The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
gives this prospectus of the coming theatre

gives this prospectus of the coming tbeatri.
cal season.
Mr.. Charles Frohman's dramatic menu
card Is headed with Secret Service" and
go MgGh Johnson" at the Empire theater.'
with William Gillette as central figure Thers
is much doubt expressed however ae ~
Whether Mr.. Gillette will be able to take thu
part SO soon, owing to his Ill health. If the
oinIsdeeneht Is Cancelled, the Empire will in
an probability remain closed until the time
SET apart for the annual coming of John
prev, who will appear in Henry Arthur
Jones, comedy, The Liars" This work has
enjoyed long period of extraordinary poDu
LAZY IA London, at the Criterion theater.
where Charles Wyndham played the role Thai
Is 70 De performed here by Mr.. Drew. It fs
H HHlu 70 pe ny Iar the most caustc and bril-!
t tI Work that has yet come from the ex-
TIemeiy sharp and penetrating point of Mr..
JONES' Den. F VI Ms
"A Brace Of Partridges," an imported NAV
executed by imported players, will omen IN
season next Thursday at the Madison S0uaro
tbneadter. Which came into Mr.. Frohman's
hahds early IN the summer. The niece is +ba
work of Richard Ganthony. It details tbe
adventures OF two distantly related voun9
Inen by the name OF Partridge one of whom
aSs propensity for getting into trouble the
enects OF winch fall with distressing regr-
Iarlty upon the other Partridge, whose re-.
semblance to him extends beyond the range
OF nomenclature into that Of personal an
pearance. "A Brace Of Partridges'' will ba
allowed to run on at the Madison Square 40
long as the receipts justify its retention. when
IL VIII be sent to other cities and its DIace
WIN be taken by one of the numerous come.
0ieS IN Mr. Frohmaa's strong box.
Richard Mansfield, in "Cyrahode Bergeras."
VIII VIII be one Of the early attractions at the
Richardson says, has enjoyed almost IN.
precedented success at the Port Saint Martin
theater; Paris, with NJ. Coquelin in its cen
b tl%t roie. After Mr.. Mansfield, and possibly
m will he
other stars in the stage armament, and pos
slpiy by an original production from Mr..
Frohman's store.
=, The Garrick theater under the same direc-
ton' will have for its opening programme
MI H9ytg latest musical farce, which Is
caaeG "A pay and Night and which was
presented for few weeks in the late spring
OUTSIDE New York. in order that the author
might place the finishing touches upon it.
AT the knickerbocker theater, which Is
urected by Mr. Frohman and Mr. Al Hay
man the season will open with De Wolf
Hopper and his opera company in 1.-The Char.
Iatan' the words Of which are by Charles
hleln while the score has been composed by
John Philip Sousa. Following Mr. Homer
there will be Nathaniel c. Goodwin in CLYDE
fitch's stirring American drama Nathan
Hale which was experimentally played sew
eral months ago by Mr.. Goodwin and his
company at Hooley's theater in Chicago The
drama and the method of its presentment
made profound sensation at that time and
tropolis is finally permitted to look upon 1t.
The Casino will run Yankee Doodle
Dandy its summer attraction, far into the
regular season. The play" says the writer
is as flip piece of nonsense as the Casino
walls have served in a long time to environ.
Among Its exceptionally clever players are
Madge Leasing, Edna Wallace Hopper, Walter
Jones, Richard earle, Julius Steger, Eugene
o'Rourke, and several more.
Tba
ciusively to comic opera, if the present views
OF the management are carried out. The first
attraction will be Francis Wilson in the
Little Corporal" which will run for eight
weeks, beginning Sept. 10. In the event OF
unusual success four weeks will be added to
the engagement. Jefferson de Angels, under
the management of Benjamin D. Stevens, will
Days theater will begin with either The
Greek Slave or The Runaway Girl" which
peny, with Miss Rehan at its head, present
ing at least one Shakespearean revival
hitherto untried at this house. and supple
menting this representation with present
ments Of several French and German come
dies purchased for use in this country by
MIR. Daily. The two musical pieces 70 which
wardes' latest London ventures, one of them
brought out at the Galety theater and the
other at the English playhouse which bears
Mr. Days name. Both are very costly In
true of THE Greek Slave" which is said
to have required q greater outlay than any
similarly expended In recent times
Messrs. William A. Brady and Florenz
Ziegfeld Jr. will start in Upon their sec
ond season as managers of the Manhattan
theater on Sept. 8 with an adaptation of a
french farce which, in its English guise, Is
Gale The Turtle" Miss Sadie Martinez
has been chosen to interpret the principal
female character, and she will have the as
sistance Of thoroughly capable associates Sue
G G1sI n this engsgement James J; Corbett
port in a comedy from the pen of Henry
Guy Carleton. Mr.. Corbett gained real
recognition as an actor in this work through
winter, and his metropolitan appearance was
deferred solely in order that he might thor
ough!y perfect himself In the nicer details
Of his new occupation. The evolution OF Mr.
Corbett from the pugilistic arena to the stage
has been an interesting thing to observe
and moreover, it has been creditably accom-
plished.
1.-THE French Maid" will be revived as the
first .profer Of the theatrical year at the
Herald. Square theater. 1t will be seen
early in September and viii be retained
until Oct. 8. when '|The Hotel Topsy-Turvy'S
will be brought to the attention of the
travaganza culled from the French language
It was played for two seasons in the orig
i Ina tongue at the Folies DramatiGues il
i may run through the winter in New
York.
The Fifth Avenue theater will open its
doors with a renewed production OF THE
Royal Box, with Charles Coghlan, Harold
Russell, Alexander Kearney, Katherine
Grey, Lolita Linthicum, Gertrude Coghlan and
others in the principal roles. At Wallack's
theater the principal attractions thus far
The American theater viii again be ooou-
pied by the Caste Square Opera company
whose repertoire Will be considerably moro
ambitious than that of last season. At the
Fourteenth Street theater, as early as Aug.
%, the curtain rolled up, disclosing a new
upon the unhappy career Of Capt Dreytus.
and Henry V. Donnelly's stock company will
make weekly revivals at the Murray Hin
theater.