Show is > I I I I J I I 7 I jfr44 < jI Las week was quite interestng in New York theatricalsulusu1 s for this end of the season Mrs Fiske opened at the ifh avenue theatre in lagda a play which has been done by the most famous actresses of our tme I is a gruesome piece of dra matc wrtngone of the kind of plays whIch presents unrelieved suffering and misery from star to finIsh but through Mrs Fisle has mounted another an-other round on the ladder She is said to have given amaster1 interpretation of the gen fairly created a santa tion among the critics most of whom dislike the play but all of whom acknowledge ac-knowledge the wonderful art of the actress ac-tress Mrs Fiske is probably the greatest great-est AmerIcan exponent of the new Sl hoolshe is absolute mistress of the eXlfession of suppressed emotion and 1mtcvcr she choose to do is gIven serious consideration at the hands of the pencil brethren Her return to the stage a fet years agu vas one of the greatest events r this generation of the drmaa fad immediately recognize recog-nize by her portrayal of Tes of the DCrberies Somewhere in that bright future when the wet becomes mfeenJy in touch with the east to share its benefits of art we will also be permitted to rc ceive a revelation from Mrs Fiskes acting a wel as to see the other stars whose glories we now know only by hearsay or course there is no need for them to undertake long and tiresome tire-some tour when the large eastern cities afford them all the support they need and no one can blame them for it but it dosnt seem quite just to the world outside The other notable production of the wecll 1S that of The Kings lus keteer with E n Sothern in the led I lag role Needless to say thIs ver skin of Dumas celebrted story of The Three Guardsmen is fully upto date il the gorgeousness of its produc I tIn for the success of a pJay greatly dends on that nowadays Then too i I Sthern is a great favorite in New i y it sflfl as dArta an has charnuu h5 admirers He interprets chalmeQ ill xtclr the way one would expect hli to doanI a very different way I I t s from the not dArtagnans that I av been seen from time to time TlS as me of the favorite roles of I tl late Alexarder 8alvini who was I 15t > ald dashing as one could de sire nut 80thern gives the role SIP gles a Ildud quiet interpretation at the I i ine ime lacking none ci the spIrit I 1 tssar3 to a romantic hero of Du pas ration Of course the play is a thrllkr of the most extreme lescllp lion hut these melodramas uf the good I cdashlonld turt are vasU more ex haratng than the highly colored af frs of contemporary creation The lrh iral reason is that the later tale ll h semblance of reality of actual I happening w11ne these oldcostume rrlJltk affairs are more like fairy talt whIch interest us and even hold uo 51lbound but which W < ver le I ailZI > arc nothing but fairy tales The lng5 Musketeer Is divided luts twelve scenes or tableaux each I cn mounted in gorgeous fashion hich follow one another in very quick I succession Mr Sothers supporting omlan is a noteworthy one and con I ta ns many names without which the 3st of Sotherns support would sound I unnatural Morton Selten is Louis gnm iiteeWento I XIII and received most excellent no 11CS for lila work Edith Crane who turtd the west in Trilby Is Countess I de Winter known as ladl Katherine Kath-erine Florence is the maid ith whom d Artagnan falls in Jove known in the i dferelt versions by various name and in this one called Gabriele Te belca Warren who was such a great faorie in Salt Lake In the stock da sat s-at the Grand plays the part of Anne of Austria and is said to look very handsome and every inch a queen She also has been favorably mentioned men-tioned in a1 the notices Aitugetlier with the l wih scenery cos tUles east and Sothern The Kings Iuskcteer s one pf the noteworthy enntS t theseason and wdoubtEsS have a Jons and profitable run Sothenl IS fortunate too to be lrt in the field fr tomorr y itight James ONei and I the LIebler company wIn present Sydney I Syd-ney Grnds version of the same story at the Broadway theatre Blanche Bates will be madl in this version ComIng after others big hit 1 OXci ha no easy task before him It I Joks rater like New York was in I for n overdose of Dumas and his 1U5 kdtrs Thp third event of the week which created comment was the opening of the Victoria which Oscar Hammerstcin has presented te New York Hammerttein stands unique among managerslie is regarded as the most stubborn the most eccentric the most ambitious of them all His misfortunes would have crushed the ambition out of five ordinary men In the six theatres thea-tres which he has built up to the present pres-ent time he has sunk over 30000j0 and today he does not even own the c I Victoria the latest result of his untr lug energy and the least costly of al 1t has been sad of Oscar Hammerstein that with his tenacity he could have made his fortune on Wall street but intead and here is here his eccentricity eccen-tricity asserts Itself he has preferred to sink his money in bricks and mortar 1 mor-tar as fast as he has nade it and in the intervals has composed comic opera and spectacJes which some say helped the biter end along As has been demonstrated