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| Tonight marks,the 550th performance
OF King Dodo, "9that jolly monarch OF
comic operas, Who has enjoyed the
most prosperous reign in modern the
atrlcal annals. The company at the
metropolitan this week is the same
winch presented the opera at Days
theater, New York, ana according to
the popularity with which the work
is being refeived here, it is safe to
assume that the reports which indi-
Gated the furorei5 king Dodo" created
in New York have not been exagger-
ated. Raymond Hitchcock seems to
nave been made for the title role, or,
rather, the title role could hardly have
been written better had it been con-
structed for Mr.. Hitchcock. His in
depreciation of the silly old monarch
is about the drollest thing we have
had.
Haverly's Mastodon minstrels will
open an engagement of three nights
and Saturday matinee at the Metropol-
itan Thursday evening. This organi-
| zation is claimed to be the best on
the road and includes an imposing ar
| ray OF singers, comedians and speciality
artists, headed by the inimitable
George Wilson, the leading light Of
the minstrel stage.
Montgomery and Stone, who play
the two leading comedy roles in THE
Wizard of o." the new extravaganza
which comes to the Metropolitan next
week, have an excruciatingly funny
parody on the cockney idea of an
American coon song, which they intro
duce in the last act Montgomery
and Stone have appeared in England
in all the principal music halls and
| they won first honors when they went
to London with Edna May in the
Frohman production of "The Girl From
Up There at the Duke of York's thea
ter.
David Higgins and Georgia Waldron
in their charming pastoral play, up
York State" attracted a second large
audience to the Grand opera house last
evening, and both play and players
were received in a most cordial man
ner. These two players are very popu-
lar with st. Paul audiences, and their
latest vehicle displays their respective
talents to splendid advantage.
A play which is sure to be received
with much favor by local play patrons
is "The Night Before Christmas"
which is scheduled to appear at the
Grand the coming week.
Another English play met with ap-
| prevail last night at the Garrick thea
ter, New York, Which opened it's fifth
season under Charles Frohman's man
agement. Robert Marshall, who wrote
Ills Excellency," "The Royal Fam
lily" and "Tfle Second in Command" is
also the author Of There is Many a
Slip" which was given its first Ameri-
can presentation. Miss Jessie Millward
| took the leading female role and in
creased her artistic favor. Consider
able interest<w was displayed in the act
ing Of James Erskine, who took the
| leading male role, and who is Lord
| Roslyn. Leo Dietrichstein had the
comedy role, and Beatrice Irwin made
a pleasant impression on this, her first
appearance in America.
Miss Percy HaSWell made her initial
appearance as a star under the direc-
ton to Henry B. Harris, at the Co.
lumbia theater, Washington, last night,
presenting Capt. r. Marshalls comedy,
"a Royal Family" Miss Haswell re-
ceived a cordial welcome from bril-
liant audience.
Frank B. Carr,s Thoroughbred"
drew good crowds to both afternoon
and evening performances at the Star
theater yesterday. The number of we'll
trained voices in the company is very
large.
Fred G. Whitney has signed con-
tract with Walker whistles whereby
he will manage the tragedian for sew
eral years. Mr.. Whitside is popular on
the road and Whitney thinks he can
duplicate this vogue on Broadway.
Shortly after the new year he will
make revival Of "Richelieu' in New
York city with Walker Whitside as the
star. Mr.. Whitney says he will have
an all star cast and promises that in
fhara will 40 II
pie on the stage.
Mrs. Leslie Carriers company assem-
bled for rehearsals Of "Du Barry on
the stage Of Belasco's new Republic
theater yesterday. Charles A. Steven
son, Hamilton Reveille and the other
principals will continue in their leading
roles.
Aubrey Bouccicault, who played in
st. Paul last season with Otis Skinner
in Francisco de Remini, plays the part
Of Paul Charters in Genevieve G.
Haines society drama Hearts Af1ame."
which opened last week at the Bijou in
New York. e "a
De Wolf Hopper's starring tour in
"Mr. Pickwick" opened last Thursday
night at Elizabeth, N. j. The New York
run is set for January 18th at the
Herald Square theater. It is the plan
of the management to have the pro-
duction as full Of the atmosphere of
Dickens as possible, and with that end
in view Mr.. Hopper has left behind
him his flap sticks at Weber and
Fields.
The latest attraction at the New
York American theater is 1.-THE Fatal
Card This stirring drama written nv
two Of England's leading playwrights,
Haddon Chambers and B. G. Stephen
son, was originally produced in this
country several seasons ago by Charles
Frohman Beginning with exciting
times in the gambling rooms in Colo
RADIO, the story proceeds to England,
where a murder and dynamite expIo-
sion are only a few Of the suSpensful
episodes. This play gives Charles Hal
lock capital opportunity In the char
acter of Marrable, the villain who has
his good points.
Dramatic critic Franklin Fyles
writes Of the Rogers Brothers in the
Rogers Brothers in Harvard" "These
ways are not clowns. They are as
quiet with their droH German English
as Joseph Jefferson is with his Dutch
English, and their tricks of elocution
are played as effectually. But chance
has placed them in extravaganza, and
they have to sing and dance as Jeffer-
son can't and won't"
Amelia Bingham is now mentioned
as planning a revival of 1.-The Tanning
of the Shrew'' in order that she may
play Katherine. II her talent as an
actress were at all commensurate With
her liberality in the matter of casts,