The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-30
AT THE THEATERs.

The love of man for man, SURPRISING the
love of man for woman, is the lesson OF
"Sweet Lavender" Pinero's beautiful play
which was presented at the Grand last even
ing by the Neill stock company. The play has
been seen in st. Paul several times before.
but never has it been seen to such good ad
vantage. Mr.. Neill has well cast the play, as
he always does, and it fits the capabilities Of
his company as we'll as anything which has
been done here by the company.
The story of the play Is brief. Clement
Hale Charles Wyngate) is young English
barrister who has taken rooms in the Temple
with Dick Phenyl q. B. Everham), an elderly
barrster with a great love for liquor. The
rooms Of the two barristers are taken care
Of by Mrs. Rolf angela Dolores) and her
daughter Lavender (Grayce Scott. Clement
proceeds to shock his aunt, Mrs. Gilfllian
agnes Maynard), by promptly falling in love
with Lavender. Clements guardian. Godfrey
Wedderburn Herschel MayalD, and his sister,
Mrs. Gilfllian have long planned to have
Clement marry Minnie (Edythe Chapman.
Mrs. Gilfllian's daughter. The play runs
through three acts in which the love of the
young couple runs anything but smoothly,
and finally ends in the consent of all parties
to their marriage, Mr.. Wedderburn discover
ing that Lavender is in truth his daughter
and all being happy over the betrothment of
b
young American.
throughout the play breathes the air of
honesty of purpose and shows the insight into
human nature which has made the plays
which Pinero has written so popular. The
lines are bright and keen and contain much
true pathos we'll as humor.
MI. Everham is seen to better advantage
in the character of Dick than he has been
seen before in st. Paul His humor is spon-
taneous, his purely laughable scenes are car
ried off with an JUNCTION that caused hearty
applause. His serious scenes are no less we'll
done and taken all together his performance
of the difficult role is as good a piece as has
been seen on the st. Paul stage for many
day.
Charles Wyngate as Clement Hale is sat-
isfactory actor. His impersonation of the
young love-sick barrster is exceedingly clev-
er. He is a manly convincing actor and
quite won the approval Of tie entire audience.
James Neil made breezy American and
contributed much to the humor of the per-
formance 1t is seldom that Mr.. Neille as
sumes such role and his success in 1t is
pleasant to record. MIR. Mayall as Mr. We'd
derburn had but small unthankful part
but sustained it with the grace which
is a characteristic of his acting at all times.
Miss Grayce Scott as Lavender was a pic
ture that would cause even harder hearted
men than the young barrister to fall in love
with her. She is an exceedingly pretty
young woman and last evening she looked
prettier than ever. She acted the character
of the innocent little maiden with ease and
grace and will be a firm friend of St. Paul
theater-goers for all time to come
Miss Dolores carried off a difficult part in
clever manner and Miss Maynard was
exceedingly good in the role of Mrs. Gilfl-
liam.
Miss Chaprnans forte is without question
light comedy and she appeared to better ad-
vantage last evening than at any time since
the company has been in St. Paul
The same bill tonight and tomorrow night,