Show Ir 0000 oOooeooo o LI a I tp too000 r 7k ooooooooooooooo I 7IIkr Another period of seven days has Just passed over our heads with a glacial cahnness in dramatic circles If it were not for the recherche entertainment enter-tainment provided by the Grand Opera house last week in Young Sirs Winthrop the persistant lover of the drama would have written himself down as a distinctly ennuied person Speaking of Young airs Winthrop reminds us of what a morbid fascination fascina-tion this weepy class of play has for a great many people It also reminds re-minds us of a few words overheard between two ladles in referring to this play Why I never enjoyed myself so much in all my life I just cried the whole time This is not Unworthy un-worthy of the lady who when not feeling in her usual robust state of health would spend an afternoon in the cemetery Uta get her appetite back again But a revenons a nos moutons mou-tons What wretchedly dull times at the theatre Were ever such a scarcity scar-city of attractions heralded for conference confer-ence as at the present time With not a traveling company within hailing distance dis-tance we are forced nolens volens to fall back upon resident players and playwrights The first upon the lists list-s Mr Moffatt and Mr Cobb with their new military drama Reunited to be played at the Salt Lake theatre April 4 and 5 This drama is offered as a portrayal of some of the stirring scenes of the great war of the rebellion The story of the play is said to be full of interest true to life and the time with which it deals A battle scene represent 7 the famous charge of Picketts brigade at Little Round Top I In which 120 of the Utah militia will participate is one of the features of the play Another is the departure of the troops for the war where two companies of the Utah National Guard will parade on the stage in full marching march-ing order A camp fire scene shows tne outposts of the two armies fraternizIng frater-nizIng during a truce Here will be introduced some of the best musical talent in the city The cast includes Clomenia Pratt Lottie Claridge Young Mrs L Snow Pierce Messrs Pierce Young Barlow Booth OMalley Evans Jennings Graham and several others April 4 will be military night and a box has been tendered the governor gover-nor and his staff whilst a number of companies of the Utah National Guard will be present in full uniform A box has also been tendered the Salt Lake Press club Saturday and Monday Mr OMalley will be the man in possession With a company made up of some of the best members of the Home Dramatic club and other local talent he purposes pre I scenting the oldtime success The Streets of New York With his departure de-parture the theatre according to present pres-ent indications is likely to remain closed till the 22nd of the month when c burntcork element will hold the boards for a three nights engagement Henry J Byrons comedy of Our Boyb is the promised attraction held out by the Grand Opera House stock company for next week This play > whpa first brought out at the Vaudeville Vaude-ville theatre London had a run of over 1500 nights It was equally successful suc-cessful In Australia and America and has been produced dn this city with 5 rong approval from public and press The piece is brimful of fun and is not Slacked out of old materials though many plays have been taken from it Local interest will be aroused over tlis production in greater force from the fact that PJiil Margetts our old stand h y is to appear in his favorite role of Perkyn Middlewick the retired re-tired butterman New scenery costumes cos-tumes and accessories have been prepared pre-pared and the comedy will be prevented pre-vented with the usual indications of care and forethought pertaining to all productions under the skilful direction I of Mr George Lask II I The last enjoyabie visit of Edouard I Bemenyi the violin virtuoso still remains re-mains fresh in the memory of ibis I hearers and the fact that > he will appear ap-pear with a company of artists at tie First Congregational church underline under-line auspices of the Y M C A April 15 is on announcement which wilFbe received with unqualified approval by ell When Henry Irving delivered an ad tress before the Royal institution London last month on Acting and Art he wore the robes of a doctor of literature degree conferred upon the llstinguished English actor by Trinity tr Allege Dublin In the address re ftlrred to Mr Irvine championed the editor and his at in the most scholarly scholar-ly aJul impressive manner and he insisted In-sisted that acting should be included amon the great arts in which poetry sculpture painting architecture and music ate comprised The lecture con r eluded with this eloquent passage < Truly the actors work embraces all the arts He must first have the gift Or faculty of actinga power which Is as much a gift as that of power to paint or to mouldand whose ordered or regulated expression is the function of art His sympathy must then S realize to himself the image in the Poets mind and by the exercise of his art use his natural powers to the best advantage Hi form and emotions are in common with the sculptors Work graceful and purposeful his ap < oearance and expression heightened i toy costume and pictorial preparation T ae In common with the work of the I > painter and wrought in a certain degree A de-gree bY the same means and to the arne ends his speaking is in common J with the efforts of the musician to rouse the intelligence by the vibrations vibra-tions and modulations of organized pound Was it bv chance or inspiration inspira-tion or out of the experience oS a 3ife among the arts that the poet Camp elI wrote 1 express JHow ill can poetry Full many a tone of thought sublime 0 motionless f And painting mute and Steals but a glance of times time-s JPjiut by toe mighty actor wrought I s Illusions perfect triumphs come IS Tersp ceases to he any thought E = And sculpture to be cumb bin eastern p Psr furnishes an amus cS recital of some of the adventures a coo 1 o tfr I jj which befell Mrs Brown Potter and Kyrle Belles during their tour in Japan One of the most laughable incidents of their travels happened in Toklo where they