The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-11
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cynical little drama with moral
lacked onto the end for women only is
The Liars. 1t is over two years since
OTIS Skinner and his company presented
IL IN st. Paul, so the play, as presented
by the Frawley stock company last
night at the Metropolitan theater, had
almost the charm Of newness. Mr. Henry
arthur Jones, who is responsible for the
play, seems to have started out with the
hrm conviction that all women are liars.
Perhaps he is right. At any rate, lie
makes out very strong case. The play
mas no heroine. To make up for this
lack, however, nearly all the men are
OF the heroic type. "The Liars Is de-
llghuulIy epigrammatic. Most of the
eplgrams are at the expense of the woln-
en-, to be sure, but this unpleasant fact
by no means duIls their edge. IT am not
your husband;syou can have no objection
70 telling the truth to me-" says Col. Sir
christopher Deering. Such cutting little
JloeS at the gentler sex abound In the
play When the curtain falls on the
Iourth act there is only one woman who
IS left with any sort of reputation for
Veraclty, and even her virtue is of a
mega tive quality, for she has barely a
nan dozen lines to speak in the whole
play. Briefly, THE Liars tells tha
story OF a frivolous married woman. a
Jealous husband and the inevitable ter
tlum qu1d. The woman and the "tertiun,
qua are discovered by the husband S
prother dining together. This happens
IN the second act. The third is devoted
eit1rely TO imaginative efforts on the part
Oh the women, Mortified protests on the
part Of most of the men. The denoue-
Iheht Is severely moral, and leaves every
BODY happy but the ''tertiunl uuid ,,
Daniel Frawley, who played the mart Of
Oeerlng last night, gave an excellent
poItrayal OF role that carries all the
Honors. His manner is charmingly natu-
RAJ, MS diction excellent, his entire CON
cepllon OF the part most convincing. Miss
MARY van Buren,, as the irresponsible
I4duy Jesslca. was good to look at. be.
. Oh her beauty and her gowns and
interesting in the role because Of bar
undoubted talent ]. r. Amorv was AZ
cement as Freddie. Harrington REYNOLDS
was trlf1e ponderous as Edward FaIk-
lier: Inc rest of the cast was entirely
satisfactory. The dresses worn nv fhe
t.'ol We're gorgeous. The stage SET
'ines We're exceptionally good.
Inc. hne Frawley company will close a
80 e'lEa G. ment at the Metropolitan
GFsIa teuse with two performances n
oay. For the matinee this afternoon
t ta9S "ill present lively comedy en-
llIIeo, Lord and Lady AIgy.'' This
COMEDY was originally presented in
41oi1ohi and Was brought to this coun-
Try py Charles Frohman. from whom
MT FraWley secured the Western rights
.! Inc play; when produced in San Fran
CISCO II was the biggest hit of the Fraw-
10y repeftory Tonight, the closing per-
LofInance of the engagement the hin
Will be ''The4 Only Way, the dranoa+i-
zatlon of Charles Dickens famous story
q Iale OF Two Cities' The comnanx :,
mas scored most pronounced hit and
the Two performances today should ha
paved to crowded houses.
walker Whiteside, in his new roman
TIC comedy, Heart and Sword ;, will
1 neslH- an engagement of four nights and
Wednesday matinee at the Metropolis
opera house tomorrow night
Primrose and Dockstader's rninstra1.
are underlined for the latter part of naxt
week, beginning Thursday night.
Ot the numerous high-class attractions
which have appeared at the Grand
Opera house this season it is doubtful IF
any nave pleased the majority of the
aLer-goers IN so great a measure as
hellar the Magician, who concludes
lis engagement with performances thie
afternoon and evening
Lovers of melo-drama will he offarad
an exceptional treat at the Grand Opera
house the coming week when Lost in
the Desert one of the most thrilling
plays of its character ever seen in st.
Paul win hold the bcaAls. Lost in
the DESERT will hold thS>boards.
/ Audiences that compel the s. r.. O.
sign to work over time are the rule at
the Star this week, where Rice & Bar
tons big company are giving a perform
ance that eclipses anything so far seen
at that playhouse this season. The oHo
is particularly strong, and comprises
several top-line acts. Both burlesque are
excellent. The star has never presented a
better show.