The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07

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had the advantage of seeing it played
during his recent visit to the German
capital the farce has been named
"a Distinguished Guest and Mr.. Reed
will have one Of those eccentric roles
that he has made peculiarly his own.
Later in the season, Mr.. Reed will pre-
sent new comedy from the pen of
Madeleine Lucette Ryley, which is now
receiving it's finishing touches in Lon
don. during the sojourn of that lady
in the metropolis. Mr.. Reeds tour will
cover all of the principal cities of the
country, and in the spring of 1899 he
will play a short season on the Pacific
coast CHS first in three years., where
he will present, in conjunction with his
two new plays, George H. Broadhurst's
comedy, 1.-THE Wrong Mr.. Wright"
Miss isadore Rush will remain Mr.
Reeds leading support.
The regular season at the Metropoli-
tan opera house opens Monday, Aug.
%. The ever-popular Wilbur Opera COM
pany will be the opening attraction.
The announcement of the Wilburs en-
gagement will be received with pleas
ure by their many friends in this city,
as they have been identified with the
most successful operate seasons in the
theatrical history of St. Paul.
The Wilburs have made a number
of changes in their repertoire this sea-
son, notably in the revival of some Of
those old favorite operas which forty
years ago made the blood Of our par
ents tingle in their veins when they
were first brought to this country
Manager Wilbur has revived the old OPP
eras on a lavish SCALE and everything
about the productions will be histori-
cally correct. He will, however, not
neglect the famous comic operas which
have become indissolubly connected
connected with the name of Wilbur,
and the repertoire will include the best
Of these.
The living pictures, which are put on
at the close of every opera, are better
this season than ever before. Manager
Wilbur has added to his already ex-
tensive plant an apparatus which will
make the views appear more realistic
and natural than ever before, and
which is calculated to produce some
novel and startling effects. A number
of new subjects have been provided
for the pictures, which, together with
the best Of the old, make up an ensen-
BILE that cannot be equaled on the
American continent. Fully twenty pic
lures will be shown at the close of
each and every performance.
The old favorite Wilbur marches have
also been revived, and will be present
ed during the week on a more elabo-
rate scale than ever, with new and
brilliant costumes which, under the
glare Of myriad lights, present daz-
zling spectacle, not soon to be eradi-
Gated from the mind.
All the old favorites have been re-
tanned in the cast this season, headed
by Marion Manola, Ethel Robinson,
Hattie Richardson, Lille Taylor, J. E.
Comfy, w. H. Kohnle, Gus Vaughn,
Emmett Drew, AL Lamar, Maud Daniel,
manager, and a chorus of thlrty-hve
people.
The following advertisement for a gifted
German musician appeared not long ago In
the Musicker Zeitung: ''Waned, immediate
ly. good first violin, bass, tute, trombone
and side drum. Permanent post; Only good,
moral young musician need apply. J. Ouch
scherer, Exmouth, Devon, England"
The London Era says that Miss Olga Ne;h-
ersole has now practically recovered from ths
effects Of the shock to her spine caused b.
the colliding at Herne Hill of the carriage
in which she was travelling to London from
Folkestone on May u last with the next car
rage, after the swapping Of a coupling pin.
She is at present recruiting her health on the
Norfolk coast. Miss Nethesole has bsen met
in a very generous spirit by the London.
Chatham & Dover Railway company In the
matter of compensation.
George Grossmith and Weldon Grossmith
are going to appear together In q farecal com
edy, written by Harold Ellis and Paul A.
Rubens, called Young Mr.. Yarde.'' The
scene is laid In Paris. There Is a comic
duel in the last act, and the fun Of the licce
will be obtained from the close resemblance
between two of the personaSes-one OF row.
dy' and the other OF respectable character.
Alice Nelson has just arrived In San Fran
cisco from Japan, where she spent her vaca-
ton. and wired Manager Frank L. Perley
that she will start at once for New York
to begin rehearsals for her new opera THE
Fortune Teller written by Harry B.. Smith
and music by Victor Herbert. Richard Geld
an who is to be one Of the comedians of me
company, arrived last week from Lond H.
When he read the libretto he said that the
bool, of the new opera was, without exception,
the greatest lbretto he had ever read"
"Dick'' Golden has written several plays
himself and is considered one Of the leading
comic opera comedians of this country. Hi,
Judgment may be regarded as that of critic.
The London Daily News declares tia. THE
star Spangled Banner" is said to be idaVtc1l
with the melody of "Anacreon in H.ayen,"
written by John Stafford Smith. org nit of