St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07

son to turn M. Copees Alexandrines
INTO Hngiish blank verse. Pour la.
Courenne' was received, upon it's pro-
auction, with profound praise by the
French critics, but it is doubtful if its
fomanticism will suit English tastes.
Comyns Carr is busy in preparation
Tor MS next piece. This is to be "a
Woman's Silence" by Sardou. produced
at the Lyceum theater, New York i'm
November last. Owing to it's short run.
MT Carr mas had the play revised and
materially altered in the hope that n.
happier fate will be in store for II i'm
London.
Fred Terry is to assume the leading
male part and Marion Terry will have
the best female role. If negotiations
are satisfactorily concluded which are
now in progress, Elizabeth Robbins
Will also appear.
Clssy Graham produced a new musi-
cal farce entitled "AlI Abroad at
portsmouth last Monday, which Is the
joint work of Owen Hall and ]. It. Tam
ner, with music by Frederick Ross. :,
LITIGATION -
Is promised according to the papers
over the score of Teddy Solomon's last
completed work. A lady who was in
MS confidence during the latter part
OF his life is in possession of the score
and claims it. The composers widow
asserts the score to be hers, and is
taking legal measures to obtain It.
From statistics that have just been
compiled at the French ministry of the
interior. 1t transpires that the seating
capacity of the theaters and cafe con-
certs of Paris is about 1000. The thea
tiers of the outlying districts are those
that make the most money, free passes
being almost unknown at those estab-
llshments, while in the other theaters
foreign visitors alone furnish the re-
ceipts. A Partisan never pays.
Mia Cadritte, a Canadian vocalist
who recently made her debut as Car
men, at the Theater Royal, Man.
chester, with the Carl Rosa company.
has this week been winning much
applause for her work in the same role
in the provinces.
A company is in process of formation
with proposed capital of 81, 2O0, 900 ia
run Covent Garden theater, as an
opera house. If the money can be Sc
! cured, the duke of Bedford who owns
the property, will probably take tho
! chair.
MARQUIS QE-LoRNE -
has again appeared to the world OF
letters, not with poems or other flights
of fancy, but as the author of an
authoritative guide to Windsor Castle.
The theaters continue prosperous
and especially the Prince of Wales, the
GaiptV and similar QhnWc
King Arthur" at the Lyceum,
shows signs of waning popularity,
Henry Irving will shortly produce a
triple bill, Pinero's "Bygones," a one
act version of Don Quixote" and
THE Story of Waterloo" previously
referred to.
| Forbes Robertson will take the Ly-
i ceum when Henry Irving goes to
! America. Robertson will open that
! theater in September, with a new
| play by Henry Arthur Jones, in which
/ Marion Terry will play the part of the
J heroine.
| A letter has just been received from
Honolulu, announcing that 80 soon
as martial law is declared off, the
Honolulu choral society will COM
| mence rehearsals."
The warden and head master Of
Bradfield college, near Meading, is
preparing a performance Of the AL
cestis'' of Eurypides, which will be-
given in the open air in the original
Greek on the afternoons of June II, II
and ID. The theater will be in the
grounds of the college on the
same spot where the Antigone"
of Sophocles was given five years
ago, and the "Agamemnon"
of Aeschylus, in 1892. The music for
| "Alcestis" will be written throughout
in the Greek modes" by Abby Will
Jams. The ancient Greek flute has
| been reproduced from the Pompeiiau
models in the Naples museum, and.
with the nearest instrument to the
ancient cythera, or harp, which has
| been made, will also be used in pro-
| ducing the music. The actors will be
! boys of the school. and the chorus will
| be supplied by boys and masters.
| George Alexander has secured the
| English rights of "Hefmath," and will
( probably produce the English version
! during this year.