Show I I IFor For a long Ion long time a good many Of Ofus Ofus us have bave just ached to see Jee a 8 play In which the villain ilIan gets areta away awa with the goods We have felt feit that if It we could just Ja t see eee it once we would go 80 beme and live Uve happily ever everatter after atter as they sayin say y la in the tta fairy tatty stories Well wU a good many of us Ie saw that very thing last night And softly in our ear we t go home borne feeling goOd goOda godda a little bit We felt like saying gating as our old friend W Shakespeare peare made one me ot or othis ofhie his hie people say cay Toe The time is out of ot Joint Alexander Al the Great with the co eo costars tan stars Louis James and Frederick Ward Warde Warda is a an attraction that is worth going on a along aI along I long way and spending a bit of money mone to Pee This if is true of anything thing that chat James and nd Warde ar e under i he e management of A Kemper hat han Tf in n The rho lay seems i to fit fa the actors acton and the actors tit itt he the hei i play There much muen to It except ine tM Ft PUt eta rs and the scenery and some sonorous language b bit it surely Bundy that is 18 enough for tor forth forth the th most moat mo t critical I 1 The he people t he people of or orthe the tho west where Janus end and Varue arue are areso areso I so well known and an J FO so well liked go to see James and Warde act t L Last aBt 5 I gr great at t audience the tho audience that wit Heated the opening of Jf an engagement that thU I Is to t run through Thursday night with witha I a matinee on Wednesday dav was more than I plEased It vas aa t TIle cur curtain curI I tain tam calls caliM were so 80 numerous that most of n i lost track of f r them Finally Mr lr Varde was compelled lf d to make a curtain talk He lIe Ii did it in his hi most graceful Ir ty Ie and that is praise enough for tor an any man Alexander the Great except for Us Its lo Iov episodes is sold said to be absolutely ab true to the history of the great conqueror Mr tr James had the Dame D a me part and nd Mr Warde WartS appeared as prime minister r to Alexander Alexander Alenander is 1 the heroic fig figure figUre figare ure are hi Ia the villain We Wt dont know that we altogether like to s see e Mr Warde Ward lav ilay the villain His Hie is III too kind kindI kindly I 1 ly generous sweet a w nature naton for such a 8 apart apart part His character cha ter in to Alexander the Great Is summarised by Cleopatra Miss Engel Enget Sumner In one line when she aile says You are fighting your battles with another mans man sword word and risking your life by proxy Warde Varde the actor Wr a did that in a manner that could not fall tall to roU e enthusiasm for or his art antI ami aIM those e who know the man map could not fall to applaud him for they know that It Jt is art alone and love ove of his hia art that can make a finished villain of Frederick Frederi k Warde He triumphed in the end and though we knew kne it was all aU only a play paY though we knew know Alexander Alexandr the Great could finish naturally in no other fash lash fashion ion we still were w sorry orry it had to be so se which is III another tribute to th the worth of ot Mr XI Warde ard Mr J James as Alexander was wu the am ambitious ambItious king kine to the life A dreamer into Inte action by the assassination of his bl father lather his ala ambition spurred him on and andon andon on until he be had conquered conquer the world and andU if U we wt ever r doubted the story books there is 18 Mr James lame on the stage tace weeping be because because cause there theft were no more for tor him to conquer in Inu all of his hl scenes Mr James Jame was strong but perhaps his strongest was at the close of oC the th first act when he h stands by the body of or Ida his hi father lather and aDd announces his hla purpose to lead llad his hS hi fathers armies to the uttermost utter parts part of the earth Another very strong scene was the one In which he shows show his ils confidence in 11 Clitus Norman Hackett and the later drinks the th poison polson cup pre pet prepared pared by Cleopatra A great many of Mr Hackett admirers ers era were sorry by the way that he did not have more opportunities to show his I talent Those he had he rose roee to most moat acceptably There are two strong tron wo we woman woman weman man a s parts Darts In the play pia They are the tile parts pan of Roxane Miss Mil Margaret Bourne and Miss Mias Sumner s Cleopatra Miss 1 Bourne Boum was ws the sweetheart of or Alexander She is it entitled d to great eat credit for her work In a number or of of scenes cene Miss Mis Sum Sumner flee ner is iB also deserving of praise for her In hi Intelligent I ent portrayal of a woman driven mad by ambition Alexander the Great is staged Itt ed after the usual sumptuous A Kem Kern Kemper Kemper per style y That is J to say nay 14 In m scenic ac accessories acce I eolla ce there is nothing f tr be h desired The same seme play will be presented again tonight to tonight night and tomorrow night For the mati maLl matinee matinee nee net performance tomorrow Julius Caesar will be the offering and Julius will close the engagement en ment on Thursday Thuy evening A bin big audience au nce saw Lincoln J Carters Cartera Down Mobile ODen onen an engagement of three nights and a ft matinee at the Grand last night The file name n of Mr XI Carter is a sufficient tr guarantee that the production u is tUB fall of interest life tt and action Last nights nighta audience audien e was not disappointed dl in Sn inthis inthis this thIB regard The play was received with many manifestations of approval The company is a evenly balanced blane but last night bt the honors were won by Cal Cat Till and Marie Del Vecchio who gave cave thorough satisfaction Down Mobile goes tonight tomorrow night and at a matinee maUn tomorrow The Novelty theatre on West Second South street offered the usual Monday londa night change chane Cba e of bill last la t night The new is i interesting Jote tIac throughout containing as It does doH several features which are entirely new to Salt I Lake ake Five performances will be given veil daily t throughout t the balance of the week The TIte Unique theatre on 01 Main street of offered offend offered fend an attractive new rO last Hist night nl bL The Tb work of Harry Marshall rag a tine delineator and of OBrien the th acro acre acrobatic batic comedian was w especially er pleasing The Unique entertained large audiences at ilvo tive performances per yesterday and will WIil doubtless finish the week to big business That veteran theatrical man John Ma Va Maguire ph guire is t in th the city olty representing the th Jog Jes Jessie ale sie Ie Shirley company which comes to the t Grand for tor all of next week Mr Ma Xa Maguire guire gu says ays Miss i Shirley is Ia a most moat caps capa capable ble actress acUe and those who know him will willbe be tM Perfectly wiltIng willing to accept act pt his judg judgment mont ment and turn rum out in numbers to see aee her performances |