St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-12
DRAMATIC DATA.

URAmAIlC UAlA.
strong play has been selected for the
next performance of Lifts stock company.
| The Grand will be closed the first half of the
week, but on Thursday night Mr.. Lifts
| players will present themselves for three
nights and Saturday matinee in Diplomacy"
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The story deals with the affairs of Russian
| police circles. and the central figure is one
Countess Zicka who lends herself as a spy to
the Russian police, and it is in unfolding
certain of her schemes and plots to obtain
possession of certain state secrets, deemed to
be necessary to Russian officials. That forms
the basis of the story, and gives ample oppor-
tunity for a number of strongly worked-up
scenes and situations and thoroughly damatic
elimaxes. The play is one of the quiet, and
yet thoroughly intense order and will afford
Mr. Lifts company an excellent opportunity
to display its dramatic ability.
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The central character, that of Countess
Zicka in the hands of Miss Jeffreys- Lewis, is
a most finished performance, and one for
which she has received the highest ecomiums
of both press and public ever since she origi-
nally created the part in California, a num-
Der of years ago.
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Miss Lewis will be seen IN a number of
new and artistic Parisian-made costumes,
which have been especially designed for this
play, and will be an added feature of attract
iveness to her performance, as well as to the
entire production.
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The other members of the company, en-
bracing Messrs- Losee, EdesOn. MAMMAL,
Paul and Smith. and Misses Elmore, Rad
clife, Lester and Mrs Irwin, will be seen at
their best, and with material such as ''Diplo-
Macy to call out the full dramatic strength
of the company. highly artistic performances
canuot but Oe III rule. To those who appre
ciate artistic merit and dramatic worth in
stage pictures. there should be in store rich
treat, and one that should be appreciated TO
the extent of drawing out audiences that
will test the capacity of the Grand.
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Manager Wells announces that the Olym-
pic viii reopen Monday, August "a. The
theater is to be renovated during the present
month The business staff will be as fol-
lows:
W. J. Wells ...... Proprietor and Manager
Will G.. Baker..... ........S Stage Manager
James MurraY....- 49,. treasurer
Otto Pank 1tf. ........ -. Leader OF Orchestra
Frank Lindahl. 80. =. Stage Carpenter
James Z. A. Robertson Master of Properties
Samuel Marks Advertising Agent
Edward FarnsWOrth 1-sbo-s
Charles Blackjack. 80 $1,000 -
The opening attraction will be Mabel
Shows Spectacular Extravaganza company,
presenting new Partisan sensation. Man
ager Wells has all the leading vaudeville
and burlesque attractions booked to appear
the coming season.
=
Manager L. n. Scott leaves for New York
this week to complete his bookings for the
coming season.
II
The Metropolitan closed a successful sea-
son artistically, and financially, of twenty
eight weeks last evening. The last eight
weeks were devoted TO a summer seas son Of
opera. The theater will be closed for
month and put into perfect condition for the
opening of the next regular season.
IL
Miss Dorothy Morton. of the Wilbur Opera
company. blandly stated several days ago
that she was to he married last evening at
6:30 o'clock. Beyond that she refused to say
anything. An evening paper published the
name of a Minneapolitan as being the sue
CeSSIul dSplIdul LUZ luC OCM4tShAu6 pima
donna, but after the publication the individ-
ual named stormed round the various news
paper offices, deposed there was nothing in
it" and that he would break the head OF the
man who wrote the story. Miss Morton was
not in the cast of the Bohemian Girl pro-
duced by the Wilbur company last evening,
and early in the evening left for Lake Min
netonka. Nothing further could be cleaned
in regard to the promised marriage.
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The Milburs have gone. We will dream
of Jimmie Conly's mustache, Susie Kir-
wins inimitable and irresstibly contagious
laugh, Kohnle's walk, Tredenick's falsetto,
Belle Hamilton's dancing - and o, the
lovely, lovely chorus but we shall see them
in dreams only. AT the TWO performances of
Bohemian Girl yesterday, the standingroom
only sign was displayed, and even standing
room was impossible for people with extern
sive pedal supports. The house last night
was full to overlooking, and warm with en-
thusiasm and plain, muggy July weather.
The opera was well given.
i
Miss Kirwin has rarely been heard to bet
ter advantage than in the part of Airline.
Her voice shows no trace or her hard work,
and her acting was as bright and conscien-
tious as ever. Her costumes were exquisite,
especially the gown worn in the last act.
Devilshoof. vocally, is little beyond Kohnle.
but his conception of the part is, of course,
very funny. The lThaddeus of Comfy was
pleasing, but not especially dramatic.
Then You'll Remember Me" was delight
fully sung. Clark was at his best in 1.-THE
Heart Bowed Down." which received
repeated encores. He gives prom
Use Of better work soon. Just at pres
ent his superb voice is entirely too
good for the acting he gives with it. Florence
CLAYTON was intensely real with her solo and
sang with unexpected feeling. Her acting
was admirable. OF course, Belle Hamilton
was as sweet as could be. The Florestein of
Spalding was amateurish. Mr.. SpaldiDg
needs drill in articulation, and has bad &C
cent. During an intermission Messrs. Polk
and Collins played several banjo and guitar
duets. The mandolin style of banjo playing
was not all musical but the duets were tech
nical marvels. Encores were frequent, and
the enthusiasm of the house urged the COM
pany to their best work. The Wilbur star in
| st. Paul has set but it set in a blaze of glory
such as bids fair for an early and glorious
rising.
Stole His Jewelry.
| Special to the Globe.