The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

evening last, under the management
of Charles Frohman. This farce has
had long and successful run at the
Comedy theater, London, and also at
Terry's. Mr.. Frohman has selected an
unusually strong cast for the produce
ton here. Jameson Lee Finney and
Jennie Busley have the leading roles.
The other members of the organiza-
ton are Ralph Delmore, George Irving,
Winchel Smith, Fred Beane, Harrison
Armstrong, Frederic Spencer, C. T..
Garrigan, Alexander Taylor, Thomas
Davis, Margaret Gordon, Beatrice Nor
gan, LeOnore Harris, Elsie Ferguson,
Helen Douglas, Carrie Landers, Inez
Marcel, Blanche Landers, May Luby
and Caroline Starbuck. Mr.. Frohman
has also engaged Julius Witmark and
Maud Raymond for the singing parts
in the play.
A dawdling young nobleman is the
hero of this farce. To escape arrest
for the supposed drowning of friend,
he takes the place of a clown who is
on his way to fill circus engage
ment. Once among the sawdust folks
he arouseS the jealousy of the strong
man who is in love with the 1.ir
equestrienne, a niece of the proprietor
OF the circus, and between his green
eyed monsters antics his entire ignor-
ance and unfitness for the duties of a
clown, and the narrow escape from his
girl friends, with one of whom he is
deeply in love, he has a lively and
breathless time of it for over two
hours He manages to survive the or.
deal of a performance and his disguise
is not penetrated, although his sweet
heart has a front seat. He is all right
until the real clown comes along and
the strong man at the base of the .'hu-
man pyramid gives him a nasty tum-
BILE. He has taken the equestrienne
into his confidence, but that only
makes matters worse. He is in the
last stages of trepidation when the
friend he supposes to be drowned
walks into the dressing room with the
new clowns sweetheart and another
girl. Realizing now that he is no muir
derer he quietly abandons his disguise
and returns to his friends in his real
character. An engagement ring plays
a conspicuous part in the happy end
ing Of the new clowns love sling which
is never lost sight of during his brief
and brilliant chalky and spangled cir
Gus career.
This successful production marks
the opening of the seventh season of
the Garrick under Charles Frohman's-
management.
- John Drew's Play.
The season opened at the Empire
theater on Thursday, Sept. 4, with the
presentation of John Drew's play, 1.-The
Mummy and the Humming Bird" John
Drew was enthusiastically received. I
have not at the moment the space to
describe the play in detail, but there
is an old character in it, an Italian orr
gan grinder. He has come to London
to seek revenge on the man who has
robbed him Of his wife, One cold win
ter night he is nearly frozen. The sci
enlist, who is the chief figure in the
play, and who is impersonated by John
Drew, takes the Italian to his home
and makes him comfortable. He then
engages him as his valet. In this ca
pacity the Italian prevents the elope-
ment of the scientists wife with the
man whom he vengefully pursued from
Italy.
The Criterion opens on Sept. s, with
w. H. Crane in the role of David Har-
um," this being Mr.. Cranes third star
ring season under Charles Frohmans
management. This favorite play will
hold the Criterion boards for two
weeks. Mr.. Crane subsequently start
ing on one of the most remarkable tour
tours that any American star ever
made in single season. He will play
David Harum" right across the con-
tinent from Portland, Me-, to Portland.
Ore This will be Mr.. Cranes last
season in this successful role. Next
season Mr.. Frohman will have a new
play for him.
Tynan's "Robert Emmett"
Brandon Tynan's new play, Robert
Emmett" was produced with unusual
success at the Fourteenth Street thea
ter by Manager J. Wesley Rosenquest.
Mr.. lyman is a rising young man
who has played various roles hereto
fore under the Belasco management.
He not only takes the star role but
wrote the play himself> That he is
son of the original mo. L." of Fenian
notoriety. adds interest to his appear
,ance in an Irish play of the days of