The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04

cal season:
Mr.. Charles Frohman's dramatic menu
10 4s Heaueu WIN secret Service" and
Too Much Johnson" at the Ennfre tbaater
with William Gillette as central feure STbor5
IS much doubt expressed however az ~
Whether Mr.. Gillette will be able to take the
part so soon, owing to his i'll health. If the
engagement is Cancelled, the Empire viii IN
all probability remain closed until the - tin IA
SET apart for the annual coming of John
ILrew, who viii appear in Henry Arthur
zones comedy THE Liars" This work has
enjoyed long. period Of extraordinary popu-
AZ ~ London, at the Criterion theater
where CHARLES Wyndham played the role +bat
Is 70 De performed here by Mr. Drew. II ia
liant work that has yet come from the ey-
TII oy sharp and penetrating point of Mr..
"A Brace of Partridges" an irnnor+ed ,1..
executed by imported players will open IN
season next Thursday at the Madison S0uere
b fqgaIeT .. which ,1 came into Mr. Frohmans
WORK OF Richard Ganthony. It details the
adventures of two distantly related Young
men men by the name of Partridge. one of whom
nas propensity for getting into trouble the
eHects OF which fall with DISTRESSING raSI,1
laflty upon the other Partridge. whose re-
semblanee to him extends beyond the range
vi nomenclature into that Of personal aD-
pearance; "A Brace Of Partrtdges" will be
allowed to run on at the Madison SQUARE az
long as the receipts justify its retention when
II VIII be sent to other cities and its place
VIII be taken by one of the numerous come.
dies in Mr. Frohman's strong box
Richard Mansfield, in "Cyrahode Bergeras "
Garden theater. This poetic tragedy, Mr.
Richardson says, has enjoyed almost un-
Rreceoehted success at the Port Saint Martin
tnef Parls, with NJ: Coquelin in its cen.
tral role After Mr.. Mansfield, and possibly
before him, the time will be occupied by
other stars IN the stage armament, and pos
slbly by an original production from Mr,
!, The GaTrick theater, under the same direc-
ten' Will have for its opening programme
called "A Day and q Night" and which was
presented for q few weeks in the late spring
OUTSIDE New York. in order that the author
hlIght place the finishing touches upon it,
AT the hnickerbocker theater, which Ia
directed by MIR. Frohman and MIR. Al Hay
man, the season will open with De Wolf
Hopper and his opera company in The Char
latan," the words Of which are by Charles
hleln, while the score has been composed by
John Philip Sousa. Following Mr.. HOPPER
there will be Nathaniel c. Goodwin in CLYDE
fltch'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
much is expected of the work when the me-
tropoAs IS finally permitted to look upon it.
The Casino will run Yankee Doodle
Dandy" its summer attraction far into the
regular season. The play" says the writer,
lis 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
ORourke and several more.
The Broadway theater will be devoted ex-
clusively to comic opera, If the present views
Of the management are carried out. The hrst
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
follow Wilson.
Days theater will begin with either The
Greek Slave or THE Runaway Girl" which
will be followed by me regular DAILY COM
pany, with Miss Rehan at its head present
ing at least one Shakespearean revival
mentiDg this representation with present.
ments Of several French and German come
dies purchased for use in this country by
Mr.. DAILY. The two musical pieces 10 which
reference has been made are George Ed
wardes' latest London ventures. one of them
brought out at the Gaiety theater, and the
other at the English playhouse which bears
Mr.. Days name. Both are very costly in
the matter of equipment, This is especially
true of The Greek Slave" which is said
similarly expended II. recent times.
Messrs William A. Brady and Florenz
ond season as managers of the Manhattan
thoater on Sept 8 with an adaptation OF
FRENCH far. farce which, in its English gGse, Is
has been chosen to interpret the principal
female character and she will have the as
sistance of thoroughly capable associates. Sue
ceeding this engagement James ]. Corbett
will be enabled to arpeal for Broadway sup
port in comedy from the pen Of Henry
Guy Carleton. Mr.. Corbett gained real
the Western part of the United States last
wim;er and his metropolitan appearance was
deferred solely in order that he might thor
Of his new occupation. The evolution of Mr.
Corbett from the pugilistc arena to the stage
mas been an interesting thing to observe,
ana; moreover, 1t has been credftably accom-
plished
er.i The cra EFench Maid" will be revived as the
Herald Square theater 1t will be seen
early in September, and will be retainod
until unit Oct. 8. when The Hotel Topsy-Turvy"
theater's patrons. This is musical ex-
IItayaganZa culled from the French language.
It was played for. two seasons in the orig
Paris and the expectation Is encouraged thai
It may run through the winter in New
The Fifth Avenue theater will open It's
doors with a renewed production OF THE
Royal Box" with Charles Coghlan Harold
Russell, Alexander Kearney Katherine
Grey Lolita Linthicum, Gertrude Coghian and
others in the principal roles At WaIlack's
theater the principal attractions thus far
booked are Julia Arthur and Olga Nethersole
The American theater VIII again be occu-
pied by the Castle Square Opera company.
whose repertoire will be considerably more
ambitious than that of last season. At ths
Fourteenth Street theater, as early as Aug
20, the curtain rolled up, disclosing a new
melodrama called Devils Island" based
upon the unhappy career Of Capt. Dreyfus
and Henry v. Donnelly's stock company viii
make weekly revivels at the Murray Hin
theater.
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