St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-24
AT THE THEATERS.
Historical Drama, Comedy, Spec


LIiELDEiCai
tacIc and Burlcsque This Week.
Grand Opera House-Mle. Rhea will
begin three nights engagement, with
a special matinee Wednesday, at the
Grand opera house tomorrow evening,
in Two plays new 10 Minneapolis. The
first 10 be produced Will be the LA
Czarlna, Empress Of Russia" hstorl-
cal dramatic narrative, which IS strong
play, rcDletc with original situations
and fOrciful climates. 1t was written
by Eugene Scribe Tor the great French
actress, Rachel. and its success nifty
years ago was paramount 10 anything
that great tragedienne ever played.
Owing to its merit Khea re-
YiVed it. The character OF Gather
ine ]. Is well suited TO Rhea's
natural queenliness, and it is play
filled with love, romance, intrigue and
revenge. Mile. Rhea's success In this
play has been greater than in her fam
GUS character OF Josephine. At the
Wednesday matinee Rhea will be seen
In a comedy called Gossip" The
comedy situation turns on the garrulous
qualities of dashing Partisan society
women whose tendency 10 talk or
chatter, which She exercises al the
slightest proyOcatlOn, causes seeming
ineXtricable enhancement for which
she suffers as we'll as everybody con-
nected. Rhea's company includes the
following Well-knOWn names: Messrs.
Kirkland, Dunbar. AmOry, Rees, Car
nth, Marvin, Bowers, Walton and the
Misses Abel, Jordan and Sanford.
Henry T.. Dixty Will be seen at the
Grand Thursday, Friday and Saturday
OF next week with a Saturday matinee
in "Ihe Solicitor" lie will be sur
rounded by the cleverest company yet
brought together by Manager Charles
Frohman. The play is a New York and
London success from the pen OF }. H..
Darnley, aud is said to be good com
panion play to Jane, The Private Sec
rotary" and "All the Comforts OF Home
1T gives the misadveutures OF a
young lawyer, who. in an hours rash
fun, takes cabman'5 place, and mas
for his passenger his wife and pair or
burglars, The comedy IS full Of funny
situations and dash from beginning to
end. As the curtain rises, there Will be
presented nightly one play act called
'The Majors Appointment" by Mel
son WheatcrOtt and George Backus.
adapted from the story by Mrs. Julia
Schayer, recently published In the
Century.
Biion Theater- Manager Lifts Bijou
theater patrons will turn out in big
force today, both matinee and night. il
they never did before, for they Will see
the first big spectacle That the manage
ment has yet been able TO offer them.
The spectacular offerings of the famous
Hanlon Bros. are stamped with their
individuality, and differ very widely
from what is usually presented under
the same name. Possibly all that is LETT
of the old school of pantomime IN this
country belongs to these celebrated
brothers, whose popularity with the
Younger generation is second only to
that Of the late p. T. Barnum.
They have wisely maintained pau
tomime on the good old romantic plane
which it occupied when the world was
Younger. In their hands something
new may always be relied upon. "Su-
perba," for instance, 10 be seen at the
Bijou today, has already been presented
here before, but since then these Han
Ion magicians have made many trips
into the haunts and hooks where the
fairies and genie dwell, and are said 10
have discovered sufficient number of
new wonders in the way Of beautiful
transformations and humorous me-
chancal tricks to lend it the interest at
taching TO an entirely new production.
Numerous and novel specialtles have
been introduced and the cast strength
ened
j. G. Stewards reconstructed comedy,
'''Ehe Two Johns" will be presented at
the BijOu following 'Superba."
One Of the most interesting portions
no "a nm Liirfs
and Matrons," in which Miss Potter
will be seen at the Lyceum theater in
May, is said to be the scene in which
she impcrSOnates the NaSSar girl. She
describes the famous race at Sleeps
head bay,in which Salvador beat Tenny.
The New York Press, in criticism of her
description of the same, pronOunces 1t
- ".a~ttr effort Of dramatic eading.
Pence Opera House - Charles Der
Lormc's Operate Burlesque cumpanya
in Carmen Up to Date" will open at
weeks engagement at the Pence today
with matinee. The company is one of
the very best on the road, and comes
direct from Roster Il Balls, New York
city, where it played $40 consecutive
performances. The company has over
thirty ladies and some good character
artists. Among them are the Evans
Brothers, black face team; Richard
Baker, Eddie Shayne, comedian;
Will Dennis. or Spider and
Fly" Billy Baker, Robert Emerson,
an excellent comedian and dancer, for
merly with the Cleveland Consolidated
Minstrels Among the ladies are Miss
Nae Worden, Atwood, Mayo, Braden,
Lamb, ID. Elmer, Stenbing, Lee, Lake,
De COrnie. Burk. Klint and the "Chica-
go Pet" Miss Della Rorks. The s. R.f
o. sign is locked for. The patrons
he Pence will be wise to get tickets in
dvance.