St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-14
IN THE THEATERs,

| "Frou-Frou" was given last night to
an audience not at all commensurate to
! the merit of the performance. Miss
| wainwright is quite new to the people
of ST. Paul Gin the role of Frou-Frou.
Those who were fortunate enough to
! witness the performance were treated
to another proof OF Miss Wainwright's
rare ersatility. In each eXactin de-
! mand of any act she proved herself
the genuine artistic she has always been
known to be. Her support was in the
main good. particularly so In the case
| OF Miss Louise Muldener and Mr.. Tar
| bling, tile former Lending valuable as
sistanee in the third act, and the latter
giving remarkable performance
| secretly to be expected FROM so young
an actror. Mr.. Whiting gives great
promise that at no late date he may be
counted among the leading men, lin
all the term implies) Oil the Ameri-
can stage. The last two perfor.
mances of Miss Wainwright and Ter
company will be the repetition of the
Unequal Match" for the matinee. and
Wilkie Collins "Man and Wife" at
night.
Marie Wainwright and her excellent
company will give her last two perform
ances atathe Metropolitan opera house
today. She will repeat the great CONE
edy success, IAN Unequal Match" at
the matinee today, and tonight, the last
performance, She will present Augnstin
Days dfamatiZation of WIlke Collins
great novel, MAN and Wife," Seats
should be secured early for these last
two performances.
\ Tomorrow night and all next week
the famous LilIputians, who made such
great success at the Metropolitan
opera house last season, will begin an
engagement or one week at this the
alter. The first four nights and Wedues-
day matinee, beginning Sunday even
ing. they will be seen in they same
play they presented here last season,
'SThe Pupil i'll Magic" The latter half
of the week, including Saturday matt
nee. beginning Thursday evening, they
will present for the first time in this
city their great spectacular success Of.
last season. ''Candy." The company
numbers 100 people. including the IA
vOrite little people who were here last
season. Seats and boxes can now he
secured tor any of the performances.
-
With the matinee this afternoon and
tonigbtS performance the stay of 1.-THE
Ensign" at the Grand for this season
will be brought to an end. No play that
comes to this city was ever greater or
better wearing favorite with the public
at large than this one, with its patriotic
flavor aud its many strongly drawn
characters.
Tomorrow night the Grand will enter
upon week of merry fun created by
those clever entertainers. the Brothers
Byrne, with their pantomimic comedy
called .'S Bells" This is of that man
ner of play that has in it so many good
points that it seems almost inyidious to
speak i'll terms Of praise of few TO the
seeming neglect of the others. Suffice
it then to say that has been Justly said
of this attraction, that it was great"
This is term that is most coinprehen-
slve and thoroughly expresses the gen
eral sentiment oil those who see 1t.
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Fred Meek, the business manager of
the Wainwright company, says that
they had all the properties of the
Twelfth Night" production stored in
the Davidson theater. Milwaukee, which
burned recently, and their loss was over
$4,000. This is considered Marie Vain
wright's chef d'9uvre. and the inter-
ton was to revive it next season, but
that is now extremely doubtful. MIR.
Meek says that the company's business
in the Twin Cities has been good this
season. They go from here to La
Crosse, thence to Oshkosh, Madison
and Milwaukee. Miss Wainwright saws
she enjoys her st. Paul audiences. they
are SO intelligently aud kindly critical
and SO appreciativp.