Show J A I 11 r I Something unique in the annals oC frnmatlc art will be attempted atsthe Salt Joko Theater tomorrow night For the first time at lenst on a i re temlouB scale the splendid civilisation the luxury and Oriental splendor of the lAstec pCOIle will be reproduced on the Btairo vith nil the faithfulness and accuracy ac-curacy that can be lent by company of trained players assisted 1 by tho artists art-ists brush and all the illusory devices I of modern thealilcals It Is worthy of remark that this daring dar-ing project Is the product of Utah brains Utah money and to a large extent ex-tent Utah talent Whether the venture will be a success can only bo conjectured conjec-tured nothing is so difficult to forecast us the favor or disfavor with which the public will receive a dramatic production produc-tion But if i the opinion of critics and I laymen has any weight and if their 1 judgment is as valid ns it should be by reason of long experience and observation I obser-vation of the fickle public taste the I piece Is destined to make a tremendous hit and rival the success of Ben Ilur The Christian and other spectacular productions of the last few years For several weeks a large company lias been carefully trained by the best masters in the business Songs and dances have been taut lIt and learned and tho minor members of the company com-pany some of them with experience but for the most part amateurs have Imbibed the spirit of the play and spend their waking hours in the land of the Nephltcs and the atmosphere of historic mystery No detail of costume or stage setting has been omitted to make Conan toll a perfect production Thousands of dollars have been spent with artists land costume designers to ensure the harmonious and accurate presentation of the scenes and people of Aztec days As an instance of this it Is stated that tho armor to bo worn by the hero in his character ns a NVjihlte warrior is plated with gold and silver and cost no Jess than 250 One of the costumes of Agnes Rose Lane for her dancing scene In the second rut is composed of a myriad of gold beads and the 0eIke adorned with 000 rhlnestoncs The remainder of the costumes are in keepIng keep-Ing and tho robes designed for the chorus have been carefully adjusted to harmonize and make a perfect color scheme The scenic effects carefully preserve the gorgeous splendor of tho Aztec court the tropical palms the magnificent tapestries the massive pillars inscribed with the curious hieroglyphics of a now forgotten age Xo less than four set nets are provided each succeeding scene more beautiful than the one IL follows go that from a spectacular standpoint alono the production is destined to win admiration regardless of the character of the acting But tho acting is in no degree behind the setting of the play The leading man Joseph Ifaworth Is recognized as one of the strongest players In the country His strength lies In serious parts and there 1 ore few actors on the American stage who arc his equals in depicting scenes of emotional Intensity As John Storm In The Christian Mr Haworth shared the honors with Viola Allen and his work won the highest praise from the best critics of the country coun-try Agnes Rose Lano is a lilting heroine hero-Ine for the play adapted as she Is for the lighter as well as the more intense work which her part requires It IH I worthy of remark that Miss Lane Is a member of the Mormon church although al-though she has never lived In Utah The play has been widely heralded asa as-a Mormon play given r by Mormon players play-ers and has been compared in this respect re-spect with the Passion Play of Ober ammersrau This statement does very nicely for purposes of advertising but Is not strictly In accordance with the facts It Is true the action of the play is taken from the Hook or Mormon the hero Corianton being a son of a high priest of I the Nephltes a nation regarded regard-ed by the Mormons as the chosen people peo-ple of ancient tlm s In America but aside from this fact the play has little of Mormonism in it Many of the minor performers arc Mormons but the play is not backed or oven supported to any appreciable extent by the church In Utah It Is in fact a private enterprise for which the church is In no wise responsible Manager George E Blair who returned re-turned a few days ago from New Fork yesterday announced that he had consisted con-sisted his bookings for September and a part of October The following Is the itinerary so far arranged 6 V The compan will open a weeks engagement en-gagement at the Broadway theater Denver September 1st Omaha will be the next stop then Des Moines St Joo and Kansas City At the latter city tho play will be put on at the now Wills Wi-lls Wood theater one of the finest new playhouses In the Vest St Louis will be reached the llrst week In October After reaching the Mississippi river a choice of two route will be presented One of these t is through I Indianapolis Ixnilsvllle Cincinnati Cleveland and Buffalo reaching Boston about the first of the