The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-18
DRAMATIC.
METROPOLITAN.

The engagement of Primrose and
Dockstader and their big minstrel COM
pany, opens at the Metropolitan opera
house tonight. They will hold She
boards for the next four nights, closing
Sunday evening, with popular price
matinee Saturday afternoon. At SIS to-
night they will make their initial bow
as co-partners of their great American
MINISTRIES and promise a programme Of
many novelties, Respondent stage set
ting, magnificent costumes and a goodly
number of clever artists, whose reputa-
tons in several instances are second, to
none. The entire company dons burnt
cork.
The gowns worn by EIita Proctor Otis
in Sporting Life" which comes to the
Metropolitan next week startled some
of the New York critics. Alan Dale re-
marked in the Journal: 81 don't think
1 exaggerate when [ say that nothing
like Miss Otis series of dresses has been
seen in this city. Every time she came
ON In new gown you said 'Oh-hr as
though you were looking at fireworks
She was explosfvely radiant. Fortunate
ly, she was strangled in Act III. and
death ended her struggles with the dress
maker. If she had been obliged to an
pear in Act ". bankruptcy must surely
have set in. She was strangJed in a
white and silver gown. of purest ray.
Miss Otis, however, was not a slave to
her clothes. She couldn't have died
more realistically If she had worn
print gown wi h bone buttons down the
front"
The coming event of the dramatic sea-
son at the Metropolitan opera house will
be the appearance of Americas greatest
actor, Mr.. Richard Mansfield, In "Cyrano
de Bergerac," Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 20, so and 81 There
will be three aVeniDo parf0rY,oa poac only,
and no matinee will be played.
GRAND.
The True S. James company presented
the romantic drama Don Caesar de
>BaZan' at the Grand last evening to
fairly we'll filled house. The performance
was hardly up to the standard set by the
company in 1.-The Royal Prisoner earlier
in the week, but will probably improve
with time after the major portion of the
caste have familiarzed themselves with
their lines
The play itself is repIete with stirring
and dramatic situations and rich in color
ing. The motif is of course, an amour of
King of Spain, who is lead by a trusted
minister to forget his majesty in order to
forward his suit The penniless, but chiv-
alric Don Caesar is made the scape goat
for the royal slip from virtue and there
are plots and counter plots and flashing
swords before his ma jeSty is finally
brought to remember his majesty and
virtue and loyalty are rewarded
True S. James in the title role was
the redeeming feature of last evenings
presentation. He made an attractive sol
der ef fortune and his Interpretation of
the part was all that could be desired.
Miss Rainsford Griffith. as Mariana the
object of the royal passion, had a difficult
role and made the most of 1t. Miss Marie
Moore made very acceptable I4azarillo
and Edwin Felix rendered capable sup
port as Don Jose, the Mephistopheles of
the plot. The others of the caste did less
creditably.
The animatograph pictures were we'll
received and received rather more than
their share of the applause.
don Caesar de Bazan" will be at the
Grand for the balance of the week and
Saturday matinee.