The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
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The opening week of the regular the
atrlcal season was not auspiciOus The
weather had something to do with 1t,
the attractions offered the public, much.
Wllbur's Offering OF comic opera drew
we'll enough, considering the weather,
but people want something more than
chorus in comic opera, and this Mr.
Wilbur unfortunately could not Of
fer, through the serious illness Of his
prima donna, Marion Manola. That
Miss Richardson so acceptably took
the roles assigned Miss Manola is
greatly to her credit, yet she is not a
prima. The rest of the principals were
naturally at fault in the loss Of the
leading female voice. One gets tired
Of Mr.. Comfy and his threadbare voice,
and Mr.. kohnle cannot be funny al
ways. So the week was not satisfacto-
ry, so far as comic opera was con-
cerned. This should all be changed
this week, with Miss ManoIa at the
head of the company, and some good
work may be looked for.
AS for the attraction at the Grand,
it was almost wholly bad. ''FInne-
cams BALI is one OF the things the
theater-gOer may have to tolerate on
the stage, but he does not have to pay
to see it. That he did not last week
is much to his credit. The house will
redeem itself at once, however, for
Murray and Mack, the worst, are sue
ceeded tonight by Mathews and Bulger.
probably the best people entour in
farce comedy.
The Wilbur opera company in the
funniest comic operas ever produced in
this country, under the title of THE
Circus Clown" will be the fair week at
traction at the Metropolitan opera
house, commencing tonight. Marion
ManOla, the prima donna, who has been
Sick in st. Joseph's hospital for the
past week. has recovered and will APP
pear in the role of prince Raphael"
The story of THE Circus Clown" Is
brimfull of comedy.
The opening scene represents a viii
lage square, with a jugger's booth and
a lottery office in view, and introduces
CabriOlo, the proprietor Of the show,
his two daughters, Regina and Zanetta,
and his assistants, TremOlini and
PaOla. The show business proves tenn
pCrarily unremuneratiVe on account Of
the greater attraction of the lottery, in
which the principal prize Is a baronial
castle and it's estates. Prince Rapha el
and Sparadrap, his tutor, appear, and
the former enters the juggler's booth,
leaving Sparadrap in conversation with
Paola. The prince becomes infatuated
supposes, but which in reality is Zaner-
ia, the shOWmar's daughter, who has
taken the ulace of the genuine wax
figure which has been injured. The
jugGlers find in their receipts Of the
day a lottery ticket which draws the
grand prize, the palatial chateau,
and, overjoyed at their good fortune
depart for the castle. During this act
W. II. KohnIe, "The Circus Clown"
Will make his wonderful balloon as
cension" and thrilling parachute drop
from the clouds, a positive stage novel
ty and entirely original. Dainty little
Anna Laue him, as Regina, will be seen
in a novel aerial act, and numerous
entertaining and amusing specialties
will be introduced.
In the second act the mountebanks
are discovered dining on the terrace of
their new baronial possession, and are
interrupted by a party of hunters led
by Prince CaSimir, father Of Raphael;
the latter is in the retinue, and is over
joyed at again beholding Zanetta-this
time no statue, but living, breathing,
as lively as himself. They fall in love
with one another at first sight; Rap
hazel to gain his fathers consent,
adopts the expedient Of running wax
works show on his own account. De-
scribing Zanetta as the gem Of a col
lection of wax figures owned by
Baron Cabriolo, he goes into such
raptures as to induce his father to pur-
chase the entire collection and to ap-
point the eX-juggler superintendent of
his museum. In the second act one Of
the features will be a cake walk, IN
which all the varieties Of up-to-date
cake walking will figure. the dude walk
the peacock strut, the Broadway sweep,
the Boston stop and. other innovations
in the latest great American fad
The scene of the third act is a salon
in Prince Caslmtr's castle; Raphael en-
ployes Subterfuge to excuse himself
from the hunt, that he may instead en-
joy a supper with his Zanetta and her
friends. The "Tooth-ache" song in this
scene is one of the gems OF the opera.
Prince Casimir departs, but quickly re-
turns and discovers Raphael and the
jugglers In the midst Of a grand 1ollif-
cation In the end Raphael rs finally
forgiven and his father consents to his
union with Zanetta and all finishes
happily. Following is the cast for "The
Circus Clown"
Prince Casimir E. -. -. .... Gus Vaughan
Cabrioo, leader of troop Of Jug,
ThemoIini, the circus clown :. w II. Kohnie
sparaderopf, tutor to Prince Raphael
Numberali. lottery agent ~. q. Comfy
Patriocius, a policeman ...... Chas. Hoskins
Uncle RUDE
Al Lamar
81 Perkins
The inquisitive dude ..... -. Harry Lane
Big Steve :. -. 49, george Williams
Prince Raphael, son OF Casimir-
Marion Manola
Anetta =. ....,............H Hattie Richardson
Daughters Of Gabrielle.
F Pssna female ,ussier A Lille 1A Tsglor
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REM Farrell
Annie Moore.
Ethel Robinson,
Hilda Warren.
Manager LIFTS fair week attraction
would be hard to excel. Mathews