The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-03
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special TO Inc Globe.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The dramatic
season in town is keeping up splendid
ly and other treats are promised.
Not the least interesting feature of
it is the presence of many pretty and
clever female stars at the leading thea.
tiers.
Under the management of Charles
Frohman, Annie Russell has returned
to the Garrick, the scene of her first
triumph, in new play, Mice and
Men," from the pen of Mrs. Madeline
Ryley. It is a quaint, a dainty, a
pretty play, and in it Miss Russell is
all that she has been heretofore to
theater- goers, and besides that she is
something new. Her Peggy is an
exquisite creation, perhaps more
rOguiShly humorous and fuller of
human jollity than any of her previ-
GUS roles, but as true to life, as sweet
and WinSOme and sympathy compelling
and as, strong emotiOnally as Miss
Hobbs COR, Princess Ellelaline, or any
other of the types of the attractive
womanhood she has given us. There
is an exquisite blending of the best
that has gone before with the charming
phases Of the present character, and
every admirer of Miss Russell will de-
clare 1t a most WinSome addition to
her successes. Mrs. Gilbert, as great
a New York favorite as ever, has a
role that gives scope to her well known
comedy abilities. Orrin Johnson and
John Mason, as the two lovers of Peg
gy, contribute notably to the interest
and merit of the performance.
The Empire Theatef company in
'NThe Unforeseen" begins it's fifth week
of it's greatest triumph tomorrow even
ing. This is positively the biggest
success which the Empire theater has
had. The run of the play began with
overwhelming assurance that it was
to be a record breaker, and it's his
tory up to date confirms this predic-
ton. Charles Richman, as the blind
vicar who Weds a girl whose face he
does not see until science has restored
his sight, and Margaret Anglin, as
that remarkably winsome heroine,
sound every human and artistic note
of their roles with such sweetness,
strength and sincerity that it is i'm
possible to fail to be impressed and
charmed.
Blanche Bates fine and powerful
performance of Yo-San in David Be-
laScO and John Luther Longs Japan
csc drama, THE Darling of the Gods
is still attracting tremendous audi
ences to the BelaSco theater. 1t is the
artistic and sensational hit of the year.
Mr.. Belasco again pleads with his pat
rOns to remember that the evening
curtain rises at o'clock.
booker is proving just as enormous a
success as was prOphesied for it and
we have to thank Klaw & Erlanger
for one of the most amazing spectac.
ular presentations ever made in any
country
MIR. Blue Beard is staged in fifteen
massive scenes. In one of them seven
complete changes are made in pre-
senting the gorgeous ballet, 1.-THE Tri-
umph of the Magic Fan" In 1.-THE
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" there
was but one ballet 1.-THE Four Sea-
sons" which was the talk of New York.
In Mr. Blue Beard there are two
great ballets, 1.-The Land of Ferns" at
the finale of the first act, and 1.-THE
Triumph of the Magic Fan" in the sec
ond act. In each of these balletS ESQ
people appear.
Blanche Walsh will succeed Viola
Allen at the Victoria on Feb 16 in ''The
Resurrection"
Mr.. Hammerstein at first selected
Ada Rehan to play the part of Mas
Iowa, but this idea was abandoned, as
Maslova is almost a child in the first
act. William Feversham then wanted
to play the leading role if Julie Opp
would be Maslova. This might pos
sibly have been done, but unfortunate
ly Mr.. Faversham could not close his
season in time for the spring prOduc-
ton.
At the Academy of Music 'F'loro-
DORA succeeds Ninety and Nine for
a run of four weeks, after which the
latter will again return to the Academy
for a year. The popularity of this play
has not waned any, but the booking of
"FIorodora' could not be changed.
The Silver Slipper" by the authors
of the latter, remains a great attrac-
ton at the Broadway, where it is book
ed for long run.
''Jim Bludso' remains at the Four
teenth Street theater, where it has
proved as strong an attraction as any
thing seen there this season.
AS so often occurs in real life won-
an is at the bottom of the trouble in
the other play. She is Jim's erring
wife until she is obliging enough to die
and leave him to marry pretty, we'll
presented Kate Taggart, whom he
courts with all the enterprise Of
Clyde Fitch character while Mrs. Jim
is still alive and kicking. "Jim,' of
course is so good and honorable that
he can do this without seeming the
least bit wrong.
Things happen with melodramic reck-
lessness throughout four acts, but the
crudeness of the story is frequently
forgotten in the wholesome pictur-
esqueness of the types presented.
Robert Hilliard again proves his YER
satility and actual cleverness by trans
ferring himself to the genuinely rough
character of the hero, Jim"
Elizabeth Tyree continues to charm
large audiences in "Gretna Green at
the Madison Square theater during the
last week of her engagement there.
1.-THE Billionaire," at Days, con-
tinues TO fill the theater nightly. Al
though comic interest predomlnate the
piece. there is so much in it that is a
response to the artistic, especially in
the scenery and costumes and several