| Show AMUSEMENTS I With a company of exhausted players I play-ers and a background of old stork I scenery thrown together in lea I than an hours notice 0 production of Sorrows Sor-rows of Satan was gqnp through at the Theater last evening The delayed company was on the second train behind i be-hind the coaches which were wrecked Ion I-on the Southern Pacific last Sun nand n-and was held for two dtfyri while the I wreckage was being cleared away I was only with u great effort that the I company was able to appear not 1each ling the city till 7 oclock In the evenIng I even-Ing and then minus 0 carload of scenery I scen-ery and equipment The last scene waa ct Itst only brought to the city by the remI bets of the company carrying itn distance dis-tance of 300 yards around tho wrecked train to cars which were brought from I Ogden Before the curtain arose Manager 1 Man-ager Pyper announced that the play would be crippled In respect to scenery mid slated that those who desired could have their money refunded by calling at the box office No one took advantage I advan-tage of the offer Sorrows of Satan Is a m devils pay of a new type and It Is only Just to say that It la written more for tho I stirring up of the galleries than jfor tho edification of theatcrgoerff who occupy I elcalon I Is full of boiling speeches and exciting climaxes The audience which was of a good size bestowed liberal I lib-eral applause Edward It Mawaon and Walter Seymour had the leading parts VaJC on the mens side and Hss Dodd and Miss Rca were prominent In the female roles S 4 This afternoon and evening Al S Fields minstrels will be seen at the Theater The organization a number num-ber of specialties which 1 make up an Interesting entertainment 4 f The Little Minister regular evening even-ing prices at the Grand Is having n Inf heavy advance sale for Washingtons birthday matinee 9 I Every seat was taken last night for Nel Gwynn which by general consent con-sent Is pronounced the best thing the Cummings company has done In tins city I will make a handsome com panlohplece for Tho Little Minister r on the road Just whose version of Nell Gwynn IllS Is not statefl on tho programnie doubtless for good and Hunclcnt reasons upon which It I Is not necessary to expullatp Rhea gave u version of Nell Gwynn here five It the best years ago I waN pronounced play In which she had ever appeared Other versions of the Fame play were given here aN early a 1807 when it was n popular bill In the repertoire of Fanny M Phelps and again In 1S72 when Rose Evans appeared In the title role More recently It formed a vehicle for Introducing Henrietta Crossman asa as-a star to New York audiences and a Jew weeks later Ado Rohan In another version called Sweet Nell of Drury I a 4 In a mist and drizzle of rain long HIJO of men and boys stood from daylight day-light till 10 oclock yesterday morning In order to get first chanco at the advance ad-vance sale of Zaza Scarcely a scat Is left for tho lint night and a big blank exists In the chart for the other two performances Salt Lake Is spreading herself In the matter of theatrical patronage these days Next week comes Way Down East fdr a full week and It Is anticipated that there will scarcely be a vacant scat throughout the week Of course excursions ex-cursions from outside of town will do much to fill the Theater In a way it Is the opposite of what Zaza will furnish fur-nish being 3 story of homely country life In New England while Zaxa Is a story of high and fast life in the French metropolis |
