The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-29
SEASON LOOKS GOOD
THEATRIcALs ron 1902 PROMISE.
MANY NOVEL,
TIES
SOME GIGANTIC PRODUCTIONS
Henry MiIier, in ..D.Arcy OF, The
Guards Really Cheerful Play
Mansfield Still. Holds ss SE
the Public.
Special to The clone.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Dec 25-The. New Year
opens auspiciously for the theatrical
world. a-5iss-
One of the latest noveltieson the'n metro
politan boards is the production o1
ID Arcy of the Guards at the Savoy
theater, with Henry Miller in the star
! cast.
Henry Miller this year appears in
gayer role than usual, the part of Maj
Jack Darcy which ne assumes showing
him bubbling over with the buoyancy OF
high comedy and charged to the muzzle
with Irish wit. The theater-going pub
lie will be glad to learn that Mr.. Miller's
new play is pervaded throughout with a
cheerful atmosphere.
The story of the play is based on au-
thentic historical occurrences, recorded
by John RAINING Watson, who Was an
eye witness of the occupation of Phlla-
delphia IN 1lu-the period of the play
VINO. left notes enough on which to base
half a dozen cooks and plays that might
be made extremely interesting to patriot
ic Americans, rnis5 particularly so, be-
cause they are evidently facts and not
poetical fancies, like, Barbara f rietchie's
nag waving, and other historic Illusion
ments.
At the American theater. Cleopatra
the greatest OF all .Saruou's creations, has
been produced on an+elaborate scale, In
six gorgeous and elaborate pictures is
presented tn. love story OF Mark antony
Tor the raaiantly beautiful Queen of tbs
Nile 1t is essentially spectacular. Every
act partakes of the nature of pageant
and for this purpose the stock company
has been augmented to the number OF
10. The scenes show Cleopatra arriV-
ing in her iloWery barge, her meeting with
Antony in the palace at Actium-the1r
love reveis-her inpatieafce on the terrace
While waiting for news Of her lover, her
torturing jealousy in the pala1o throne
room at the slgnt of Antony cafessinS
his wife. the RECOMMENDATION of the lovers
at the Temple of ISIS, terminating III
the grand climax where she calls on the
gods and the elements to destroy her
enemies
At the Victoria theater Clyde. Fitchs
ga Marriage Game, has been brought
out for the first time in New York by
Louis Nethersole. with Sadie Martinez
in the principal role. The play IS au-
yeruised as being based on the French
| of Angler, but Mr.. Fitch has objected 10
this statement. :sl.;-
"A Marriage Game was first produced
IN PhiIae elpnia but has peen playing
other cities AID has everywhere evoked
| much discussion 1t aras been both prais-
ed and condemned for tie frer manner. IN
which it treats vice and the leslty With
which it inVades the marriage. sacra-
ment.
There is in it all that goes to make up
a racy French play-the inevitable Wom-
| an with a past and no possible ,future,
the silly nobleman who WedS her, an
equally silly young girl VINO falls in love
with him; his uncle, a stern and unre-
Ienting person, and several Immoral
members of the nobility furnish the lead
ing characters, The mesalliance, the
mpromptu dinner that ends in de-
bauch and murder furnish thesepisodes.
Charles Hawtrey at the Garri2k theater
continues his phenomenally successful
Mars Mr., Hawtrey is running along
in the easy groove of the regular old
business which has rewarded successful
PLAYS and players at the Garrick since
There is SO. much novelty and so much
wholesome fun in ga Message from
Mars and the character of the hero is
SO naturally and. skillfully depicted by
Mr.. Hawtrey that it is no wonder it has
/ caught the fancy of local theater-goerS
and keeps the theater doing a crowded
business. Each successive week finds the
popularity of the attraction more and
more thoroughly established, and 1t IS
probable that If Mr.. Hawtrey were TO
continue at the Garrick throughout the
season there would be no diminution of
the present local interest in his performs
| ances. He is to remain at the Garriek
until some time in, February.
| At Keith's Union Square theater the
/ greatest of all animal acts, Woodward's
+ famous trained seals, heads the BILL
Jacques Inaudi the mental marvel. Is
retained. The third headliner on the bill
is the Pageant of Nations. the original
B. F. Keith spectacular production, in
Producing forty charming young ladies in
a beWildering series of drills and
marches. Other attractions are Water
bury Bros. & Tenny.zS Clarice Vance,
Howard's trained ponies. Naomi Ethardo.
the Donoyans, Meers & ONO. Mr.. and
Mrs Swickard. The Gregsons, biograph
and stereopticon.
Unless William A Brady succeeds In
his attempts to continue Miss Georges
engagement in Under Southern Skies,
at the Republic. Miss George will have
| but a month longer to run in New Y ork,
despite the big business she is. doing
there. -sNs5-
At the Herald Square theater Rietr-
ard Mansfield is still making big sue
cess in .tBeaucaire," the play formerly
known as Monsieur Beaueaire, ;" In
spite of its melodramaties inter-
ludes and manifest exaggerations
there is some sort of literary
and historical atmosphere and several
of the scenes are written in a pleasant
vein of comedy. It is a long time since
Mr.. Mansfield has found a part provid-
ing so good a scope for some of his best
artistic capacities
No Transfer at Chicago.