Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC II I i jMr I t Couldock and Our I Club in i Hazel Kirke BILLY TAYLOR 3IOHDAY SIGHT 4 penlnc of a 1 Notable WcekScanlan last EveningA Trip to Ghlnatonn Notes Notest I 1 I The biggest week in all the team years r and a half that the local Some Dramatic club have been associated I together opens out in the next ten days The club is in I dollied to the public for the heartiest kind of recognition ana the public is indebted toe i to-e club for a long list of high class enter tainmentsbut we believe the mtitual debt I will be increased after the production of Hhzel Kirke this week In bringing an actor of Mr Oouldocks standing from I Kew York the club have shown that they arc fully up to and abreast with the spirit of enterprise that seems to peameato ail i departments of life In our city Wo commend I com-mend the TV idea wake members of the club and congratulate them that they were suc ess ful When it was first mooted that negotiations vvero being conducted with Mr Couldock people generally viewed the announcement with incredulity Now that Mr Couldock is ucuiilly hero and ready for the fray the town wo think is preparing to show him and the club together to-gether that knows how to appreciate the honor of his visit In many respects Mr Couldock is one of 10 most remarkable figures in the dramatic world today When Wallack Gilbert and Warren passed away the was loft almost the only lixing represent ativo of the famous old school Think what a history of the t stage will be comprihed in hIs life when it comes to be written He made his first appearance in 1S36 when ho was twentyono years of ale and since that time there is hardly a great name in either England or America t with which his has not barns written nlong side In IStO ween ho celebrated his t fiftieth year on the stage he was given such a testimonial from the dramatic pro fession as rarely falls to the lot of any actor to receive That benefit performance perform-ance of Hamlet will remain an oftquoted L episode in the history of tho American t stage This was the pro ramme as ren ered and nearly every prominent actorin New York at that time w ho was not castor cast-or a speaking part went on as a suIte to I show his respect for the beheficiare OJE ACT OF HAMLET lamlet Mr Edwin Booth Supported by the Booth and lljrrctttompaiii ONE ACT Ol THE ItlVAIA Dab Acres Mr Joseph Jefferson Sir Lucius OTniggerMrJamea Oueil Mrs Malaprop Mis John Drew and others OXE ACT OF THE SCHOOL FOR JCA > DAU Sir Peer Teazle Mr Johu Gilbert LudyTeazleMiss Fanny Davenport C harles Suiface Mr Ian ell and others OSE ACT OF JULIUS acs CS iasslus Mr Lawrence Barrett Supported by the Booth and Barrett company it Mr Couldock passes his time quietly at his room in the Continental when he is not ehearsing reading writing letters and taking regularly with each afternoon alit b a-lit of snooze Yesterday ho ventured out to try and locate some old l remembered andmarks l of former times The first place > he went in quest of was the Salt Lake house whero ho put up on trrhing a n Salt Lake twentytwo years ago When he saw the Progress building which now stands on part of the old Salt Lake house site he muttered Bless rne and turned back to his hotel Under tho giiidinir wing of Phil Margetts he went through Savages bazaar and while there thnh pioneer photographer insisted on taking his head off as Mr Couldock expressed it i and some large pictures of the actor willbe issued this week Today ho will visit the cemetery and begin active work at the theatre tomorrow His present plans are to return to New York immediately immedi-ately after the close of the season with the Homo club though he says if there were any desirable places on the road to visit be wouldnt mind going while he has his hand in This however the business engagements en-gagements of the club will probably render impossible I 1 Ono of the most truthful and thoughtful critiques on Mr Couldocks Dunstan is contained in te following from one of the great New York dailies Hazel Kirke is ono of tho standard plays which rarely fail to attract large nnll appreciative audiences and when Mr ouldock is to impersonate the character of Dunstan Kirko no ordinary circumstances circum-stances should deter the lovers of the higher art of the stage from witnessing it Mr Couldock is not only without a peer in this role but there are only two or three characterizations to be seen on the stage today which can justly be compared with itm realistic powerand perfection inevery detail It is one of those preeminently truthful stage pictures which accomplish more than a passing gratification of the senses which ore not merely good for pastime giving ephemeral eph-emeral entertainment but which strike the key notes of our natures and become be-come a matter of enduring remembrance No ono can witness the varying episodes of Dunstaus life portrayed with the power which Mr Couldock brings to the work without having thefinor feelinas stirred to j their depths as by a calamity which touches i the common heart of humanity and they will not arise from the performance without with-out the sense that an impression has been made upon them which is likely to be ineradicable in-eradicable It is by such influence that we may safely measure tho genius of an actor and thus tested theD ustan Kirke of Mr Couldock must ever hold an eminent position posi-tion among tho most impressive of stage creations Tomorrow night the merry and tuneful opera of Blllee Taylor presented with so much success by the troop of children under un-der Mrs Williamson not loug ago will be repeated at the theatre Professor Carless directs tboorchestra and the cast will be as follows Blllce Taylor Ruby Clawson Phoebe Falrlcigh Edith Ellcrbetk Arabella Lino AnUeCuuimings Susan ScrajRS May Goldberg l Ben Barnacle May Hollander iilc Dapper I Delia Daynes Sir Mincing Lane trud Butler I Christopher Crabb Spencer Squires Eliza Dabsj uJahn Taylor The chorus consists of sixtyfive chil drens voices I Scanlan wound up last evening what