The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

The Giffen-Neill Stock company
will play a return engagement at the
metropolitan opera house beginning sun
day, Aug. l, presenting a new play en-
titled ''The Idler," by J. Haddon Cham
bers, author of Captain Swift" James
Neill and Miss Edith Chapman, who
has not been seen with the Giffen-
Neill company in this city, appear in
leading roles in "The Idler."
The announcement of the return Of
this organization will be received with
pleasure by the theatergoers of this
city. The company should be greeted
by crowded houses. AS whole, it is
acknowledged to be the strongest stock
company ever seen in the Northwest.
The individual members have won
scores of friends and admirers who will
be glad of another opportunity of tes-
tifying to their appreciation of the
clever work of this admirable organiza-
ton.
The sale of seats for the return en-
gagement opens at the box office of
the Metropolitan next Thursday morn
ing, the regular summer scale of prices
prevailing. -t.t -.. ...ts... ..
Mr. Barrie's delightful story 'The
Little Minister has been dramatized,
| and will be produced in London the
coming season.
Three of the most notable dramatic
attractions that New York has known
for many years will be ION the road"
during the coming season. AS the sea-
son is very close at hand it will not
be amiss to say a word about this
trio of triumphS, every one of which
created a positive sensation in the
metropolis last winter.
First and most important of all be-
| cause it is the first dramatic work
evolved and put into shape under the
stars and stripes and woven of entirely
American material, to say nothing of
its performances by an all-American
cast, that has made an out-and-out
London success, winning the indorse-
ment of royalty, and the approval of
the English critics and attracting the
public in a manner that no play pro-
duced in London in a decade has at
tracted them, is Secret Service'-the
drama written by William Gillette
! around the siege of Richmond This
war play, which packed the Garrick
theater in New York city for over
| seven months and crowded the Boston
museum to the doors for three months
and which is now the dramatic SELL
sation of London, is to remain in the
English capital for probably another
twelve months. 1t has moved from the
Adelphi to the Comedy theater where
it has been arranged that it shall stay
until it's popularity begins to wane,
which will not be, it is said for a
whole season. Mr.. Gillette and his
New York company, however, will not
remain at the Comedy theater all that
time; an English company is now re-
hearSing Secret Service" and when
it is time for Mr.. Gillette and his as
sociateS to return to America to fill
their dates here, the English organ
ization will go on with the piece.
Charles Frohman will open the Ameri-
can tour of the original Secret Ser
vice" company with a three weeks
presentation of the war play at the
Empire, beginning Sept. 1. After that
the principal cities will be visited and
their theater- goers will be given OPP
pOrtunity to see the best American
play yet produced.
The second of last seasons New York
triumphs is Under the Red Robe"
which had more than $50 performances
at the Empire and ran there from
Christmas to July 4, breaking the
record not only in the matter of ignor-
ing the old-time policy of withdrawing
dramatic attractions between the mid
die of May and June l. but showing
succession of tremendously large
weekly receipts that the great sue
cesses" of, say, five years ago, would
be astounded at. Charles Frohman
has given out the statement that his
profits from this piece exceeded 100000.
The drama was made by Edward Rose
who also dramatized THE Prisoner of
Zenda" from Stanley Weymans semi
historical romance, "Under the Red
Robe" and there are dashing, swagger-
ing and fighting cavaliers and ladies
fair with sweetly sympathetic hearts
in it, to say nothing of heart incidents
and sentimental atmosphere and love