great Metropo-
lis has. 1t is simply a continuity of sur
| prises. The company is the same laGrel-l
crowned cast that doomed this play into
POpuiulltl " luc w eIlty-.3lr street tleater,
New York, where it enjoyed four months of
uninterrupted prosperity. The same marvely
Gus scenic adjuncts and wonderful mechan-
ical deyices and heroic crew of bona fide
life savers-in fact, they have everything the
same as at New York, and the same perform
ance as the press of Minneapolis landed so
highly The play aboIinds in thrilling Ola
logue and startling aud humorous situations.
and, as a whole, possesses infinitely more
ginger than any other combination that now
suggests itself, and reflects much credit on
the stage management There are numerous
changes of scenery, every scene revolving.
The changes are made i'll the dark, and are
accomplished in the twinkling OF al eye
The advance carpenter has been here Tor the
past few days arranging The stage for the re-
ception of The scenery carried by the COM
| pany, and is more than pleased with the
eommedioas accommodation at the Grand,
and promises 4 great performance som.
idea Of the amount Of scenery carried by
this company can he gained from the fact
iha. they carry two sixty-foot scenery cars,
| and twelve carpenters, machinis.s and stage
hands
T.
'.Credf lorraine with the beautiful aad
gifted actress. ass Lillian Lewis, in the