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Show AMUSEMENTS. An extremely fashionable but not a very large audience was present at the Theater last nicht to witness the first production in Salt Lake of the bis New York success, "The Merry Monarch." And it did not require an extraordinary amount of discrimination to see that Fraucis Wilson made a hit. With one or two minor ill i ilin0a the cast re-l re-l mains the same as characterized its first production pro-duction in New York 6ome two years aero. The plot is founded on that of Yanloo's "V-Etoile" "V-Etoile" which was brought out in Paris tow ard the end of the seventies. The libretto is by J. Cheever Goodwin and the music is the joint work of Entile, Chabrie and Woodseu Morse. The story is (liiitc suitable for the the intioduetiou of humorous episodes and the efficient company com-pany which surrounds Mr. Wilson is equal to the task. From the star's first entrance upon the stage, when he tumbled down the stairs of his royal verele, to the end of the opera the audience was kept in a round of prolonged laughter. The sons, "The Omniscient Ostrich," and "Love Will Find I a Way," as well as "The Kins: With a Biir I K," were interpreted with inimitable humor ': and received encores without number. I Laura Moore" s pure soprano voice was heard to advantage in the role of Libita. I She has a eharneiqg app arance and at once i won the approval of Ihe audieucc. Lazula in the hands of Miss Lulu tilaser was handled in a creditable credi-table way and she was the recipient of a iroodly amount of applause. This is the character originally done by Marie Jansen. The scenery and costumes are identical with that of the New York production and are beautiful, particularly is it so of the secnery j in act two, where it reaches to the top of the j proscenium arch and is a gorgeous settintr. The music is lively and quite catchy. The i chorus, while not being remarkable, con-! con-! tains some good voices; and taken as a I whole the company is pretty evenly bal-j bal-j anced. "The Merry Monarch"' will continue j its run till Friday niirht, and the success it met with last night is bound to fill the Theater Thea-ter each of the nights. |