has I been one of tho heaviest moneyed weeks I that the theatre has had for a long time j past The receipts of the seven performances i perform-ances six nlahts and a matineecould not f have been much less than 5000 and ScanI lan drew close upon suiw at it otis mati neo yesterday was quite good and last I evening tho house was again crowded The Irish Minstrel is by Fred Marsden and like most of Marsdens pieces is a harmless mixture of milk and water nod I sensation with a will a trust deed an op tion or some other kind of mysterious paper turning up in the last ant to defeat tho villain Without this piece of paper the play wouldnt be Marsdens But Scan lans popularity makes everything ti go and the bigaudienco last evening applauded as enthusiastically as if i the play had been by Sardoli To look at the title of Scanlans songs one would class them as on the order of soft but when he sings them and accompanies them I with his graceful movements one forgets all about their titles and joins in the rush lof applause that the galleries variably t I naugurate I He invests tho well worn rish boy stage typo with something of anew I a-new charm by his grace of voice and manner man-ner and by his personality succeeds where many who might be called better actors would fall short In a word he succeeds and he is now in the full tide of success The support last evening was from good t fairbut tho tripping exit of the villain in ho last act on tho usual You shall bear from me yet was one of the funniest t lings we have seen since Tho City Directory Mr Charles H Hoyt who is responsible for many an American housewifes task at I replacing lost buttons to their husbands I and sons garmentsthe result of at attend i nee at a performance of one of his I c omedies is out this season with two new pieces which bid fair to at least equal all the others in point of popular success They arcjalled A Trip to Chinatown and A Texas Steer The former which ai i s said to be one of the keenest of Mr I loyts satires will be seen for the first time in this city at tho Salt Lake theatre m ext Wednesday night Tho action takes place of course at San Francisco where lie Chinatown ranks as tho chief object of curiosIty to the traveli i puohc It is a I curious spot whore 3 tOO Celestials l ivo as they did iu their mother country All their manners and customs of living are adhered to here and 16 the stranger they appear oddly amusing Mr I loyt has spent much time in tho study of this place and ho gives the result of his observations to the public in the form of a comedy full of mirth and oddity Indeed in all of Hoyts pieces there is an object painted a theory advanced His works night properly bo called caricatures given with life and action and the interpolation of night singing graceful dancing and the innumerable other adjuncts serve to lighten up the whole and render an even ing of pure wholesome amusementcqually enjoyable to all classes We are asked to decide a wager between two Salt Lake citizens A bets that tho Tabor Grand was opened by EmmaAbbott B wages that it was by Emelie Melville A wins Emma Abbott opened the house oa the night September 51831 Notes Miss Ollie Archmere a beautiful girl and fine vocalist is brought prominently into view in Hoyts new comedy A Trip to Chinatown Irene Murphy a prima donna of excellent excel-lent reputation aud one of the cleverest of tho rising generation oftalented young ladies of the stage will be seen to advan ape in Hoyts new comedy A Trip to Chinatown One of the most important of Manager Haymans announcements reearding thear ntricals in this city that referring to the first presentation here or the famous Chicago Opera House spectacle the Crystal Crys-tal Slipper This company will bo the greatest theatrical aggregation that ever crossed the i continent numbering over one hundred people and Including two cal loads of scenery six Shetland ponies and numberless trunks and boxes of paraphernalia parapher-nalia It will bo presented here in its entirety en-tirety and it is safe to say that nothing like it has ever been seen before The management of tho theatre request town patrons to secure scats in advance for the Hazel Kirko season to avoid tho crush which is sure to ensue during fair and conference Ada Dwyer has just received tho most flattering testimonial that an actress could leceive Her part has been materially cut down by the star Thq only Hoyt will be in Salt Lake this week Park City is yearning for Hazel Kirke Mr Bob Slavin the funny man of the Howard Athenaeum company received a telegram from Baltimore night just before be-fore the periormance began at the Bijou theatre that his wife was dying her home iu i that city She had been ailing since last winter when she suffered from the grip However Mr Slavin went on in his grotesque gro-tesque comedy act and rarely has he been funnier He made the audience roar with laugtiter l Immediately upon leaving tIle stage ho broke into tears and hurriedly donninghls street clothes hurried awayito take a train for Baltimore Aeui York Hernia Her-nia Emma Juch is in Memphis where she opened a new opera house in the Hug nots notsThomas Thomas W Kcene the popular tragedian comes to Salt Lake soon Keene will open in i an elaborate production l of Richard III to bo followed by Hamlet Louis XI Othello The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth It is Dan Frohmans intention to surround j I sur-round Edward Sothern with a company capable of doing the line of work followed by tho lato Lester Wallack He will then revive the old comedies The scenes of the new play which Sar dou is writing for Stuart Robson are laid in i paris The story depicts club life in that city It is to be ready for production in l September 1891 Henry E Abboy arrived in New York last l week from Europe He says that Sarah Bernhardt will begin her American engagement in February and after her appearance ap-pearance iu this city in April will sail for Australia on May 2nd He also states that it i is not improbable that Mary Anderson may return to the stage |