The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-15
Metropolitan Onara Honsa-

metropolitan Opera House
Life in the great southwest from 1880
to 1860 is wildly set forth in Clay
Clement new production Of Sam
Houston which will be seen at the
Metropolitan for four performances, be-
ginning on Monday night, Sept. II.
est, and especially on the attention Of
all patriotic Americans. Those dramat-
ic days in the south, and intensely act
i've times in the southwest frontier.
We're never depicted with more genuine
spirit and admirable characters than in
this new play, Sam Houston
The play is not in any sense me!o-
drama. 1t has the great value Of his
torical accuracy and truth, but it is
not chiefly historical play. It is q
romance first, last and always, with the
big heart of Houston as the center Of
has been truly said he, wrote an epic:
with his sword. There is great deal
Of fine humor, hearty comedy, in tSam
Houston The fidelity Of true friend
ship, the plotting Of the envious, the
mysterious and tragic separation Of
Houston from his bride of few
months, and his exit Immediately there
after from the governors mansion at
Nashville, Tenn, to the wilderness Of
the southwestern frontier among the In
| dams all are shown.
There Is no actor on the American
stage better fitted than Clay Clement
Mr.. Clement is large, forceful, mag
netic and thoroly equipped by years
Of experience and great variety Of
strong roles, including the great shaks-
| perean star parts. His delineations
| are accurate and convincing.
Mr.. Clement has been fortunate in
his selection Of leading artists, among
whom may be mentioned Miss Katha-
leen Kerrigan, a southern woman fitted
a stage portrait so impressive and
dramatic. .=-. ,
Ernest @. Warde, the son of the re-
plays the Important part of General
Santa Ana. ,E
Another stirring character in Mr..
Clements play is Roaring Kate, his
| torical character Of Sam Houston IS
| days, and is played with all the vim
and vigor the character requires by
Mary Taylor. Miss Taylor Is a grand
niece Of the founder Of Texas, Sam
| Houston.
Louis James comes to the Metropoli
tan three nights commencing Thursday
the Goth, in SHAKESPEARE $ comedy, "Mer
ry Wives of Windsor One of the
chief beauties of ''Merry. Wives Of
Windsor' lies in the necessity for al
good players in the cast. This Mr.
James has fairly realized. -
At the. head is the comedienne, Mel
lie McHenry, who has been specially en-
gagged for Mrs. Quickly, character pe
culiarly adapted to her personality
| Norman Hackett, who has been Mr.
James chief support for several sea
James will be the misch1evous Mr.. Fore
and Charlotte Lambert the demure Mrs
| Page. Lillian Lancaster, sweet Anne
Page; J. Arthur Young, Pistol; Nathan
Aaronson, Mr.. Page; William Chrystie
Miller, Justice Shallow, and George W
Ward, Nym. 81. 49,. 3d..
Each Of the scenes is said to be ar
absolutely authentic reproduction of the
places wherein the action Of the comedy
occurred.
The first act reveals the famous
wick and round towers rise in majestic
| dignity and stand consptcuously in evi
tdenee. The Garter inn is another ia
nous place disclosed. There sat sucl
celebrated men as Ben Jonson, Fetch
er, Drake, Raleigh, Hawkins, Howard
Sidney and host Of others who, prio
to shakspere's time, had crossed tn
"great divide.'
Frogmore, sacred to every English
man as the last resting place of Queer
Victoria, and Windsor forest, rich il
traditions and history, and shroude,
with a veil Of romance that has n
equal in England. Therein E1izabet]
told the. dashing. Essex Of her love
There the erratic Georges concocte
their idiotic fancies, the superstition
Herne committed suicide, and Shaks
pere conceived the idea Of having Fa
staff meet, handsomely. the "Merr
Wives Of Windsor
Mr.. James makes the assertion tina
every scene is painted positively fro1
sketches he secured Of these famou
places. -"