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Show AMIHKMKNTS. BANDMANN AT THE SALT LAKE TMEATKII. Daniel E. ISandmnnn appeared in the character charac-ter of "Hhylock." Mr. Handmann In either wide of the mark or else llooth it and Forrest was. Neither Ida ninke-np nor hia conception of the part liears upon the;idonl creation; and hiB enunciation enun-ciation if bad even to vileneHa. Mr. ilandmann may be an ' eminent tragedian," but certainly the portrayal of rlhakeapeare'a "Hhylock" liia not within his acoe. Mine Oliver made a very aweet and winning "Ponia," and ahe dressed the character both correctly cor-rectly and in good taato; but the. lady .in faulty in her reading, and in the trial scene ahe failed in her conception of the rendition. When aho addressed "Hhylock" after asking to pee the bond, ahe ranted inatead of ho voicing her utterance ns to convey the idea that ahe waa whisicring to "Hhylock alone; ami where othera have made a desired point, both in their acting and their reading, ahe missed (ho opportunity by omitting the worda "bid nie tear the bond" entirely. en-tirely. The by-play in the fifth act waa the only redeeming feature of the whole performance. Thursday, Friday and Haturday Mr. Frederick Wardo will hold the boarda with "The Mountebank," Mounte-bank," "Damon and Pythian" and "Itichard 111." "KVANOKIJME" AT THE GBANO. The "leg drama" waa inaugurated last ovening at, tho Grand by the production of "Evangeline. Notwithstanding the fact that thia extravaganza in familiar to our theater-going people, ita ronp-!eaninco ronp-!eaninco waa welcomed riy acrowded honae oom-joaed oom-joaed of those who always enjoy a performance in this line, no matter how often they may have seen it lief ore. All the old featurea of the spec-taclo spec-taclo have been proaerved, and to theHC have Is-en added numeroua new catches and aome of the more recent music of the day. Tho aeenory ia of the gorgeous order, and ia more immense and taking than that seen hero at the former representations. repre-sentations. Of tho performers it is nly necessary to say that they succeeded in entertaining their audience audi-ence in the fullest measure. The singing of Miss Wallace and Miss Itock was esircinlly goxl, and the "tlatherine" of Mr. Fortescue wasthesameaa ever, grotesque and taking. The "Lone Fisherman," Fisher-man," albeit an interpolated character, like poor Hothi n'a "Lord Dundreary," was tho source of the usual amount of happiness and merriment, and Mr. Motlit succeeded in hia efforts to elicit uproarious commendation, even beyond his expectations. ex-pectations. The music of the piece was of that order that never fails to brighten up and enthuao an audience; and the display of shapely feet, ankles and legs was such as to bring down a general gen-eral round of applause at every occasion. Tonight and for two nights more "Evangeline will hold sway. "THE BOSTONIAN9." Thorelnrn of this favorite comp'iny to Hn't Lake City will lie welcomed with delight .by all of our imiaic-lovors, and the very marked s icooss of tho com puny on its return from the coaHt last. June will lie well remembered. It, is the only English oimtb company in America modeled after the European companies, callable of playing play-ing works of the grand oiiera school and also the bright-light oHnis that are so popular, and which are done with the same care by "Tl( ISos-tonians" ISos-tonians" as Hie more exactiug works. A telegram from Denver this morning nn-nouncea nn-nouncea the success of Manager Burgiss of the Grand in Binn ing the company for one extra performance, which includes Friday. All of the popular artists of Ihis justly colcbralod company will apjioar, and prices will be tho same aB dining din-ing their summer engagement. The repertoire will lie as follows: Monday, "bii7.ette;'' Tuesday, "Fra Diavoloi" Wednesday, matinee. "Fatinilza;" Wednesday evening. "Don tjuixoto;" Thursday, "II Trovatoro;" Friday, "Tho Musketeers," . 1 4 |