The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-04
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Few announcements made by the
Metropolitan management in recent
years have provoked so much comment
as that concerning the engagement of
Frederick Warde and Louis James next
week in Wagenhals and Kemper's spec
tacular production of The Tempest
From the incessant inquiries at the box
office 1t would seem that the entire
house Will be SOLD out when the sale
opens on Thursday morning.
As they did when they revived "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" two years
ago, Managers Wagenhals and KEN
per, in staging 1.-The Tempest" have
done all in their power to arouse a
sentiment Of delighted wonder. The
several scenes in the comedy are laid
on an enchanted island and the at
mosphere of enchantment which Aug
qstin DAILY succeeded in evolving has
been still more emphasized in this
production. This is largely due to the
attention they have given to the super
natural element of the play, which is
made the more impressive by the spirit
choruses seen in the air, and the song
and reVel of the fairies and COLLINS CT
the forest
The several scenes, which We're
painted by H. Logan Reid, who was
associated with Augustin Daily for so
many years, are by a multiplicity of
beautiful tranSparencies made to melt
one into the other as If by the very
agency of magic which pervades the
original text of Shakespeare. This
treatment has had the best results in
the opening scene of the play, which
gradually changes from a peaceful,
faiIy-like forest glen to the shore of
the island, showing the tempest toss
ed ocean with the great snip bearing
the more mortal characters of the
story on to it's treacherous rocks.
Our New Minister" the new pastor
al drama by Denman Thompson and
George w. Ryer, will conclue its en-
gagement at the Metropolitan opera
house with today's matinee and even
ing performance.
The standing room sign has been
every performance given by Rice and
Bartons entertaining company this
week. The bill is full of good music,
clever dialogue and beautiful stage
pictures. The costuming is eXtrava-
gantly brilliant and the audiences have
been enthusiastically demonstrative.
The show is one of the best of the sea-
son.
Another crowded house witnessed the
production of lyon Yonson" at the
Grand opera house last night. Nelse
Erickson, who plays the leading role,
is quite satisfactory. The scenery and
electrical effects. are new. Today at
80 the first matinee of the engage
ment will occur.
William A. Brady's production of
Lovers Lane" will be. seen at the
Grand opera house next week.
Frank Hatch, stage director for Grace
George in Pretty Peggy" had an
amusing experience last week in Mil
waukee. Two hundred supernumer-
aries reported to him to rehearse the
! mob scene in the play and Mr.. Hatch
discovered that nearly half of ethem
knew no language except German. AS
! he could not see the artistic consis-
tency Of Teutonic riot in COYent Gar
! dem theater, those unacquainted with
English were dismissed.
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+ Daniel. v. Arthuf's production of
Nancy Brown" with Marie "CahilI
as the star, is one of the real musical
comedy hits Of the New York season
at the Bijou. Miss CahilPs songs,
you Can't Fool All the People All the
and ION the Congo" are already the
rage. Nancy Brown" will run the
season out in New York
Dorothy Morton gave it out in st.
Louis last week while there with the
Prince of Pilsen" that she will not be
in the cast in New York. but intends
to retire from the stage permanently
after the engagement of that piece
closes next week. Miss Morton,s ,hus-
band; Fred Conger, is reported to
have inherited a fortune. of 100000
from ain English uncle and this may
have something to do with her inten-
ton to retire.
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Forbes Robertson, the young Eng,
fish actor manager. has made a sue
cessful production of ''The Light That
Failed" a dramatization of Kiplfng's
story Of the same name The action
opens in a prologue in war CORE
spondents tent in the Soudan, and
then the scenes are brought to Eng
land. Mr.. Robertson will bring this
play to America next season He, Of
course, plays che part of the hero,
Dick Heldar, while his pretty American
wife. Gertrude. Elliott, takes the role
of Maisie. III z~,