St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-14
BALLET IS TOO SHOCKING.
Kaiser Will Open the New
Royal Theater at Weis-
baden.
CAMPANINI GOES TO LONDON.
Ellen Terry Ill--Honors for
StrauSs--Sullivan'S New
Opera.

atrical week has been the action of the
county council in refusing drinking
auditorium" license to the Empire
theater and requiring the closing OF its
promenades. 1t is an incident OF the
annual attack upon the music
hall's license by the purity
leaguers and the vigilance com.
mittees. This year the evidence against
the Palace theater is mainly that two
anonymous Americans have protested
to have been awfully shocked at the
ballet. which caused the Pail Mall Ga
Zette to remark: This reveals Amer
leans in London in quite new light"
Manager George Edwards, however,
will not give up without making sturdy
fight. He announces that he will appeal
to the county council, and that. failing
in obtaining what he considers to be
justice from that body, will immediately
close the Empire theater, thus throwing
thousand people out of work, just as
the winter is approaching.
The Palace theater.On the other hand.
ha- succeeded in getting its license, and
there was no opposition to the applica-
ton of the ALEXANDRIA for its official per-
mission to continue business as hereto.
fore, although both of these places are
considered to be equally guilty with the
Empire theater in the charges brought
against the latter establishment.
The Kaiser
has promised to be present at the open
ing of the Royal theater at Wiesbaden
on Tuesday next.
No play is produced nowadays but
there is ranc0rous dispute as to plagiar-
Ism in connection with the main in
eidents, but beyond newspaper warfare
the matter is not allowed to go. In
France. however. they are about to
carry it further, and a commission OF
French authors is TO sit. some time in
November. to try the question whether
or not the plot of SCR. Leon CavallO'S
successful II PagliO'' was borrowed
from LA Femme de Tabaren" OF Cat.
tu1e Mendez To an outsider the anger
of Cattule Mendez seems superhuOus,
as the incident of an actor killing h s
faithess wife in full view of the audi
ence Is very old. 1t occurs in ''YOrick,"
which the late Lawrence Barrett made
familiar throughout the United States.
which is we'll known was taken from
the Spanish "Drama Nuevo" OF Ia
maito. 1t also appears to have been
the central scene in an old Italian
drama, called la Rnnania."
Campanini writes that he has made
1 up his mind to settle. in London as
teacher and concert singer. He has
been engaged for the title part in Ber-
lloz's Faust" at the Royal Albert hall
on Dec. IL.
Beerbohm Tree reOoened the Hay
market last Monday with his remarka-
bly, successful Grundian comedy. "A
Bunch of Violets." During his just
ended tour in what the English are
pleased to call the provinces" Viola
Tree made her debut as page in 1.-The
Balladmonger," and, fortunately for
this n-year- old leading lady. she had
the happiness of making her debut be-
fore the queen. Mr.. Tree is seriously
beginning TO debate as to what shall
succeed "a Bunch of VioIets" when it
shall have faded-thOugh of this there
| consideration, among other manuscripts,
| one dealing cOmedy-WiSe with Dean
| Swift.
| Mr.. Henschell's ninth season of
symphony concerts will commence at
the Queens hall Nov. l. Four of the
| nine concerts will be given by Hen
| schell's Scottish orchestra, which will
| be rehearsed in Glasgow, and which
| will travel up to London for these occa-
| sions. Among the less familiar works
are Carl Goldmark's new overture
"Sappho." the prelude to Humper
Drinks "Hansel and GrOetel," the opera
which. on various German stages, has
gained such marked success during thu
| ~ hnmnriam
Kossuth," by the Hungarian composer
Emmanuel Moor, and Dvorak's new
symphony, ''Ine." During the twent,
weeks twenty-nine concerts will be
given, and among the soloists figure the
names of Lady Halle. DR.. Joachim, SCR
Patti, Herr Stavenhagan, Mesdames
Ella Russell, Esther Palliser and Marial
M'Quenzie and Mrs. Edward Lloyd ant
David Bispham.
Hayden Coffin will give short serie
of vocal reeitals. beginning Monda,,
next. Admiration for Mr.. COffin's pei
sonal appearance is one OF the mino
cults OF London.
Sir Arthur Sullivan
has returned to London for the winter
with his health restored. He will i'm
mediately finish the music FOR kin
Arthur" and will then finish the must
for the Empire theater ballet il tn
Empire is opened. Sir Arthur will the
work ON the Oratarie for the Leeds fest
val.
Edith Kenward has just accepted
fattering offer to appear at the Ems
: theater for two months next summer
She will be the only English member c
tile cast. which will produce tn
.Chinamau. "Herr Adolph Ernst havin
| bought the German rights of Tresahar
| play upon seeing it here at the Ira
falgar.
Miss Kenward is to play her part {
American circus rider in that broke
German-English, common to the tours
circus rider or otherwise.
; Violet Malnott has been eXceedingl
busy during the past week attemptin
! to- finish the details of the joint appear
\ alice of the 'tChinaman" and "a Tri
naman" had grown to popular su
cess just when previous arrangemen
compelled its withdrawal, Miss Malno
| having leased the Trafalgar for tt
| production of "My IvanhO" from Il
4th of October. On the other han
! "A Trip to Chinatown" was not we
enoughcast to make 1t success. Mis-
= Malnott's idea was that the two cou
be sandwiched, playing alternate night
| and If 1t was found that "A Tip
Chinatown" did not pay, the sue essf
"Chinaman" would CO rtalnly dra
good business to the house.
Great preparations have been MAJ
at the Avenue, which opens Thursdi
next-more for the purpose of restoril
= May Yohe to London playgoers tn,
for any remarkable success that can
+. anticipated from the production of "Tl
LADY Slavey," Miss Yohe will sing
catchy song by Joseph Watson
which Mrs. Watson has written We
charming music. Whatever success t
piece may achieve will result from I
cleverness of the performers and t
incidental music. Henry j. Wood, w
will act as conductor and take char
of what music there is, has made som
what of a reputation as composer.
has written several cantatas, one
which furnishes the musical setting
an Indian legend.