The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-11
lyceum-''Wife for Wife,"

At the Lyceum for the coming week, |
opening tomorrow evening, the Ferris |
Stock company will present for the first
time in this city the great New York
success, wife for Wife, by John !, A. |
Stevens. ..: 1. |
The play will be presented on scale
exceeding any previous Ferris dramatic
triumph. It will have special scenery, fine
light effects, magnificent mountings, hand
some costumes, excellent dancing, charm
ing music and sparkling comedy.
Its story is exceedingly strong, the
scene being laid in New Orleans and st:
Augustine, Fla, and marked by the beau
tiful southern atmosphere. Edward Wal
ton, southern gentleman of ante-bellum
days, marries Edith Courtright, a beauti-
full daughter Of the south; Walters bosom
friend, Richard Singleton is also in love
| with Edith. He returns after a. long
absence and finds them married, and
scheming villain that he is, begins his
fight to win the young wife. George, an
| old negro servant Of Edwards, is married
! to q beautiful mulatto, who has been
sold to Singleton, but she soon dies.
George tries to find out the cause Of her
shame and Is told by Singleton that it is
his master Edward The old slave swears
vengeance and takes advantage Of every
opportunity offered, assisted by Singleton,
who at the same time is trying to win
Edwards wife away. Walton finds .out
| his friends villainy and in a duel Single
ton is. killed. This is only an additional
| motive for the poor slave to work for
| vengeance on Walton. Walton is injured
| in the duel and goes to a sanitarium at
st. Augustine. He gets much worse and
| suffers from mental relapse But even in
| his affiction he Is pursued by George.
| Edith comes to see her husband, and he
I then remembers some of the past and
| Of his quarre! with her. George poisons
1 -, TTo7t 1n,y%S
| seen by Barney Elliott, who pours the
mixture into another glass and sets it on
! the sldeboard, refilling the poisoned glass
| with water. George insists upon Walton
taking the supposed poisoned medicine
and he drinks it, At this the old slave
tells him what he has done, and why, but
Walton denies his charges and says that
| Singleton was the betrayer of the mulatto
girl. George does not believe this story
| and is about to stab Edward when he
4 falls dead from the effect of the poison
he drinks by mistake
l The clirnaxes are worked, up to an ex-
| ceedingly high piech and the audience is
held with the intense interest from the
! rise to- the, fall Of the last curtain. The
play is in four acts, showing the exterior
and interior Of Walton's home in New,
Orleans, the sanitarium at ST. Angus
tine, and the last act at the Florida home
of the again reunited couple.
Will D. Corbett will appear in the role
of Edward Walton; Robert Folsom will
appear as Richard Singleton; Ben John
son will play the funny DR.. Achille YER
non; Herbert Brenon will be seen as Bar
ney Elliot, who has aspira tions to be a
dramatist; Arthur Veazie will be seen as
Singlet6n's dandy coon, crazy on the sub
ject of dancing; William II. Murdoch will
appear In the strong role of the negro
servant, George; Miss Grace Hayward will
appear as Edith Courtright, wife of Wal
ton; Miss Maude Gilbert will essay the
Y part OF her sister, Grace; and Miss Lour-
8 cite Allen will be Euphremia, aunt of
j Edward. The minor rroles are well taken
: care of.
: THE Mansfield Tour.
= Richard Mansfield last night finished
j. I his second engagement this season in .'Ju-
It Illus Ceasar', in Chicago. There, as il
# New York Boston, Philadelphia and the
a four other cities Mansfield has visited
y new records in receipts and attendance
d have been established. More than 15, ,00l
it persons per week have seen the Mans
= field presentation Of julius Caesar" thi
}, season. After last nights performance tn,
n entire company Of more than 150 peopl,
" lstarted with the massive production b.
,e special train Of ten cars on the sprinl
D, Etour which begins in Louisville to-mor
row Av1Yaine and extends west To Kansa,