Show DRAMATIC AND LIRIC The EllslerCouldock Season Not a Success I I THE OLD ACTOR LIONIZED The Bostonians Bill Will Carleton Jane Couldocka Eeceptioa Stephens PlansNotes The engagement of Effle Ellsler blinked out rather lumely at tho theatreilast evening r even-ing It was thought that with a change of bill business would look up nnd it might have done so had there been a second piece 1 In which Couldock could be boomed as well as Miss Ellsler But everyone knew Coul o dock was not in the cast of Egypt and many people had seen Miss Ellsler in the I play on a previous occasion so there was I no novelty and the house was rather light in consequence The play ia an interesting I one but not a great one and the main recommendations rec-ommendations arc that it gives the Ellsler a chance to do some varied acting and to wear some striking gowns both of which requirements she tills to the letter Tho matinee of Hazel Kirko drew a fair turn out and Mr Couldock and Miss Ellslers fine acting was received with a regular flood of tears tearsit it At tho Union club parlors last evening Mr Couldock was tendered an informal reception S re-ception by the Home dramatic club and a few immediate friends mostly made up of those who appeareJ with the old actor in Hazel Ivirke eighteen months ago Phil JViargetts nnd Mrs M G Clawson of the S old time players with whom Couldock consorted con-sorted in 1S07 were also present and David McKenzie sent regrets at being unable to attend Tho affair lasted an hour and a half and was interspersed with music punch and water ices The main attraction hc over was found in the little knot of people who sat in a corner and wit I whom the veteran actor exchanged reminiscences remin-iscences of twenty years ago Coul I docK recalled how he had entered tho Salt Lake valloy < < in 1S67 with Jack Langrishcs mule train from Denver and he told how line a paradise the city t looked as they caught their first glimpse of it Ho told of his early appearances herewith here-with his daughter Eliza of the wide ran goof go-of characters he played from Miles McKenna I Mc-Kenna to Jack Fak > tatr and related how he and his daughter went by overland stage from here to California a trip whose s verity ver-ity proved a great hardship to tho frail constitution i con-stitution of his dauchter who ded on a later visit to the Salt Lake valley Bishop Whitney recalled tho time when from the 1 top most gallery ho wont into raptures over Couldocks Falstaff which ho still thought the Hues delineation of the character he bad ever seen Henry bicqel dropped iu to I I shako hands with the old actor and to remind him that twenty years ao he had 1 I been present at an entertainment in Virginia Vir-ginia City Mont whore Mr Couldock I read and his daughter recited or rather they were to have done there being no one in the audience except Mr Siegel and I a gentleman friend Couldock came out apologized asked them TO got their money back at the door Mr Margetts and Mrs Clawson exchanged recollections I of the old days and altogether the evening I was a thoroughly delightful one especially to the oldtimers Mr Couldock is seventyseven years of 1 age and is probably tho oldest actor on the stage being twelve years older than Jeffer eon nnd fifteen years older than Stoddard S Be came to America in 1849 and has been before the footlights just fiftysix years I There will bo two crowded houses at tho Salt Lake theatre this week to hear those 1 popular favorites the Bostonians m the equally popular opera Robin Hood This opera has been heard in Salt Lake before and it created a profound impression But at that time it was hardly completed ana cannot in justice be compared to the Robin Hood of today tho Robin Hood which set all New York talking last fall and which vas only withdrawn from New York because of its dates on tho road nor is it to be compared with tho Robin Hood which the Bostonians take back to New York and open with at the Garden theatre there on May 1C for an indefinite run In fact Robin Hood has been very materially changed since it was here and if the criticisms all over the country can be taken as any creterionit is ns presented by the Bostonians the greatest success of many years Not a great deal need to be said about tho Bostonians They are known and loved here they always receive a very hearty welcome when they come and their work is always known to have stamped on it the mark of excellency But this year some changes have been made in the company and for the better for Karl MacDonald and Barnabee the proprietors always advance never retrograde Both tno chorus and the orchestra have been increased now scenery especially adapted to the opera has been painted by the most famous scenic artists in America and two new sopranos have been added to the list of old artists These two newcomers aro Camillo DArville and Caroline Hamilton and no j little interest has been aroused to hear I them Madame DArvillo is said to have bad a European experience and is spoken of as an especially talented artist Caro Hue Hamilton is a Caliiornia girl and this is her first season on the stage but the reports re-ports speak in the highest praise of her I beautiful voice and refined acting The old members of tho company do not need to bo introduced They are Tom Karl and Edwin W Hoff tenors H C Barnabee and George Frothingham comedians W H MacDonald baritone Eugene Cowles basso Jessie Bartlett Davis the queen of contraltos Flora Fiblayson and Jose phiuo Bartlott The advance sale indicates a great opening open-ing Tuesday night d The man who wrote Over the Hill to the Poor House and Gone