St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
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The attractions booked at the Metropolitan
opera house for the week. heginning April
26 are the popular tragedian Frederic Warde
for the first four nights of the week in a
repertory OF legitimate plays and during the
latter half of the week khel John Stapleton
company, which will play al return engage
mont, and present the pmsdy Americans
Abroad" n ~
In the course of numerous Inquiries as to
the causes of the obscurity into which GER
tain prominent players have fallen SO far as
New York city is concerned. The Press of
that city asks after Robert Manteu in this
fashion:
Where is the once fascinating Robert
Mantell? The details of a recent divorce suit
assure us that he is at present in matrimony
and preparing for duel with the aggrieyed
husband. But that is in his habit as he
lives, and what we want to know is where is
he in finance, in drama and the hearts of
his adopted countrywomen. Mr.. Manteil used
to hold high place in all three Steele
Maokaye selected him as the most prominent
and popular actor in town to dedicate the new
Lyceum theater. At one time he received
$3.50 week from A. NJ. Palmer. At one time
he divided the applause of her audiences with
Fanny Davenport At one time he was en-
tro ated to accept the position of leading man
in WaIlack's theater. At one time his pho
tograph was in every school girls boudoir,
and matinee girls used to swoon at the sight
of him. Where is he now? Helas, as the
French say. Alack a day! as the English.
Tare and ages as the Irish, and as Guilbert
quantity puts it, ees golden air ees angeen
down ees back! For Robert, the Romantic
Emotional, had golden hair and was exceed
ingly beautiful sort of male Lillian Rus
SELL We have seen his picture in cigarette
boxes, and hair tonics were named after him.
But nowadays he is faded, gone, dissolved
melted, vanished skeedaddled into that thin
air which storms through rural barns. Ees
golden air ees no longer angeen down ees
back. Charlotte Behrens is the Deiilah that
has shorn our sentimental Samson. Robert
the Beautiful no longer visits this state al
though his first wife stands on it's borders
eager to welcome him to a conference on the
question of unpaid alimony. What with his
loss of fame, his inability to join in the fes-
tivties of the Lambs, the impossibilty of
playing an engagement in the city where his
reputation was made. the accumulated
amount Of his widows almony and Mr.
Bume's pistol our once famous Romantic
Emotional has come to the conclusion that
if marriage is not failure it is at least not
what it has been cracked up to be.
John J. Burke, well-known comedian who
was featured with the American Extrava-
ganza company for a few seasons. will be
seen at the Grand next week in the laughable
absurdity, 1.-The Doctor"
John R. Moynihan, of this city, who re-
tired from the dramatic profession eight
years ago, has returned to the boards. Last
week Charles A. Gardner engaged Mr.. Moy-
nihan stage director of his "Fatherland"
company during the remainder of this sea-
son and for the ensuing year. Mr.. Moyni-
han was connected with McVicker's theater
in Chicago, for several years, and was re-
garded as an exceptionally competent man.
The poor dramatic critics. are frequently
receiving the most cutting blows from the
members Of the profession they live to serve.
Only the other day it came out in a the
atrical acticn-at-law that some of our great
actors never read notices at all, while one,
preternaturally acute, only gives the favor
able ones his attention. And now Mrs. de
Navarro-Mary Anderson that was-in whose
acting some of the critics fondy hoped they
beheld a constant improvement largely due
to their own sage counsels, has informed the
world that for her part she used to collect all
her notices in bunch and read the lot Ieis-
urely at the close of the season. Poor fatu-
Gus critics! This must indeed be hard to
bear. The question Is whether it is worth
while to keep on criticisfng at all? Critics
are always unpopular; if they are useless into
the bargain, the sooner they are abolished
the better. --~i~'sa 'iS->-> a "a q a7i
But suppose Miss Mary Anderson were te
return to the boards-stranger things have
| happened. you know-and that the critics
were to defer noticing her performance until
| she had time to read their lucubrations. viz.
until the close of the season? The fail
actress would have another tale to tell then.
Stuart Robson has purchased from Opie P
Read the dramatic rights of that authors
| famous tale, ''The Jacklins."
!
James c. Duff long well known as an opera
manager, has just returned from England
where he has been on a mission for the Amer
| ican Theatrical syndicate. He has secured
| the romantic opera "Shamus O'Brien," fol
| the syndicate, and it will be heard in thi:
| country early next season. 1t is now run
ming at the Opera Comique. in London, ant
the company which is singing there, with
| few minor changes, will be brought to thi.
| country. The music of ''Shamus O'Brien'' 1:
! by DR.. Villers Stanford, and the book is BY
George H. Jessup. Edward German will
come to attend the production of the opera
and to conduct its performances
| Manager Lift has recently booked, for ar
| early appearance at the Grand, "The Wick.
low Postman," a comedy-drama, introducing
the singing comedian, Eugene O'Rourke
| This attraction will awaken unusual interest
| because CT the fact that during the action
of the comedy John L. Sullivan, the world
| famous pugilist, will spar with Paddy Ryan.