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Show ATirjLCTic:: rcr. rzrr vttzz- Arct!-.:.if-r.t patrons will have an unusual unu-sual diversity of attractions to choose from next week. At the SaJt Lake Theater Thea-ter there will be Fix new playg, a fresh one for each night except fYlday. The Oordon-Shay Opera company has selected an array of rrand operas which. If presented pre-sented acceptably, rromises to be long remembered re-membered by-mu&.b lovers. Following this pngapement comes Florence Roberts, the San Francisco actress, who will present pre-sent a repertoire of plays calling for the greatest of emotional power. Over at the Grand there will be a feast for lovers of farce. "The Irish- Pawnbrokers," Pawn-brokers," which comes highly recommended, recom-mended, fills the first hslf of the welc, and "Pickings Worn Puck" will hold the boards during the latter half. XXNTPTESITY DEAMATIC CLUB. A decided triumph In the history of the University Dramatic club was the presentation pres-entation of "The Amaions" at the Salt Lake Theater last night. A pleasing improvement im-provement over any previous production was. clearly apparent to friends of the club who have watched, with interest, its work from year to year. Although the personnel of the club- undergoes numerous changes every year, , necessitating the training and coaching of new members, Director Babcock,- to whom most credit f for the club's success Is due, has always V bfen able to add a little to the excellence of each succeeding production. The work, - patience and the ability this has taken few people not connected with amateur theatricals can Imagine. But while new - 'faces were seen and new voices were heard on the Theater stage laet Bight, there were scattered throughout the audience audi-ence many former members of the club, apparently as interested as ever in that organization's success. "The Amaions" is by A. W. PInero, and makes the fourth ane of that playwhight's productions that the University club has presented. Like all of Pinero's works, ,"The Amazons" possesses those finely-drawn finely-drawn shades of meaning and keenness f dialogue which only artists can interpret. inter-pret. That the 'Varsity students have made successes of four such plays Is la , dlcatlve of exceptional ability in the his-' his-' trionic line. , Of the players In "The Amazons" it would be difficult to name the one deserving deserv-ing of most praise. There was Miss Edna Harker, five years a member of the club, who has made hits in every one of its productions, not excepting her Sierra in Pawnshop," receives' a communication addressed ad-dressed in affectionate terms and intended intend-ed for his .son .of the eame .name. The letter is signed by a "lady," presumably the wife of his bosom friend and partner, one Marmaduke, rejoicing in -the family appellation of Angeline O'Flarity. ; On this point hinges the hilarious , construction. construc-tion. The principal fun-makers are Miss Mazie Trumbull, J. J. Sullivan and William Wil-liam Kenney Mark. The engagement opens at the Grand for four performances, opening Monday nigh 4 ' ; . Managers Jones and Hammer have secured se-cured - a farcical production known as "Pickings From- Puck", for the latter half of next week. Mr. Willard Simms, who is the star, has a serious countenance that no cosmetics could give him.) He cuts a wide swath.- and those who admired ad-mired his antics when he was with the Lillian Russell Opera company, will help to crowd the theater during the run of this tuneful comedy. , . , THEATRICAL . NOTES. ....... Mr.. Florence Zlegfeld. has arranged to extend Anna Held's tour to the Pacific coast before the close of the present season. sea-son. It is Mr. Zlegfeld's intention to present pre-sent "Paipa's Wife"-as well as "The Little Lit-tle Duchess," while en tour.' Miss Held's company numbers sixty-five, and with the three baggage cars required to- transport the scenery -and stage equipment, together to-gether with one ordinary -coach, one Pullman Pull-man car and her own private car, the Olympia,. a special train , will . be required throughout the tour. . The last number of the University Chronicle is a-souvenir number of the 'Varsity Dramatic club. The Chronicle contains a number of-half-tone picture, of the present members and a school history his-tory of the club. "The Princess .Chic"-organization, with the talented prima-donna Christine Hudson Hud-son in the title role, - and the - popular basso-comedian - Joseph C. Miron in the role of "Brevet." along with a cast of remarkable re-markable strength will be at the Bait Lake Theater soon. - . The fifth -farewell performance ef "Cori-anton" "Cori-anton" will be given tonight. Then It will be farewell until .the next time. , The regular band concert will be given-at given-at the .Grand theater tomorrow night. The soloists wlll.be Mrs. Delia Daynes Hula and Prof. George Skelton. . . . . ' . Pnof. MeClellan Is negotiating for " an engagement her. of the great Russian pianist, Gabulowitschl. It is yet extremely extreme-ly doubtful-whether Mr. MeClellan .will succeed. - - Director Shepard of the Symphony orchestra or-chestra has selected February 4th for the next concert. An effort will be made to give two concerts on that day. " Five new plavs wede given In New York this week. Charles Frohman's stock company opened at the, Empire Tuesday evening In Robert Marshall's play, "The Unforeseen." The piece is now running in London, where it is being well received. A new Fitch play called "The Bird In the Cage" was seen for the first time at the Bijou Monday , night "The Wizard of Oz," a gorgeous extravaganza, served as the first attraction at the new Majestic theater Thursday night. Friday afternoon a single performance of Max Nordau's The Right of Love," was given at the Empire by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mrs. Burnett's new children's chil-dren's play, . "The Little Princess," was given dally matinee performances at the Criterion, where Miss Marlowe Is appearing appear-ing