with a Handsomer Hand-somer Mar ought to need no introduction to a Salt Lake audience but we say frankly that His advance work has been very poorly executed and unless there is some quick booming done Mr Carleton is apt to talk to benches Every lover of poetry ought to remember that Mr Carleton reads from his own works at the theatre tomorrow tomor-row night and give him a handsome reception recep-tion at tho same time he has stolen upon us unawares after a sort of thiefintho night fashionnot to bo thought uncomplimentary uncompli-mentary and wo fear not for the warmth of his welcomebut for the boxoffice part of it Who is Mr Carletons manager anyway All the Comforto of Home is to be done at the theatre this week with tho same cast as before except that Mr Miller Kent assumes the part formerly played by Henry Miller Among the other members of the company are Mr Frank Lamb Mr Samuel Edwards Mr Herbert Ayling Mr J B Hollis Mr H A Morey Mr Jacques Martin Mr Arthur Hobson Mr James F Rickard Mr D J Sherwood Mr George E Lade Miss Maude Haslam Mrs Kate DeninWilson Miss Pearl Means Miss Goldie Andrews and Miss Trella Foltz In tho play you see depicted in a striking and amusing way the weaknesses and eccentricities eccen-tricities of mankind and without doubt each one could name a counterpart of every character presented known to him in every day life The pieco IB written in the happiest vein and has a moral which however how-ever is left for the audience apply and not obtrusively thrust forward The situations are very comical the scenes full of fun and the whole to sum up proves itself a comedy of high order full of good humor and entertainment S Out of the maze of conflicting reports and rumors regarding tho musical exercises exer-cises the prizes and competitions for singing sing-ing at the Worlds fair the following may bn set down as facts Thus far the only 4ng known with certainty is that a chorus of 2000 voices will take part in the dedicatory exercises on October 12th Mr Pratt of New York tvilI have charge of the chorus which is being organized in f 5 5 New York Chicago and other cities Mr Stephens conductor of tee tabernacle choir has received tho selections to be rendered which are The Heavens are Telling Hallelujah Twino ye the Garlands choruses very familiar to our local societies A special piece is also to be written by Chad wick Regarding tho competition for prizes I Mr Stephens knows absolutely nothing of any project except tho great Welsh Estol fodd wnich is to be held at Chicago during dur-ing tho Worlds fair If the fair itself is going to give prizes or conduct a competition competi-tion Mr Stephens knows nothing of it The Welsh competition inaugurated by WelshAmericans anil participated in by the world offers an immense amount in prizes the first being a prize of 5000 for the best 300voiced choir and smaller amounts being offered for smaller bodies If the tabernacle choir here enters at all it will be for one of these prizes and the problem Mr Stephens will have to face is how to select 300 singers out of his 500 enrolled membership The subscription concert of the Symphony Sym-phony orchestra is being pushed actively and those having it in charge speak well of the way in which tho public is responding respond-ing to their initial efforts The orchestra I will play two symphonies and among the soloists of tho occasion will be Mr Woihe Miss Lincoln and Mr Goddard All musicians mu-sicians are very hopeful that the long waited for permanent orchestra has come at last in this now organization Everyone interested in the cause of music ought to end it encouragoment The funds derived will go towards the purchase of now instruments in-struments S The Fisk Jubilee Smgero known all over America as the colored band of vocalists who started out in 1S71 to raise a fund to I build the Fisk universityappear at the First I Presby tesiin church Tuesday and Wednes day evenings The company is not nov singing sing-ing in the interests oT the university as that institution was long ago completed through their efforts at a cost of 5150000 But they are singing as well an over and he public will no doubt be as glad to hear them as though they were still laboring for some one else besides themselves This is heir twontyflrst season and their long lifo is the best evidence that could ba bad of their merits Ex a Tho clever Charles Frohman has come into tho van of American theatrical managers man-agers with marked rapidity At the present pres-ent time though the youngest of managers man-agers ho controls more prominent successes suc-cesses than any inanogar in the country Besides the Comforts company he guides the helm at Proctors theatre and Hermanns theatre New York At tho former Sardous Thermidor and Tho Lost Paradise have been two of the great hits of the season at Hermanns I Henry E Dixey has passed his one hundredth hun-dredth performanco of The Solicitor He successfully piloted the tours of two Shenandoah companies two Men and Women companies two companies representing repre-senting the highly successful comedy Jane which held the stage at the Madison Madi-son Square theatre for 150 nights and also Mr Wilkinsons Widows ana the latest Parisian success Miss Helyett For the next season Mr Frohman will produce a new society drama by Henry C Do Mille and a comedy from the pen of Wil lism Gillette ft S St Louis is going into raptures over Jane wbich is being presented in that city his week to the largest audiences of the season The Kcpullio says Jane has won a rather undue reputation abroad and in other American cities as a mirthmaker but its record of