The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10

mas offered for some time past.
Mr.. George Tyler returned on tha
Lucan1a last Saturday and brought us
back many good things.
Visit of Reiane.
The contracts Liebler e Co. have re-
Gently made with Nine. Gabrielle Re-
jane, the distinguished French actress
Tor a fifteen weeks tour in the United
States, beginning in October Of next
year, and another engagement of SUI
preme Importance to the RAPIDLY
lengthening list of notable foreign con-
tracts this firm has been able to pub
Hcly announce. 1t was this ambitious
nrm which summoned Kyrle ReIIeJv
from his mines in the interior of North
queensland, Australia, to the position he
n ndd voluntarily deserted, that of the
foremost romantic actor in the world
His work last season gave indisnu+ahTa
evidence Of the wisdom of the Selection
and the truth Of the claim. Critical
New York so decided last season. and
IN the season now rapidly approach
ing other leading cities will have the
opportunity to witness and Judge his
marVelously artistic work, for he is to
tour the country in the New York
success, the Harriet Ford dramatiza-
tlOn of the Stanley Weyman romance.
gentleman of France" 1t was this
Lrm which brought Mrs. Patrick
SdHppeI TO America, after OVertures
from all other managers had failed.
That tour was profitable both from
a pecun1ary and artistic standpoint. for
Mrs. Campbell is really and truly a
great artistic. Liebler & Co. had her
under contract for the season of 1909.
and this contract Mrs. Campbell de-
sired maintained, but Liebler & Co.
voluntarily surrendered it, not because
Mrs. Campbell was a disappointment
a a ri
but because of her inability to present
new play that had undergone the
test-had run the gauntlet Of public
opinion. This fall they bring to America
the greatest of living actresses, Signora
Eleanora Duse, and then comes the
engagement of Madame Rejane for the
season of 1903. In the history Of Amer
lean managerial firms there can rarely
be found a record that is more praise
worthy than this.
"Ben Hur" at Cincinnati.
Klaw and changers American pro-
duction Of Ben Hur," which will open
the new Grand opera house in Cincin-
natl Sept. Is, will make the most ex-
tensive tour it has yet played since it's
premiere three years ago. It's first
season was filed entirely at the Broad
way theater. The following year it was
presented only in Philadelphia and
Boston, and last season in Chicago,
st. Louis, Pittsburg, philadelphia.
Washington, Baltimore and Boston.
Up to this time, In three years, it
has been seen in but eight cities. This
season, after three weeks in Cincinnatf,% <.
1t will be presented in Cleveland,
Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Indian
apolis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Mime
apolis, Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis,
Memphis, New Orleans, Atlanta, Louis
vii a HN1II olNIycs n 10 A1o To
Montreal, Portland, Me-, Springfield,
Mass, Providence, Hartford and New
Haven. The engagement in Cleveland,
Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwau-
kee, Kansas City, st. Louis, New Or
leans and Toronto will be for two
weeks-all others one week. The pro-
duction will be presented in every de-
tail exactly as staged in New York, and
with the same company of $50 people
employed during the past three years.
Its transportation will require nine
baggage cars, two cars for the trained
horses and camels and three Pullman
and three passenger coaches for the
company-seventeen cars. This will be
the largest organization ever sent en-
tour in the world.
"The Wilderness" in Frisco.
"The Wilderness" which was such a
great success at the Empire theater
last season, was produced by Charles
Frohman at the Columbia theater, San
Francisco, on Monday night. where 1t
duplicated it's New York success. It
will be continued at that theater for a
run. Miss Margaret Anglin has re-
peated her triumph in the role of
Mabel Vaughn. Henry Miller Is play
ing the part in which Charles Rich
man appeared at the Empire. Mr..
Richman will resume this role when
he returns to the Empire Theater COM
pany at the beginning of it's regular
tour which opens in Chicago in Sep
tember
Herbert E. Clamp.
Must PatronIze Trust.