The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
COMING ATTRACTIONS

COMING ATTRACTIONS
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The scenic adornment of the big pro-
auction of 'tThe Serio- Comic Girl, = the
comedy success which comes to the Met
fopolitan for three nights and matinee
opening Sunday evening, Feb. 4, is
said to be more elaborate than that OF
any similar attraction on the road. The
set used in the prologue, the castle Of
O'Keefe at County Glare, Ireland, was
painted after an artist had been sent
especially to the Emerald Isle to pre-
pare sketches and photographs. The
stars Of the play are Nellie Beaumont
and Richard F. Carroll, than whom
there are no cleverer entertainers on
the American stage. = "A
The third act Of s.The College Wild
owl which comes to the Metropolitan
Thursday evening of next week,
shows portion Of the grand
stand = during the Thanksgiving
day football game between Atwater
and Bingham colleges, two inland insti-'
buttons Of learning which might be any
other two in the United States, so
pointed and apt is George AIDES satire.
There is an old-time rivalry between
the two schools and the stand groans
with an eager, jostling, cheering crowd.
Flags waving, horns footing, everyone
excitingly following the struggle on.
the gridiron. The picture is wonder
ful disqualification Of stagecraft that
carries the audience off it's feet.
"Httle Johnny JONES' George M.
Cohan's greatest musical comedy sue
cess, comes to the Metropolitan for the
half week beginning Sunday, evening,
Feb. II. Some of the song successes
that have helped to make this piece IA
NOUS are Cecil in London Town"
cop in the 'Ansom, - "a Nesting in a
New York Tree, -: .tssYankee Doodle
Boy" "Off to the Darby "Good BY
Flo,' "Good Old California, ''%%'tA
Girl / Know "Give Ny Regards to
Broadway and 'Iife s Very Funny
Proposition After All.'' The company
to be seen here includes Tom Lewis,
Sam J. Ryan, Jack Rafael, Charles
Bachmann, G. J. Harrington, William
Seymour, Fred Walcott, Edward shee-
han, T.. PenfoId, Harry Kittridge,
Bobby Barry, Helen Courtney, Edyth
Tyler, Stella Tracy, Adele Rafter and
come sixty others. -" ~ p =
Grace George, whom Manager Will
liam A. Brady will present to the pa
irons Of the Metropolitan during the
half week opening Thursday night, Feb.
Is, in dramatization of Mrs. Hum
phrey Wards famous story, "The Mar
riage of William Ashe,'O is said to have
found in her new play g character that
fits her charming personality better
than any she has yet essayed. II
The biggest event Of the season in
the musical line at the Metropolitan
will be the engagement for the week
opening Monday evening, Feb. 10, Of
Miss Lulu Chaser, in her latest operate
success, "Miss Dolly Dollars.'
"1t Happened in Nordland,' with
Lew Fields and the entire original
company and production from the Lew
Field 8 theater, New York, will be the
offering at the Metropolitan for the
week commencing Sunday, Feb Is.
Joseph Stanley, the boy actor, who
is starring in "a. Runaway Boy
which follows "sherlock Holiness al
the Bijou, put in very busy summer
in the gymnasium. The action of the
play, which is Hal Reid s. latest nelo
dramatic effort. calls for expert sworc
play and trapeze work on the part Of
The hero. Thru the courtesy Of mem
Der, young Stanley has become mos
proficient in trapeze work. Every morn
ing he went to the Senac studio to prac
tice sword play. Monsieur senac, WIZ
! is the best maitre d 'armes in New
| York, says that the youngster is one O.
the most promising pupils that he ha
ever had. .~. = - 49,, >
( Theater patrons will SOON have an op
i portunity Of witnessing Melville B
Raymond IS musical comedy creation
HBuster Brown which scored so heav
ily here last season. Richard Outcaul
and the newspapers have made - Bus
ter Brown" character that Is know:
to almost everybody, and his innoeen
and well intended mischief has endea1
4 ed him to all. - ~ ,s'' -.
: Since Robert Louis Stevenson wrot
his marvellous book, cdr. Jekyll an
Mr.. Hyde many actors have attemp
ed TO enact this dual role, and yer
few have been successful in the unde;
taking, as it requires an actor Of u,
usual ability to portray these widel
= different characters. In the hands {
Thomas E. Shea, these two individual
are represented 50 faithfully that scri
les wherever he has appeared have gor
30 far as to say that no actor su
passes him. Mr.: Shea will be seen {
the Bijou soon in a repertory Of stan'
ard plays. -- .s ..-I ::
- 'tFantasma, one of the best know
IND most successful spectacular extra
tganzas en- tour, is among the Bijc
bookings.
'sEight Bells,' which used to be
high favor with Bijou audiences
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