The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-08
AT THE THEATERS.

Although sufficiently wicked to thrill
the very young and interesting enough
to hold the attention Of the more blase,
"Sapho.' presented by the Criterion
Stock company last night at the Metro
politan, hardly explains the wave of pro-
test that swept virtuous New York when
Miss Nethersole showed the Metropolis
what life really is in the Quarter Latin.
But then, last nights "Sapho" was
''Sapho' with the stairway left out and it
was a "Sapho' where damned" was ac-
cented on the second syllable, so nobody
left the theater shocked and all enjoyed
an exceedingly artistic, if rather grew
some, finish-tne finish done by Drouet.
When one says the story is laid In the
Latin Quarter everybody knows-even
if they haven't read Daudet's story-that
it has to do with artists and other men Of
talent, that 1t must be little bit sordid
and hard and that it must picture type
of woman never seen, hardly ever dis
cussed, in polite society ''Sapho' does
that and more. redeeming feature Of
it is that the man doesn't laugh and
ride away. He stays and suffers.
AS Fanny lie Grande, Miss Buckley
won fresh laurols for herself. ArtiStical-
ly, her work was above reproach. 1t is
no discredit to this young actress art
to say that she did not completely realize
her personality are too unlike the type
she portrayed to make that portrayal
entirely convincing. Arguments to the
contrary Notwithstanding, there must
be something in ones personality that
responds to a character like Sapho to
make the presentation entirely satisfac
tory. Miss Buckley's Sapno is not re-
pulsiVe. 1t Is distinctly human. Her
Fanny lie Grande does not repel 1t
cNryO
weep rather than sneer. In the scene
where Sapho and her lover part for the
first time, Miss BuckIey's acting was es-
pecially admirable and she received a
number of curtain calls
DrOuet as Jean Gaussin, George Irving
as Flamant and Harry Burkhardt as
Decnelette, all shared honors with Miss
Buckley. In the last act especially was
Drouet's acting realistic. This last act
is also the only one in which Irving
makes his first appearance, but he gives
convincing presentation of the man
VINO has just finished serving a seven
years sentence in a Paris French prison
Burkhardt's special opportunity is given
in his story of Alices death and his
work was most artistic. Miss Doro was
excellent as Irene and made a charming
stage picture in her very fetching white
gown.
Victor de silke's Father LIE Grande
was an admirable character sketch as
was also Harry Jackson's Cesaire Gaus-
sin. Miss Countiss made the best Of her
small part, Alice. Robert Folsom was
very good as Baron de Blaze
The play will be repeated the remain
der Of the week..
There will be two special musical night s
IN the concerts by the Minnesota State
band at Como park this week. Wednes-
day night will be italian night; Friday
will be German. On these respective
nights the works of Italian and German
composers will alone appear on the pro-
gramme. A feature of the Italian night
will be new selection from Verdis 1.-THE
Mask Ball" For the German night the
names of Wagner, Won Weber, Won
Suppe. Strauss, Spindler, Won BIon and
Fisher will appear on the programme.
Tonight's selections are as follows:
March, "Hilarity" .... Pa 7.,,et+
Overture, "Tancredo'' ............ Rossini
Recitation and aria, "infeIlcia" Verdt
Waltz, Die Grafenrberger'' '........ GunGi
Descriptive march, "A Night at the
Selection; Daughter of the Req 9''S4
MOrdeaH characteristic. The P ButI
Medley S5i's "A Merry Go Round Bf RsHse