The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

There is to be a revival of French
opera at Music Hall this evening. The
opera organization that hss held forth in
New Orleans these many years. winter
after winter, IS to make its third appear
ance in st. Louis in The Jewess." BY
accounts in the New Orleans papers. 1t
is learned that the organization of this
season is one of the best that Director
Charley has ever offered.
It will give probably twenty PERFORM
Eances, several with special scenery. There
to be the first American performance
outside of New Orleans Of Massanet's
pew fairy opera, Cinderella" Tomorrow
evening there is 10 be a Performance, of
Carmen Tuesday Les Huguena.s."
wednesday La T~raviata." Thursday
Cinderella" Friday '~Trovatore,'' Satur-
day matinee "CavaIleria Rusticana', and
!, Pagiiacci " Saturday evening ''Fausx."
Mrs. Langtry will appear at the Century
Theater Tomorrow evening in Mrs. Dear-
ms Divorce" the first time of the nav
IN TINS city Down at the Olympic Nr.
MAJ GoodWin will play, not fer the fl st
,lme IN his city, "A Gilded Fool" DIR.
GOODWIN IN all Of his long career las
uohe nothing much better than Chaunsey
snort in "A Gilded Fool" Indeed. /, Is
quite doubtful that ne has ever done any
thing that has better chung 10 the pub,lc
mind.
NO more notable cast for a dramatic
prouuc,'oh mas been assembled since the
aii-star cast for The Rivals" brought to-
gether by Joseph jefferson a number of
years ago than that which has been ar
ranged for the revival of The Two Or
phans'' this spring.
Every role is TO be played by a promi-
nent actor or actress. The revival will
hrst be seen at the New Amsterdam The
alter, New York, March IS, following Rich
ara Mansfieid's engagement at that the
oter. The complete cast for the revival
mas now been made up, and the contracts
with The players signed. 1t is as follows:
nie,ra yrle Beiiew
jsenns: o'Neiil
he Warner
Marquis de Tripe..n.....jamesSn Lee F linen
Henryette George
Sister Genevieve. clara MAZE
fpochsrd IRISH
- B.aRdlck
"A glance down the above list will show
anyone in the least familiar with the stage
what n remarkable event in a theatrical
sense the revival will be.
1t Is evident that the dramatic field has
peen carefully raked over to get the very
best available talent for the production.
lhere Is not a name in the list but that
has stage distinction OF no mean order.
The revival is to be under the direction
OF A NJ. Palmer, under whose manage
nent The Two Orphans was given lis
original production at the Union Square
Iheater on December C. 1874.
1t ran there until the following June.
was put on again in the f~oilowlng SEN
TENDER and ran for many months more.
il was one Of the events in the history of
the American stage.
In the original production Charles
Thorre played the part of Chevaliar, TO be
taken by Kyrle BeIiew: F. +. Mackey was
the Pierre. now to be done by James
oNeil. In the other parts in the original
production Mckee Rankin is succeeded by
Mr.. Warner. Charles Parselle by Mr.. Hol-
land, Stephen Roberts by NJ. Giimour. W.
C.. CoggeswelI by Mr.. Finney. Kate Clax-
ton by Grace George, Kitty Blanchard.
afterward Mrs. Mckee Rankin. by Mar
garet Ellington; Ida Vernon by Clara Nor
ris. Fanny Mordant by Anna Irish. Marie
wilkins by E,ita Proctor Otis and Rose
Eytinge by Clara Blandick.
The revival. it is announced, will be an
elaborate one outside of the remarkably
strong cast that. has been gathered. The
stage management is TO be in the hands
OF William Seymour.
The French Opera company's repertoire
fer the current week at Music Hall is as
follows: Tonight, la Juive" The Jew
ess); Monday. Carmen: Tuesday, "Hu-
guenets't; Wednesday. "'Trayiata'.; Thurs
day. "cipkerelia": Friday. II TroYatOre'