Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC L r a = Alabama and Palmers Company Com-pany DIPLOMACY BY FROHMANS CO Mr Stoddart as CoL rrestonLast Night Oat of DarknessA fall Salary ListNotes a OR years there has been a positive posi-tive yearning for ii a genuine American I t can play American Ameri-can in authorship ° in subject in treatment in c1 character in sentiment JeE5 sen-timent spirit and and scene The been written at least the play has finally r writers and reviewers on the eastern press I of with singular unanimity w have said so a expression The play is by Augustus Thomas and this week Salt Lake audiences au-diences will have an opportunity of judging Lt judg-ing it for themselves at the Salt Lake 3 tbeatre The presentation of this new f American play will not however be the i only feature of interest What is exceedingly C exceed-ingly important also to Salt Lake people is the fact that it will be presented by the distinguished A M Palmer Home company f com-pany The actors of the company scarce old and 1 need an introduction they are t welcome friends Salt Lake people like them and have an assurance that what they will present will be worthy The company com-pany is among the very first of the best theatrical organizations in America and the talents of the individuals who compose It are said to be exceedingly happily fitted to their parts in Alabama I I I r MIsS AGNES MILLER AS CARET PRESTON The scene of the story in Alabama is i laid near an isolated community called < Talladega It is a story of the south It is domestic in character and said to be so true to nature that it seems as if the author bad carved out a slice of Alabama and set it on the stage It is a love story some of the incidents dating back to the rebellion Brletly told the story of Alabama is that Colonel Preston an old planter is the father of Harry Preston a railroad projector pro-jector who comes to the place under the I name of Captain Davenport He chose thc side of the north during the var and so became estranged from his father and is supposed to have been killed in battle He returns to his old home to find that his wife who died in his early absence bad left him a daughter who is now eighteen years old I Carey Preston falls in love with Mr Armstrong Arm-strong a northerner and Captain Davenports I I Daven-ports assistant The grandfather with the old war bitterness still rankling in his f breast objects to the union of the two young people on sectional grounds The letter telling of the elopement however is given to the old man who by the appeal of this event consents to the union It is supposed to be from his dead son but it enables Davenport Daven-port to disclose himself and a happy reunion takes place This is the main thread of the story The sidelights are Davenports return re-turn to an old cousin sweetheart a widow now whose marriage is disputed by the dead husbands brother Raymond Page A duel is imminent over this but Davenport who was a witness to the first marriage prevents it The sectional as well as the 2 domestic adjustment of the piece is perfect Thu play is one of those stage stories which holds an audience interested throughout through-out its development It has its distinct types of character its blending of tears and smiles and it has an atmosphere as wholesome as the story of the loves sincerity sin-cerity and honesty of the characters presented pre-sented can make it Its characters are full and natural its sentiment deep and strong its language terse and feeling and it has a fine fresh openair fragrance that is thoroughly charming The scene is laid in these parts of our country that are intrinsically intrinsic-ally poetic and the scenery with which it is invested is harmonious with the spirit of the theme The series of pictures show the best and most admirable phase of southern I life The men all save the villain and be is a very mild type are courteous and chivalrous in the manner best known to tho j south The women remind you of the 1 magnolias which grow along the bijou near 1 Colonel Prestons plantation and the scenery especially that in the third act i i the ruined gateway in the midst of luxuriant I luxuri-ant foliage under a starlit sky is bits of southern landscape transplanted The names of the actors of Mr Palmers company who will be welcomed Monday night are Mr J H Stoddart Mr Maurice IJerrvmore Mr E M Holland Mr Charles L Harris Mr Edward Bell Mr Edward Abeles Mr Walden Ramsay Irk Ir-k > Reuben Fax Miss May Brookyn Miss i Emily Seward Miss Agness Miller and i t i Miss Nannie Craddock I ii l it ji5 p II Ii t Ii 1KR STODDART AS COLONEL FKESTOJJ IX a AL IBAMA There are few actors who have ever come to Salt Lake who are more highly esteemed for their admirable personal traits and their conspicuous ability than the veteran actor James H Stoddart It may be said of him in fact that few are more widely and favorably known throughout the whole country A man of culture and a polished actor of the old school of stock companies be has never attempted to pose as a star but u brilliancy has far outshone the u majority Thespians wo have taken up claims in the theatrical world His com fag will be the more welcome this season fee fee will present a saw character in tt a t i 0 0 a i a Alabama It has been declared one of the most admirable efforts of his career In his case that Is the acme of praise Among Mr Stoddarta strking successes may be counted Monoyponny in The Lon Strike Pure Michel Seth Preene James Rantzau and Jacob His performance perform-ance of the part of Colonel Preston in Alabama Al-abama has been universally received as a remarkable piece of acting Mr and Mrs Stoddart have a delightful farm near Rahway N J whero Mr Stod dart spends his time in bucolic pleasures whenever he can escape from the stage I jILJ IJfJ1JWI 1 ff f v r MAURICE BARKTMOKE Barrymore is another member of Pal mers company who will have a warm welcome wel-come here It is not long since he gave us his capital creation of Captan Swift and his still more inimitable impersonation in that little idyllio sketch entitled A Ma of the World That little piece was bY I the author of Alabama Mr Thomas I and we well recollect how Barrymore raved over that young mans genius Thomas had I written a play for Barrymoro at that time called Reckless Temple and the actor I was then on his way home to New York to 1 I start the rehearsals with the company