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Show Plays and Players Here , and Elsewhere; . j immm xt the salt lake theates. Attractions at the Salt Lake Theater the comin week are scheduled as follows: fol-lows: Tuesday night Capt. Hob son, U. S. N., In lecture, "United States as a .World Power." ... ... ... Wednesday matinee Charles B. Han-lord Han-lord in "Taming of the Shrew." Wednesday nighb-Hanford in "Much Ado About Nothing." Thursday night Hanford In 'Mer-fchant 'Mer-fchant of Venice." Friday night, Saturday matinee ' and Saturday night Mrs. Brune In Unorna." Unor-na." . Of Capt Hobson's lecture the Win-field Win-field (Kan.) Courier says: "The famous hero of a naval climax walked off the 'platform at the Chautauqua assembly Jast Saturday afternoon wrapt In the halo of statesman and philosopher, rvyhlle all of the four thousand auditors audi-tors came to pay their respects to a t nation's hero and see in person one of .the most renowned youths of the age, none came 'expecting to be held in the grasp of a -physical and mental giant and tossed upon the billows of oratori- cal delight and historical ecstasy." ..-' . ' ; JThe success of Charles B. Hanford's jfroductions of "The Taming1 of the -Ishrew." "Much Ado About Nothing" fend "The Merchant of Venice" indi-iates indi-iates that our old friend Shakespeare 'fls taken oni a new lease of life. - For some strange reason! or other Shakes-. Shakes-. peare's comedies have not often been ' done adequate Justice; as a rule they v .have been indifferently performed, and not often made the subject of the liberal lib-eral expenditure that has characterized efforts in other lines of theatrical en-.terprise. en-.terprise. Mr. Hanford has done more to stimulate Interest in . the great Shakespearean comedy works than any other actor, for the reason that he has V-j rsaA im tVio frii rfl trf nf hta ranvirttrm - CHARLES B. HANFORD At Salt Lake Theater. 1 IP" I' "'II II III HI II II 'II II I I II Ml II I ii I , t ! - ' ' -J ' ? " " ' ' ' . tl I - v ,,'. 4 ' :''. ' , . 1 -' 1 -I it: ir ' ' v 1 ' Jt ' : , - v - i r ' t -' .-wv'-:'i v i 1 i 1 v -. t - . r i -.1 k 'MMM mmM, -w. ..j. (-m i n-r rimT rmi in by opening wide his purse strings. Mr. Hanford's Investment in his newest productions runs well into the thousands, thou-sands, and to all accounts his confl-. confl-. dence Is being rewarded amply. His engagement at the Salt Lake Theater next week, "Wednesday ami Thursday, Is awaited as one .of the- dramatic events of the year. . John Griffith, who is to appear at the Salt Lake Theater on Monday week, is a typical tragedian. He is tall, angular, angu-lar, with a clean-cut figure, a mobile, strongly-featured face, and a rich and powerful voice. AT THE GRAND THEATER. The Grand will be dark again -the coming week, but on Monday, May 4th, the Warde company will open a six-weeks' six-weeks' engagement. Two plays will be presented each week, with the usual "Wednesday and Saturday matinees. During the first half of the opening ;week "Othello" will be presented, and during the . last half, "The Lion's Mouth." The Warde company is headed head-ed by the sterling actor, Charles D. Herman, and Manager Arthur F. -fTde has engaged the majority of the ' (brlginal Frederick Warde company to Support Mr. Herman. Of. the Warde company's performance of "Othello" the Omaha World-Herald of April 14th says: "It .was not a large audience that assembled at the Boyd Monday evening to see the Herman-Warde company in Othello,' but those present wgre' rewarded by witnessing one of 'toe best productions- of Shakespeare's sublime tragedy that has been given in this city for some time. Be it said to the credit of the organization that not - ' a poor actor appeared in the cast. "The Othello of Charles D. Herman was superb, while Miss Anna Roberts was a charming Desdemona. Francis McGinn as Iago gave the best interpretation interpre-tation of this part seen in Omaha for many years. His conception of the . character was Intelligent, scholarly and withal perfect. Too much cannot be said in praise of his good work. John TittbI na CnsRin deserves special men- I MISS KARIE DROFNAL. hearsal In which the young actor appeared. ap-peared. ... E. H. Sothern thinks the plays of the future will be the poetic drama. chased for the use of his wife, Grace George. It is by a Washington newspaper news-paper man and Miss George will likely be seen in it next season. ... Viola Allen Is under contract to L!eb-ler L!eb-ler & Co. for another season, but after that it is estimated that she will change her managers and become a star in the galaxy of stage favorites that Charles B. Dillingham is gathering under