St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
A Fairly Attractive Week at the
PLAY Houses.

Play Houses.
"Joan of Arc"-Of this great tragedy,
covering several years of time and
events of tremendous import to the
world. the dramatist has given an
epitome in the five acts of his play. In
the first act Joan is introduced among
her people at Domremy, the cottage OF
jacques dare. The second act takes
her to the court at ChinOn and declares
her mission to the king. The third act
is in Orleans, with Joan at the head Of
the army. The fourth act is at Rheims,
and shows the coronation. The last act
is in the prison and the market place at
Rouen. If reports from other cities
speak truly, every ACT is superbly set
with scenery historically and artisti
cally correct and elaborate in detail. In
point of scenic effects. costumes, armor
and other adjuncts necessary to the
realistic production of great historical
drama, nothing to equal this production
can ever have been seen IN Minneapo-
lis. Miss Mather will be seen in the
title role at the Grand opera house for
three nights and Wednesday matinee,
beginning tomorrow night
The WILDER Opera Company The
coming Of the Wilburs to the Lyceum
seems to be the most talked-0f subject
in theatrical circles at present. The
engagement will be for twelve weeks.
and probably much longer, perhaps con-
tinuing all through the summer months.
The sale of seats has been large. The
opening opera will be ''NanOn," the
former New York Casino success, to be
followed the second week by the "Grand
Duchess" another Casino success.
NInt xrf1l In civ
Thursdays and Saturdays. The prices
of admission FOR the performances will
range from Is to 80 cents, and over LOCO
reserved seats will be placed on sale at
% cents each. The public taste is evil
IDENTIFY being educated up to an ap-
probation Of operate productions, and
Mr.. Wilbur. whose enterprise affords
the opportunity for people OF moderate
means to indulge in this refining luxury,
is deserving of distinction as a public
benefactor. The company is superior
organization, having good corps of
soloistS and fine chorus of well-con-
certed voices The orchestra is large
enough to give a good, solid support to
the voices, and is still so we'll trained as
to not be too heavy fer the solos. Miss
Susie KirWin is the prlma donna. and
she is we'll fitted for the leading parts.
Her voice is full and rich, and she has
vivacitY and fun enough about her to
make her great favorte. Nothing
new or better can be said OF the VIII
burs than has already been said here
before.
Pence Opera House, most please
ing two hours can be pr0ntaDlY spent at
the matinee or evening performance at
the popular Pence to-day, when MelliEi
and Waite's Refined NaudevilleS con-
clude their successful weeks engage
ment. Some of the features they pre-
sent are exceptionally strong, while
none are absolutely bad-at any rate
one can be thoroughly pleased. A YER
sion OF Faust" not so tragic and not
so well calculated to arouse strange
forebodings of the subsequent hence"
will be presented at the Pence opera
house tomorrow evening and continued
through the week, with family matineeS
on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by
Reeves Opera Boutfe company. The
performance is genuine DurleSque
throughout, and will De highly enjoyed.
The cast OF characters is strong, and IN
almost every instance the principals
there are seven of them) are each old
favorites i'll this city, having earned
their reputation in comic opera with the
opera companies. Miss May Dwyer as
Marguerite" is genuine star and
plays always acceptably. The company
is SAID to be strong and the piece we'll
staged.
"The Private retary"-Rarely does
it occur that play by the same COM
pany appears more than once season.
but THE Private Secretary" is one of
the few that would always be welcome
visitor. Manager COnkln, hearing that
Mr. Frohman's excellent company were
returning from the Pacific coast, imme-
diately started negotiations to have
them make return visit and succeeded.
1 he play will be presented next Thurs
day and Friday evenings, and grand
matinee Saturday. After the matinee
the company leave direct for Milwau-
kee, so will not be seen here Saturday
night.
The Flambeau Club Benefit The
coming benefit rendered to the Mime
apois Flambeau club is locke d forward
to with much pride and curiosity, es-
pecally by the many friends OF the
lady participants. At recent dress re-
hear5a of ''Rosedale," not only were
the elegant WardrobeS displayed the
subject of favorable comment, but the
ease and grace of those taking part was
pleasant surprise to all. Mrs. Bowen
was particularly happy as Rose"
while the quiet pathoS of Miss Wesley
as Lady Florence, and the quaint hu-
NOR and dramatic action of Mrs. Con-
nell were more than marked. The
Misses Lewis and Gilbert as Primrose
and Sarah also added greatly to the
success of the rehearsal. Taken alto
gether the performance on Feb. IS
promises to be one of the best amateur
representations ever given i'll the city,
and will doubtless add another to the
tIiumphS of the Flambeau club.