| Show DRAMATIG9AND LYRIC LYRICI I The Successful Close of the Dixey Season A BRASS MONKEY TOMORROW An OdTime Relic of the Sal Lake Thespians General aud Personal Notes of the Profession The laushtar and applause at last nights presentation of Adonis by Dixey and his company gave additional evidence i any were needed that it i a brighter more I entertaining and a better piece than I Seven Ages I is a burlesque in very truthful of humor aud bubbling over with mirth and clever conceits When one cever witnesses a repetition of Adonis and notes how clever aro the three prominent caricatures it contains on tho modern melodrama melo-drama viz Tie stern father the polished villain and the village beauty there is no longer need for wonder at its phenomenal popularity Dixey seems as a boy turned loose from school as he trips on the stage in his numerous num-erous characters and no wonder Adonis I is his first love I made him what he is today The pedestal upon which ho poses as statue at the beginning and ending of the play is symbolical of the place he occupies occu-pies in the admiration of the American public Yet there is a sentiment that Dixey has sentment reached his zenith tipped the beam of his I fame as it were and that his prestige and powers are on the wane He is himself to blamo for this He has genius enough to have made his name a household word in every civilized nation but It aeems the tide in his affairs which should have led him on to fortune was not taken at its flow and those who know him best say this tide will ebb never again A Now York exchange commenting on Mr Dixoys waning popularity gives the following as the explanation He has simply lost prestige pres-tige by neglecting his business in favor of 1 night bouts There is no intention howoverto detract I from his brilliance as an artist He has many imitators but he stands unequaled in the lino of burlesque His versatility is nothing short of marvelous and the ease witu which he assumes each of his characterizations charac-terizations from Henry Irving down to tno tonsorial tough shows the gift was born within him not acquired The house last evening was again filled to the walls Mr Greshnm Mr Howard Miss Wallace Miss Perkins Hiss Bronson and our old friend of Red Pocket Book anl fame Mrs F 11 Bates shared the honors with Mr Dixey The old mans allusion to the Home Dramatic was stormily verpivfy i old but sterlingorganization and to old resIdents dents the following programme sent to Dramatic and Lyric by an old friend will be refreshing as a reminiscence of the good old days of yore The bill is very yellow with age and about the edges looks as if it had been nibbled by mice Wo reproduce entire THEATRE Great Salt Lake City U T manager H B Hawson stage manager JohnT Came fourth night of the season unabated success Mr T A Lyne in his grot character of Cardinal Uchelieu Wednesday evening November 10 604 will presented for the first time in this territory Bulvrers great historical play in live acts Richelieu or tho Conspiracy King Louis XILnn1r Geo Teasdale Gaston DulzeofOricansMr J M Hardle Count DoBarndasMrDavki McKenzie Cardinal Richelieu unlr T A Lyuo The Chevalier Adrlen J3e J1aupratJoan Mr Joan T Caine The Sleur De Berjn enMr J M Simmons JoseoU Mr J S Lindsay Buguet Mr George M Ottlnyer Francis first page to KichclleaMr Mr E G Worlley r Eugene a paw un nnMrs A CliWcoa Marquis Do Llermont Mr J A Thomson Capa n of the Archers Mr C M Donelson First I f Mr H Malbea Second > Secretaries ef stato < Mr R F Neslin Third j j il l Sir W CDunbar I Goe nor of toe BastileMr J R Clawson Gaoler Mr J B Kelly Courtiers Paper Conspltaors Officers S lliurs eta etc Julio De M rtomar an orphan ward to Richelieu < Mrs L Gllson MriioiUe uortno Miss Alexander As the unQagging interest of this great drama commences with too opening scone the audl once sue respectfully requested to bo seated to foro the rising of the curtain ned thus possess them ele3 or the entire plot Owing to the I length of tun play It will constitute the entire I evenings pcrformanco I lClrorma I |
