St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
THE LOCAL STAGE.


fession from or reach any other conclusion
she may desire was the text of the play by
the Bollman company at the Metropolitan
last evening. II know something are the
magic words with which the wife brings the
evildoer. her husband to time. 1t is un-
fortunately rather true that the ordinary,
everyday man generally commits some minor
lndiscretons which he is perfectly willing
should remain in the dark and rte known
only to the immediate participants in the es-
capade. So when he comes home and his
wife greets him with raised eyebrows and the
expression, ''Ah ha | know something" it
makes the cold shudders run down his back,
as he suproseS that she has learned all the
facts of the case from some miscreant who
could not keep silent. and he Immediately
falls into the trap; and, to make The best OF
bad matter he either grants any wish his
wife may have, or makes a full and frank
confession. This is the plot of the play with
out the story, and is really the entire play,
An aunt divulges the secret which she has
employed for many years on her husband TO
her two nieces. and they Immediately pro-
eeed to practice it on lover and husband
An elegant medallion, which one of the
nieceS receives from her husband. is the
cause of all the trouble. ii being learned that
the same jewel had been sent anonymously
to a celebrated ballet dancer as a
present. and by her returned by the
messenger as an insult. all of which is pub
lished in the newspapers. The niece sup
poses her husband the guilty wretch who Of
fered it 10 the ballet girl, and he, upon ac
cusation, turns the blame or the lover. He,
to protect himself and on the promise of
securing the other niece for q wife. tells the
whole true story, when it is shown that the
husband of the wise aunt who innocently
started the entire commotion, is the gay
Lothario. With the aid of the lover of the
ballet girl the entire matter is unraveled salts
factorily, and the threatened divorce is
stopped. The Bollman company have but
three more performances. next Sunday and
the two following. 1t is anticipated that
liberal patronage will greet these three re-
naming Sunday evenings. ,..as
II
Few of the great personages of the stage
have aroused so profound an admiration S
many of the worlds play-goers have e.
slowed upon Nine. Fanny Janausehpk, the
Bohemian tragic actress. Kings and chief
executives have ureIs ner fee an
distinction and obscurity have done her
homage on two continents. For almost two
decades she has stood alone as an interpr ater
of line OF classic drama i'll which sne has
had no visible successor. She has been the
artistic feminine complement Va such
geniuSes of the heroic classics as Edwin For.
est and Tommaso Salvini. Nine. .Janauschek
will appear at the Metropolitan opera house
all this week. presenting tonight and Friday
nights, for the first time in this city, 1.-The
Peoples King, or the Earl of Essex tomor-
row and Saturday nights, "Macbeth;'t ,
Wednesday matinee and Thursday evening,
Meg Merrilies," and Wednesday night and
Saturday matinee, Mary Stuart"
Il.
Last evening the patrons of the Grand
opera house had the pleasure of witnessing
d real and mertorious performance of the
old and historic play, Uncle Toms Cabin"
as presented by Jacob Lifts players
Th9re were those in the audience, princi.
patty in the upper part of the house, who ex.
pressed regret that there were not two Marks
and two Topsys. However. the others ap.
preciated the fact that prima donna played
the part of Topsy. and the other parts were
taken by some of the ablest players ever seen
in the city. The old play. which has been
murdered in all parts of the country, put on
in barns and tents by good companies and
bad ones, with a predomination hardly in
favor of the latter was given in all entirely
new manner last evening, and the people
were given the story in the manner calcuiat-
ed by the author.
George Fawcett played Uncle Tom in
manner to compare favorably with the work
of Louis James in the same role. There
were many who liked portions of his work
even better than Mr. James conception of
the part. Forrest Robinson played George
Harris with the spirit and vigor which chaF-
acterizes all his work, and he gave very
strong performance.
William Beach's Simon Legree was an ex-
cellent piece of acting. He worked hard,
and his every intonation was filled with fire
and vigor. He looked the part as we'll, and
there was no fault to find with his acting.
1t was unfortunate that George EdeseR,
who played the part of Marks, was not ia
good voice in consequence of cold, but
his work was of an exceptionally satisfactory
nature. C. w. Swain took the character
part of Gumption Cute well. and his work
was appreciated by the audience His make
up was excellent and his dialect good.
Horace Lewis doubled in Mr.. Wilson and
Col. Skeggs. His work in the latter charac-
ter was the best, and his Southern dialect
was well given. Edward S. Abeles took the
parts of Mr.. Shelby and George Shelby in
very satisfactory manner. He is a young
man and was made up well as the elder
character, with the exception that he had
neglected to use the contents of his wrinkle
box "
Burt Grant a colored actor, appeared TO
the best possible advantage. His acting was
exceedingly meritrious. and his dancing
superb. Mabel Bert made a pretty Eliza and
she was thoroughly conversant with her
work. Her acting was very strong, and her
conception of the part was very pleasing.
Anna Robinson made pleasing Classy. al
though at times she was perhaps a trife
STACEY. 1t was difficult part for her, how
ever, and she is entitled to credit for the
manner in which she did her work
But Bettina Girard as Topsy, was revela-
ton. She made an ideal Topsy. and carried
the part without any show of forced work or
lack of familiarity with the conception of
the role. 1t is difficult thing for woman,
no matter how beautiful or fascinating to
appear to advantage in black face, but the
cork on her features could not hide the
charming lines, nor the folds of q gupny
sack destroy the graceful curves of her form.
She is an ideal soubrette, with all apparently
endless number of dashing personalities
each more engaging than the previous one.
Ray Goldman made a beautiful Enmeline.
Her work was easy and natural and without
apparent effort. Florence Slower played the
dual roles of Aunt Chloe and Mrs. st. Clair
IN an excellent manner. The parts. so dis
similar, were played with perfect ease. Lit
tie Edith Wright played the part of Eva in
charming manner. and she had evidently
been carefully trained. She really acted,
too, and did good work
The other members Of the company are all
deserving of mention for the work done by
them. One thing which is decided innova-
ton in such plays. was that they were prop
erly made up and looked, as we'll as acted,
their parts. The play will run during the
week. and it is expected that the house will
do good business. Mr.. L:tt is to be con-
graduated on his selection of artistes for the
stock company.
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