applause account was broken in St Louis last night the largo and cultured audience present recalling the company six times on tho conclusion of the I second act It is pleasant to be able to agree with the audience ty declaring the I entertainment the most enjoyable that has been provided local theatregoers this season sea-son Jane is drawn from the same French source as a number of other comedies but there is about the same difference between Jane and these other farces us a diner out would detect between a good and bad brand of wine The GlobeDemocrat says Jane is the neatest and most artistic comedy that has been seen in St Louis in many seasons The other papers aro equally j equal-ly as cordial Jane is announced for an early presentation in this city with Mr Charles Frohmnns original company from the Madison Square theatre headed by the unique actress Miss Johnstone Bennett C W S writes to THE HERALD from Now York as follows Hearing that Francis Wilson was going to make a tour of your part of the continent conti-nent with his company I obtained an interview in-terview with him this evening during which he said The Lion Tamer is play inK to very good business and we havo made enough out of it in New York to keep the wolf from the door nobody ought to weep when they clear 30000 or flOOOQ out of a piece in one season When do you expect to start on your western trip We shall leave at the end of our season here in about two weeks We shall go first to San Francisco and probably visit I Sal Lake either going or returning I Mr Wilson whoso reputation in Er minio and tha Merry Monarch has become I be-come world wide is below tho medium size as active as an acrobat as graceful a dancer as treads tbo boards and his singing sing-ing and comic business are wonderfully captivating Theatregoers in Salt Lake have a treat in store no matter what he plays as ho impresses all his characters with his own personality In The Lion Tamer he has a fine opportunity op-portunity for his talents as CEssimir and bo certainly avails himself of all the opportunities op-portunities afforded in that and his other pieces Marie Jansen as Angelina the wife of Cassimir is a model of loveliness and grace She will probably star in it before long and on this topic Mr Wilson graciously gra-ciously remarked Miss Jansen has starring star-ring ambitions and she has a right to I them A good many of us have had them and she certainly deserves to be a star and to meet success I Mr Wilson was in conversation today I with an author and composer in regard to a new comic opera which is very highly commended by musicians But tho author must wait for two years if Mr Wilsons company are to perform it Their work is now laid out for two years ahead If this opera isput on it will havo to earn 5125 000 and I understand Its merits will warrant war-rant the expectation of such a result as it is strikingly original in plot and the libretto lib-retto is spicy while the music is of the popular kind It is by a new author who prefers to not give his name to the public but they will get it by and by S Asido fram the seals in the curio hall the chief attractions at Wonderland have been centered on the Eclipse Quartette and Al Leach the clever black artist original song and danco character work Tho music sung by the quartette has been unusually well rendered and much of it very new Their 0 My America is a gem The two last named will remain over another week The leading attraction for the curio hall opening this coming Thursday will be the novelty the Rooster Orcheslracom posed of soven fine large musical shanghais an Ole Bull as violinist a Levy for cor netist and so on all of them being stars of the greatest magnitude A great many pleasant varieties of amusements in many ways will be presented Notes Emily RIgl Is starring in Money Mad Lewis Morrison closes his season tomorrow night The Bostonians had an enormous advance sale yesterday Grismer and Davis are playing Chispa in San Francisco Emma Juch has reached San Francisco but by long and s weary stages Mansfields Beau BrummeU is crowding the houso in San Francisco Wcihe and Krouso will Wove a couple of theatre thea-tre concerts in tho near future Janein this city will bo preceded by ono of the New York Uerads prize curtain raisers entitled Chains Miss Fanny Lincoln Is said to have developed very promising dramatic ability in the recent Hovrclls club entertainment Sidney Drew and wife a very clover pair of people played Ogden last night They couldnt pet a date in Salt Lake Couldock says W J Ferguson who comes hero with Mansfield was rather the best Pltta cus Green in the old time casts of Hazel Kirke Wilson the actor who played the part of Steve In Uia Power of the Press played the I SS S I lead here once in Held by tho Enemy and also did the doctor in the Henrietta He hardly appears to tho same advantage now as then j Ned Kovlc seems to have renamed his play The Mirror says Rehearsal Friends company i com-pany is in progress at the Standard Edwin Milton Roylc author of tho play is superintending superin-tending preliminaries and will take the part of Jack in the play The company selected includes in-cludes Selena Fetter Marin GIroux Abelone Harrison Harriet Ford Mrs Sol Smith Lu jiius Henderson John Glendinning Theodore Hamilton and Edmund Lyons As the piece abounds in character parts the selection of I players was difficult The production in Now York is set for Monday May 9 but Mr Roylo wishes to try the piece outside during the week of May 2 if ho can set the time Frank Chaf fee for George M Allen is preparing the properties I prop-erties II |