St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-15
THE LOCAL STAGE.
DER MAN I'M MOND . "

more pleasing comedy than 1.-THE Man in
the Moon" could hardly be found, If it were
cut and trimmed little to make its sparkling
brightness equal in time and language.
There are too many acts, ana some of them
are entirely too long. Despite this fact, the
play took we'll and thoroughly amused the
large audience at the Metropolitan who wit
messed it. The story is unique and the com
edy situations are quite new and interesting.
AS is usual i'll play of this character. its en-
tire success depends on the soubrette and
comedian, and Neumann and Schober faith
fully filed their parts. There is really too
much work for the soubrette in so long a
play, and a little better distribution of the
work would give the entire company q
better opportunity. The music is
CHI arming, and Schober's "Sehnsucht'
took the audience off its feet. Neu!
mann's imitation of the different ages of
woman from the schoolgirl to the lettering
old lady was good, but too long. The sing
ing of the English song, My Sweetheart Is
the Man in the Moon" was watched for
with considerable interest. and many thought
they were going to be disappointed until the
last act was reached, when it came on in al
its rich German brogue, 1t was comical in
the extreme, and created no end of laughter.
pOu
brette's English far excelled that of the
comedian Hans Viewers, the new addition
to the company, was seen for the second
time and carried the role of the witty barber
to very successful end. Schneider, Boil
man and Berry had minor parts, but the lat
ter made considerable out of it by her acting
as the housemaid. Ella Collmer made the,
prettiest boy yet shown by the Bollman COM
pany and looked slicker than one OF the
latest models of fashions for youths. The
company will appear again next Sunday
evening.
The novelty of the present theatrical sea-
son will be the production at the Metro
politan opera house this week, beginning to-
night, of the unique and sumptuous enter
.ainment known as the C. B. Jefferson. Klaw
d Erianger's Country Circus" The fame
of this show has already preceded it, and the
mere fact that it has enjoyed long run in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago
is evident that it is of the first magnitude.
AS suggested by the title, ''The Country
Circus" not only presents arenic diversion.
but play as well; in fact, it is trinity of
comedy, spectacle and circus, and to properly
exploit over sixty horses and ponies and 400
people are used. Seats should be secured
early.
II
"a Fair Rebel was the title of war
drama, given at the Grand opera house, last
evening, to all audience much smaller than
usual fer Sunday evening. The weather
may have been to blame for the latter, but it
is much more likely that it was the play. "a
Fair Rebel is founded upon the escape
from Libby prison of the detachment of Col.
Mason, and that hero and the prison are
both introduced in the action. The last half
of the play bringing in the prison work. is
ali right, but the opening half lacks life and
action. and the audience grew awfully tired.
When people go to see war drama, they
want something stirring, and they did not get
it. The play drags until just at the close of
the second act, when there is little shoot
ing and capture episode; the change is graft
flying, and the company received a curtain
recall to emphasize it. The personnel of the
play is fair only, with one or two notable ex-
ceptions. If "a Fair Rebel" could have the
first half rewritten and little more action
and ginger thrown into it. it would make a
successful story. 1t will run all week. with
the usual matinees.