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Show t . : : " SALT LAXE THEATER. Saturday, Matinee- and Hlght "Th Princess Chic." . Monday and Tuesday Mights, Mati- nee Monday Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder In "The "Winter's Tale." ' Wednesday, Matinee and Night-Frederick Night-Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder Kid-der in "Salanunbo." . a a a . Much interest is felt in the appearance appear-ance of the Frederick Warde and Kath-ryn Kath-ryn Kidder company at the Salt Lake Theater on next Monday in Wagenhals Kemper's elaborate production of The Winter Tale." Managers Wag-enhals Wag-enhals A Kemper have provided them with an elaborate production, stinting them in no detail of scenery, costumes, or properties calculated; best to realize Shakespeare's best work. There has i - been but one revival of the comedy ' since the notable production of the play k eighteen years ago, when It served as a . ' vehicle of Mary Anderson's triumphant V close to her stage career. Miss Ander-son Ander-son waa the first who successfully doubled dou-bled the roles of Hermione and Perdi-ta Perdi-ta and although this bold Innovation roet 'with storms of disapproval from the stern Shakespearean critics of the time,- it has since been recognized as a perfectly legitimate proceeding, since the difficulty of securing- two equally . talented women for these equally exacts lng roles was one of the reasons for re-tiring1 re-tiring1 the tlay from the stage. There-fore, There-fore, xhe end may be said to have justified justi-fied the means', since It enabled the parts to be presented In the person of one j capable actress. The Warde and Kidder company use practically the Anderson An-derson version of the play, although they have shortened it by one scene, still It Is ample for all purposes, and requires re-quires some lively action behind the curtain to present all the scenes, with their elaborate settings, within the al-, al-, lotted hours of a modern play. Mr. "Warde plays the role of the insanely jealous King Leo rites with a force and . earnestness that makes one pity, if not ' respect him. The long cast of secondary second-ary characters are capably filled. Among1 them are Wadsworth Harris, .Augustus Balfour, Charles Barton, iHobert De meter, Ina Brooks, Loretta i-jweils and Thomas Cooke. The engage-ment engage-ment opens with a special New Tear's ! 7V matinee. "The Winter's Tale" will be If repeated Tuesday night. Wednesday II matinee and) night Mr., Warde and Miss If Kidder will appear in Stanislaus M Stance's new play, "Salammbo," which m they gave with such success during: their recent engagement here. ' - . a a "The Princess Chic" was well presented present-ed by the company that appeared at the Salt Lake Theater Friday night. 8everal familiar faces were recognised, but for the most part the characters were in new hands. The house was filled almost to capacity and the production pro-duction was received with the greatest enthusiasm Sophie Brandt Is a new Princess Chic. She has a voice of remarkable re-markable power, especially well adapted adapt-ed to the role which she takes. She also Is a capable actress and gives life and vigor to the. part. Gus Vaughan, who appeared as the Duke of Burgundy, has a pleasing baritone voice and fills the part acceptably. Jane Van Der Zee made a pleasant impression as Lorraine and was most cordially received In her solo. "The Love Light In Your Eyes." George W. Callahan and George A. Thomas as'the soldiers of fortune furnished fur-nished any amount of amusement, ably seconded by Jack Henderson and Tom Smith Martin. This quartette made the usual hit In their stunt, "Whisper Low," being recalled eight times. "The Prin-' Prin-' cess Chic" will be repeated at the matinee mati-nee and night performance Saturday. GRAND THEATER. Saturday, Matinee and Night "The Sidewalks of New York." . Sunday Night Held's band concert. con-cert. - Monday, Matinee and Night "The Sidewalks of New York." Tuesday and Wednesday Nights, Matinee. "Wednesday "The Fatal IWedding:. Remainder of "Week Dark. - "The Sidewalks of New. York" caught them core in g and going at the Grand theater Friday night. There is a thrill in every line and more foul plots foiled than you can count on your fingers. The guilty are of course brought to justice tcfore the final curtain falls end aU ends happily. ; The play goes with a rush and a vim that keeps gal- lery and pit alike in a constant ten-fc'on ten-fc'on of excitement. There is also plenty of comedy and a number of musical stunts are introduced. Mack Swain as the big- country greenhorn who is not as green as he looks, made a decided hit with the, crowd, while Cora King Swain as the Injured heroine was all that could be desired. The other characters char-acters were in capable hands. "The Sidewalks of New York" will be given Saturday matinee and night and again . Monday matinee and night. a The Fatal Wedding," a play full of reart interest, by Theodore Kremer, and under- the management of Sullivan, Sulli-van, Harris A Woods, will fill an engagement en-gagement of two nights and a matinee at the Grand theater beginning Tuesday Tues-day night. The story of "The Fatal Wedding" runB very much on the lines of Hal Reid's famous play, "Human Hearts," and deals with facts true to human nature, the principal incidents being taken from the happenings in the treat metropolis. The plot contains many Interesting, thrilling- and pathetic pathe-tic situations, and the character types re drawn with remarkable fidelity to human nature. The scenic effects ahow a number of reproductions of well-known well-known New York scenes, among: them bt lng the criminal court while ?n ses-fJon ses-fJon and the Interior of the famous Grace church while a wedding ceremony cere-mony '.4 in progress. Another scene nfcich has attracted widespread attention atten-tion Is the Palisades of the Hudson on i a winter's night., In this scene a great snowstorm is in progress, In which original and novel effects are introduced, intro-duced, making- it most striking and picturesque. . - - "The Fatal Scar." replete with in-U-rest. mirth and pathos, will be pre- ftcpted at the Grand theater on Janu-t Janu-t f ery- . -10 and 11. Introducing- Frank ' i. femes. the hero of many daring ad-i ad-i . ventures of past years. But few trav- c'ingr companies carry so much and t i ; elaborate scenery. No expense has been J rpared in the effort to make this pro- i auction in every way artistically real- J utlc. . |