The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-23
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The engagement of De Wolf Hopper
and his company in Mr.. Pickwick" is
an event which contains much more
than ordinary interest to the theater-
going public. The fact that the IA
nous 'Pickwick Papers" have been
dramatized and the celebrated char
acters which have made the world
laugh put upon the stage in flesh and
blood is sufficient to arouse the atten-
ton Of every reader of Dickens. Sam
Weller, Alfred Jingle, Tupman, Snod-
grass, Arabella, Polly, Old Weller, Mr..
Wardle and all the rest Of them will
be faithfully portrayed by distinguish
ed actors. Digby Bell heads the list of
the principals in the support. Among
the others are Grant Stewart, Henry
Norman, Louise Cunning, Laura Joyce
Bell, Marguerite Clark. Louis Payne,
Guy Bartlett and j. K. Adams. The
engagement is for three nights and
Saturday matinee, beginning tonight
The original production Of "The
Burgomaster," with an ''all-star" cast,
is the announcement for the Metropoli-
tan Sunday night. OF all the many
musical comedies presented in this
country 3The Burgomaster" is with
out doubt the most pronounced, artistic
and financial triumph of them all.
The sale of seats for Stuart Robson's
COMEDY of Errors" will begin today.
Ward and vokes in their laugh pro-
voking connection, "The Head Wait
ers," attracted two large sized audi
ences to the Grand opera house yester-
day afternoon and evening. Clever
comedians, catchy music, bright and
crisp dialogue and a big bunch Of
pretty girls go to make up their en-
tertainment, which is pronounced on
all sides the best they have ever Of
fered.
The wizard comes to the Grand
opera house next week. Kel1ar, the
foremost exponent of black art now be-.
fore the public, will inaugurate a
weeks engagement next Sunday night.
The annual visit of Kellar to this the
alter is eagerly anticipated by all lovers
of this style of entertainment. The seat
sale for the entire engagement opens
this morning.
West and Williams keep the audi
ences at the Star theater in an uproar
this week with their irresistible abb
surdities. Selbini, the trick bicycle
rider, is also much applauded.
The bust of Schubert, which is all
that represents, apparently, the 1ares
and penates of the Schubert club, has,
during all the years of the clubs ex-
istence, seen many moylngs, but 1t is
doubtful if any of it's temporary homes
latest one, the Odeon hall, promises to
be.
This hall, in which the Schubert
club last night opened its season Of BIZ
monthly musicaleS, is merely the old
Raudenbush hall remodeled, but the
remodelers have kept before them, evil
IDENTIFY. the comfort of concert goers
and of concert performers, and the re-
suit is a hall vastly superior to the old
one. The stage has been considerably
enlarged, and the walls and ceiling re-
decorated. These decorations are
chiefly in brown, gold, red and green, a
combination which might look garish in
the daytime, but under artificial light
is merely pleasantly stimulating. The
hall is not entirely finished, but its
unfinished condition did not interfere
with the comfort of the audience last
night.
Mr.. Lewis Shave and Mr.. Emil
Oberhoffer presented last evenings
programme. The former was in ex-
cellent voice. The group of songs
which he sang in the first part of the
programme might have served as a
demonstration of most of those quail
ties which go to make satisfying vocal
art His expressive baritone is capa-
BILE Of yoicing a variety of moods,
therefore full justice was done to
a group as diversified as Haydn's
spirit Song" and Dreams in the Twi-
light" ''Cornflowers" and "Serenade,"
by Strauss.
Mr.. Shave is well known as singer,
but last night he demonstrated his
ability in a sister art that of dramatic
reading He read with excellent effect
Tennysons poem, "Enoch Arden" to
which Mr.. Oberhoffer played the Incl
dental music written for it by Strauss.
Last year Ben Johnson gave the read
ing to Mr.. Oberhoffer's music. Mr..
Shave possesses more dramatic voice
than Mr.. Johnson's, though it has not
been smoothed SO thoroughly by culti-
walton. It harmonized last night with
the background of the music, which
follows closely the spirit of the poem,
it's dominant melodramatic note soft
ened here and there, like the poem,
with delicious little natural touches.
Mr.. Oberhoffer's playing was, as usual,
satisfying.