were playing Romeo Ro-meo and Juliet The audience was extremely demonstative and by a custom cus-tom sanctioned in Japan manifested its appreciation of the actors art by leaving the auditorium after each act and crowding into the dressingrooms This courtesy was very pleasant for a few minutes but the players wanted to change their costumes for the next scene and Mrs Potter finally persuaded persua-ded the visitors to sit outside Matters were not wholly mended by this action for the Japanese promptly stood on boxes and chairs and continued con-tinued to gaze admiringly at the actors ac-tors over the low partitions of bamboo and paper which divided the dressing rooms Under these circumstances Mrs Potter decided not to change her apparel and Juliet for the first time in the history of the tragedy loved married went to the tomb and died in the same costume For this performance per-formance no moon had been provided When the native manager was told that a moon was absolutely necessary for the lovemaking of Romeo and Juliet he immediately agreed to secure the property When the scene opened a tall Japanese walked on the stage bearing a lantern on top of a pole and said calmly to the audience This is the moon The audience received the moon man without comment and Mrs Potter hoped that all would go well But the man with the lantern was a conscientious performer He was promised 25 cents for throwing the moonbeams on Juliet and he determined deter-mined to earn the money Everywhere Every-where she went on the stage he followed fol-lowed her faithfully very frequently standing between the lovers in his anxiety to light Juliet up properly As Mrs Potter does not talk Japanese and the moon man knew no English the matter could not be arranged amica b ynHewas so Insistent in carrying out his contract that Mr Bellew had to bribe him to keep the moon out of the death scene The attendance during the last week at Wonderland surpassed the liveliest expectations of the management The double voiced artiste A F Benton raised the roof on every occasion his admirers applauding him ad astra Little Jimmy who appeared here last year with Montgomery is also a prime favorite The souvenir distribution after af-ter the custom of the old regime will be again inaugurated during conference confer-ence week and afterwards at one of the afternoon performances Next week there will be a complete change of pro gramme With the living pictures especial care is taken to afford the posers for the altogether ample time to attire themselves in conventional conven-tional costume before appearing on the canvas Professor E B Warman now giving a series of Delsartean lectures at theY the-Y M C A gave an interesting critical analysis of Edgar Allen Poes Raven last Friday evening at the above institute in-stitute After dwelling lightly and tenderly upon the life of this weird American poet he gave an illustration of the true and false in elocution a rendition ren-dition of the poem as given by the average elocutionist in a dramatic and boisterous but not impressive style He then skillfully explained away the apparent mysticism which surrounds this poem and in contrast to his former distressing rending gave a reposeful and truly exquisite rendering of the poem as conceived by him The entertainment enter-tainment was instructive and more than usually interesting Mr Warman as lecturer and reader has a wide reputation He is a man of fine intelligence intelli-gence who has authority and much careful training His presence is agret able he also has the appearance of one Whose lamp of intellect burns steadily He is gifted with a melodious voice his enunciation is wellnigh perfect although his pronunciation is open to criticism The professor will give an evening of readings and recitations on Monday at 8 p m It has been styled by some An Evening in an Art Gallery Gal-lery of Word Paintings This afternoon after-noon Mr Warman will lecture on The Body the Temple of the Soul For I this occasion the unalterable rule of I men only will be broken tnrougn I and ladies are heartily invited to attend at-tend Eliason the distinguished young magician will give a san > s of discourses dis-courses pertaining to the wotd of magic and illusion at the Grand opera house beginning next Sunday evening The course will cover four Sunday evening eve-ning entertainments each programme being entirely different He will be assisted as-sisted by the excellent opera house orchestra or-chestra under the direction of Willard E Weihe Popular prices will prevail and an evening of fun and divertise I ment is assured on each occasion i ticm of the production but It will probably proba-bly succeed and make money from its very audacity S S According to Paderewski there are only two musical nations in the worldthe gypsies a dm the Jews With all others the love of music is acquired by cultivation cultiva-tion but gypsies and Jews are naturally musical Mrs Langtry Is said to be the wealthiest wealth-iest actress on the stage She is the possessor pos-sessor of some valuable real estate in our cityA A prize of 50 is offered for an original cantata for the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1SS6 The work must be finished by the end of next September Mme Bernhardt has bought an island in the Bay of Naples a Frederick Wards will be another Fal staff In the field next season a Beerbohm Tree has agreed to address the students of Harvard on the drama C W Couldock who is about to enter the Forrest Home will be SO years old April 26th S S S A Connecticut exchange describes Ysayes playing as sweet wizardry Willie Ray Fine play isnt it Dr Hedde behind a two by four hat Out of sight 5 The Svengali of Wilton Lackaye is said to be the most powerful piece of acting in the whole performance of Trilby With a falsebeaked nose and long black hair and whiskers with an evil eye and a mean expression of countenance Mr Lackayes Svengali is thoroughly repulsive repul-sive and his death scene at the end of the third act in which he falls over a table letting his head be seen upside down by the audience is said to be as effective ef-fective as the death of Baron Chevrlal by Richard Mansfield in A Parisian Romance Ro-mance |