St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21
STOCK COMPANIES RETURN
Nancy & Co. and Little Lord
FauntIeroy Mt tba Gr.,J

| Nancy & Co. and Little Lord
FauntlerOy Mt the Grand.
Commencing tonight the Giffen
| and Neill stock company will pre-
sent at the Grand the brightest and
best of adj the long series of Au-
guStln Days clever adaptations
from the German, entitled Nancy
& Co." 1t is written on the broad
lines of farce comedy, and abounds
in bright dialogue and clever fdra-
matte situations. 1t enjoyed inn
mense favor during it's original run
in New York, and was recently re-
vived by Mr.. DAILY with the most
gratifying results. 1t was adapted
by Mr.. Daily from the German of
Julius Rosen, and the excellent
stage craft for which the adapter is
famous is much in evidence. None
of RCsen's original humor has been
lost, but rather added to.
Nancy & Co." is farcical in char
acter, and its situations are ludi-
crous in the extreme. So cleverly
has the adapter constructed it that
1T ait no time grows unnatural or
falls to the level of horse play. The
humor is real, and from the rise of
the curtain in the first act to the
closing scene, 1T never drops or
becomes tiresome. 1t will be admir-
ably cast, and will offer better adj
vantages to the individual members
of the company TRAN 1.-The Jilt,"
which created such a splendid i'm
preston. Mr.. Denham will appear
as Ebenezer Griffings, the merry
| villain; Charles Kent has the hui
! mIorous role of Kiefe O'Kiefe, the
playwright; Mr.. Neill plays the roll
| licking Capt. Paul Rensselaer,, U. S.
] A, a mild Loi.hario; Mr.. Maher has
very clever hit in Skies Stock
slow, a lanmb from Wall street; Mr..
Perry will have equally as good {
| part in Tippy Brasher AS the i'm
! pulsive Nancy Brasher, Miss Cros-
! man will have a role we'll suited to
| her capa bilities. the part of Mill
| cent in 1.-The Jilt" afforded her very
! little scope, as Miss Crosman is
| essentially coincidence. Her
Nancy. ought to make a decided
| hit Miss Kate Blancke as Daisy
| Cuttings and Annie Blancke as Bet
sy, the new girl, both have good
| parts. Miss Blanche Stoddard APP
! pears as Oriana, and Fanny Burt as
Mrs. Huldah Dangery.
/ Nancy & Co." differs from most
| comedies of it's kind, in that it pos
sesses a clever plot and story. A
| young wife in Indianapolis secretly
conaberates with an author of some
note in New York upon play which
! is TO be produced in the latter city
on a certain night. In ecstasy she
| leaves home with a different ex-
! PLANTATION to her husband, and, ar
irving in the metropolis, Immediate
| ly sets a small portion of society in
a domestic upr'oar, which involves
| the honor and happiness Of her coli
| laborateur. Her husband discovers
| a half-burned letter in the CRATE at
| home bearing the masculine non de
| plume of his wife, and chases her
p! to New York. She forbids the dis
closure of her identity by those who
know it until the night of the pro-
( duction, and this conduct is con-
| duclVe 10 most OIL une trOuDie. Z i
nally it scores great success, and
| all jealousy and intrigues disap-
| pear. The action of the play in
wolves only eleven hours, beginning
| in the morning and successfully pre-
senting periods during the aft
ernoon; evening and midnight Of the
same day.
Nancy & Co." will be continued
| until Friday night, when it will be
replaced by Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnetts play, Little Lord Faunt-.
leroy" The title role in this pro-
| duction will be assumed by Miss An
| ME Blancke Miss Blancke's per-
sonality is such as to particularly
/ fit her to the part. The lovable
/ Little Lord heretofore has been
| interpreted only by precocious stage
children whose portrayal of it, while
even extremely clever, was always
more or less parrotty. Miss Blancke
is the only experienced actress who
has ever attempted the part, and her
portrayal of it must naturally ex-