Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-03
The Play s the Thing g

The well-known comedienne, Miss Sadie Martinot, supported by Max Figman and a representative dramatic company, in the high class English comedy "The Pass
 port, :" will appear at the opera house to- morrow night.
 As an actress Sadie Martinot needs no in- troduction to the theater- -goers of this city, She is considered the best dressed woman on the American stage, and the gowns which she wears in s'The Passp ortp are
 visions of loveliness, it is said. She assumes
 the role of a frivolous young widow of |, fashion, with treacherous memory and a decided feminine weakness, that is the
 cause of her troubles and the basis of all the complications and amusing situations fhat follow.
 The opening act of the play is laid at 8 railway station on the Russian iron tier. The young widow has gotten her passport
 Lord Bibary, which is played by MT. Fig
 man, whose wife has deserted him some months previous, generously volunteers to
 take her across the frontier, as his wife,
 on the passport that permits himself and fEhis former wife ent tree to the czar's domin-
 Ions. While masquerading as his wife,
 the young widow is introduced to some f political English friends, who are also travelling. The balance of the scenes of
 the play are laid in a London drawing room.
 l Lord Bibary has just married daughter of one of these English friends, and the bogus wife of his passport, the widow, turns up at the wedding breakfast. He Is considered 8 bigamist, as she is also, for she, too, has married one of these English friends.> All sorts of complications, follow; i; everybody plays at cross- purposes. Max Figman Is well known as light
 comedian of high order and furnishes able support to the star. Ths entire play is nkn .,tA rsu txr fau uny
 as it lis laid among the uppertendom of London society.
 CLEvEEAND'S MINISTRIES.
 The greatest and biggest show that was ever organized-the Goliath of indoor amusement ventures. |, w. 5. Clevelsnd's great, massive, min strels. A whole train loaded with people, scenery, baggage and effects; an all star, all i-ieature, preponderous aggregation of minstrel talent such as the world has never dreamed of seeing at one time, much less upon the same stage, and each and every artist ostensibly battling to win and forever keep and cherish all the plaudits of their
 auditors. Everything entirely different from any and all things eyer attempted in mi iu ustrelsy.
 Two separate, one white and one black !, minstrel shows, two distinct bands, or chestras, one black, the other white, the white contingent presenting minstrelsy of today-the blacks presenting old time and true to life minstrslsy, such as the present generation has heard so much about and seen so little of; in all two banner min strel programmes. Each in- fnitely the best in their line, all presented | simultaneously for the same admission. The entire company, including Beni Zoug Zoug's Arab circus, in all numbers seventy. z. l five people. We have seen white minstrel shows, and we have seen colored minstrel shows, but never before have we seen blacks and whites arranged side by side, one pre- senting the old time article, the other the new.
 Everybody should see the great parade at 4p. m. Three separate and distinct at- 1 fractions all in one big, gay, ,pomp, glitter l ing free show.
 Minstrelsy's sweetest singers, cleverest | comedians and most delightful dancers. 1 This show is the ouiy one now that bears 1 the name of w. s. Cleveland, who person. l ally directs and attends each performance, l and is really a big consolidation ofaii
 shows that Mir. Cleveland has ever before