The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-14
GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.

n. c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott will
begin their tour in Brooklyn on Jan. 20
presenting when We Were Twenty
one"
The seventy-ffth performance of Har-
ry B. Smiths new musical comedy The
Liberty Bellies" at the Madison Square
theater. occurred Monday, Dec. 2.
Nixon & Zimmerman will present their
American production of the latest London
Gaiety theater hit 1.-THE Toreador,'' at the
Knickerbocker theater, Jan. 6. RehearSdls
began last Monday
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman's tour in
Paul PotterS Boer comedy drama THE
He'd Kloof," is proving the financial sue
interesting, well staged and presents a
novelty that attracts especial attention.
Manager Augustus Pitou will not, as
has been reported retire from the the
author of plays, and manage Chauncey
Olcott for several years. Next season he
expects to produce at least one new
drama.
ga Secret Warrant" the new romantic
drama which Willis Granger will present
in New York after the holidays, was
written by w. A. Tremayne, the author
of several plays. MIR Granger is now
starring in it in the West with very great
success.
The Southern tour of Nine Modjeska
and Louis James in Wagenhals &
Kemper's sumptuous revival of Henry
WILL" is taking the form of an ova-
ton. In every city the tneater is filled to
overlooking by fashionable and enthusi-
astic audiences at increased prices.
James X. Hackettt's latest play. "a
Chance Ambassador" from the pen of
E. E. Rose, has scored substantial sue
cess in Philadelphia. where it filed two
of Mr.. Hackett's three weeks at the
in his stellar career, plays an American
hero, a role calling for GOODNESS, In
trepidity and perfect poise amidst Sc
ries OF more or less melodramatic stu
ations, and his work has won the praise
of critics and play-goers alike.
Although 1.-THE Messenger Boy with
James t. Rogers as the boy is in its
third month at Daily theater. there is as
yet not the slightest sign of waning
public interest in it. Every performance
is marked by a packed house and en-
thusiastic appreciation of it's superlative
merits. Mr. Powers, May Robson. Harry
Kelly, John P. Kennedy, Paul Nicholson,
Rowland and John B. Park make up q
contingent of principals that it would
be difficult to duplicate.
Warfield now right in the height Of his
success at the Bijou, can remain in New
York only three weeks longer. His man.
ager, David Belasco, has made every
reasonable effort to retain him on Broad
way, but as another booking at he
Bijou obStinateIy interferes with his de-
sires. he is unable to announce contin-
uation of Mr.. Warfield'S engagement.
This is one of the misfortunes of the the
atrical business, for Warfield's hit in
1.-THE AuctioneersE has been so emphatic,
that he is to be credited with the great
est financial and artistic success of The
present season.
While Chauncest Dlcott was in Paris.
two years ago, he investigated some Of
the bric-a-b rac shops there. Somebody
in one of the shops told him of Hamlet 8
grave, and he determined to visit it, all
though it was some 500 miles out of the
way of his intended route. Marielyst is
a little village mile and half from the
ancient fortress of Elsinore 1t is directly
off the Baltic, and but few~1iiles from
Copenhag gen. In azsmall pine wood skirt
ing the village, Mr.. Oleott came upon
the object of his quest, a truncated cone
made of rude stones, nine feet at the
base and four at the top, from which
springs monolith of granite on which
is cut in quaint, Danish old=time letters,
..Hamlet's Crave The vi1lager who
acted as guide seemed to have no knowl-
edge of Hamlet, except that he was a
great warrior. It's was a wild, weird
spot. lonely and ghostly. enough as the
wiz from off the Baltic howled and
shrieked through the frs, keeping their
sentinel watch over the lonely mound.
Just such a spot as Shakespeare's mel
archoly Dane would have chosen for his
final sleep.