The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-13
INTERESTING DRAMATIC EVENT AT
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
THIS WEEK.
THREE PLAYS IN ONE EVENING
LOCAL PROFESSIONAL TALENT TO
PRESENT AN EXCELLENT
ENTERTAINMENT.
COL. MAPLEsoN REsUscITATED.
He VIII Once More Shine as Grand
Opera Impressario-Gosstp of
the Stage.

Something DECIDEDLY out of the ordi-
nary will be the event Of the three
comedies to be given at the Grand
Opera house July II, under the direc-
ton of Ben Johnson and Walter Hale,
two popular ST. Paul actors. The af-
fair will be cycle event, the first little
play to be John Hendricks Bangs
farce, "The Bicyclers." and large
majority of the society people who
will attend have signified their inten-
ton of riding to the theater on their
wheels, and, of course. appearing in
the house in bicycle attire. Provision
will be made at the theater for the
accommodation and proper checking
of the wheels, and cycle theater par
ties will be the order of the evening.
This novel departure in st. Paul will
doubtless prove attractive.
1.-The Bicyclers' Is a one-act farce,
rull of all the humorous incidents at
tendant upon the first lesson in the
art of wheeling, and consequently
will be fully appreciated by the ma
majority of the audience. Thaddeus
Perkins, at the earnest urging Of his
friends, buys a wheel, and the open
awaiting the arrival Of two friends
who have promised to give him his
first lesson. Previous to their arrival
comes Edward Bradley, who does not
ride a wheel but whose wife does, and
is at present on her way to the Perkins
home on her bicycle.
When the two friends arrived Brad
ley becomes little worried over the
nonappearance of Mrs. Bradley, but
the men reassure him, and Perkins is
escorted without to take his first lesson.
This proves most interesting, advent
ure and soon his friend Yardsley returns
tc the house bringing with him a large
sized piece Of Perkins shirt and beg
glng for a shawl strap with which to
hold Perkins round the waist as he ex-
plains that 1t was in endeavoring to
hold him on the wheel that the portion
Of garment he has in his hand became
detached. AS he departs the telephone
rings and Mrs. Bradley announces at
the other end to Mrs. Perkins, that
she is in the police station, having been
arrested for riding without a light She
expresses q desire to be bailed out,
which after bit of humorous side play
is done. In the meantime Bradley
himself, becoming imbued with the
idea that for his wifes sake he should
learn to ride, has started off on Perkins
wheel, and being unable to stop the
thing, is making tightening trips round
the block begging his friends franti-
eally each time he passes the house to
rescue him. This they at last do with
a lasso. His wife offers to give up her
wheel If he so desires, but, though he
gently cares for several wounds, he an
nounces that he likes the sport while
it's going on, and when he learns to get
off 1o ,iI,1xe. I,O o6o
however, has had enough and offers
his wheel for sale cheap.
The cast of characters Is as follows: Mr..
Richard Yardsley ian expert, Herschall
NAVAL; Mr.. Jack Barlow (another), Robert
Hale; Mr.. Thaddeus Perkins "a beginner),
Ben Johnson; Mr.. Edward Bradley "a scoffer),
Walter Hale; Mrs. Thaddeus Perkins "a
sistanD. Miss Borup; Mrs. Edward Bradley
ian enthusasD, Miss Hawkins.
Two other comedies will be given,
those to take part in the evenings per-
Torrance being Miss Katherine Everts,
Miss Adah Hawkins, Miss Sophia
Borup, Herschall Mayall, Walter Hale,
John Miller, Robert Hale and Ben
Johnson. Mr.. Johnson's and Mr. Hale's
work is well known as Is that Of Miss
Hawkins and Mr.. Miller. Miss Everts
is a Minneapolis girl who has been
heard in st. Paul recently when she
made great success with her reading
at the Stickney home. Miss Borup has
not been before the public for some
years, but was a favorite in the high
school plays of some years ago.
The two remaining one-act plays
are I'm Honor Bound" an exceptionally
finished and artistic sketch of a senti-
mental type by Sydney Grundy, and a
farce entitled my Turn Next" The
casts are as follows:
I'm HONOR BOUND"
Sir George Carlyon, Q. c., M. P...walter Hale
Philip Graham ............. .Herschall Mayall
Lady Carlyon $500. Miss Katharine Everts
Rose Dalrymple. ........ Miss Adah Hawkins
Scene: The library at Sir George Carlyon's
my TURN NEXT"
Taraxicum Twitters, village apothe-
Tom Trap, commercial traveller Robt. Hale
Tim Bolus. the apothecary's assist
Farm ams Wbcsear from onh. osn Naval
Lydia, Twitter's wife. -. Miss Sophie Borup
Miss Adah Hawkins
Scene: A country apothecarys shop parlor
In his essay on Berlioz (recently
translated into English by w. H
hutchinson Gounod relates how Ber-
lioz was one of the greatest emotional
Influences of his youth:
1 recollect the impression his person
and his work (Which he often rehearsed
in the concert-room Of the Conserva-
toire) produced on me- The moment
Haleyy had corrected my work 1 used
to fly from the classroom and lie low
In some corner of the concert hall, and
there remain Intoxicated by the weird,
passionate, tumultuous strains which
seemed to open new and brilliant
worlds to me. One day, remember
had been listening to a rehearsal of
his Romeo and Juliet" symphony,
then unpublished. and which was
shortly to be given in public for the first
time. I was so struck by the grandeur
and breath Of the great finale Of the
Reconciliation des Montaigns ct Cap
ulets," that when I left the ball nv
memory retained the whole of Friar
LaWrence's splendid phrase "Juroz