Salt Lake Herald | 1896-11-04 | Page 8 | Amusements

L AMUSEMENTS i i THEATRE LAST NIGHT There was no going out between acts at the Salt Lake theatre last night A great though tumultuous audience with emotions keyed up to the highest pitch jammed into the theatre and ran the box office receipts up way beyond even the handsome figure of the opening night The Prisoner of Zenda and the election returns combined com-bined made a great drawing card The enthusiasm over the returns from Louisiana and Florida was of the most I xuberant sort and when pictures of Bryan and his wife were thrown on the curtain the screams yells and roars baffled description The news of Mc Kinleys vote in New York and the picture of the Republican candidate were applauded but only mildly in comparison As for the performance I was as highly finished and thoroughly artistic zs before Mr Gould very reminiscent 3f Richard Mansfield Mr Walcot strik ngly like Bismarck Miss Irvine charm ngly refined Miss Ortell vigorous and trOng were the principal features but the whole cast is so good that i is hard to miKc any distinctions The last performance per-formance will bo given nsionTit and an jther big audience is assured IN DARKEST RUSSIA The advance sale for the performance of In Darkest Russia opens at the theatre this morn i ng REHAN Wash gtoa Nov 3Miss Ada Rehan began an engagement in Washington at the Lafayette Square theatre ap > earing last night a Katherine in Taming of the Shrew before the most distinguished audience of the season President Cleveland Mrs Cleveland Cleve-land Sir ulan Pauncefote the British ambassador the Australian minister Lord Westmeath Secretary and Mrs Carlisle occupied boxes fc Miss Rehans reception was most enthusiastic en-thusiastic and she was never In better form and spirit