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Show AGAIN .WE HAYS 4 SEE: ' THAT chinning Scotch idyl, "The Bonnie Brier Bush." and It is as aweet and fragrant as when first presented. Few. actors are better loved by their f audiences trian J. H. Stoddart, and It is no wonder. He has a ripened art and a line old age. So much has been said In praise of his Lachlan .. Campbell that It were superfluous almost to add more, and yet too much can rever be said. It Is acting act-ing of which one never tires. Mr. Stoddart makes the kind but o'er, Just Scot live before us on the stage, a strict pillar o' the kirlc torturing the kindest heart in the world with his rigid notions of duty. Although the play has been on the road 'for a number of years, it has not been allowed to deteriorate. The support sup-port is competent, and there is that careful attention to detail that counts for so much. When the pipes skirl and the braw lads and bonnie ( lassies step out In the danee one can almost smell the heather. Reuben Reu-ben Fax is as closely identified with the play as Mr. Stoddart. His Pc-Bty has a dry wit and a moist whistle, for he is everlastingly wetting wet-ting it. Mr. Fax makes comedy without effort and gives us a character char-acter that is thoroughly delightful. Carlyle Moore Is forceful and manly as Lord Hay. and J. Palmer Collins is an admirable Dr. McClure. Robert Rob-ert Easton plays a small part well, and wins enthusiastic applause by his splendid singing. He was greeted with a warmth that shows Salt Lake people, are glad to recognize the success or a reiiow-iownsman. irma La Pierre is pretty and dainty as Flora Campbell, and at times does some really good work. The minor parts are well taken. "The Bonnie Brier Bush" will be riven at the Salt Lake Theater Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, with a matinee mati-nee Wednesday. THE LAUGHABLE FABCE. "RU-dolph "RU-dolph and Adolph." a favorite with the patrons of the Grand theater, returns to that house Thursday night for the remainder of the week. SEATS ARE ON SALE FOR WESTS minstrels, ' Thursday matinee and night, at the Salt Lake Theater. "SHORE ACRES," IN THE FOUR-teenth FOUR-teenth year of its success, returns to the Salt Lake Theater next week. THE SALE OF SEATS FOR THE Melba concert at the Tabernacle next Friday night Is quite brisk and the prospects are good for an enormous enor-mous crowd to hear the famous diva. Madame Melba and her concert con-cert company will arrive in their private car Thursday. CREATORE AND HIS FAMOUS band will be at the Salt Lake Theater Thea-ter Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. |