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Show THE CITIZEN 8 y.leano With the First Nighters FOREMOST SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDIAN COMING TO SALT LAKE THEATRE Robert B. Mantell, foremost tragedian of this generation, comes to the Salt Lake Theatre Monday evening, Dec; J9, for a weeks engagement, during the course of which he will be seen in eight plays, a repertoire more extensile and impressive than any ofactor fered by an English-Speakinsince the golden age of Booth, Forres c. and Irving. g Mr. Mantells engagement last sea- son at the Salt Lake Theatre was one of the sensations of a decade. He alone of present day players offers theatregoers a chance to see the dramas of Shakespeare and the classic masters presented in strict accordance with the fine old traditions that had their origin with Richard Burbage in Shakespeares own company and were passed down through the royal line of Betterton, Garrick, Kemble, Kean, the Booths, and Irving. Mr. Mantell learned his art in the same school that produced Irving and the late Sir Herbert Tree, the English provincial touring companies that hold the traditions in reverence and refuse to be led theories and astray by fantastic isms. During the course of his Salt Lake week, Mr. Mantell will be seen in Bul-we- r Lyttons romantic Richelieu, Monday night; Hamlet, Tuesday night; As You Like It, Wednesday afternoon; Julius Caesar, Wednesday night; King Lear, Thursday night; Macbeth, Friday night; The Merchant of Venice, Saturday afterRichard III, . Saturday noon; and night. For all the plays, complete and elaborate scenic productions are carried, as on last seasons visit. Thirty skilled players surround the tragedian, headed by the young and lovely Genevieve Hamper, who has won a definite place in the front rank of the younger generation of American actresses. tion, permitting the audience to get almost every word. is a Contortionist term befitting the act by Recoma. He par-excellen- ce is able to tie himself in double knoU and also shows remarkable strength and grace. Little Caruso & Company do an opera singing turn of more than usual merit, singing popular selections from favorite operas. Little Caruso has not the volume of finesse of the once master, but he is surely a singer of more than average ability. Coleman and Ray create a barrel of fun with dolls and a bit of ventriloquism thrown in for good measure. Then Herbert Big-soformerand Homer North-Bigsoly of Ziegfelds Follies and North late of the Eyes of Youth dispense many some do clever work, while laughs and Joe Kane, Joe Morey and Frank Moore present a really different and exceptionally thrilling balancing stunt. As usual the Pan orchestra is in tip-toform. self-perambulati- n n, p BALANCED PROGRAM THRILLS ORPHEUM FANS Eight big, flashy, scintillating and vivacious acts attracted a large crowd of First Nighters to the Orpheum playhouse for the opening performance, Wednesday night. The score sheet was replete with headliners, with the Arlington quartet and Whiting and Burt carrying off the honors. George Whiting and Sadie Burt, billed as two of vaudevilles most popular and talented artists, in "Several Songs fully achieved all that their exceptional reputation calls for. This clever pair has scored many hits in musical comedy as well as on the vaudeville stage and gave the a repertoire of song that was remarkable, not so much for the songs they sang, but the manner in which they sang them. Features supreme of the act consisted of the bedroom scene, with Miss Burt singing Or-pheum- its Sleepyhead"; Mr. Whitings apostrophe of money and a Chinese fan-tasi- Billy and Eleanor Arlington, assisted by C. I. Taylor and E. F. Hennessey, gave a most mirthful conception of a burlesque musical act which they have facetiously dubed Mistakes Will Happen." About everything possible does happen with Billy Arlington taking the lead in seeing that it occurs, 11101 jey debutant ,iddiy makii die 0ur del! ard An they ich Eccei Big Walking to t aane c the brid sar Doll Matinee Today feeds Just t the ie trip, t to i Make twirl3 the Itfilliam of Kiddies ing Happier itriloq thei id boy of ' iitbfuii: LITTLE ama CARUSO & CO. he Mich tout o the iff liilfere HERBERT & NORTH liives Li la KANE, MOREY & MOORE O qui 1 the Lean Sk jpresi Lure COLEMAN & RAY nail sett acts bill MLLE. SONIA DE CALVE An: REKOMA W cot Sa fa CORINNE GRIFFITH MORAL FIBER "Moral Filber, a picture hot off the reel and featuring that charming actress, Corinne Griffith, easily takes the lead and holds the undivided attention of the fans at the Pan this week. The play as screened, tells a marvelous story of the machinations of false and true love. It pictures the failure and abandonment of cherished plans for revenge, when loves potion .intervenes and man and maid each find their true mate. Singing is the great charm of Mille DeCalve, an equal headliner. She also displays great familiarity with the clear-tone- d naipy0 and d jjc wrest MASTER SCREEN PLAY IS HEADLINER AT PANTAGES violin a familiarity that easily stamps her as an artist of exceptional attainments and technique. One of Miss DeCalves stellar charms as a articula song bird, is her e. a rt charms lend' IMMORTALIZED Gee ... .p W M The Baby Grands, Jane and Katherine M WHII.JUUULIUULUL m ' Leeof movie fame, who come to Orpheum, December Z8. But Business Is Great tu 1c |