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Show 1 ARIUSEWrS . TONIGHT'S . AMUSEMENTS. SALT LAKE "Midsummer Night's Dream." ORPHEUM Vaudeville. GRAND "Butternut Jones." TjYRIf! Vanrievllla. AUDITORIUM Roller Skating. CHAMBER Or COMMERCE Free. In "AU-of-a-Sudden Peggy." the Ernest Denny farce which Henrietta Crosman Is presenting this season, the O'Mara and the Crackenthorpe families become very much related by the marriages In' the play. Peggy, who is Miss Crosman, becomes be-comes the sister-in-law of her mother, while Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe becomes be-comes "her stepfather and brother-in-law, and fatber-ln-law to his brother Jimmy, Mrs., O'Mara Is stster-ln-law as well as mother-in-law to Jimmy, and Peggy Is Lord Anthony's stepdaughter as well as sister-in-law. and so on. This multiplication multiplica-tion of relationships arises from Peggy's scheme which ends In her mother marrying marry-ing the man she had picked out for her daughter, while the girl herself weds his brother. As Peggy O'Mara, Miss Crosman Is playing her third Irish part. The others were in "Mistress Nell" and "Sweet Kitty Bellairs." Both the former plays had New York runs of two years each with subsequent road tours ami an effect ef-fect somewhat amusing at times upon the star. Then, as now, she used a brogue on ine siage ana mis iorm or speecn grew upon her until It became almost natural. Not Infrequently the actress found that she was using It off the stage, from which arose the impression among many who met her for the first time that she was really Irish, which she isn't. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox has written a comedy playlet entitled, "Her First Divorce Di-vorce Case, ' which will be presented at the Orpheum this week. It Is written In a serio-comic vein; the situations are ludicrous and varied, and Into the fifteen or sixteen minutes required for the action ac-tion there are crowded more real wit and humor than are to be found In many a successful four or five act comedy. In the play Miss Keene is Mrs. Howl, a woman wo-man lawyer, member of the firm of Humm A Howl. There Is as much plot as Is necessary for a one-act play, and It Is adroitly evolved. There are three characters char-acters besides Mrs. Howl a newly married mar-ried pair who desire a divorce, and a Janitor. Frank Robinson, a local drug clerk, has accepted a proposition from Miss May Tully for a season tour with her in "Stop. Look and Listen," which was presented pre-sented at the Orpheum last week. He left for Denver yesterday with the rest of the performers and will make his debut there at the Orpheum this evening. Robinson is well known in local ward dramatic club circles. . One of the most delightful and effective state presentations of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" that has ever ev-er been revealed In New York, comes direct di-rect from its triumphs at the Astor theater the-ater to the Salt Lake Theater for a three nights' engagement, beginning tonight, when Annie Russell will appear as what is proDaDiy tne most aengntrui ngure in Shakespeare's writings. Puck or Robin Goodfallow. the incarnate spirit of mischief mis-chief and the old wives' constant torment. Wagenhals & Kemper have In this instance in-stance made a strong appeal to cultared fdlk who love the theater, for their production pro-duction of the exquisite comedy Is said to be characterized by a refinement of taste and marked by artistic restraint. Miss Annie Kusfell, as may be readily understood. un-derstood. Is said to be the gentlest and sweetest of Immortals In the role of Robin Goodfellow. She Is said to be the very embodiment of elfish grace and refined humor, which is far from the reckless spirit of mischief that has been common to most players who have essayed to impersonate the elfin fay. The very essence es-sence of effervescent good humor, she animates and dominates the entire population popu-lation of her stage fairyland. Aside from the star, principal honors of the acting fall on John Bunny, whose Impersonation of Nick Bottom, the weaver, weav-er, ts highly amusing. A feature of the performance that Is In keeping with the text and spirit of the play, is the impersonation imper-sonation of Oberon by a man Instead of a woman: as has been the custom. The musical selections from Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Tchalkowsky constitute a fitting fit-ting accompaniment. The usual Wednesday Wednes-day matinee will be given. Grand opera, baftiyard and other noisy Imitations, singing and dannns-. a highly entertaining sketch and one of the bt-st and most comical acrobatic turns ever seen here In yeArs, make up an unusually unusu-ally good bill at the Lyric this week. All the pleasure of the performance, however, was changed to anger ami disgust dis-gust because of the banging of seats, the talking, laughing and snickering of men and women and the crying of babies, making a continuous and aggravating uproar. up-roar. .The sooner the management compels com-pels patrons to maintain order and remain re-main standing until the completion of an act, the sooner will performances be more thoroughly appreciated. Features of the show last night were Budd and Wayne, singing, dancing and tumiiling turn: La Adella, change artist; Evans and Lloyd In "The Old Love": the ever-popular Alf Holt, imitations, and a pretentious operatic number by Gunson, Gordon and Andrews. |
