The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-16
AT THE THEATERS.

Large audiences at the Grand on Sunday
night are so inevitable that it is almost need
less to say that y GOO people welcomed Gus
Heege at that playhouse last night in IA
Yenuine Yentleman" Heege is an actor.
His impersonatiep, Of the big-hearted Sven
Hanson is as interesting as the limitations Of
the character will permit. One regrets those
limitations in witnessing Mr.. Heeges perform
ance, marked as IT sipy that artistic touch
which never fails to distinguish the real
! actor from the sham. The stage is unfortu-
nately burdened with too many of the latter,
| and one or two of them have slipped into
Mr. Heege's supporting company. as they will
| do In the best regulated of families" But
the company, as whole. is quite acceptable
and superior to that of last season,
serious consideration cannot preftabIy be
bestowed upon "A Yenuine Yentleman." either
as drama or melodrama With the excep-
tion OF the last act there is nothing to indi-
cate that the stage carpenter might not have
hammered 1t together. But it suffices. 1t Is
| vehicle for Mr.. Heege, whose genial and
magnetic personality attracts the eyes and
ears OF the people in front Not word he
speaks is unheard, not an expression of his
KIND and generous features is lost. For the
purposes OF exploiting the distinctive tend
| ency OF the Swedish American to pronounce
L
Sven Hanson is compelled to speak all the
words in the English language beginning
with the fatal 'J.' In this respect the title
OF the drama is admirably appropriate. And
II is really funny to hear Sven inquire
whether Miss Jenkins is yust trying to
! yolly him.
There is bit Of writing In the last act of
the play in which the author betrays q dis
| position to satirize those amiable qualities Of
I hat
| mestic circles when things go wrong in the
Kitchen The satire is trifle crude but it
| is none the less effective, perhaps more eff
tectlve because Of its crudity.
Mr.. Heege Is ably assisted by Miss St.
| George Hussey, Irish character actress of
unquestioned ability. One almost wishes the
| play could be extended in order that Miss
Hussey might sing a few more verxes of that
Come-all-Ye." That she should finish it in
one evening Is not to be expected Her
| speclaities were received with tumultuous
| applause, the audience insisting upon encore
after encore
Miss Julia M. Batchelder contributes a
breezy and vivacious Characterization of the
sprlgntly Jessie, Sven's sweetheart and wife
she Is pretty woman of unmistakable dra-
matte talent good word should be said of
the character sketch of Tim Mcclure by r. ].
| Moye, which was capital
! AHo programme editor might we'll omit q
paragraph announcing that during the first
act the eminent basso profundo Mr.. Charles
Lorraine, will appear" The announcement
conveys two untruths In the first place Mr..
Lorraine is not eminent" and in the Sec
ond place ne Is not a basso profundo If
MI. Lorraine had more singing to do than he
mas IN this play he would furnish proyoca-
ton for more extended comment.
Thoroughbred, produced by Charles Froh-
man. comes to the Metropolitan tonight, where
! IL VIII continue for two more nights and at
an easy-priced matinee, with the record of two
very successful runs in New York The au-
thor of this play, Ralph Lumley, has in
| volved several pretty love stories in what
seems to be an extremely funny plot, in
which the principal comic figure is e pious
old Briton, who suddenly abandons the strait
| laced practices Of lifetime and becomes
| ardently interested in horse races He is, of
course, yeritable sheep among wolves in
his new element, and he has moreover great
| trouble in his endeasors to avoid exposure
to his wife. One of the amusing Incidents of
| the play is where he DISCUSSES himself as a
| strolling negro minstrel. In this masuue-
| rade he has two companions who adopt sim
liar DISCUSSES for purposes of their own and
unexpected perplexities ensue. The part of
the old Englishman is played by the unctuous
comedian Thomas @. Seabrooke. OF the
| love affairs in the piece, the principal one is
between rich young American and a poor
English girl Of high lineage These two peo-
pie are unprecedented by Edgar Davenport and
/ Isabel Evesson.- The shrewish and talk
| alive wife of the old Englishman is played
by Maggie Holloway Fischer. Important parts
| are taken by II. M. Pitt William Norris.
| Charles W. Butler and other clever people.
thoroughbred" has, it IS said, some very
pretty scenic effects. Among its incidental
songs are those entitled Keep the Baby
Warm" and "our Apply Little 'Udson
| One" In q
| s1.ds
| 1t Is not yet settled whether the Dam
| rosch Opera company. will appear in both st.
Paul and Minneapolis or only in the Flour
City. Mr.. Damroseh himself has not said
that he intended to play only at the Ex-
| position, Minneapolis, because none Of the
theaters in either city are large enough. He
! remembers that the receipts in st. Paul on
his last visit were much larger than those in
| Minneapolis, and he is disinclined to skip St.
| Paul. The whole matter is under discussion
| in New York, and it is expected when a de-
cision is reached it will be to put in half
! week in each city. -s.'
| 1t is announced in London that Sir Henry
Irving will pay another professional visit to
the United States next winter, thus fulfilling
| the half-promise contained in his farewell
speech in Abbey's theater. His chief attrac-
lions will be "Cymbeline, I" said to be one OF
the most elaborate of his presentations
Richard Ill" and Madame Sans-Gene
Among the novelties Of the coming season
| VIII be the appearance at the American
theatre, on the 9th of November of Auguste
Van Biene in ''The Broken Melody MT.
van Biene Is musician as we'll as an actor
and his performance upon the cello is said
TO be one OF the great attractions of the play
English newspaper comments upon his acting
and playing have been laudatory in a high
degree, but such certificates are not always
1 worth their face value. Whatever ability he
may reveal will meet, no doubt, with prompt
recognition and appreciation.
new item at Weber & Fields's
Broadway comes in Joseph Herbert s
entertaining burlesque, THE Geezer.'
It's title is Tho Five Embarrassing
Sisters of the Suicide Club, Germany
Census Redueers.
Sarah Bernhard has been acting
Camille in her own theater in Paris
Interest in the occasion was increased
/ by the fact that all the characters
were dressed in the styles of 1845 the
year In which DUMAS met Marie
| Dup1eSsis.
| Globe ON Top.
Even the st. Paul G 10 b g came out on
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