Show oeo 0000 oo0 0 0 0 0 0 0 b m ii I Q I r p D I r 100000 r coooo ooooooooooooooo rCllt 1 t < l a + r r I Yx p 4 u Last Monday for the first time in some weeks we experienced the novelty of having three attractions on hand at the same time the Blue church masquerade Remenyi and the Hurly urlyThere There has been such consummate dullness in theatrical circles lately that in comparison this seemed to be unusual un-usual dissipation It cannot be said that either of these scored a decided success In the hands of those unused to theatrical effects the Blue Church ball proved a failure Remenyi fell far short of what was expected The Grand Opera house suffered by the absence ab-sence of Mr Clarke from the cast and v although a good weeks business was done the HurlyBurly will not be I remembered as a chef d oeuvre of the Opera House Stock company The last two presentations at the II opera house Pink Dominoes and i The HurlyBurly one an adaption j i from the French the other from the j j German were each comedies that j I evidently lost considerable flavor in 1 translation There remains little doubt that Pink Dominoes in the original j version would have been far too rapid I i a play for our stage It must have I possessed no small amount of dramatic I and artistic skill in the original but I adaptation and readaptation has so ruthlessly worked upon it that in its present weak and colorless condition i Jto f it lacks sufficient interest to be played ion i-on any stage The one redeeming feature about this comedy as presented by the Opera house stock company was the tasteful manner in which it was mounted and the excellent interpretation inter-pretation given by almost every mem ber of the cast The HurlyBurly on the whole Is i humorous The dialogue is bright and crisp the action quick the I situations at times extremely ludicrous and yet it is borne in upon one that the authors intention and purpose lack full expression in this version of It I There was also some acting In this play worthy of more than casual notice Miss Bateman was unusually 1 mrtraotive in her conception of Rosa arkins Petulant wayward and i thoroughly unaffected she gave a most admirable porrrayal of the character Cecil Kmgstone was another who acquited himself very creditably We j have waited some time in the hope of I I being agile to record some good of this i aCtor and when the opportunity of fered Itself we gladly took advantage of lL I Next week a different class of play altogether to the last two productions win be presented Expectations are rife relative to the part Miss Bate man has had assigned to her In the character of Mercy Merrick The failure at the last moment on the part of Mr Clarke to assume his role in The Hurly Burly threw a great responsibility on Manager Rogers shoulders which at such short notice he was scarcely able to cope with Mr OMallqy was Immediately en gaged to take Mr Clarkes place and although it cannot be said that he filled the position adequately he at least did the best of which he was capable We regretted the absence of Mr i Clarke more specially when we were i informed that a dangerous illness alone prevented his appearance At the same I time we were somewhat staggered to I see him In attendance at two entertainments j entertain-ments and looking the picture of health on the very evening that he was reported re-ported too sick to take his part in the performance at the Grand opera house All the week he has been seen con L etantly about the city here there and Y everywhere and yet he again refuses to take his place in the forthcoming comedy offering the obviously untrue excuse of sickness In behaving in this way to a people who have shown noth ing but the heartiest cordiality and admiration for his every effort we cannot can-not refrain from sayIng that Mr Clarke appears to be lacking In gratitude or even the spirit of appreciation We fear that this is another case of where kindly intentioned praise has had the evil effect of producing an unusually un-usually swelled head This seems to be one of the symptoms of the dangerous sickness Mr Clarke is suffering from There is little doubt that this young actor enjoyed the greatest popularity of any member in the company His originality versatility and humor be ing strong drawing cards with his audiences In almost every character that Mr Clarke has assumed we do not hesitate xo say that he laid just claims to our admiration and respect but we cannot award him either in the character I char-acter he is now presenting to us Tomorrow night Richards and Pringles Georgia minstrels will hold the tage of the Salt Lake theatre Some very favorable things have been said and written about this troupe and from all accounts some thing good may be expected Our colored brethren will not find rnucfti rfjfficulty in overshadowing the display of talent shown in the two last notable performances held at the theatre The Daily Miner says of their recent re-cent appearance in Butte Richards Pringles minstrels opened cat Mc Gulres last night to an immense hoi e The performance was VeiJ worthy of the patronage bestowed + upon it The first part was one of the best seen here for many a day The singing bout tt soi and