The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

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! a.. Henrietta Crosman in a Belasco play at
! the Belasco theater is David Belasco's
sensation for this season. This interest
ing announcement was made yesterday
ana Is the outcome of many long confer
ences between David Belasco and Maurice
Campbell, Miss Crosman's manager. The
| name OF the play is Sweet Kitty Bel
| talrs, which is based on Edgerton Cas-
ties book. The Bath Comedy
David Belasco has decided to give a
| Leslie Carriers fall tour REQUESTS have
poured in for revival of the piece. and
Mrs: Carter finally gave her consent to re-
RE Bates will impersonate Zaza's aunt a
character in which she scored an unusual
l. The rural drama, Quincy Adams Saw
| yer, Is playing a FIVE weeks engagement
| az the Boston theater. Boston. before
large and enthusiastic audiences. The
| popularity of this rustic piece seems to
| increase with every new theatrical season.
| and the play Is evidently destined for a
/ - M. Barrie gave to the London season
| last year Its principal success in 1.-THE Ad-
m1rable Crichton.' and he seems to have
duplicated that performance with his new new
| est comedy. Little Mary" which has Just
peen produced by Charles Frohman in
London and is meeting with the greatest
! les. nc
Some one at the Lambs club asked
Willie Collier what kind of a part he was
gfG n ct to Play in q, his new piece, Are You
piav WAS the Tsn response ;s thought was
the newspaper men thought differently
Now I'm going to lie low ana let the pub
| Lie christen my new role
e. H. Sothern appeared at the Her
aid Square theater. New York, last Mon
| day night in Justin Huntley McCarthy's
new play, The Proud Prince" 1t Is call
ed miracle play and is the dramatization
OF the Wen known story of Robert of
Sicily and Perpetus. the woodland maid.
The TRANSFORMATION OF the king into the
portunity to display his art in serious
phases of human character. Miss Cece-
la Lotus has the role of Perpetua.
Nine. Paul Blouet widow of Max
OReIl 1t Is said, will shortly return to
| the comic opera. Before her marriage she
! was well known in America as Beatrice
Gresham the singer Nine. Blouet has
! made Paris her home for many wears and
| Is now arranging her affairs looking to the
resumption of her old work.
| Arthur Forrest. who is well remembered
I 6 MS recent successful performances of
tony to Mansfield's Brutus in Julius
Caesar" Is to be a star. He will in
augurate his season next month In play
called 'Rembrant," by Mrs III. C. De-
Mile and Harriet Ford.
| Lew Dockstader in addition to his other
acts, Is said to be contemplating a return
to some of his old representations in the
near future. He has under way two OPEN
ers in Chauncey Depew and Mark Hanna
which he expects to produce in a week or
two.
Italy has new play just now which Is
crowdlng one Of ,Rome's theaters. 1t is
called "SixtuS w." and is based upon in
c1dents in the life of the churchS greatest
pope. There is one scene in it showing
the selection of Sixtus by the conclave. It
to this country.
'Oh. Promise Me-" is as much Jessie
Bartlett Davis trademark as Home.
Sweet Home" is PATHS, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. She is playing the small
part of Capt Delaunay in ''Erminie'' at
the Columbia theater, Boston, and though
the audience never lets her off without
that dear old steal from "Musica Prohib-
ita, which Is SO popular in it's Amer
lean guiSe as ''Oh, Promise Me-"
At performance of Ulysses at the
Garden. in New York, the other night a
man who wasn't much interested turned
Ulysses ever really lfve?" he demanded
| with suspicion in his voice
why, of course, dear" she sweetly an
swered. Hes a character in history. I
| that funny book "A Household on the
] Styx. Don't you remember
| Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
opened their long expected American tour
in Buffalo last week, presenting at the
| Star theater there for the first time in
America the play. The Light That
4 story. Robert Snn ic of h.
best of England's actors, and he seems to
| have Won the admiration of the public and
press of Buffalo. Miss Gertrude Elliott
was welcomed back to her native shores
! most encouragingly Miss Elliott is said
| to nave scored a pronounced hit for her
feeling and dainty portrayal of the part Of
| hais1e In this interesting piece.
| There is a moment of intense patriotic
| interest during the performance of
Hearts Courageous" says the Cincinnati
| thrills the audience with his great ora
| ton, the closing words of which are: But
as for me, give me liberty or give me
! death" An incident which took place the
other evening probably had no connection
| with the text of the play. but it certainly
| fitted in most admirably. Just as Henry
two men arose from their seats, the first
| one saying loudly, Come on, Bill, let's
go out and get a little liberty"
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| guished colleague. Sarah Bernhard is
| about to indulge in little advertising on
his own account. 1t seems that he is astu-
| dent of architecture as well as of the
| stage and he has conceived a plan of a
| fireproof theater. In company with an ar
chitect named Binet he will build a thea
| ter in Paris. and then just to show that he
has the courage Of his conviction he will
! lock himself in the theater and set fire to
| 1T. Thus, If he is not burned up he will
| make his debut as a great inventor and
| benefactor of humanity.
| De Wolf Hopper Is arranging material
| for little volume dealing with the hotel
| landlord In the book, which will be en-
| titled Landlords Who Have Met Me-" he
will give some important recipes for one
| night stand coffee. and various rules and
I regulations for proper conduct in the pro-
vincial hotel which he has had Impressed
! upon his mind. Nor will travel in general
be Sighted. for Mr.. Hopper includes the
| Pullman porter under the general CLASH
| fication of landlord, and an entire chap
| ter will be devoted to. slippery elm towels
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