The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-13
FRAWEEY COMPANY AT GRAND.
| Begins Long st Paul Engagement With
Madame Sans Gene"

Begins Long st Paul Engagement With
Madame Sans Gene"
Tonight at the Grand Opera house, an
otnrr stock company will bid for local
patronage. This is the well known Fraw-
lgy company, one of the most famous
Drganiza lions of the West, and it will pre-
sent play which has not been seen here
for some years. Madame Sans Gene"
revolution written by Victorien Sar-
dou. and played in France by Rejane,
in England by Ellen Terry, and in the
United States by Ada Rehan and Kathryn
K1dder In spite of these distinguished
portrayers of the title role. it is to be
doubted If anyone ever achieved greater
success in the role than Miss Mary Van
Buren,, the leading lady, of the Frawley
company, who has played it on the Pa
cific coast with eminent success. Miss
Van Buren, also presented Madame Sans
Gene" in Minneapolis a few weeks ago,
and the newspapers there were enthusi-
astic in prononuncing her Interpretation
of Miss Kfdder, the only actress who has
played the role in the Twin Cities.
Madame Sans-Gene' is a play of pic
turesque colors and stirring incidents. Its
great success, aside from it's comedy. may
be said to be due to the fact that it shows
Napoleon to be only man after ala
man who has to have his soiled linen
washed just as mere mortals do. Ma
poleons soiled linen comes to the laundry
OF Catherine Hubscher. rollicking, dash
ing, good-natured young Frech girl, in
obscure surroundings Just before the
French revolution turned things topSy
turyy and made Napoleon an emperor.
Lefebvre,~ and in the first act. or rather
prologue, he is shown making love to her
IN her laundry while she is ironing one
of Napoleon'S shirts. Meanwhile the, mob
is storming the Tui1eries and tipping
over the throne of King Louis XIV.
In the play proper, which begins some
years later Napoeon is now emperor; and
now Duchess of Dantzig. Her husband
Lefebvre, is Marshal of France and chief
aid to Napoleon But the unconventional
manners and little natural airs and graceS
OF the Duchess, do not please Napoleon
and his stiff court He plans to have her
divorced, not knowing that she is the
laundress who trusted him when he was
hard up for cash. Catherine, snubbed by
the court and the Queen of Naples and
the Princess Eliza. Napaleon's sisters. goes
to the Emperor himself to plead. When
she quantity presents the laundry bill for
sixty francs, she wins Napoleon complete
~ and through sthe influence gained over
him, wins back not only her husband
but saves the life of young Austrian
ofhcer and triumphs over the whole court
as we'll
guered, even Napoleon, Lets go to bed.
I'm so tired. I feel as though I'd done a
hard days wash" 49,
Miss Van Buren, is simply irresistible
as Madame Sans Gene which translated
means Madame Don't Care Alexander
Kearney will be the Napoleon. Frederick
montague Will be the Marshal LefebVre.
Wallace Shaw will be the minister of po-
lice, Fouche. Frank Matthew will be the
Austrian officer. the Count de Neipperg.
Miss Eleanor Gist will be the Queen of
Naples Many other roles will be ade-
quately filled by the members of the
Frawley company. and large force of
supernumeraries will appear in the pro-
logue showing the attack on the Palace
of the Tuilleries.s The scenic settings will
be rich and elaborate and the costumes
beautiful. There will be matinees We'd
and GNofI aEoxy ~,
lar prices will prevail during the balance
of the summer season. .et