Show 1 AT THE THEATERS i t Othello was wA e l lat last nl night ht at atthe atthe the thc Salt Snit T Tiko Ke theater This Thic afternoon Charles B. B Hanford and lila his company are repeating Tho The Winters Winter's Tale Tal and tonight the they will 1 give Much Ado do About Nothing About the tho only excuse cuso th that t can Cnn bo he orr of- of toned f i r rM j for tor s saying anything about the production pro pro- last night Is that there Is a con con- r- r lain tain proportion proportion and and to Salt Lake Lako City's credit ho bo It said no small proportion proportion- of or tim tho theatergoing oln public 0 of this elt city ho Instincts nrc to believe belleto In the lie stagIng staging stag stag- Ing In o of Shakespeare Salt SnIt Lake City hl has Its Shakespearean audience that can nearly nays always be bA depended on to welcomed wet wel cl comer L L' II If Sothern othern In Its ra ranks nkA will b bo depleted If It man many moro morn crimes like Ilko th that l of or last la night am are committed commit commit- t ted rl In the tho name of or the bard hanl of or Avon Mr l Hanford himself lf perhaps I Is to bo ho credited with lih making heroic efforts to f 1 save c the dR day Perhaps If It ho he lied had had hali an any 1 kind 1111 of or support that appreciated tho th task It had hart undertaken there might have hR been beon beena p a different story torr to t toll tell lI But It Is one of ot th the little p peculiarities of 01 Shakespeare's work T that the members of or the tho Hanford company ml might ht learn that there rc Is ill a a de demand demand tIe tIe- mand mend as alii well as at nn lin opportunity for artistic artistic artis artis- tic work t In tn every ery part At an any rato rate the members of ot tho the company compan might show 1 enough appreciation for th tue work k of the tho f fl rw h nt greatest t dramatist the world cI has 2 seen to learn tho the meaning of or their lines line In Iii one ono Instance la last t night that night that of or theman the tho thoman man who ho played o billed hilled as Andrew Andrew An n drew H H. the Tombes-the the actor did rUd not oven even know his lines pasS passably well weH There m may bo bl circumstances that would excuse such Incidents But what t excuse can cnn be bo found for playing Othello wIth Ith Ithan an lago whoso whose business business' s' s arouses aroue his hie auditors to laughter Several Sc times last night th the step from th the thA sublime to tho the ridiculous was taken and the audience t non roared red A good deal of or th the rest of or th the production lion tion was about on a l par r with the lago Jago of 1 t I John M Id Kline I and c the C careful work r and lI tho the considerable ability of ot Mr Hanford wt were rc unable to save sava a athe the da day dav It ItIs ItIs Itis Is Impossible for one man to produce Othello Othello certainly Impo Impossible for tor Mr Hanford unaided Several Sc times last nl night hl tho the villain was hissed which suggests that the production might have hn met more favor t In tome somo of or ortho tho the cheaper houses In town tom Tho The staging and costuming were all that tha t need be bo asked S C Tho The combined labors labor of ot tho the two to creative creative crea crea- tive the geniuses Mendelssohn ohn and Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare supplemented by the tho work of the splendid body of musicians constituting the Russian Symphony orchestra of ot Now ow York and nn the work of ot those sympathetic Shakespearean Interpreters tho the Ben Greet players amount amount to an artistic triumph triumph tri tri- of or moro more than ordinary proportions as ns presented lJ by this combination ant and which will appear April 12 IZ 13 and 11 ii at atthe tho the Salt att Lake theater Tho Tim Russian Symphony orchestra Is on ona ona ona a par with t the other great ireat feat musical organizations organ organ- of or the country countr and takes on new Importance by virtue of or the added Inter- Inter c at t lying IN In I tho ho v dramatic pro production c lon v of t Shakespeare's sp ro Midsummer i n r Nights Night's Nights Night's Dream b by the Ben Den Greet company compan So great an or organization Is required for this production that the orchestra tra encroaches upon tho the front rows of ot orchestra seats reat To tho the enterprise of or Ben en G Greet et and hI his managers tho the whole countr country Is ts Indebted for the rare opportunity of ot hearing this poetic Shakes Shakespearean arcan extravagance extra In happy combination with tho the full fuU Mendelssohn sohn flohn score Tho The re resulting music drama Is s an achievement of ot surpassing artistic interest The Mendelssohn music written In n Interpretation of or tho the great English bards bard's drama Is household music The wedding march to the strains of or which generations lave have been married the nocturne nocturne noc noc- turne tho the scherzo and the Spring Song Sons have o all become a part of or our musical lives For Zor th the tho first time we S have ha tho the full score of or the Mendelssohn music as ns an ac accompaniment accompaniment accompaniment ac- ac of or the tho Greet presentation of or orthe the drama In poetic accord with the In Incidental Incidental Incidental In- In music and tho the dramatic theme ware wore the classic dances tho the chorus of ot childrens children's voices and tho the scenic back bade ground S C For two to months or more mor past the dramatic dra dra- ra- ra matic association of ot tho the I L I. D. D S. S high school has been working on tho the popular southern fila play Alabama Under the tho able dl direction of or Miss Margaret Caldwell as assisted as- as slated h by William P. P Mifflin and II J. J Leo o Marshall the students have o done remarkably remark remark- ably well The first public performance of or the tho play will t be given Iven n next x f Frida Friday evening Apr April I 9 9 In Whitney hall hail Friends and patrons 0 of tho the school are cordially invited to at attend attend nth nt- nt h tend nd and ceo ee what the school Is doing doln In Inthe Inthe inthe the way 1 of or educational c dramatics C IA t I A Drunkards Drunkard's Reformation is 11 a picture pie plc- tune ture ure drama rama that Is making eyes yes moist and big audiences talk t. at tho the Majestic theater heater The end md of ot the tory story shows Rho tho the drunkard reformed and his family happy over O th the tho change Tho The famous war pIctures pie plc- tunes tures ures showing tho ho surrender sun of ot General Gener 1 Lee to General Grant also are arc attracting favorable ta comment I Princess Chrysanthemum a pretty little tUe Japanese operetta will be preg presented at the eleventh ee ward meeting meet house on Eighth East and First South streets next Wednesday Thursday and Friday a by the eleventh mth ward primary opera company Tho company compan Is b the same one which presented d Jack tho the Giant Killer and Babes in the lie Wood In the eleventh ward two wo year ear a ago and Judging from those thosa performances performance tho the success of ot tho the one of or next wee week will be marked It It will II be given tn under th the direction of ot Nellie P. P Whitney Lulu P. P Wallace and Jessie S S. S HIntze Tho The cast Includes seven forty persons person with some good amateurs In the ho lead leading roles The management ml of or the BUn Bungalow nto theah theater the the- lie lie- attn ater has secured for tor conference week ck starting Sunday night tho the Lewis and Lake Musical company campan which cornea di direct direct direeL di- di reeL from San Eon Francisco and numbers twenty dye persons It will present tho tIm musical com comedy d entitled The Tho Beauty Sho Show Th TIm The organization has a chorus of ot sixteen n b beautiful girls and will run nun the tho entire week with m matinees Monday Monday Mon Mon- Ion Ion- day dar Tue Tuesday da Wednesday and Saturday |