St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-24
An UpROAR OVER SARAH.
THE DIVINE BfRHHAR01 MS 4 GREAT
RECEPTION At DAYS.
LONDON VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.


Nine. Eleanor Duse. the Italian
Actress, Meets With Great
success-E 8. Willard at the
Comedy Theater-The Qneen
Will Hear German Opera at
Drury Lane-Kendals Return.
ICopyright 1894. BY the Associated Press. |
LONDON. June 2S.-The event of the
week In the theatrical world of London
has been the reception which Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt. the great French
actress. has met with at Days theater.
On Monday the audience assembled
reached pitch Of enthusiasm seldom
seen in England, and this was in the
face of the fact that the remarkable
acting of Nine. Eleanor Duse, the great
Italian actress. has led people to imagine
that star of unusual magnitude has
arisen, and that it was destined to
eclipse the supposed-to-be waning light
of the gifted and versatile tragedienne
who had so long held the scepter Of
power over the stage. But Bernhardt
proved herself sublimely equal to the
occasion, and demonstrated beyond any
doubt that she was still the magnetic
actress of old. and that she had lost
none OF her wonderful qualities of 1ex-
lbjlity of voice and dramatic fire. and
that so far as personal appearance Is
concerned, she seems to defy the raw
ages of time. After the third act of
"Izeyr' Nine. Bernhard was recalled
three times, and it seemed that the au-
dlence could not shower too much ap-
plause upon her. When it is taken
into consideration that 1t was cold
blooded. phlegmatic English audience
which was thus stirred up to the. high
est point of enthusiasm. it may be
safely concluded that
LA DIVINE SARA
must have exhibited remarkable dra-
matte power. "Izeyl," as outlined in
these dispatches some time ago, is a
four-act sacred drama" by NM. Ar
mand Sylvestre and Moran, which had
long run at the Theater de la Renais-
sence in Paris.
E. s. Willard was accorded the most
upon his temperance in London. after
his American tour. But Mr.. Wizards
company was considered by the critics
to he inadequate, and his play, 1.-THE
Middleman," is pronounced to be be-
hind the times. As a.result. the Com
edy theater audiences during the week
have been slim. Another event of in
terest in the world of theatricals was
the appearance OF julia Nelson and
Fred Terry, both of whom have for a
Haymarket Theater company. in the
melodrama, "Shall We Forgive Her?"
at the Adelphi theater ON Thursday
last.
Tyrone Powers 1.-The Texans is
pronounced by the London critics to e
conventional and crude. but it met with
sympathetic reception at the Prince IS
the alter on Thursday.
The queen has taken box for the
DRURY LANE SEASON
of German opera, which opened on
Tuesday last with fine performance of
"Walkure." In order to meet the COM
tival. which opened at the Crystal
palace on Thursday, Sir Augustus Har.
ris has decided that Jean de ResZke is
to appear ON the festival days next
week III his fav0rite operas "Romeo and
Juliet" Faust" and ..Lohengrin.'
Elenora Calhoun, the American act
ress. who was formerly engaged to Hon.
F. h. Winston, of Chicago, formerly
United States minister to Persia,
and who has appeared with success at
the Haymarket rheater, London, and the
Odeon theater, Paris, after having
studied at the Paris conServatoire. was
Ia 1iet n,,I1 r. o$o,,
matinee at the Coincide Parisienne at
Paris on Tuesday with the view of
showing whether it was possible for
foreign actress to gain perfect mas
terry of the French tongue Miss Cal
houn selected the role of Hermione in
Racine's "AndrOmaque." She was as
sisted by Paul Mounet and her old
Odeon comrades. The audience in
cluded the United States ambassador.
Hon. James B. Eustis; the British am
bassador, the Marquis of Dutferin and
Ava, and number of eminent French
authors. Although Miss Calhoun has
not lost her American accent, she sus-
tanned her part with great success, and
was warmly compiimented.
MIR. AND MRS. kendall
are again back in London, and endeav
cring to work off the long arrears of
their social engagements. Mr.. Kendall,
who had bad accident on the voyage
home. breaking one of his fingers, is
obliged to carry his arm in sling.
Miss Olga Nethersole, who. in appear
ance, is very much like Mrs. Kendall
was in her younger days, Is going to the
United States at the fall of the year.
She has made gigantic strides in the
profession during the last two years.
and her performance i'll 1.-The Trans
<bn ,rf Id
forth enthusiastic praise FROM the most
Unconditional OF the critics. During her
American visit Miss Nethersole will APP
pear in Clement Scott's version Of
s.Desire," with which she will probably
open her ensuing season at Daly's. :
Like Mrs. Beerbohm Tree, Miss Maud
Millet and other actresses, who have
made their mark. Miss Ne;hersole was
a goyerness when she went OH the
"boards."
at the present moment no play by
MIR. Pinero is being performed i'll Lon
don. although Henry Wilbur Jones.
THE GREAT RIVAL
of 1.-THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray." has
during the past week been represented
at two theaters-at the Comedy by THE
Middleman," aud at the st. James by
1.-The Masqueraders."
In the autumn. however, either
s.Dany Dick" or "rhe Cabinet Minis
teri is to be revived at the Court
theater, and Mr.. PInero's new serious
play is to follow Money" at the Car
rick theater. The matinee of Malcomb
Salaman's IA Modern Eye" at the Hay
market has been postponed until July
20.
The Daily Telegraph apparently de-
ferred taking action against Robert
Buchanan for his alleged libel of Glen.
ent Scott until he was declared bank
rupt. Buchanan's liabilities, it is now
said, amount to 100000. The case will
be q memorable one. Actors, critics
and first-nIghterS will be called to the
witness box, and as Mr.. Buchanan in
tends to bring cross.action against
ME-. Scott, the proceedings are likely to
be prOtracted.
Owing to Mrs. Langtry's sudden with
drawaI from the cast of "a Society But
farfy :, hn Onaro (-0tniouo will hn