Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-25 | Page 5 | Plays and Players Here and Elsewhere

I d' d d e I I I 3 J Plays Pays and Players fi jere r and Els 1 I CALENDAR FOR TOR THE WEEK Tuesday Tuesday- SALT LAKE LAHE THEATRE Dark Rich to GRAND Too TCo Marry Wednesday SALT LAKE THEATRE SALT LAKE LAHE Martha as a testimonial to MIss MIs's Miss Arvilla Clark GRAND Afternoon hand and eveni evening g Too Rich to Marry Harry Thursday Thursday- 1 SALT LAKE THEATRE Arizona GRAND Barlow Brothers' Brothers Minstrels Fr Friday Friday- dayS day day- S SALT LT LAJ LA LAKE THEATRE Arizona GRAND Bartow w Brothers' Brothers Minstrels Saturday Saturday- iSALT i- i ji SALT LAKE THEATRE Afternoon and evening Arizona GRAND Afternoon and even evening In Barlow Brothers Brothers' A crowded house greeted the opening performance of T Too Too o Rich to Marry on its initial visit to this city at the Grand theatre last night The play is advertised as a polite comedy but might more appropriate ap- ap be called calle a clever farce It also developed last night that the plot which was featured as dea dealing ng with the aversion of ot the to money serves s for for little else than the furnishing of the catchy title Too Rich to Marry has very ery little connection with the re real redi l plot which is a a. combination of exaggerated exaggerated farcical situations Hons While the theme of the story if there really be one is neither new nor origInal original original nal It serves the purpose of provoking I hearty laughter The dialogue is clever tho the situations amusing the action brisk and everything pleasing to the audience Most of ot the parts are competently bandied handled handled han ban died some of them are given the best possible rendition others are sunk In Inthe Inthe Inthe the depths of mediocrity The entire cast is made up of ot come comedy y characters The Theauthor Theauthor Theauthor author seems to have created every part primarily for fOJ the tho provoking of laughter Measuring a all l of the portrayals by this st standard of f value the Jonathan Bradbury Bradbury Bradbury Brad Brad- bury of ot Edward Redmond easily ranks at the head Mr Redmond undoubtedly realizes the fullest possibilities of his part He is a rare comedian His Ills facial twists alone brought r roars ars of laughter from all parts of the house Sambo the colored d gentleman perhaps ranks next ac according to the above standard while among those parts well acted Is Miss Bur Burks Burk's s 's C Caroline In eve every respect she he fitted that type of ot women that tends to make so many men question the happiness of ot married life B B. B R R. Brown as Tom and Fred Tred Armstead Arm Arm- stead as Peters gave capable renditions The former Is handsome and has a good stage presence but his acting is distinctly distinct distinct- ly Iy amateurish The latter made the most of his small part Jessie Emlson Emison In hi the part of Aletha Is unquestionably the lowest In the scale of mediocrity The part could scarcely havo have been Impersonated in a more uninteresting uninteresting manner Another of of- this same variety was Estella Estella Estella Es- Es tella Redmond as Leona Dalroy The minor chara characters were fairly fairly- good The engagement continues for three more performances performance i Barlows Barlow's s minstrels open Thursday night The The seat sale began this morning I I IThe The advance sale ikie for Arizona began at a lively rate this morning at the Salt Lake Theatre The The- engagement Is I's for three nights and matinee Thursday 7 1 a a a it- it From present Indications Martha will be presented to a full house Wednesday r night testimonial mno on ral the he occasion sl n of ot Miss Mis Clarks Clark a a a a Barlows Barlow's minstrels minstrels will appear at the Grand on Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday matinee Websters Webster's s abridged definition of the word minstrelsy min mm min minstrelsy Is Art or occupation of a minstrel minstrel min mm- system of ballads music a company company company com com- pany of ot musicians But Bit the way h he would define It now would be De Gorgeous G magnificence II in iq embellishments songs that art witty wise WIM and charming personal grace and beauty to ch charm rm an amusement exhibition containing all that Is novel and grand beautiful The above definition forms a synopsis of the many good things in Barlows Barlow's s minstrels min mm- strelsA A magnificent street parade will be given at n noon and a sf a free band concert In front of t the e theatre at 7 73 30 p P. P m m.