Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC1 II I I he Close of Frederick Wardes Engagement TILE BOSTONIANS REPERTORY The Great Metropolis Held by tho Enemy Recent Notes anil News In Amusement Circles Wardes closing night drew a very good audience last evening t the theatre hRchar lpt is one of the most popular of hakcspearcs plays The galleries go t see the famous combat and if the truth combat were told that is what takes a good many people down stairs too Outside of the combat Richard is a heavy dreary lugubrious piece full of suffering and with nothing agreeable able about any part of it except to follow the beauties of Shakespeares ex pro slon Warde made of Gloater a most testable hunchbacked villian and tho more detestable the villain the better the actor who portrays s him The delinea tIon r was full of power throughout The The support was rather indifferent in all respect and some of the military features otably those which made the same supers do service as Richard and Rich monds army rather moved the risibles of the audience The combat was finely done and evoked heavy applause Mr Wardo closed contracts with Manager Mana-ger Burton last evening for his appearance appear-ance next February in conjunction with Mrs D P Bowers The Bostonians great sale yesterday show d that the town is ripe for good dollar dol-lar aitd n hal opera and that this particular particu-lar company can give it to us is something that Salt Lake needs no assurance of The Bostonians have added to their repertoire several novelties this season of the lighter order they also keep producing works of the standard grand opera school and in their performance of 1 Trova toro they have received tho hirhest pris Marie Stono has achieved great success T in the gat Lenora prisr J and Jessie Bartlett Davis j v C r J has made the dramatic a Y Q S wclljas vocal hit of her tF career in her superb rendering of the role of l Azucena Marie Stone Tom Karl and W H l McDonald were students together in Italy and r r tjUoN their Italian training I 11 l i Tr gives them great ex peri J encp in the artistic ren h M dcriug of their roles 7 tf Tom Karl sang with all f the great Italian opera V artists and should give a finished portrayal of the role of Marrico UarieStonr W H McDonald a the Count di Luna has been praised for a very artistic performance of rirq the role Eugene ivies idt the basso completes the splendid cst by his r efficient work in tho role of Ferrando f Mr Karl went to Europe shortly after the 1r I season hero last summer 1 I and bought the very qi Jesse Bartlett Dar beautiful costumes l worn in Trovatore of Alias the London Alas I ijcostumer The works of American composers b j com-posers have been < rgiven a hearing by l > the liberal management JA manage-ment of The Bos TomAail tonians this season and the result has been that two of the brightest works ever produced in light opera haye been added to the extensive repertoire ot the company and trill be heard here for the first time Suzette one of tno novelties is the work of Oscar Fricl of New York and it has been a great success throughout the country Mare Stone in the title role is called very charming and is ably seconded by the lovely Jessie Bartlett Davis who has tbe part of the Marchioness W H MacDonald and Edwin W Hoft appear and the capital comtdian Frothingham is alsoin the cst Nikish the conductor of the Boston symphony orchestra says of the latcsUsuccess Don Quixote My only regret is I cannot hear it many times more Don Quixote was produced by the Bostonians Bos-tonians at the Boston theatre in November Jabthefore an audience of over four thousand thou-sand and every vocal number sixteen in al was encored The opera was called by all the musical critics ot Boston not only the best American opera yet composed but ranks with the best of the Sullivan operas and tho delightful orchestration was es > peciully praised Barnabee will also be seen in his famous impersonation of the Pasha in Fatinitza and his very clever performance of Lord Allcashin Fra Diavolo The Great Metropolis ono of the scenic sensations of the day has reached Salt Lake in it travels and will hold the theatre boards on Wednesday and Thursday Thurs-day ill this week The company is under the nuiiugement of Jay Rial one of the best known managers ot the Pacific coast aim has lately done the piece on a long run attllcGrund opera House San Fraucisc Tim sensational character ofthe play will alone insure heavy patronage Next week for two evenings at the Salt Like theatre our theatregoers will have a opportunity of seeing that most popular 11 talented of all young comedians M Ir Nat O GoodxViu who will appear in his latest nd 1latcstsuc s A GoldMine Froth all accounts It would seeD that Mr Good in lias never dbno anything more creditable titan his work in this pla Several of the scenes of a quiet tender antipathetic anti-pathetic order as given by Mr Goodwi in tho comedy are said to be touching bits of acting very much out of tho line in i which wo have been accustomed to see Nat Goodwin Time ollectiou of Uoodvviu in i Hobbies alone will insure him a big welcome wel-come in Salt Lilic The appearance of cither of our popular amateur societies tho Home Dramatic club oMbe Stephens Opera company a ways excites as much anticIpation a the coming 01 the best road companies and draws equally as heavy patronage The production Held By the Enemy by the former rgnizaton Fridy evening nex will without any doubt cause the oldtimo interest This play was done in Salt Lake I number of years ago and thiugh it mata mat-a great hit it was not seen by the Usual theatre going public because itwas done in midsummer Henry Miller as Colonel Preseott Gillette the author of the playas play-as Beau the special for Leslies Viola Alien as the heroine Rachel and Louise Dillon us the boubtcttc Susan were the originals of the parts to be sustained yes pectively by Mr Wells Mr Spencer Edith Clawson uuil Birdie Cummings Mr Young appears zs the Confederate spy Lottie Ciuridge a tho aunt of the two girls Mr livuus Mr Pierce as the old as darkey the brigade and Mr surgeon Ba low as the general while the t minor parts arc in competent hands HaSten is paining pain-ing a set for the third act and the play will be accurately costumed and mounted through th courtesy of Lieutenant Weight an1 other officer at the post whoha lent n lnd hand to tho efforts of th com pany The original music of Held IJy time Enemy has been sent here from Califo and tin and orchestra will be interpreted by Prof I Veih |