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

goers wearied of Ibsen, of meledfama
Of the Drury Lane pattern, andsgout, of
touch with the silk stockings, laces and
| soulleSs ribbons of the Gaiety girls. The
production of Guy Domville," there.
| FORE was looked for by London playgo-
| ers with considerable zest, notunmin-
| gled with curiosity as to the fate the
| play would beStow OH George SAleXan.
| der, whose work in THE MaSqueraderS"
! and 1.-The Second Mrs Tanquerayns has
been so brilliant. 1t may be as well
confessed that the play is short of Mr..
! Alexander's standard. 1t is really q
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 pronouncedste be
'rotten."
The piece belongs to the So called ro-
!; mantle school; it Is 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
! third in an interior at Porches. Porches
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. a cOmedletta called TOO
Happy by Half" from the pen of Ju
/ liam Field.
1t is somewhat significant that the
| musical year, i'll London particularly.
! produced only "HiS EXcellency" and
| 1.-The Chieftain' with any success.
This
Decadence of Opera,
both comic and serious, to very large
extent can be referred to the absurd
| salaries demanded by the artists; a state
of things bad enough for an 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. Farren-Sou Fisher
Farkoa. Gilbert Porteus, l.. d'Orsay
Robson, Yoke Stephens and Blakely.
The Artists Model'' is in two acts.
Nine. Patti lett Craig Nos castle last
| Tuesday, OH her way to Berln. where
she is to sing on Jan. Is. Thence she
her dates for those cities being the 22d,
Goth and 29th, respectively. She will be
supported by an orchestra, and her rep
ert0ire will include both of the Wagner
pieces sung by her i'll London. Nine.
Patti sings at Nice on Feb. 4, and DUR
ing her engagement there will appear
! in four Of her Well-knoWn operate
| roles.
Rumors are circulating that the Bar
mum 81 Bailey show is negotiating for a
site in London. 1t has always been
! source OF surprise that 1.-THE greatest
city on earth'' was not provided with
''the greatest show" =
In London. as understood by the met
ropolitan police. namely. fifteen miles
in any direction from Charing Cross,
100000 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 100000 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 q
will be given OIL Feb. %, in ST. James
hall, as 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 Wilmington. by George
Sims and Ivan Caryll, will be the next
production at the Avenue theater when
The Lady Slavey" shall have ex-
hausted her usefulness. May Yohe
viii have the title part. and in the sup-
port will be found j. 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 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 la
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 production: a new sym-
phony i'll d, No. 5, ''L'Allegro ct II
Penseroso," composed by Prof. Villiers
Stanford, who will conduct its perform
| ance; an overture from The Scottish
Highlands" by Frederick Lamond.
| wi, nh hos oil dol bno ~ o1
towns; a new overture, ''Leonatus
and lmogen." by DR.. George b.
Bennett; new pianoforte con-
certo by Staven Hagen, who will
play the solo part; Caesar Franks
symphony in d, for the first time in
England. Sixth. Rubinstein's last suite
i'll five movements. Seventh, two new
pieces for orchestra by the society's
conductor, Sir A. c. Mackenzie. Among
the artists who will appear are Messrs.
Sauer, Dawson, Ondreck and Patti,
Miss Chaminade, who will introduce
new fantasia for piano and orchestra
| from her own pen, and Friday Scotia.
Horace Sedger is about 10 embark
upon new idea, TO treat Paris as
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 theater
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 I'M the
German opera season i'll New 7 ork. 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.
Grundyss Play. .
Sydney Grundy's Slaves of the
Ring disappears from the ,Garrick
theater on Wednesday next. His pair
! Of Spectacies" 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. It's
management was pure speculation. and
the financing was inadequate.
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