eonsertrd pieces obtained great applause and repeated encore awaited each per former The Georjjias can boast of the best dancers that have appeared here during the past itwo seasons Kersands was of course the cause of much laughter particularly in his makeup for the parody on Marguerite Mar-guerite The quartette singing was remarkably good and the finale of the Pullman Porters drill brought to a I close one of the most enjoyable per V I Iml i formances of minstrelsy that has been seen in this city The opera of Priscilla to be given by home talent at the Salt Lake theatre the-atre May 6 7 and 8 promises to be avery a-very entertaining event The story of the f piece is founded upon the well known tale of John Alden and Miles Standish and the proxy courtship of the latter and affords excellent opportunities op-portunities for good vMces pretty costumes and handsome stage pictures pic-tures Costumes for the forty chorus people have been ordered from the coast together with full stage settings set-tings and scenery Mr Lask of the Grand is staging the production while Prof Krouse has charge of the music The cast as completed is as follows fol-lows Priscilla Mrs McNally I ResignationMrsMartha Royle BarbaraMrs Mrs Jennie Hawley Woodrow Prudence Mrs Newman Faith Miss Stepper Miles StandishMr Jno Robinson Jno AldenMr George Pyper Hatebad HigginsMr Jno Spencer Governor Bradford I Mr De Witt Jennings Squanto Mr Geo Westervelt The chorus comprises the following well known vocalists Miss Delia Daynes Miss Ella Derr Miss Mabel Cooper Miss Eva Win burg Miss Aillie Bishop Miss Kath eryn Sinclair Miss Bessie Edmunds Miss Louise Savage Miss Nellie Pen rose Miss Eva Musser Miss Edwards Miss Lulu Penrose Miss Alice McLaughlin Mc-Laughlin Miss Laura Patrick Miss Ethel Pike Miss Bettie Naylor Miss Edna Dwyer Miss Phyllis Young Messrs Doxey Whiteman Sloan Gill Adams Smith Ludwig Sears Murray Scheid Ames Pike S W Ames Foster Edmunds Dunbar Graham Gra-ham Mack Hanson The piece has been rehearsed for a couple of weeks and those who have < heard it say It contains more tuneful and catchy music than many of the numerous operas which have been given on our theatre stage The Salt Lake Minstrels with Sam FyirIH fimong the leading < nd men have been rehearsing night and day in preparation for their performance to be given early in May for the benefit ben-efit of the Young Ladies Aid society They applied for the dates at the theaitre that had already been Secured se-cured by Priscilla herself but as these canot be had they will defer rr their appearance until afterwards or ese make overtures to the Opera house managoment Eliasons third soiree de magique will be given at the Grand Opera house this evening Mr Eliason has completely com-pletely recovered from his attack of la 1 grippe and has prepared a most interesting inter-esting and varied programme His tricks and sleightofhand work in parts one and three will be novel and varied including experiments with cardsthe conjurors duck hunt the following of a wedding ring the magic laundry the crystal casket the flying case the modern pyramids of Egypt the inexhaustible inex-haustible punch bowl the magic wineglass wine-glass the accommodating hat the bewitched be-witched organ pipes or a magic sup I per with a bill of fare more extensive and tempting than either the Temple ton or the Knutsford Part second will be his marvellous twenty minutes in spirit land and the entertainment will finish with the beautiful illusion After the Ball for the first time in j Salt Lake This is one of the most j bewildering and perfect of all Elia sons attempts in this line and in it he will be assisted by Mrs Eliason who will appear in a new gown especially espec-ially made and designed by Helen Windsor of New York This entertainment enter-tainment will be the last but one of the series Eliason contemplates a lengthy tour outside of his native state and has had several advantageous advantag-eous offers The music will be furnished fur-nished by Willard E Weihe and the orchestra of the Grand Opera house The usual popular prices will prevail No one should miss this delightful and entertaining performance of mirth music and mystery Caprice Howard P Taylors free side idyl l in four acts will be presented pre-sented by the stock company at the Grand Opera house next week Much care has been taken in the preparation prepara-tion for the production of this play which abounds in love interest and honest comedy The story of a young country girl who is loved and marries by a young artist who seeks to make a lady of her and whom she leaves because she is incapable of receiving the polish he would give her goes away to school and four years after meets him in his own home under an assumed name and after he has searched America and Europe for her Together with this there are two love stories of a comedy nature that enliven en-liven the plot This play was formerly the property of Minnie Maddern I Americas distinguished Ingenue who retired from the stage on her marriage with Harrison Grey Fishe the editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror Miss Maddern kindly loaned the piece to Miss Bateman who has played the part of Mercy Baxter with