The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-16
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

If Lady Love would lose the race
Sporting Life" would become q most
dismal tragedy. The effect OF such
revulsion III the aggregate mind of
sympathetic audience can hardly be
oVer-eStimated. A stout-hearted, young,
handsome fellow, even though he be a
member of the aristocracy, who does the
best he can under most depressing cir
cumstances, will invariably win with any
audience, be 1t In England or the United
States. 1t Is popular sentiment that
Lord Woodstock should be given run
for his money. He plays in hard luck
all through the list of sensational Incl
dents that contribute to Sporting Life"
And when he runs in and claims the
race and the rewards of the momentous
event, wife and a fortune, the climax
Is fittinglY appropriate.
A large audience greeted the opening
Of Sporting Life at the Metropolitan
last night The mammoth production
was here last season, and practically the
same company Is with 1t today. Evil
IDENTIFY 1t has lost none of It's popularity
When the unfortunate Philip Cavanaugh,
having strangled a woman, announces
that he has rid the earth of fiend," a
shrill voice from the gallery requested
him to do it again. A touching trib-
ute to the talent of Elita Proctor Otis,
who played Olive De Carteret
The story of the play is now familiar
to all ST. Paul theatergoers. 1t may be
said that Sporting Life" carries triple
plot. 1t is not alone with the financial
troubles of young Lord Woodstock that
the plot concerns itself. There are side
ights-and shadows. The most pathetic
incident Is the tangled love story of Joe
Lee and Kitty Cavanaugh Passion,
jealousy and murder are portrayed at the
hands of Philip Cavanaugh and the wick
ed olive. Yet the central thought is all
sport the spice of the race track and the
strenuous episode of the ring side among
the pugilists. There is a wealth of race
horses, jockeys, touters, bookmakers,
Welchers and crooks, male and female
the f1otsam and jetsam of the sea of
London life.
The stage settings of Sporting Life"
are magnificent. There are five acts, in
Guiding sixteen scenes. 1t is noticeable
that the play moves much smoother than
1t did when here last season. 1t Is diff
cult to justly estimate the quality of the
acting 1t Is one Of those plays in which
more than in others, acting can be more
easily subordinated to sensationalism
and the garish glare of electrical effects
In other words, Sporting Life Is a pom
derous entertainment attractive from it's
bigness, and one in which delicate pas
sages of acting might be entirely over
looked in the hurly-burly Of the decidedly
sporty element that prevails In every
scene.
The action of the strangling scene in
the room in Hotel Cecil Act ILL., was
effective. Joseph Kilgour, as John, Earl
of Woodstock, Is commemorate, but the
careful, not exaggerated, presentation of
the part of 1sidore Andreade by Frank
Burbeck, won the heartiest appreciation.
Sporting Life" will be seen three
nights more, with Saturday matinee.
Viola Allen begins a weeks engage
ment Monday evening at the MetropoG-
tan opera house, in Hall Gaines play,
THE Christian" Her welcome by a
large and representative audience is as
sured on her first appearance as a star
in this city, and will commence under
unusual auspices. Special attention Is
called to the fact that the evening per-
formances commence at 8 o'clock Miss
Aliens imperSonation of Glory Quayle in
this play is regarded as the best work Of
her life on the stage which has been
distinguished with many successes This
character is one of the most difficult to
conYincingly portray seen in recent
years, it running the whole range of HUI
man emotons-from comedy to tragedy
The sale of seats commences this morn
ing.
GRAND.
Only three more opportunities are left
local theater goers to enjoy at the Grand
this week the presentation by Ben Hen
bricks and his assisting company of Gus
Heege's entertaining Anglo-Swedish COM
edy. "a Yenuine Yentleman." Tomorrow
at 2:3O the only remaining matinee Of the
engagement will be given.
remarkable demand for seats Is re-
ported by the management of the Grand
for the engagement the coming week of
yhn
first appearance at popular prices in a
repertoire Of plays in which he has ac-
quired fame. Mr. Warde will be assisted
by Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. Bruno and
a company Of capable artists, including
such actors as Charles D. Herman, Frank
lam icr Il L.