St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-18
FOYER AND FO0rLIGHT.

De Wolf Hopper, the exuberant and pictur-
esquely grotesque comedian who won the
affections of thousands of our theater- gOers
when he was the chief humorIst of the Nc
Caull Comic Opera company, Will make his
first appearance in this city as star at the
Metropolitan TO morrow evening, on which
occasion his opera bouffe company will
commence weeks engagement, producing
for the first time here the sparkling comic
opera Castles in the Air" which had re-
markable run of 10Y nights at the Broadway
theater, New York city, last season.
Mr. Hopper is sure to receive one of those
hearty reception, which the lovers OF amuse
ment in this city know how to bestow upon
those stage jester, who have gwen them
greatest pleasure. He comes accompa panied by
Thomas @. SeabIook, an uuetuous and i'll
telligent young comedian, who is pleasantly
remembered by his unique and artistic rem
ditlen of Deacon Tidd, in Hoyt's Mid
night Ben;'' Miss Della Fox. bright
winsome soubrette, who has made
a pronounced hit by her cute, methods.
her charming voealism and delightful
acting; pretty Anna O'Keefe, formerly OF
the Casino, New York City, rising young
soprano of shapely figure and pleasing per
senality: Alfred Klein, a quaint, quiet little
Caull tenor: Sylvester Cornish. we'll known
eontralto; Elvira Croix,a popular singer and
eomedienne; Lindsey Morrison, a phenome-
nally slim comedian, and Herbert Grips,
the stage manager, who loug held the same
position with the McCaull Company.
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Castles in the Air is described as light
and airy composition written by Charles A.
Byrne, well known dramatic critic of New
York, and set to music by Gustave Kerker,
for many years the musical director of the
Casino. 1t is said to suggest both ''Boecacio"
and THE Beggar Student in its plot. and is
brimful of jingling, melodious music. Bull
Bull Miss O'Keefe), an impoverished young
nobleman, falls desperately in love with
Blanche Miss Fox, daughter of Cabal-
ostro. (Mr Seabrooke, wealthy resident of
the island of Martinique. Bul-Bul's only
fortune is a lottery ticket, which of course
finally draws the capital prize of a million.
frees him from ali embarrassment and en-
aples him to wed his sweetheart, Blanche.
Meanwhile he has exhausted his credit with
all the tradespeopie of the island, who an
ney apd worry him for the amounts
due them. BuI-Buls uncle Filaeondre
}eds. Hopper is the judge of the
island. and has been appealed to by
his graceless nepheW's exasperating
creditors for settlement in full of their
claims The willy and discreet judge,
to save his own official head, is compelled to
resort to sort of bounding process, and
thus brings his unfortunate relative to the
bar of Justice. In this character Mr.. Hopper
should have an excellent opportunity for the
display of his rich humor and his astonish-
ing, agility of body. The production
OF Castles in the Air. will be iden-
tically the same in every respect
sl9used during Mr. Hopper's long and
brilliant engagement In the metropolis, and
the same elaborate scenery and mechanical
properties: also the same handsome cos
tunes will be seen here One of the greatest
features of Castles in the Air, is the large
and we'll drilled chorus of handsome and at
tractive young ladies', with tuneful and eff
fective voices The engagement is for five
nights and one matinee.
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To all intents and purposes Frank l.
Frayne officiated at the birth of border
dramas, and has since that time been in the
East one of the most popular opponents Of
frontier character. His fayefite play, ''Si
Slecum,' is a semi-classie that has hosts of
admirers, and while both play and player
are somewhat strange to st. Paul. there is No
doubt that the Harris at which both viii be
seen during the coming week. will
be crowded at every performance.
The engagement opens tonight. and
the brisk advance sale indicates one
of the best houses of the season at that popu
lar resort feature of Mr.. Frayne's pro-
ductions is his phenomeaai rifle shooting,
something in which he is ncxcelled and for
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