St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13

goers Wearied Of IbSen, Of meledrama
of the Drury Lane pattern, and 4sout, of
touch with the silk stockings, laces and
soulleSs ribbons Of the Galety girls. The
production of Guy Domville," there.
fore. was looked for by London playgos
ers with considerable Zest, not unmin-
gled with curiosity as to the fate the
play would beSt0w OH George FAleXan-
der, whose work in THE MasQueraderS'
and The Second Mrs Tanquerayn has
been so brilliant. 1t may be as well
confessed that the play is short Of Mr..
AleXander's standard. 1t is really
one part play, Notwithstanding the five
minutes permitted to the other charac-
tiers.
But the gallery and the pit would not
blame him for the failure. 1t was the
play itself that they pronounced 10 be
''rotten.''
The piece belongs to the so-called Iro-
mantle school; it is a comedy of MAN.
ners, with the airs and color of the
period OF the middle OF the last century
kept we'll in view, and the three acts are
in three scenes; the first in the garden
at Porches, the second at Mrs. Dom.
Ville's residence at Richmond, and the
is, Mr.. James informs us. IAN out-of-
the-way corner of Somersetshire"
The play, as will be understood from
the date. is of the Hogarth period. and
the costumes are therefore of the style
of that artists ''Marriage la Mode"
! Apparently. the "whole business" was
condemned beforehand, and therefore
the uproar of last Saturday. Guy Dom
ville''was preceded by an attractive cur
tain raiser, cOmedietta called loo
Happy by HALF" from the pen of Jul
liam Field.
1t is somewhat significant that the
| musical year, in London particularly.
produced only "His EXcellency" and
The Chieftain" with any success.
This
DecaGence of Opera,
both comic anu serious, to a very large
extent can be referred to the absurd
salaries demanded by the artists; a state
of things bad enough for all ambitious
/ impresario if the house is full at every
performance. George EdwardeS has en-
gagged for his next production at Daly's
! theater, The Artists Model" the fol-
lowing up to date: Marie Tempest. Lot
tie Venn, Kale Cutler, Alice Davis and
| Katie Adams. and MeSsrs. Haydn Cof-
| fin, Eric Lewis. en-Soutar, Fisher
Farkoa, Gilbert PorteuS, l.. d'OrsaY
| Robson, Yoke Stephens and Blakely.
The Artists Model' is in two acts.
Nine. Patti lett Craig Y Nos castle last
| Tuesday, Oh her way to Berln, where
she is to sing on Jan. Is. Thence she
goes to Vienna, Leirsic and Dresden,
/ her dates for those cities being the 22d.
Goth and 29th, respectively. She will be
! supported by an orchestra, and her rep
| ertore will include both of the Wagner
pieces sung by her in London. Nine.
/ Dat Tn Nd
| ing her engagement there will appear
in four Of her Well-known operate
| roles.
RumorS are circulating that the Bar
mum & Bailey show is negotiating for a
| site in London. 1t has always been a
! source OF surprise that "the greatest
city on earth' was not provided with
1.-THE greatest SHOW"
In London, as understood by the met
ropolitan police. namely, fifteen miles
in any direction from Charing Cross,
i.6.0QO,000 Of people are permanently
houses the year round. This population
and the flood of strangers continually
pouring through the metropolis fur
nished the 400 odd places of enter.ain-
ment. nightly open, audiences each
week which do not total less million
people. For these 50.000,0 900 pleasure
! hunters during the year there is prac-
tically nothing furnished in the circus
show line, and yet there are people to
whom horse flesh and what appertains
to it is first love. -
A Grand Concert
will be given OH Feb. 25. in ST. James
hall, as a me mortal to the late Eugene
Oudin, the proceeds of which will be
heldin trust for the benefit Of the three
young children Of the popular Ameri-
can singer
Little Dick Whittlngton, by George
Sims and Ivan Caryll. Will be the next
production at the Avenue theater when
The Lady SIavey" shall have ex-
hausted her usefulness. May 1ohe
| wifi have the title part. and in the sup-
port will be found }. l.. Sheridan.
William Greedy is now in sole posses
sion OF the Avenue, Fred Harris having
Withdrawn from the undertaking. The
reason for the separation may be found
in the historic French guide post to all
troubles, ''Cherchez la femme" and
the femme will probably prove to be
Miss Yohe. She is reported to have
had a quarrel with Blanche Barnett, a
member of the cast and Mr.. Harris
wife, and ended the quarrel, as Miss
Yohe usually does, with the threat to
withdraw, and Miss Yohe remains Ia
femme victOrieuse.
Lovers Of novelty have not been over
looked by the directors of the Philhar-
monte society in making arrangements
for next season. The following are an
nounced for productions: A new SYM
phony ill d, No. 5, "L'Allegro ct II
Penseroso," composed by Prof. VilIiers
ance; an overture from The Scottish
Highlands" by Frederick Lamond,
which has already been heard in several
towns; new overture, ''LeOnatus
and lmogen," by DR.. George B.
Bennett; o new pianofortc con-
certo by Staven Hagen, who will
play the solo part; Cesar Franks
symphony in d, for the first time in
England. Sixth, Rubinstein's last suite
in five movements. Seventh, two new
pieces for orchestra by the society'S
conductor, Sir A. G. Mackenzie. Among
the artists who will appear are Messrs.
Sauer, Dawson. Ondreck and Patti,
Miss Chaminade, who will introduce a
new fantasia for piano and orchestra
from her own pen, and Friday Scotia.
Horace Sedger is about 10 embark
upon a new idea, TO treat Paris as q
number one touring town for successes
of the London stage. He has secured
the Nonveau theater. Paris, and will
open his season there in September
Mr.. Sedger believes that 100000 resident
Partisan English will Support theatel
where the show is in the mother tongue.
Fred Harris, late of the Avenue, will
| Join Horace Sedger and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wyatt in the direction Of the Trafalgar
theater.
Marie Brema, who is to appear IN the
German opera season in New Y rk. in
February, is now studying her parts
with Frau Coslma Wagner at Bayreuth.
She will pay a short visit to London be-
fore leaving for the United States.
Grundy's Play
Sydney Grundy's Slaves of the
Ring" disappears from the .Garrick
theater Oh Wednesday next His Pair
Of Spectaces" will be mounted as a
stop-gap until the new "Plnero" is ready
to run.
"Dr. Hall' at the Court theater,
ended its run on Wednesday last The
Opera Comiqde is again closed. Its
management was pure speculation, and
the financing was inadequate.
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