his managerial fold. ... ' "The Silver Slipper," which ran for twenty weeks at the Broadway theater, is reparted to be doing finely in the other large cities. It needs to, for its running expenses are more than $7lo0 a week a pretty large risk for a traveling trav-eling organization. Fred Hallen and Mollie Fuller will start for San Francisco to pftiy a f hort engagement. From there they go to tion. The company came comparatively comparative-ly unknown, but their work is good." "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN." Salt Lake theater-goers have in prospect pros-pect a production of Mrs. Stowe's famous fa-mous work such as was never seen before be-fore and probably never will be seen after. The distinctive features are that there will be only one Little Eva, no bloodhounds, numerous donkeys) and many Markses-'-or rather Marks. In view of the last named condition, the ' audience will be disarmed at the door. This thrilling performance will be pulled off the first Saturday night in June at the Salt Lake Theater and on this occasion the free list will be entirely en-tirely suspended and no money will be refunded at the door. "Knockers" must . Jke their medicine. The Press club will iand sponsor for the box office receipts. re-ceipts. No bouquets will be allowed except for Little Eva. Australia for a six months' tour under the- management of the big vaudeville man out there ope Rickards. The two will appear in' the sketches that have become familiar here. Frances Aymar Matthews, the novelist novel-ist and playwright, is to make her Mage debut next season in en? of her own plays under the direction of W. A. Brady. She has written a small part into the play for her own benefit. According to an order lately received by a prominent dealer Julia Marlowe is developing an expensive hobby. The order gave the dealer carte blanche to purchase for her at any price all the authentic old books and manuscripts on the early history of the stae. Miss Marlowe's country home up the Hudson is already equipped with one of the finest fin-est dramatic libraries in the country, but she evidently intends to make it invaluable. Five companies are now playing "Resurrection" in the United States. E. H. Sothern in the coming June makes his first appearance in San Francisco in ten years. He rrtay b seen in Romeo for the first time on any stage with Miss Loftus as Juliet. . In George H. Broadhursfs'new comedy, com-edy, "A Fool and His Money." produced pro-duced for the first time last week, the 1 story tells of a youth, the son of a rich man. Mho accepts his father's wager that if he goes out into the world unsupported un-supported by the paternal millions he will neither be able to make his own living nor keep his friends. The young man wins his bet. ... The eminent comedian, J. L. Toole, now living here at an advanced age,, is the sole survivor of Dickens' parts in England. - As long ago as 1S52 Dickens went to Walworth and reviewed a, re- THEATRICAL NOTES.. Mrs. Brune, who will be remembered for her production of, Sardou's "Theo- dora," will be seen at the Salt Lake Theater next Friday and Saturday - nights and at the Saturday matinee, in "Unorna," a new love play written for Y her by F. Marion Crawford, the famous .novelist, and Espy Williams. The play Is taken from Mr. Crawford's tale, "The V'-'itch of Prague," and is simply a love 'y. The Oriental atmosphere gives Y opportunity for elaborate costum- irid rich scenic effects. Mrs. Brune's ; jortlng company is one of the ngest that has been seen in the f t for some time. It includes Errell ,; .bar, who was the star of "Faust" ? : some time, and who was last sea-t sea-t i leading man with Blanche Walsh; ink Hennig, formerly leading heavy ih. Thomas W. Keene; Claus Bogel, t at season leading juvenile with Mr?. f iske, and Junius Brutus Booth, lephew of the reat Edwin Booth. In addition to these are Otis Sherdon. ? Charles Weston, R. V. Percy, Nancy ! Paget, Hilda Vernon. Ida Werner, Alice ' Forbes and others. The scenery, is from the studio of Richard Marston, w ho built the immense production of "Hen-, "Hen-, ry V." for Mansfield, and is- said to be i as handsome as has ever been seen on . the road. Mrs. Brune's personal success suc-cess In "Unorna" has been great. The Portland Oregonian of last Tuesday ' 6aid: "She is the Bernhardt of this century. She is greater than Nance O'Neil, Florence Roberts or any other emotional actress seen in Portland for years," The sale of seats for this im-l. im-l. portant production will open Wednes-jfl Wednes-jfl day morning. THEATRICAL NOTES. "With Good Intentions" U the name pt a play, which, W. A. Brady, baa pur- ' ... |