St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-10
THE DRAMA IN LONDON.
sAIHE BLAcKMAIERS" AT THE PRIMO:
or WALES THsaIER.
MIRETTE is THE NEW OPERA.

Season ~ Spe &c, Dramat. q
Critic of the " .,tminster Ga
Zette-It Deals with the Mar
ital Relations o a Poor Young
Girl and a Rich Did Man.
[Co2yright 1894. by the Associated Pressl
LONDON, il ne 9.-Chtrles Thursby
gave his expected mat les at the Prince
of Wales theaier. Oh Thursday and
produced the new PLY of the two
youthful members of the Oscar Wilde
school. John Grey a ii Andre Hof-
falovish, entitled ia. Blackmailers."
The play, in lis preli.n larry announce
mentS, was deScrib as b.ing of
''Strong dramatic invsr st" and turning
upon the vagaries of young man who,
nuder hypnotic influence. black nails
people. The perfer nance, however,
furned out to lie a mos tedious and pur.
poseiess presr ntation The repuisive
story outlined by the disciples of Oscar
Nild was without .rit ut any kind.
The authors of .'ris Blackmailers'
,Were called before the cartain at the
close of the play, bu. they did not ap-
SS.ho opPNANue WHY 0lSlk uSbl III
of the spirit OF The CO nplimsnt intended
for them.
The run of Utopia. Limited" at II.
D'Oyley Carte's Sdvof theater, came TO
an end today. The w opera which is
TO follow III opia. Limited" at the
savoy will pioba5ly be produced on
June Is o! IL. The title at present Sc
aected is "Mirette." The libretto,
which has been done into English by
Fred Weatherly and Il ,rry Greenbank,
as the work of NJ. Mic lAel Care. author
of ~ Infant Pro liz :" The music is
by NJ. Anton Message of LA Basoche"
fame. The Princess If Wales aud her
daughter and other members of the
royal family WERE present at the charm
ing presentation of J III ,tha's concert at
Daly's theaser on Tuesday. Hobbs and
Morres' Journeys E I'd in Lovers
Meetings" Was ex iiiiteiy acted by
Ellen Terry, F. e. Robertson and
William Terri>s. and net with an
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.
Two pretty SONGS. ie words by Lord
BeaconShel / and the music by Princess
Beatrice princess Ii -nry of Batten-
berg, were sung by Amy Sherwin and
Antoinette Sterli
Nine. Melba has created a Juror at
event Garden in IF aust" and Lucia
iii Lammermoor." Tie latter was re.
yived especially for NJ lie. Melba.
Verdi's next 70 iction Will b.
new departure, consisting of eight
prayers to the Ma !onna for chur h
music. words by Bo.tu. They will be
presented al a full mass. to be pre-
scented at the festiy Il of st. Antonio
of Padua, next year.
Little Ruby" johnson. the baby
dancer from New E gland, has takrn
the saloons Of Old Englaud's royalty
by storm. and Is the leading atrracti on
OF the small army of iufantile wond erS
at present before the British u bic.
The ny American Wond 81 mas al
ready had the honIr of appea ring
e al scarborough house before the
Prince ard Princess of Wales, and be-
fore the Duke and Duchess of Teck,
and other members of the royal family.
In addition to de.lghting crowds of
members of the aristocracy in the most
distinguished saloons of the metropolis.
there has been perfect glut OF con-
certs this season, Aith the result that
artists, other tan those of the Patti.
'Paderewskl a.d Joachim order, stand
very little chance of receiving more
than casual notice i the papers.
Tine Infant Phi nonenon'' has been
very much to the front recently, and
reciIals by performers under ten years
old are OF almost
DAILY OCCURRENCE.
or future concerts, Two of the most
interesting are To be given by Haydn
Coffin and Arthur S ,mervell, on June
Is and 20. The first of these takes
place at st. Jam S Ina !, and Mr.. Coffin
Will have the assistap ~ of Miss Mar
guerite Hall. Miss Agnes Jansen, Ed
ward Lloyd. P.unket Green. Lawrence
Keilie aud the little 'cellisl, Jean Ger
ardi.
Arthur Somervell, who is we'll known
as composer of graceful songs, will
be assisted at his concert by Miss Fanny
Davis, Mrs. Henscheli, Miss Marguerite
Hall. Lofard Berwick and MIR. Shakes
pere.
The manager of the Independent The
alter society announces play for next
season by Edward Fof.ham Spence,
the dramatic critic ut the Westminster
Gazette and other papers. The play
deals with the marital relations of a
young gill who Is driven into marriage
with wealthy old man, and the sub
Ject is handled with suine audacity in
a realistic style. There may possibly
:bea little difficulty with the censor,
but Mr.. Pinero has now opened the
door so wide that "a Consecrated Bar
gain" will doubtless get through. The
author is one OF the young school of
critics, and has reached an important
position rapidly. He is the son of the
late James Spence, of Liverpool, whose
book OH the great
CIVIL WAR;
entitled "The American Uniop' ex-
cited immense uiSeu SSiOn and resulted
IN his appointment, with the late Beres-
ford Hope, as the E iglish representa-
:1iveS OF the Concentrates. His son, after
being called to the bar, took up dramatic
criticism while waiting for briefs. He
first represented Society at the theater.
and then the Daily Graphic and the
Pail Mall Gazette. On the purchase OF
the lastnamed paper by William Wal
.dorf Astor Mr.. Spence followed the
fortunes OF his old editor, and went on
ihe Westminster Gazette. His wife has
also become a journalist since her mar
fiage, and her work, signed ''Binocle,' %
sometimes appears i'll the Sketch side
by side with that Of her husbands pseu.
donym, "Monocle."
On June 10 matinee in aid of the
Theatrical Oh riSters' association is to
De given at the Lyric theater, which has
been kindly Il lit for the occasion by
Horace Sedger.