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Show HI Dramatic. B II , "The Strollers." HR IK ' "The Strollers" will occupy the board of the Salt H ill Lake theater next week. This production has re- Hjl j J reived the endorsement of press and public with- HHifj Cllt stint and for n comic opera attraction has H J j j taken a front rank in the theatrical world. The K I J fcenery and costumes are magnificent and with H J catchy musical selections will prove a treat to IK ' Zion's theater-goers. Marguerita Sylva, who has H J j f j the leading part in the cast, is one of the leading H J i , artists in the country and had added to her laurels B i ft ! B I ! t ' h 1 .$ - "it By j j Mul , ; in nor rendition of the star character. John D. H j ' Gilbert is too well and favorably known to patrons Hlj J j J ; of the stage to need press encomiums. He has BB I ! j a"ied a warm spot in the heart of every lover of BB I ' I dramatic excellence. George C. Boniface, Jr., is a Bj j : ; ,- comedian of ability and versatility, and was for BE I i , ; years known as the man with the "comedy legs." BBS j i ' ; j "The Strollers" is a typical Broadway show, with BBj J ; all the -recherche features, whirl of color, dash, Hl o'qunncy and brilliancy which characterizes this fl ; ' class of productions. The piece was personally H 'M j staged and directed by George W. Ledere'. which HB I 'i in itself is a guarantee for its excellence. BH I M BB j S The "Penitents" which was presented to a Salt IRj 7 J , ' Lako audience Thursday evening is a typical Hall HR : Caine story well dramatized, and while without np 1 depth, strength or tragic climaxes which marks Hfi I j the rendition of "The Christian," still the plot is Bap J ; sufficiently complex and contains several striking- Bffi ly dramatic situations, but not through the efforts BB j . ! of the company which did the one night here and BB I i ' thon Sot out of town. We suspect very much HB I I tnat this wonderful aggregation of people and H III ! scenes gets anywhere near Salt Lake next year, HPJ1 ' ' ; it will take a long running jump over the city. RBI? . BBi t , HMlji : Joun Drew will begin hU eleventh season under WjM'l I ' ( haries Frohman's management m the Empire HK! j ; heater. New York, this week, in "The Mummy fHH i nd tue Humming Bird," which is presented for M(: j fj the first time in this country. Hl William H. Crane will begin his third season EBSS i tarring under the Frohman management in iHI "David Harum," at the Criterion, September 8th, During this season he will-make ar. extended tour of the States. "A Chinese Honeymoon" is proving a breadsinner bread-sinner at the Casino and has broken all pas' Casino Ca-sino records in attendance. "Robert Emmett, the Days of 1803,' is proving such a drawing card at the Fourteenth Ftreet cheater that uowds are being turned away at every performance. Brandon Tynan's iiriersona-tion iiriersona-tion of Emmett, the Irish leader, has proven a genuine hit for the successful actor. Weber & Fields' comedy, "Twirly-Whirlv " v.hich i to open in Music Hall, September 11th has proven a source of anxiety 10 the actor-managers in that the theater is not large enough to seat Iho host of first -nigh ters who desire to witness the new play, and the managers have dee'ded to dispose dis-pose of the be;jt seats at auction for the opening night. Julia Dean will make her eastern debut in Boston Bos-ton a week from Monday. She will play "The Firefly," Fire-fly," in "When We Were Twenty-one " It is reported that Miss Helena Clendennin of Chicago will enjoin the production of "A Modern Magdalen," which was to be the opener of the Willis Wood opera-house by Miss Amelia Bingham, Bing-ham, on the charge that the play is a plagiarism upon one of the same title which she wrote and submitted for production. V Charming Ethel Barrymore will drop the skirts and assume the unmentionables in a one-act skit called "Carrots," which will be used as a curtain-raiser. curtain-raiser. Not only this, but she purposes donning a red wig and freckled face, but the chappies will pass by these little departures and continue to supply the jewel boxes of sweet Ethel as of yore. Maud Adams has been compelled to cancel all engagements for the autumn and early winter season sea-son on account of ill-health. She is a sufferer from nervous prostration. Charles Frohman her manager, was notified by cable from Switzprland of the condition of his leading star. Misf. Adams 's on her way from Switzerland to France. Nat C. Goodwin's second wife, Nella Baker Goodwin, Good-win, who obtained a divorce from the weii-known actor-manager in 1892 died at New York, September Septem-ber Sth. |