The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-05
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

DR.. Watson's lecture at the Metropoii-
tan opera house this afternoon will be
an occasion of pleasure to his many
friends. admirers and readers in this city;
the author of Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" will receive hearty welcome. The
subject of his lecture Is 1.-THE Heroism Of
the Scot" in three parts, or chapters
VIZ: (a) "A Lad O. PARTS; CD For Con-
sciences Sake;' (c) "Dr. Mcclure"
The second performance of the Kirmess
Will be given at the Metropolitan tonight:
the programme to be presented is entire
iy different from that of last evening,
and in fact, will be a continuation Of
that performance. The Thursday pro-
gramme will be repeated tomorrow after
noon. and tonight's programme will be
repeated tomorrow evening.
Nine. Teresa Carreno, the famous pian-
lste. gives a recital at the Metropolitan
next Friday afternoon.
An engagement which has been looked
forward to with some considerable IN
terest is the appearance in this city next
tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the
Metropolitan opera house of that much
discussed French farce, "The Turtle"
Regarding the merits of the piece too
high praise cannot be bestowed. It Is
fantastic and furiously funny French
farcical frivolity. depicted by comedy
company of distinction. 1.-THE Turtle"
with unusual success. The cast includes
many persons of prominence In the the
atrfcat world. among whom many be men
TONED isabelle Evesson, Signor Perugini,
George Holland, Ada Deaves, Jennie
Reiffarth and Hudson Liston
The two great plays of the century
are "Cyrano de Bergerac," as presented
by Mr. Richard Mansfield. and Henrik
1bsen's "A Dolls House." as presented
by Miss Clara Thropp, who is to appear
In this city at the Metropolitan Sunday
and Monday evenings. Both plays have
been more widely discussed, both III
Europe and America, than any that have
been produced in many years. and the
announcement of their presentation by
either OF the above artists Immediately
causes great demand for tickets
Miss Thropp appeared in London at tho
Duke of York's as Nora in "a Dolls
House" over 300 times before visiting
America.
No sooner, however, does great artist
like Mr.. Mansfield or Miss Thropp, by
means Of their striking individuality,
make a great success of a powerful play
than dozens of people spring I'D to claim
the authorship of such dramatic compo-
s1t1ons 1t Is now claimed that "Cyrano
de Bergerac," who lived from 1919 to 1886,
plagiarized "Cymbeline," Hamlet" and
The Merchant of Venice" In his "Agrip-
pa, and the public is also told that Ros-
tand plagiarized 1.-THE Merchant Prince of
Bonneville" in his "Cyrano" Some one
has now but recently discovered that that
master dramatist, Ibsen, had a prede-
cessor In his theme of Nora in his won
derful play, IA Dolls House," and that
Ibsen copied some of the latter drama
from a play called THE Actress" that
was performed in Stockholm in 1872. Dra.-
matists like Shakespeare. Isben and Sar-
dou. however, seem to hold their reputa-
tons, Notwithstanding the periodical
claims of pretenders or so-called Bacon
ian" theories
GRAND
TOO Much Money" with It's laughable
scenes, situations and climaxes, will be
seen for only three more performances at
the Grand opera house, and will conclude
Its stay tomorrow night. There Is
much to enjoy in the sldt, its scenes and
dialogue being particularly humorous.
Inc peculiar belief of the Dunkard sect
1s made the basis for deal Of fun. The
producing company is extremely capable.
MI Francis Jones. in the leading role. de.
serves special mention for his charactert
cation.
Next week the Grand will be dark. ow-
Ing to the inability Of Mr. Lift to secure
capable attraction.