St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26
AT THE THEATERS.
entertainments Prepared for Min
neapolis Theater Patrons.

neapoliS Theater Patrons.
Grand Opera House-George That,
cher, than whom there Is no more pop
ular comedian on the minstrel stage,
and his excellent company will appear
at the Grand opera house tomorrow
evening for three nights and Wednes
day matinee. AS minstrel organizations
go, it is safe to say that Thatcher's is
the best seen in Minneapolis in years.
1t is composed of first-class talent iii
every respect, and the entertainment
afforded is uneXcelled. There are many
new features introduced, and the first
part is one of the best ever presented.
One of the features is large pipe or
gan, which is of great assistance in the
gent is unusually good. Among the So
lolsts are Thomas Lewis, Raymond
Moore, II. W. Frillman and r. j. Jake.
George Thatcher and Burt Shepard are
the end men. Other specialists are
John Coleman, eccentric dancer; Thorn
as l.. Mack. comic singer; Gregory and
Elmar, triple horizontal bar performers;
Frank La MOndue. wire walker; Wood
and Shepard, musical mokes. George
Thatcher's monologue is feature.
The last half of the week at the Grand
will be given up to the presentation of
tragedy by the MacLean- Prescott COM
for the first time in Minneapolis "Cleo-
patra-" Both these excellent artists
have been seen in this city before. A
year ago they made most decided hit.
Mr.. MacLean will one evening be seen
as "SpartacuS." The engagement will
be for three nights and matinee on
Saturday, and will be the last attraction
to be played under the old manage
ment.
Bijou Opera House-The new Bijou
is destined to become more popular
than the old. Crowded houses have
been the rule the past week, and the
ladies' and children patroniZed the after
noon entertainments in large numbers.
Commencing with a matinee perform
ance to-day at 2:30 will be seen for
weeks engagement the realistic fire
drama, Zone of the Bravest." The play
is exciting and is full of interest. Real
ism is the feature Of the performance,
but the liberal introduction of deal of
comedy adds to the effectiveness
of the piece. Horses, steam engine
and hose carriage are introduced.
The play centers on the character of
Larry Howard, brave young fireman,
whose honor and bravery wins for him
success and happiness. Charles Nc
Carly, the talented young actor, as
sumes this role. During the fire scene
Mr.. McCarty gives an exact representa-
ton of the trials and hardshipS that the
brave firemen are subjected to. An ex-
cellent company support the young
star. With the company is the famous
William Cronin, who assumes one of his
successful Irish comedy roles. A large
number of specialties are introduced,
and the singing and dancing Is feat
ure of the performance. Notwithstand.
ing the fact that two of the trained
horses were lost by fire in st. Paul, the
management announces that the play
will be presented complete in every de-
tail, arrangements having been per-
fected with local stable for substitutes,
which are now in active training.
Pence Opera House-The coming
weeks attraction at the Pence is the
Wade-Leroyle's Musical Farce Comedy
company, in their very successful mirth-
provoking skit "SQuabbles." This COM
pany and play is highly spoken Of
throughout the country, and they will,
no doubt, fill every seat at Manager
HiltOn'S popular house. There are
great number of pleasing specialties in
troduced, including all the popular
songs of the day, charming girls, heautl-
commenced last night to a big house,
and will continue throughout the week
with regular matinees to-day, Wednes-
day and Friday. Miss Lottie Wade is
an exceptionally clever artist, while the
entire company is good.
The Lyceum Theater-The Wilbur
Opera company will present the COM
ing week at the Lyceum theater new
new opera to the local music-loving
Many new people viii be seen in the
cast. The arrival last Monday of the
favorite comedian, W. H. Kohnle, was
the signal for a prolonged applause
when he first appeared upon the stage.
Soon the Wllburs will begin their fare
well performances, when some great
things are promised. The usual matt
nees will be given the coming week,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.