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Show AMUSEMENTS o GRAND THEATRE. "H M S. Pinafore." Pina-fore." a nautical opera In two acts, by 9 Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. That the Lilliputian Opera company hns fairly captivated palions of the Grand Th aire and many others who have heard of the fame ,.f these children Is evident from the packedhoUSes Of yesterday afternoon af-ternoon and last evening The old-time. but over-popular "PJnafore ' was the bill yesterday afternoon, and not only were tho children there, but seemingly their "sisters and their cousins and their aunts," for there wasn't a vacant seat or box In the- house. If it Is old and some-wh some-wh it shopworn. ' Pinafore" still has i .. i to harm, and In the hands of such talented young i pie a.s the Lilliputians s.-ems almost fresh and new. New features, fea-tures, of course, hove been Introduced, and a number of catchy songs, and tho young artists taking part In the opera held tho undivided Interest of the spec-tators spec-tators to the close Miss Daphne pollard lr Joseph Porter. Elrst Lord of the Admiralty MI'-s Irene Klndlay as Capt. Corcoran; Miss Bva Moore as Ralph Racks traw; Willie Thomas as Dick Dead- . -lack Pollard as Bill Bobstiy. Miss Freddy Helntz as the mldshipmate; Miss May Slartin as the Captain's daughter. Mi.s ili. Moore as Little Buttercup, and Miss M'-rie Pollard as Hebe, won a still warmer place In the hearts of those who had seen them before, and made new admirers ad-mirers of those present for the first time. "A Runaway Girl" was tho bill pre-sented pre-sented last evening. In this opera the i b dren won for themselves unstinted praise and applause, and encodes were the order of the evening. A feature of all tho operas Is the singing of Master Fr.-l Pollard, who last evening took th part of Leonello Ills voice Is clear and high and true, and he Invariably wins for himself several recalls. "Tho Runaway Girl" will be repeated tonight, a special matinee f "Pinafore" ylll be given tomorrow afternoon, Ihe engagement closing with "A Gaiety Girl" on Friday night. John Drew will bo at the Salt Lake Theatre tonight in "The Duke of KI1H-crankle." KI1H-crankle." It Is a most entertaining play, and a large audience will enjoy it Tho Bothern-MarlOWe combination and Mrs. Flske will comoete In Denver tonight to-night and the remain-b-r of the week Mi- Flske appears at Glitch's Garden. Charles Frohman said In London last week: I practically have settled upon three plays for Sathorn and Marlowe, whh h win be glv n In the Knlckerbo k r Twelfth Night. 'The Merchant of Venice and 'Th.- 'Limine of th-- Shrew.' Instead of having Shakespeare ..n over town, as has bi n the i is In Loi don, I shall "n; centrate It by having a cast all Of good a. tors." Bothern. and Marlowe go to London Lon-don next month. Victory Bateman s husband. Harry Mes-a.-r. Is suiter lor divorce In San Kran- clsco, on the ground of desertion Vlctorj Is playing in Colorado, on her wj W Salt Lake, |