In "The Cavalier." "The Darling of the Gods" remains at the Belasco theater, and Mrs. Flake continues at the Manhattan Manhat-tan in "Mary of Magdala." ' Maurice Barrymore's last wish Is to see Broadway oncejusm. vHe is close to death, and at time., when semi-lucid, he appears . to . realize he is near, the end. Friends who keep in communication with Amityville say that the last days of the brilliant actor are indeed pitiable. Barry-more Barry-more constantly pleads to be taken to Broadway and the Lambs' club. "Just once more," he asks, "let me see old Broadway and the lights and the women and the good fellows once, only once, before be-fore I die!" , ( "The Box of Mohkeys." As Lady Thom-. Thom-. .sin Bhe added another success to her long list. The only necessary criticism of Miss Harker's performance was a too frequent use of her hands, which is possibly pos-sibly the result of an attempt to appear at ease. The genuine surprise of the evening, however, was Miss Ardella Blt-Tier, Blt-Tier, who made her Initial appearance on the stage last night She wa frequently - ill at ease behind the footlights, but the artistic in Miss Bltner predominates. Just occasionally, by a word or a move, he would demonstrate her art, showing what she might do with more training nd experience. Miss Ellen Tlbbetts was the third of the Amazon triumvirate, and a well-balanced trio it was. As the Marchioness, Miss Laura Chris-tensen Chris-tensen had relatively a very difficult part, but she carried it through most acceptably. accepta-bly. Miss Lylla Knudson maintained her Usual standard of painstaking work In the role of Sergeant "Shuter." Among the gentlemen, Mr. Elbert O. JXiomM, aa Lord Tweenway, carried off rthe honors. Occasionally, however, Mr. - Thomas stepped dangerously near the borders of burlesque. Englishmen of the ' Lord Tweenway type may be fools and divers other things, but they are not clowns. Harold : Goff as the natty little Frenchman, Count de Grival, divided popular pop-ular favor with Mr. Thomas, and In his ' playing kept always within legitimate bounds. Stanley . D. Jonaseon, a new - member, handled Lord Utterly In such tyle as to please his friends, and Jay E. Johnson, Will Mifflin, Walter Evans and Bam Pixton, in minor parts, were acceptable. accept-able. The third act' shows the gymnasium, j where the. girl, are put through a muscular, muscu-lar, developing prooee by the Sergeant. To perfect this act, perhaps, required the greatest amount of work. Miss Bitner'e club-swinging here was beautifully executed. exe-cuted. . The dance also introduced In this act showed the skilled coaching of Mr. Robert Lolselle, and aided in making a fitting climax to the Dramatic club's best performance. The audience was a large one. downstairs, and consisted mostly of students. A delegation of "Engineers" occupied two rows closest to the stage, and rather frequently sent potatoes, Squash and. other vegetable, rolling on the stage. . ' The closing performance of "Weary WHlle Walker" wUl be given at the Grand theater tonight The play Is drawing crowds. . t . '. i i ; -. , AT THE SALT LAKE THEATER. . An Interesting engagement Is announced to begin at the Salt Lake Theater next Thursday evening, when Florence Roberta, Rob-erta, an emotional actress of considerable ability, supported by a strong company, j will present a repertoire of great plays. !"Zaza," "Sapho." ."The Unwelcome Mrs. I J Hatch" aad "Magda" are the four sue- ' cesses announced. "Zaza." David Belasco' s famous drama. Which was presented here two years ago by Mrs. Leslie Carter, Is billed for Thurs- .day and Friday nights, with Saturday matinee. "Sapho," the play in which Mlss Olga Nethersole achieved great fame v and success, will be presented Saturday night. "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch," by IxAt. Burton Harrison, which was such a f hit when starred In by Mrs. Fiske last season, will be the bill for Monday and Ohiesday evenings, and it Is said to be the ntost powerful portrayal given by Miss Koberts. "Magda" will be the closing at-tnaction at-tnaction in which Miss Roberts will demonstrate dem-onstrate her versatility, and should prove - a I fitting close to what promises to be a mfemorabla engagement. . TThe Gordon-Shay company now have a repertoire which includes the masterwork of Verdi. "II Trovatore," Gounod's "Faust" and the beautiful and idealistic oinoelt of "Carmen." to say nothing of tse equally . meritorious "Mignon," "j'Pagllacchi'? and "Cavalleria- Rastl-cana." Rastl-cana." The latter works of Leoncavallo arid Mascagni are matters of pride to .Miss Shay, Albertl, Stevens, Noldi, Fred-. Fred-. erfeks and Wheatley. some of the principals princi-pals of this company, also take pride In thf Ir work. . It is a repertoire of which any company com-pany might be proud, and the execution of j these operas, as already accredited, is noj small reason for honest pride on the part of Mr. Gordon and his fascinating prima donna. Miss Shay and her company com-pany will sing at the Salt Lake Theater, commencing on January 19th, on Monday evening the opening bill being "Carmen"; Tuesday evening the double bill of 'iyjngllacchi" and "Cavalleria Rustle caia"; on Wednesday evening. Gounod', imfrnortal "Faust", and at Wednesday's matinee "H Trovatore." : - AT THE GRAND THEATER. 'fThe Irish Pawnbrokers." the third edition edi-tion of which Is presented by Joe W. Spears' farce-comedy company, is the work of Edgar Selden. the playwright, who has contributed many successes to the American stage, his most recent hit telng "A Hot Old Time." This new edition edi-tion of "The Irish Pawnbrokers" is said to be a bright piece of extravaganza, bounding with comical situations and ci'og-ue. .-. The fun is of the rlrroaring order, yet never descends to buffoonery. The heart aratrs of the rr. l.i die-aged Adonis have al-. al-. iiav-i &n important part In works t f tn-,4 d-js. -,,,tion. - and much of the tro ; ie in "The lr! h Pawnbrokers" is - t about in the F-.M,e way Levi ;.- ,"'. la-it owner, cr -x.. foak Away |