year and closing the season then Jhe other route Is to the northwest Including In-cluding engagements at St Paul Mln nrapolip Milwaukee Detroit and closing clos-ing at Chicago Mr Blair is also con sideling a proposition from New York but is averse to going l there unless he can secure the Broadway theater for the purpose V Despite a very general notion to the contrary it IK asserted by both Man xitfoi1 Blair and Stago Manager Lewis that the full company will be taken from SuIt Lake about ninety persons In all This will Include besides the main characters twelve young women in the chorus sixteen in the ballet and sixteen men In the chorus livery J person per-son who takes part In the performance in Salt Lake will be taken with tile company on Its tour wild Mr Blair The company will travel In a special train comprising two Pullman cars two I baggage cars and an objervation car I Special cars will he constructed to accommodate ac-commodate the scenery The Prince and the Peasant will bo the hill at the Grand theater during tho entire week with regular matinees Tuesday and Saturday afternoons Since this opera wan produced last May many changes have been made in the opera and the cast The words and the music are by Salt Lakers Frank Maltese l Mal-tese and Harold Orlob and will be pro ducod almost entirely by Salt Lakers j Titles Cloy Elmer a Salt Lake girl who played with the Castle Square Opera I company in King Dodo last winter jilaya the part of Jeanette Miss Helena Shepard a charming Salt Xaiho girl whose beautiful soprano oleo has won for her many admirers will make her debut as the soubrctto In rule Prince and the Peasant Alfred Best will again play the part of Karl a role which he filled most creditably when the opera was presented in this city in May last Spencer Squires will appear ap-pear in the role of Hclnrlch Miss Nellio JIalllday as Fanchettc and Wllllan Phillips as Prince Hugo All the I choruses are tuneful and catchy and Ii i will be rendered by an exceptionally welltnnlned lot of singers Popular prices will prevail at the theater during the week I Charles W Mcakln of this city closed a contract last week with Jules Murry whereby he will be In advance of Paul I GIlmore In Iladdon Chamberss comedy com-edy The Tyranny of Tears Mr Mcakln will leave shortly for New Yorlc to take ur his work The company com-pany opens In Buffalo and has Its season booked from New York to San Francisco Paul Gllmore will be re membcrcd here as DArtagnan In The Musketeers a A Protest From Boise A Boise theaterRoer registers a rigorous 1 rig-orous protest against 1 the high prices charged by nichartl Mansfield In this and other Western dittos on his recent tour and also takes occasion to express HIS opinion of the people who like to I be duped His letter In part follows I Dramatic l litor Suit Lako frlbl1ncl noticed un article in your paper of Tuna nth regarding Rlelmid Mansfield and tho charges < he innOo at Denver Suit Lako City and Boise Hlclmrd Mansllcld llko many more of tho swelled headed rater nlty bus only done whnt the poojilo 1 or tho West like lie speaks of and treats tho West with contempt and vet the Western suckers will stand tho butcher on to pay J him S2J and 3 per Good enough for theta It would be well to charge them J5 and our wouldbe million Hires would dig for Richard every lime If you wish to get n line on Richard tri to interview him lie will simply fip njo you with one of his howdnreyouspcuk tolheGreiitHlchard looks In speaking speak-Ing of his Western tour he invariably Mcaks of Ititertaltiini tho Judlanii out Ucht and to think of the Suit Luko In rtlsins coughing up 250 per Is laughable in the extreme Stage ChowChow George Ale Is Just putting the finishing finish-ing touches on his new comedyopera Peggy from Paris which Henry W Savage Is to give an elaborate production produc-tion early In thecoining season In this connection Mr Savage has recently recent-ly I signed a contract with Mr Ade whereby ho will control completely all of Mr Ados writings for the stage for a period of three years There Is probably prob-ably no native writer of humor In this country who Is better known than Mr Ade and he Is I by no means a neophyte In writing dramatic literature His Sultan of Suit which Mr Savage produced In Chicago last spring was one of the great I successes of the year The music for Peggy from Paris Is to be written by William Loraine who Is also under contract to Mr Savage with the exception of three or four songs which are to he Interpolated into the score Mr Loraine is a native musician mu-sician and will be remembered from his Salome which was one of the most charming of last years musical compositions com-positions Mr Savage IH a firm believer believ-er In the works of native Americans and his greatest successes In light opera have been made by native works persons per-sons having foreign librettos and scores to offer do not make sales in his ofllce Blanche Walsh in a recent interview recalls a coincidence which In her opinion opin-ion auurs well for the