dem-onstrated over and over again in these days of concentrated energy a man cant do a lot of things and do them aU well So when Hammerstein first built then managed several theatres at once I including the Olympia which is really two thEatres and a music hail under one roof people began to predict UnPleasant I un-Pleasant things For not only did he own and manage but also composed I comic operas librettos and all and arranged I ar-ranged ballets and spectacles for presentation I pre-sentation at Olympia The only thing he dldnt do was to write the criticisms I for thee productions which were precisely pre-cisely where the rub came infor this I is where interference spoiled the game I Is said that the day after the snort I o gage was foreclosed 01 Olympia he I had made arrangements for the breaking i break-ing of ground on the site of the Victoria Vic-toria Today he is once more a smiling I manager and says that before he dies he intends to regain the fortune he has lost His tenacity would argue well I for his success but the question is whether he has allowed his experience I to teach him an thing It will be interesting I in-teresting to watch the career of the I Ian Wise Wont Be Downed The Local Theatre The week just gone has served to I demonstrate that Sal Lake has a apparently parent insatiable appetite for light opera The Grand people have been I particularly fortunate in having had no opposition and a good evenings enter tailmclt at amaH cost appeals t nearly near-ly everybody So great ha been the success of the company that 11 Grau hag been encouraged to try another week or it Several members of the I company have established themselves as genuine favorites and i is on their account that other not so pleasing are tolerated Mr Davies becomes more popular every night and hIs excellent appearance and sweet voice place him foremost in the company Miss Car rington Miss Farrington Mr Broder ick and Mr Fetch are also favorites Audiences never seem to tire of Felchs fun BrodericJ is disappointing vocally vocal-ly but makes up by his appearance and his actngbaITini a continued tendency to stumble in his lines In regard to the other tO principal members mem-bers of the company they are no doubt valuable to the management for their versatility For this week an interesting repertoire has been arranged a b for announced ilthese columns wIth the one change of the Saturday matinee bill when Martha wIl be repeated by special request The two additional opera to be glen FaJa and The rlgands are both very popular the latter hayIng hay-Ing been made famous by Lillian Bus sellThe The Salt Lake theatre will be open two nights this week both occasions being worthy benefits Tomorrow night Dr Prentiss wilt deliver his lecture on the Philippine islands tOT the purpose of ctablwing a hospital fund for the Utah batteries The cause is one which appeals strongly to the patriotism of everybody for if we can do anything to add to the comfort of those boys in I Manila there isnt one of us but would be proud tdo it The Theatre should be packed on this occasion On S1 Patricks day there will be an entertainment under the auspices of All Halows college for the benefit of St Anns Orphanage An excellent St Orhanage exctJent pro smme has bee arranged and a lib eraJ patronage is assured The Sig of the Cress company whiCh will be seen at the Sal Lake theatre for three nights beginning March 20 Is i the only organization playing Wilson Baretts now world renowned drama in this count I comes from the Lyric theatre London and is i the same company with one or two minor changes that tao been pre setnS the piee hesis for thelt to years The other notable attractions at the Theatre in the near future is the YardeKidderJaes combination in classic repertoire Educational circles are particularly interested in this engagement which will afford arre opportunity to students proP of the Provo concert season there have bon rumors that an effort will b made to have Goowsk give a recital In Salt Lake He will be hear In Provo on April 1 and It will certain Jy J not be creditable i this city with her may musical organizations cannot can-not embrace this splendid opportunity to arrange with the celebrated pianist The fact that he will be in the stztte I and will pass through Sat Lake on hIs way west make the opportunity too get to miss I A promise is held out to u5 that we will hear Meba ad her conijn on I their returrijrom the coast 1No def nie angements have been znade as yet but MrSt phens hopes to secure them for powibly a matinee and evening I even-ing somewhere about the 27t of April He hopes to have them give a complete com-plete performance instead of the concert I con-cert progammes which have been given here on previous occasions This Is something to look forward to and it is to be hoped that definite arrangements arrange-ments will be made in a short time Those who know say that the town Will not support a regular opera performance per-formance given in the Theatre aii4 It is true that they are justified by past experience But now when the people are s much more generous in their patronage of the Theatre than they have been for some years isnt it poe sble that that would stadeven wet