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Show i . Cast of Characters. i King Henry VUI C. F. GIbney irancis D'Anzouleme ' Richard Sherman Sir Thomas Wolsey Conrad Cantzen Duke of Bucklnghan Fred J. Grant Duke DeLonguevtlle........ .Willis Browne Charles Brandon Walter R. Seymour Sir Edward Caskoden ,, j . Frank L. Sylvester Master Cavendish.. T. B. McCormlck, Jr. Bir Adam Judson. ...... :. Richard Sherman Page to Mary Tudor Oeraldlne Malone Captain Bradhurst Karl Hoffman Hon of Bow and String Tavern. .. ' - . Harry Clinton Jxrd Chamberlain Howard Trevette Mary Tudor (First Princess of the Realm) Effle Ellsler Queen Kathertne..'.. Barbara Douglass Jjuly Jane Bollngbroke ....Irene Timmons Mistress Annie Bolejn Sadie Harris Mistress Jane Seymour Anna Athy (Maids of Honor to Mary Tudor.) French Lady : A. '....Pauline Merrill First Lady in Attendance. Julia Stoddard Ladles- of the Court of England and France, Guards, Pages, Courtiers, etc ' The dramatist of "When Knighthood Was In Flower" .has been true to the . novelist. The latter' story Is preserved ' intact, the principal characters are out- Hned as the author Intended them, and unessential feature of the book have beJTon concentrated In the stage version. Te play, of course, is Inferior to the . bqlok, but It is not by any means a bad aage production. H permits of massive stage settings, and of gorgeous dresses. Verily, a romance of chivalry of the alx- teenth century. In 1 which kings and Queens and princesses are the chief dramatis personae. gives abundant room for elaborateness. Miss Effle ElUIer's production of the romance at the Salt Lake Theater last . night was identical so far as scenery and coslumes are concerned, with Julia Marlows original one. True, som of the Bfcttlrtgs are somewhat battered, but everything is there, every detail in true keeping with the period of chivalry. The long waits between acts last night were required to handle the compll- cated settings which were, built to remain re-main In each theater a month at a time, now they are In the West doing one night stands. But as to Miss Kllsler's production, the real trouble Is with her support. She herself i not the beautl-v beautl-v ful Mary Tudor of fancy, but she wins her audience In spite of that drawback With her engaging manner. . A play loses Its romance, when halting wooden men are struggling with the lines, so t -does "When Knighthood Was in Flower" Flow-er" lose much of its romantic charm in the hands of Miss Kllsler's company. 1 The heroic Charles Brandon suffered In the hands of Charles Seymour, and so down the: line of the gentlemen players. Irene Timmons, as -Lady Jane Bollng-broke Bollng-broke was. pleasing in the extreme, so also was Sadie Harris as Annie Boleyn. The other ladies ranged from merely . passable to very bad. The engagement closes with two performances per-formances today, matinee and evening. "Human Hearts" was well patronized ,'tt the Grand again last night. A mati-V. mati-V. ne this afternoon and another perform-4J-e tonight will close the engagement. Tomorrow night "The Man From Mexi-- Mexi-- -co" will open an engagement of two 'performances. " -Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary who was held In captivity . by the Macedonian brigands for nearly , six months pending the payment of a t65,000 ransom, will lecture In the Salt Lake Theater a week from next Saturday Satur-day night. ' " ' ' Leslip'.Morosco, who plays "The Man 'from Mexico." had to take an early train out of Dayton, an Ohio town, the other day, and- left a card at the office for a 5 o'clock call. , Long before daylight day-light he. was aroused by a vigorous ' hammering at his door, and in response to his inquiry as to whether or not the hotel was "on fire, he received the reply, "I am the. night watchman, sir, and as I am now "going off duty I thought I had better tell you that you will still have two hours to sleep, It is nearly '3 o'clock now." |