success of her new play which Stanislaus Slange is now writing for her and which is founded on Flauberts novel Salamm bo Miss Walsh says that her first public appearance was made thirteen years ago when she was a mere girl of 15 at an amateur performance of Othello at the old Windsor theater In the Bowery Now York She was the Desdemona and the gentleman who played lago was this samo Stanislaus Stange the author of the new play sho is to appear in next season The coincidence coinci-dence lies In I the fact that Mr Slange accepted the commission to write a play on the subject of Salammbo Messrs Wagenhals and Kemper long before these managers had any Idea of making a contract to star Miss Walsh The rehearsals of Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines the fantastic Clyde Fitch comedy which will he seen In this city this seasbn will commence in New York next week The entire cast for the production including Miss ElIza hrth Kennedy who will be featured an Mme Trenton is now complete and Is as follows Theodore Babcock Francis Yale Charles N Lum Edward J Mack Alfred Mayo John C Llndemcre Laurence Lau-rence Finch William Rennl Gerald larcourt Ilnrry A Barton John V Dalley Frank J Donnelly P C Foy Charlotte Lambert May Anderson Mary Palmer Clara Barton Mile Ar noldl Theresa Morgan Annie Moore Monica Lee Anna Morrison Vcnle Ath erton Grace Wllcox and Annlo Konst King Highball Is the latest title toe to-e used for a musical extravaganza to bo produced by the Rice Amusement company under direction of E E Rice the veteran and bent known manager of this particular claps of entertainment The book is by Charles ITorwIlr and the music by Frederick Bowers both well cnown composers whose names have become household words through the I country during the past ten years It Is I the Intention of Henry W Savage Sav-age to openthe tour of George Ados merry and successful ratlre The Sultan Sul-tan of Sulu early In September William Faversham will bring his European Eu-ropean vacation to a close In October ind will take up his American travels with either The Right of Way dram itixcd by Gilbert Parker from his novel hy that name or a new drama by Paul Potter e Morrisons Faust will begin Its wcntysecond annual tour In Septem hl1r > That trademark Morrison may be accountable for the longevity and popularity of the best stage version of Goethe extant o q Mr Mlltenthal announces that besides Cavallcrla TiusUcaria Iris und LAmlco Fritz the Mancagnl company com-pany will produce here his successful and wellknown opera RatchcJifle vhiili though very popular In Italy has never been heard In America Shakespearean revivals promise to occupy oc-cupy a conspicuously prominent placi on the Englishspeaking stage during ho cominir season Bcerbohm Tree is offering a sumptuous production of The Merry Wives of Windsor In which he is associated with Mrs Kcn lal and Ellen Terry and Sir Henry rvhig will soon appear again In Co iolanus On tills side of the water Louis 1 James and Frederick Warde will produce The Tempest on an elaborate scale Richard Mansfield announces a production of Julius Caesar and 13 H Sothern will again essay Hamlet Maude Adams In still In Switzerland and will not appear upon the stage isaln until November She will then play Rosalind In As You Like It and will revive LAlglon und The Little Minister A Plxloy and Ludcrnu new musical comedy The Prlnco of Pllsen has made a very great success at the Tre mont theater Boston and IB now In Its eighth Wftck It will go to Chicago about the middle of September following follow-ing King Dodo at the Studebaker theater Messra WngenhnlG nnd Kemper have reongayed Mr Norman Hackett for next season He will be leading man for the Louts James and Frederick Warde company and will appear In tho I very attractive role oC Ferdinand in The Tempest > Tho marvelously fascinating Influence of The Christian Inns been well illustrated illus-trated thin summer when it has been let out to slock companies in a dozen or more cities at a royalty of 51000a week each The price Is a largo ono to pay but stock managers have found It EO much more profitable even at this price than other attractions at onehalf the cost that In nearlyevery Instance they have made application for a second sec-ond weeks rental Among the more prominent American artists to be heard durlncr the coming season in both Europe and America is Mme Lillian Blauvelt the wellknown soprano who is now spending the summer sum-mer at Bar Harbor Francis Wilson and his company In Tho Toreador will begin rehearsals August ISth Mr Wilson will return from Europe the third week In August e r William Gillette will return to New York In November reviving Sherlock Holmes for a month at the Knicker bocker theater a Crane will continue to play In David Harum through this season and will havo a now comedy for next year Y Y May Robson the comedienne has been engaged us one of the principals of the support of Jerome Sykes In Harry Har-ry B Smith and Gus Kcrkers new musical mu-sical comedy The Billionaire |