comejus a little of i The edix Concert The inital Concert of the series given by he OgdP Choral union took place In the tabernacle at Ogden on Thursday Thurs-day night Max Bendix and his talented support held the audience from the opening passages of Rubinsteins etude until the last note of Gounods Ave Maria soared out in mighty volume and died I away breaking the spell of two hours duration Bendix has seldom bee greeted by a more musical or enthusiastic I enthusi-astic audience Every number was its tened to with rpt attention and the persistent demand for encores was equaled only by the grace with which the artists responded Much had been head of the masterful work of Ben lx but few were prepared for such an ex hibiton of talent and skill as he gave them His rendition of the Andante and Finale of 1endelssohns Concerto Con-certo was a revelation His ever number was a delightful variance from the other and each demonstrated some Individual point of excellence Jenny Osbonl possesses a magnificent I soprano voice The aria from Saint Sals Sampson and Delilah gave a splendId opportunity for displaying Its I quality and power but her complete victor over the audience was achieved in the rendition of Gounods Ae 1a ria Here the power of her voice had full scope and as the pure rich tones swelled out over the audience the universal uni-versal opinion was that Osborn is the greatest soprano that has visited Ogden Og-den denJeanne Jeanne Scott is a pianist of considerable consider-able ability Her worth aU trough the evening was highly commendable and her rendition of Liszts Tselfth Rhapsody t I sody was received with great enthusiasm = enthu-siasm AT A GLANCE Joseph ilaworthwill star next season in a new comedy Otis Skinner is contemplating a revival re-vival of Hamlet Sarah Bernhardt has taken her theatre the-atre in Paris for twenty yeas A benefit has been planned In Atlanta for Dorothy Iortons company I De Koven and Smith are to write anew DaJy a-new musical comedy for Augustn I Gabriel DAnnunzio announces that I he intends to put forth short five novels and ten plays I Digby Ben is appearing in Washington I Washing-ton In Mrs Burens latest play called Joe Hurst Gentleman I H A du Souchet the author of My Friend from India has written a serious ser-ious play of American history The Elder Miss Peterman is the title of a play in which Sade 1artnot will play the leading emotional role John Phillip Sousawill shortly write a new comic vera for which George Broadhurst will furnish the libretto Matthews and Bulger in By the Sad Sea Waves have made a hit at the Herald Square theatre in New York Harry Greebank who compose the lyrics for The Geisha and The Artists Ar-tists Model died recently in London Odette Tyler n H 1acLean and Charles B Hanford will play a season in New York in Shakespearean roles May Robson will leave the Empire Stock company at the end of this season son as she is not satsf d with her parts The oldest singing master in the world is Manuel Garcia who is 94 and claims to be a cousin of the Cuba general Broudhurs has written a serious play called The Last Clsapter in which Grace Fikins will play he leading lead-ing role I is related tf W S Gilbert that a rich but ignorant woman asked him once i Bach was composing anything Xo madam answered the cynic lIe is decomposing The Washington Post says that a man has dedicated a niece of music to John L Sullivan and that this is be leved to be the first thing In the waY of jartme melody Maurice Barmore is said to have written a romantic drama in which he intends to star next season His last effort In the same direction entitled Roaring Dick Co was a comulete failure I Is said that in the twenty weeks Mansfield has been playing Cyrno he has made a fortune and that no mae actor with the exception of Booth Jefferson Jef-ferson and IrvIng ever made so large a sum for a single seasons work Following the production of Robe spierre comes the announcement of a play on Danton by Miss BethomEd wards the novelist The play will be given first in Rheims and will then be done in English in London and New York S Beerbohm Tree 1ajust put a rood idea into exeut r at his Londpn theatre the-atre A white tablet is placed in front of the musical conductors desk and when the curtain fals announcement announce-ment of the length of < the interval till the next act appears upon the tablet in such manner as to be visible to every Dart of the house An eXert super master declares that the best super men and women are to be found in Boston Harvard students being esneclaly desirable I I seems that society supers pay for the privilege of tre ding the bards with I great stars Ordinary supers who look to art for cashnot Ioryare J content witlia pay ranging from a quarter to teVefv cents a night The Daiymangement had a scare the other ght n excited couple came to thebox oftthe during the Derfprm tince d rD ite that a man was inside in-side Jookingbr his wIfe with the intention in-tention of killing her a she had gone to the theatre against his orders De tecthes were sent for and the exlted husband was found inside trying to Jo cate his disobedient spouse He was quiet removed in a cab and the Impromptu Im-promptu scene did not cme ol |