he bad engaged He was full of hope and enthusiasm en-thusiasm and be glowingly said to the writer that he felt that in Reckless Reck-less Temple he had the play and the character for which he had been longing and searching all his life But alas the best laid plans of mice and menthe play was produced a large sum of money was spent on it and it was a dire and utter frost New York wouldnt have it on any terms and after a brave struggle in which he lost a good deal of cash but none of his native grit and spirit Barrymore gave it up and is now back in i his old place again There at least be will not wait for appreciation or encouragement encourage-ment Few leading men have a stronger hold on the public than he and in a company com-pany like Mr Palmers like Stoddart and Holland he shines with scarcely less lustr than be would do as a star if Mr Frohmans company played to alight a-light matineeIt was a mistake to play againstjthetheomometcr but it warmed up a brilliant audience last night with Diplomacy Di-plomacy Probably half the audience were familiar with the drama and were drawn out by curiosity to see what the great company of favorites would do with the play which Lester Wallack had made so noted and which the local home company com-pany had not long ago done with so much success The audience too was prepared in some measure for what it saw from the fact that TUE HERALD bad published a consensus con-sensus of San Francisco opinions on the representation But he was not ready for the genuine surprise that awaited itfor the rare dramatic feast which the company afforded Wo have always thought Diplomacy the best of all Sar dous plays and in the hands of players like those it was a pleasure one reads about of the old palmy stock days but not one that is very often experienced here The strong surprise of the night was the excellence of Maudie Adams her friends had feared that she would be overtaxed as Dora but she rose to the occasion and fully demonstrated the talents she possesses It was the first time Salt Lake ever saw her in a part that gave her a chance and we were all glad and proud to see that she was equal to it Three heavy recalls after the third act formed a rare and decided evidence of bow her work was appreciated It was nearly midnight when the performance ended hence we are unable un-able to go into the details of the presentation presenta-tion as deeply as it deserves Perhaps Mr Morris deserves most prominent mention for his manly delineation of Julian De Bellevilles Henry was followed with rapt enjoyment still we do not think It the Henry of Sardou There was too much demonstrativeness hardly enough repose to make the Henry of Lester Wallace and which Lewis Mor rison copied in the excellent delineation which he ever gave here when Sam Piercy played Julian Miss Armstrong was a charming Zicka a very careful one but not a strong one all that she could do with the part she didbut that line is not her forte it is a Jeffreys Lewis role and once having seen that actress in it any one else must be superexcellent to be at all accepted Mr Mordaunts Stein like everytning he does was most careful and deeply drawn still it is no disparagement his excellence to say that he is not as good in that role as others we have seen He hardly looked the foreigner as well as he spoke him Mills Adams was quite good as the marquise Miss Measor was not very impressive as Lady Fairfax Mr Johnson Orloff was excellent ex-cellent and the famous dialogue between the three men was played by all up to the highest degree of finish The dressing in the main was handsome till the last act was reached then all three of the ladies who entered at once looked straneelv out of harmony with each other and the previous elegance The company leave for Denver this morning half way over they stop to meet hake hands and sing Auld Lang Syne with their friends The Alabama company will leave Denver at about the same time the Fronman company leave here Doyou not find that the actors slight i their work when they have played a piece as often as your company has played Men and Women was asked of Manager lorrissey No was the response You can see for yourself The piece tonight is very close to its one hundred and fiftieth repre sentation but every one in it plays just as carefully as he did on the opening night Of course lime Kennedy may take a few liberties in his comedy scenes just as the Impulse moves him but in the sentimental parts there is not a deviation The actors mow Mr Frohman wouldnt stand it for one thing and theyve no desire to try it for another What is your salary list a weekl Just 52300 We are the heaviest salaried company on the road Do the actors receive salary for a full week when they only play three or four nights of a week as in the case of the Salt Lake trip for instance Oh yes Each person gets his or her full salary this week If we were jumping from Chicago to San Francisco for Instance in-stance where a whole week were lost it would be different Does the average traveling actor pay his own sleeping cur expenses In a jaunt cross the continent The average traveling actor does yes I and all other expense except railroad fare Mr Frohman however is one of themost liberal managers I know and he has pro I vided a special Pullman for the trip I uppose it will cost him not less than J300 or 1400 for the sleeping car on this trip TheMes and Women company begin rehearsals I re-hearsals in Denver on the The Lost Para disc DeMilles new play The author comes out to Denver to hear them read it I and it will be vigorously rehearsed under his direction till August 17 when it will be II tried in Chicago preliminary to a home production This we believe will be Mr 3e Milles first venture alone at least io recent years Belasco having been associate associ-ate with him in the writing of The Wife The Charity Ball and Chumley The result is awaited with keen Intereat in dramatic and literary circles The first rehearsal of Mr Royles Out or Darkness will be held Tuesday even lag and in all probability Y the date of the production will be August 7th t ne night and a matinee performance will be given The entire cast has not been completed but it bu been settled h MrAVelJ plays I cc I e 0 t siJ I the old man comedy part Edith Clawson the opera singer and Mr Spencer the gentleman villain of the play Mr Royle and Mr Henderson have all the business carefully mapped out v |