St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-02
F0OTLIGHT FLASHES.

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Olga Nethersole has created some.
| what of a furor since her return to
England. The queen has heard of her
American triumphs, and it is said that
| she has expressed desire to see her
| play, so Miss Nethersole is making
arrangements to appear before her
| majesty at Windsor castle next month.
Miss Nethersole has been engaged by
John Hare to play the leading part
! in the London production of ''The No
torious Mrs. Ebbsmith." Her arrival
| on the other side seems to have oc-
| CURED at a most convenient time for
| Mr.. Hare. who had engaged Mrs. Pat
| rick Campbell for the part, only to
contract with Beerbohm Tree to ap-
pear in Mr.. Trees production of "Fe-
dora"
''Trilby'' at the Garden theater New
York. has broken all records, and
seems to have settled down as one of
Even the croakers who have been say
ing: "Fad-it's only a fad" are now
completely routed. And yet. when all
is said and done, the public is hard to
a success with that most potent of all
seals-box office receipts-there is
something in it, and sooner or later,
even the croakers find that out. The
cast remains precisely the same and
the actors seem to have lost. their own
identity in Mr. Du Maurier's delight
full character sketches.
There is an amusing report now
being circulated to the effect that Carl
RossoW, one of the remarkable aero
& Balls. has made the most extraor-
binary offer to meet James j. Corbett.
1t seems that short time ago the
champion witnessed the exhibition of
boxing given by the two little broth
ers and afterward took occasion to
compliment Carl upon his agility and
scientific ability. AS the story goes,
the little fellow listened with an air
of unusual dignity, but took exception
to some of the points the big champion
advocated A friendly discussion en-
sued. in which the little fellow offered
to demonstrate that his tactics were
the better
One of the next seasons productions
will be- new play from the pen OF Ed.
win Milton Royle, entitled. Mexico"
The scene of this play, which is de-
scribed as a romantic comedy drama,
is laid in the Southern country during
the time of the war of 1S47, between
the United States and Mexico. Inc
the heroine a Mexican girl. There are
to be several elaborate scenic features,
including pictures of Buena Vista and
Chepultepec.
Jacob Lift sailed for Europe yester-
day.
ager A. M. Palmer's original Trilby
company, now at the Garden theater,
New York, on it's way to San Francisco,
will be Chicago, ST. Paul and Min
neapolis. 1t will open the Grand's sea-
son here early next fall
John c. Sundin, the general secre-
tary of Jacob Lifts enterprises, came
down from Milwaukee this week He
announced a number of new bookings
for Mr.. Lifts theaters, among them
being William Gillette's TOO Much
Johnson" which is the reigning metro
politan success just now.
Gus Heege produced his new Swedish
dialect play, "a Yenuine Yentleman,
at New Britain last week. The play
is said to have made a greater mt MI than than
graphed that it is bound to be big
winner next season.
Fred ]. Hamill formerly of st. Paul,
recently appeared with ''The Pass
ing Show in Chicago singing his
own compositions, SISTER NelP' and
"A Night at the Play" with great
success.