The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22
AT St. Paul Theaters


The dearth of meritorious new ma
terial in the theatrical world last sea-
son brought about an extraordinary
number of revivals, through which it
has been discovered that numberless
manuscripts relegated to the shelf far
sllrpass those of more recent birth.
wang in which De Wolf Hopper and
his opera company will close an en-
gagement at the Metropolitan with a
matinee today at 2: 80 and perform
anee tonight, is proving an excellent
example of this fact
'Vivian's Papas," in which Rich and
Harris are to present Blanche Ring,
supported by Harry Conor, at the Met
ropolitan theater, opening tomorrow
night for four nights and Wednesday
matinee, was presented at Powers
theater, Chicago, at the beginning OF
the summer for an indefinite engage
meht, and it was received so well that
it was run straight through the dog
days in that city. Miss Blanche Ring.
who plays the title role of Vivian, gor-
geous show girl, has been appearing in
New York and London exclusively the
last two theatrical seasons, as the star
feature Of musical comedies; and last
spring in New York she accomplished
the feat of appearing every afternoon
and evening at the Fifth Avenue and
Twenty third street theaters. as well
as at F. #. Precter's Newark theatef.
Leo Ditrichstein, the author of ..Viv-
ian's Papas." is a Hungarian. He has
lived in this country, however, for fif-
teen years and for considerable por-
tion of that time he played light COM
edy roles under the mana cement of
Charles F'rohman. 1t is thought by
many that Mr.. Ditriehstein has inhef-
tied the laurels that belong to the late
Charles Hoyt as postmaster in the art
of rapid-fire dialogue, speedy action.
startlingly unexpected and funny sit
uations and bold character drawing in
a humorous vein of modern American
type. His authorship of "All on Ac-
count of Eliza and Are You Ma
son?' would seem to indicate that there
is something in this theory-to say
nothing of tsVivian's Papas which
will speak for itself He has also writ
ten plays of a more serious trend, how
ever, including .T,he Last Appeal"
Gossip for Mrs. Langtry and @Har-
riet's Honeymoon for Mary Manner
ing. 1t is his own opinion, however,
that he has made most of his sue
cesses in farce comedy writing.
The announcement is made that Will
liam Morris will appear here at the
Metropolitan next Thursday in Frank
Wyatt's comedy. Who's Brown The
popularity Of Mr.. Morris dates from
his first appearance as leading man of
the famous Empire Theater Stock COM
pany, of New York city, during which
time he achieved success in Lost Par
adise," The Adventures of Lady Ur-
sula" and Under the Red Robe
A matinee today at 2:30 and per-
formance tonight at S:15 will conclude
the engagement of Harry Clay Blaney
and his assistants in the thrilling play,
Across the Pacific" at the Grand.
This play has pleased local melodra-
matte lovers during the week with its
big battle scene, rough rider band
and sensational features.
Commencing tomorrow afternoon at
the Grand Miss Rose Melville will be
seen in Sis Hopkins" The support
ing company is said to be the best that
Miss Melville has had and the play
has been provided with a new scenic
outfit.
Irwin's show closes a successful
engagement at the Star today with
two performances The house was we'll
filled with ladies yesterday afternoon
who highly appreciated the bill Of
fered.