great success suc-cess throughout the east and west It is a piece of excellent parts and will show the company off to excellent advantage ad-vantage Howard Kyle will play thee the-e Jethro Baxter a farmer Wright Huntington the young artist Jack Henderson Hugh Ward his brother bro-ther Wally Cecil Kingstone his friend Harry Woodtlnorpe Lisle Leigh his mother Mrs Jerome Hen derson Florida Kingsley the daughter daugh-ter Edith and Madge Carr Cook the widow with an eye for number two Emma Watson The smaller parts will be in competent hands Special scenery scen-ery and effects have been prepared and the production will be up to the high standard of the house Such a play as Caprice following a season of farcical comedies will be a great treat laughter and tears intermingled are the elements that make a successful success-ful emotional drama and as In Shore Acress The Old Homestead Es meralda Young Mrs Winthrop and Frou Frou they are so splendidly splen-didly blended so in Caprice is the bathos and pathos of the story carefully care-fully worked out The first act of Caprice takes place In a summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains I The second is an autumn scenein the garden of farmer Baxters home The third is In the depths of winter in Jacks cottage in the mountains and the fourth and last four years after in the Henderson mansion In New York on New Years day The in < ct dental music of the piece was a f I ranged by Walter Damrosh of New York and will be played by a string quartette under the direction of Wil j I lard E Weihe The stock season at the Grand is rapidly drawing to a close and several novelties are in preparation Caprice should play to the banner week of the season The celebrated Emily Bancker whose peculiar comicalities rival those of Johnstone Bennett will appear at the theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings April 30 and May 1 in Our Flat The New York Lyceum theatre success suc-cess Our Flat will be seen at the Salt Lake theatre on Tuesday evening April 30 The engagement is for two nights only and will be presented by Emily Bancker and her superb company com-pany who are just returning from the coast where they have been an immense im-mense success The entire San Francisco Fran-cisco press was Unanimous In pronouncing pro-nouncing Our Flat the greatest comedy hit in years It had 100 nights at Daniel Frohmans Lyceum theatre New York and 780 consecutive nights at the Grand theatre London An entire change is booked for the curio hall and theatorium of Wonderland Wonder-land next week Downstairs Professor Anderson will introduce the great illusion of Escaped From Sing Sing and assisted as-sisted by his company will produce an original act entitled Mirth and Mystery in which he will amuse the audience with feats of legerdemain songs and exhibitions on the light fantastic toe What with the Turkish exhibit of Oriental curiosities Bazoon Bill by the musical mimics Wallace and Zitta in their clever contortion feats and Signor Ricardo things are bound to be lively upstairs Wednesday will be souvenir day and an unusually pretty souvenir will be presented to each lady attending Living Vlilt Preparations for the novel game of whist with living cards to be given at the theatre on April 26 and 27 with a Saturday matinee here will be the usual fiftytwo cards with four players and the costuming will be something gorgeous Besides the game there will be fancy dances by the face cards and Mr Ward will also give a fancy dance Stage Gossip The veteran actor C W Couldock receives a complimentary benefit at the Metropolitan Opera house May 7 by the managers of New York John a Dreams seems likely to have a successful run for the rest of the season Its Atmosphere of opium smoke thought thoroughly unhealthy seems to be delightful to its audiences The great French actress Rejane who made such a tremendous hit in New York as Mme Sans Gene is in her last week at Abbeys Sol Smith Russell sails for Europe the 21st of May Thomas Keene will tour again next week Henrik Ibsen was 6S years old on March 20 M B Leavitt has brought suit In the Supreme court against Lily Lang try to + recover 1200 damages for breach of contract j The latest thing out now is a Trilby dance lollie Fuller executed one in Chicago Mollie need have no fear that the ladles of the Windy City will I try to compete with her The Old Homestead is to be tried in London before long Franz Von Suppe will appear next season with a new operetta after an Interim of eight years Palermo the city of churches and theatres is building a 100000000 theatre It is rumored that somebody is writ ing an opera about Trilby The author is anxious that his identity should remain concealed A The title of Henry Arthur Jones new play is The Triumph of the Philis tines f Charles Frohman will tour Johna Dreams next season William A Brady has had fortyfive applications for the part of Trilby seventeen for that of Svengali and twentythree for Little Billie It is said that Thomas W Keene will retire permanently from the stage at the end of next season < In the play of umanity there are ten horses twent + five hounds and nearly a hundred people seen on the stage at the same time |