The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-16
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There is little need for extended COM
| ment on "Pudd' nliead Wilson, the
| dramatization Of one of Mark Twain's
stories by the Tate Frank Mayo, which
| was first presented in this city several
seasons ago by Mr.. Edwin Mayo. What
the play was then it is nova quaint,
humorous bit of writing, full of the at
mosphere Of the, South, where it's scenes
are laid and not DEVOID of scenes that
are full of dramatic intensity. 1t serves
| to bring to mind the prejudices that ex-
! 1st in that locai-ty against those in whose
! veins there was even a faint OF negro
| blood-a prejudice, by the way, which
| has not died out, and which, in all prob
| ability, will never be wholly eliminated
| The play is a wholesome one, and 81
together enjoyable, though too frequent
repetitions have served TO dull the edgt
| Of the entertainment it provides
The company presenting the piece this
year is inferior to those that have giyer
| it on previous occasions. Mr.. William
| Gill, who is seen in the name part. is
an actor of more than average ability
and his work was marked by good taste
throughout the entire course of the
play. Miss Louise Ripley gave a spirited
Interpretation to- the part of Roxy, al
| though she has utterly failed to catch
OF the ratois of the South. The remain
der of the cast was mediocre. "Pudd'n-
head Wilson will remain at the Metro
politan for the first half of the week.
With the tFlcdora' management
there is no such thing as a No. or {
No. 2 or a No. 5 company. The very
best company will show to the audiences
at the Metropolitan opera house the last
half Of the ensuing week. and including
! q moi dow ir1,,
performance.
It is the company which comes almost
| direct from the Columbia theater in Sar
Francisco, where it did a record-breakfne
! business for three weeks, and was class
ed as the prettiest wttiest and catch
lest musical comedy which has ever been
seen in America. During the week at
i the Tulane theater, New Orleans, it got
the same hearty commendation. The adj
vance sale for the St. Paul engagement
opens today
The sale of seats will open Thursday
for the engagement, of Henry Irving and
Miss Ellen Terry and the London Lyce-
UNI company at the Metropolitan next
week. The repertorX will be as follows:
Monday evening" Merchant of Venice
Tuesday. king Charles L. Christmas
matinee. ''Waterloo% and Mime Sans
Gene Christmas night, Louis XII The
evening peIloidHdHCeS Will beSlH DIT TIE
usual hour, S:15. and the Christmas mat
inee at 2 o'clock sharp.
The repertorN for Minneapolis will be
as follows: Thursday evening, ''Nance
Oldfleld' and The Bells" Friday even
ing, Waterloo and Mime Sans Gene
Saturday evening, Merchant of Venice. y
The Grand opera house was full to
Overlooking yesterday afternoon with an
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the Minnesota State band on the occa-
sion Of it's last concert The tribute was
richly deserved, for the concert was one
of the best ever given in the city, and
Director Selling can congratulate him
self that he has enlarged his niche in
the popular favor. The performance left
little to be desired. The programme was
| most excellent, the artists were all in
fine spirit and the music went with a
dash and energy that Were Irresistible.
The first part of the programme was
by far the best, and the first four num-
bers rendered constituted in themselves
an afternoon Of perfect pleasure. Begin
ming with the stirring march, 'tThe Out
post" played in a way calculated to
start the blood a-tiirill in the veins, the
programme was most auspiciously
launched upon the sympathy of the audi
ence. The best number of the four, in
some ways the best on the programme,
was 'srhe Morning. by Grieg, from
NPeero Gynt'' It is a lyric of surpass-
ing beauty, being simplicity itself, and
yet intensely subtle in it's power of sug-
gestion, which is the highest element of
music. Difficult as it is of successful
execution, it can be truthfully said that
it received a just and adequate interpre-
tation yesterday afternoon.
The soloists, Mrs. Shepherd Griggsby
and Mr.. Franklin W. Krieger, added
nothing to the strength of the pro-
gramme. Mr.. Krieger has undoubted
ability, and for this reason it is to be
regretted that he does not allow himself
to properly display his power. 1t is hard
to understand why IAN artist of real
genius will persist in tangling it up with
barbwire acrobatics and indulge in an
ague fever set of gymnastics in a wild
effort to get his fingers upon all the
keys Of the instrument within a given
time. Mrs. Griggsby's voice is neither
strong nor sympathetic, but it is of
good quality, and within a limited range
her worl. is comniendable.
a story told with brutal frankness is
mans Enemy the attraction which
opened the week at the Grand last night.
It is melodranla of the fiercest type, re-
plete with moral ending soliloquies,
lots CT 'spook'' music and sufficient
chmaXes of the realistic order to satisfy
the most exacting lover of that char
acter Of plays.
Albert A. Andrus and Miss Alice Hern-
don pose as the stellar lights with a
fair amount of success, but much of the
support is of a poor order. MANS Enc
my is a second cousin to ''Ten Nights in
Bar ROOM Drink, the besetting sin,
holds prominence throughout, while gam
bling and designing women, it's obliging
neighbors, complete the story.
In this story a Hebrew of many capac-
tiles poses as the good Samaritan and sup
plies the comedy of the play. This char
acter is handled by Maurice Lindner,
whose work is good. Another worthy Of
mention is Harry Dale whose imperson-
alton of the drunken loafer has much
that is meritorious.
In depicting life in the semi-slum dis
tricts Of old London, slang of the Eng
lish type is supposed to have prominence,
but it has been Amerieanized to an ex-
tent that renders it unnatural The at
traction has one thing worthy of mention,
and that is the scenery 1t, with the
stage settings, is of a high class. The
play last night was received with noisy
applause. 1t evidently pleased. MANS
Enemy will be at the Grand for the rest
of the week, with the usual matinees.
The Utepians did good business at the
Star yesterday s'in spite of the inclenl-
ent weather" The denizens of the CHM
erieal isle supplied their own at
mesphere, which is sufficiently temper
ate. Action is the handspring Of a
-<Nrlesque performance and the Utepian
have it, for the piece starts, goes and
ends with a dash.
There's Sonftthin Doing is the
initial sketch. The specialties begin
with Klein and Clifton, eccentric dancers
The .'Three SkanuraclSs., Gordon Yid-