The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-24
Dramatic.

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The extreme hot weather of the past
week naturally made itself felt ma
terially in the attendance at the Grand,
but considering the heat the attend
ance was extremely large, and indicat-
ed the fact that the Mckee Rankin
company has made a most Favorable
impression with the theater-going pub
lie. Especially is it true with the la
dies, for the matinee audiences have
been large and fashionable. The pro-
auctions the past week. while heav-
Ter than Is usually attempted by a
stock company during the summer sea-
son, demonstrated the fact that the
RANKIN company can be relied upon
to satisfactorily present the most diff
ncuIt productions. AS Nancy Sykes,
Miss Nance ONeil gained a greater
public current in her favor and added
much to her laurels. For young act
ress who has not yet passed her fifth
year in her stage career Miss ONeil
most certainly exhibits phenomenal
talent. Not only for her originality
and conception, but for strength and
intensity, two elements in which she
challenges almost any actress on the
boards today. Her performance of
Camille" was an exceptionally good
one. She departed considerably from
the traditional, and her performance of
the role was given much praise.
For the coming week two more strong
bills of the Rankin repertoire will De
given. The first half of the week the
organization will make its initial APP
pearance in comedy. The comedy Sc
lected for the occasion is The Arabian
Nights a play entirely new to local
theatergoers The plot of the story is
founded on the incidents that surround
the career of a young married man,
WHO has a very Objectionable case of
mother-in-law. His wife is absent from
the city, and, spending an evening at
home, he becomes interested in read
ing The Arabian Nights" One story
particularly interests him and leads to
his following the example of a char
acter in the story by Disgusting him
self ard taking a walk in the vicinity
of he park. During his meandering
ne accidentally meets a lady and after
pleasant visit with her. returns home
thinking his identity undiscovered, but
unfortunately he has left behind him
his pocket handkerchief containing his
full name and address, a wise precau.
ton taken by his mother-in-law. The
married man discovers the loss of the
handkerchief and is consequently wor.
ried and has cause to be for his mid
night friend gives him call, and turns
out TO be no other than the gutta
percha girl, the queen of the aerial
wire. Between the arrival of a cousin
whom he expects, the return home OF
his wife and the coming of the gutta
percha girl, considerable excitement is
stirred up, and no end of complications
arise. The fun is carried through three
acts, with the usual comedy denou-
ment in which everything is frightened
and all ends peacefully.
As the Gutta Percha girl Miss Nance
ONeill is given a role that makes but
small demands upon her artistic ability
but being thorough 'anG versatile ar
list. she assumes tn roe intelligently,
and gives clean-cut performance of
the part. All the other members of the
company are said to find congenial
ch2ract CREATIONS.
For the last half of the week, Leah.
the Forsaken,' will be the attra ction-
This Will be the last week but one of
the Mckee Rankin company's stay in
this city.
Ada Dow Currier, who will be re-
me-nbered as being identified with the
earlier career of Julia Marlowe, and
who is accredited with having develop
ed the budding talent of that young
woman, Will put on the outdoor pcoduc-
ton of AS You Like It," that is to he
given during four days of the first we1k
in August at Camp Ram-ey. The pro-
the Lad es Of the G. A. R and arran ge-
ments are being made to give the piece
magnificent rendition. Mrs. Currier,
of late years, has been identified with
the management Of Jane Coombs, but
last year discovered a young woman
Whom she believes to be the peer Of
Marlowe in natural talent in Jane
Waldorf, and the young actress will be
the Rosalind of the Camp Ramsey pro-
cuctlon. The ladies having the benefit
in charge aimed to get an attraction
that would be unique, and they accept
ed the proposition of Mrs. Currier The
performance will be given in the grove,
just below the camp at the fair
grounds. natural stage will be made
OF dense sh,ubhery, with lanes and the
usual scenic surroundings, all natural.
TIE space occupied will be enclosed all
about with thick shrubbery and raised
seats Will be erected for the spectators.
There Will be four productions, Aug 3,
4, and g.
Miss Mary TincIberman, who was last
seen in st. Paul in the support of the
late Thomas w. Keene, contemplates
starring venture of her own. Miss
Timberrnan has many of the attributes
or a great legitimate actress and her
career is bound to be followed with
interest. Keene thought highly of her
and was quoted a few weeks before his
N6atn as saying: Miss Iimberman Is
a true artistic. She is one of the best
leading ladies playing heavy parts in
the country. She is one of the best
dressers- on the Ann rican stage and al
ways pays particular attention to the
X correctness Of her costumes. She is
Thoroughly reliable and conscientious
he brings intelligence and honesty to
hSr work, and is a, womanly woman all
the time
In placing themselves at the head Of
a theatrical organization of their own
Herbert Kelley ard Miss Effie Shannon
have distinguished themselves, espec-
cfaIly in getting together a company
Which in point Of ability, experience
ard harmony should compare favorably
with the best permanent stock com
panieS in this country. They have
shown fine artistic taste and good
business sense in not endeavoring to
shine alone through the value of their
own well earned regulations That
they have succeeded admira bly is
shown by the splendid Endorsement
which they received last season and
by the emphatic praise which the com
pany obtained during its recent sue
cessful appearance at the Lyceum
theater, New York, In Clyde Fitch's
society drama, The Moth and the
Flame" where the orga nization was
measured to its advantage by the
standard of the leading stock COM
par s of the metropolis. The company
that will tour the country this sea son