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Show I Music and Theatres I AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. H Salt Lake Theatre University Dramatic Association, presenting "You Never Can Tell." H Orplicum. Advanced vaudeville. Grand. "A Child of the Regiment." H Lyric. "The Jolly Musketeers." H I This Week's Review I SALT LAKE THEATRE. H For the third time this season Florence Roberts was with us this H week, appearing at the Salt Lake Theatre for four performances on H Monday and Tuesday, presenting "Zira" on Monday, and "Sham" on H Tuesday, giving a matinee performance of each production. Miss H Roberts is so well known to the people of Salt Lake that she seems H to almost belong, and never comes to the city but she is given a cor- H dial greeting. The same supporting company is with her as when she H was last here, all excellent exponents of the dramatic art. As a result H the engagement was thoroughly enjoyable, and Miss Roberts and her H company further entrenched themselves in the esteem and good will H of the people of Salt Lake. H I SALT LAKE THEATRE. H Now and then the New York critics laud to the skies a production H that really possesses merit, while they are trying their utmost to drive H to despair some worthy and capable actor. The majority of the people H of Salt Lake who were present at the presentation of the Weber pro- H duction of "Dream City," at the Salt Lake Theatre on Wednesday and H Thursday, will in all probability agree with the New Yorkers that it H is one of the best musical extravaganzas on the road. The company, H headed by Little Chip and Mary Marble, would be hard to improve H upon. There are an unusually large number of catchy songs, a bevy of H good looking girls in the chorus, while the comedy work is simply de- licious. When "Dream City" comes again- to Salt Lake, it may be H assured of a royal welcome. H I ORPHEUM. H The all-star aggregation at the Orpheum this week is certainly giving the people of Salt Lake an exemplification of advanced vaudc- ville. Not a poor number on the bill, and some are the best ever pre- sentcd at the Orpheum. "Mrs. Pcckham's Carouse," in which May Irwin is supported by a first class company, is a delightful little comedy that is so irresistibly funny that if it were the only number of the evening, it would be worth while going to enjoy it. The juggling act of Kara is a splendid one, in fact one of the best ever seen here. Another excellent act is. the electrical musical comedy offering of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Colby. Then there's a real toe- dancer, Agnes Mahr, who has an assistant that is not at all slow hcr- self, and Miss May Bolcy, the shop girl, who is decidedly clever. A ' comedy sketch by Earl and Wilson is hardly equal in merit to the other acts, but it is not at all bad. H GRAND. I': A military drama, full of thrills and stirring situations, and one of the best plays ever presented in this city by the Theodore Lorch Com-H Com-H ?ny !s "A Child of thc Regiment," this week's offering at the Grand. flic play has to do with an Indian uprising in Dakota, the theme in itself being intensely interesting, and as presented by the Lorch com- pany is a satisfying production. Each member of the company seems to be happily fitted for their part, the work of Air. Lorch, Miss Cecil H L'ay and Mlss Grace Bainbridgc being especially worthy of mention. li LYRIC. 1 ,r. "Thc, JUy Musketeers" are holding forth at the Lyric this week. The musketeers are an entertaining bunch of actors, too. The people who compose this company of "care killcrs"-by the means of clever l com,c Tra Productions-are at their best this week. There's oceans of fun, the songs are catchy and entertaining, the dancing is up to the standard, the result being an evening's entertainment that is worth I All' Yr,C thai "Iffi T0'T Wcst's sonS, "That'll be Abo L L nC1.the h,t f thC WCCk' altho,,Sh thcre a a number of good ones on the program. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Salt Lake Theatre. "The District Leader," April 13th and 14th Francis Wilson, April 16th, 17th and 18th. Orpheum. Advanced vaudeville. Grand. "Kidnapped for Revenge." Lyric. "A Night in Morocco." . Press Agent Promises SALT LAKE THEATRE.' The show that is going to set the town talking, singing and whistling is "The District Leader," which comes to the Salt Lake Theatre next Monday and Tuesday nights. "The District Leader" had its first production at Wallack's Theatre, New York, and is a satisfying evening's entertainment of thc light variety, and will greatly outclass many of the productions that have been more copiously copi-ously heralded and more highly acclaimed. The story of "The District Leader" is an intermixture of melodrama, melo-drama, comedy and comic opera, with a vivacious bunch of show girls, which combination produces a happy effect. Among the song hits of thc piece are "When You Go Out to Dine," "Way Down in Jersey " "So?" "A Heart to Let," "Sing, Sing Sammy Sem," "What's the Use of Dreaming?" "Won't You Be My Girlie?" and "The Same Old Story." SALT LAKE THEATRE. "When Knights Were Bold," the new and successful Charles Marlowe play in which Francis Wilson made such a big hit this season, comes to the Salt Lake Theatre the last half of next week, with matinee mati-nee Saturday. In its entirety there are forty-two people with the organization, or-ganization, some twenty of which make up the chorus, which at the end of the first act and at the beginning of the second, sing a Twelfth century song, the action of the play going backward from 1906 to 1196, taking the hero back to the days of his ancestors in a dream. The author has most cleverly satirized the present day love of ancestry affected by so many, and the hero, Sir Guy de Vere, is an intensely modern young man. It is said that there is a laugh in every line and that the farce is even funnier than was "Charley's Aunt." With all the laughter the author has told a dainty love story and the part of Sir Guy de Vere offers Mr. Wilson the fullest opportunities. i ORPHEUM. At the Orpheum, if the word of the management is to be taken as a criterion, the prospects for next week's bill are alluring. As headliner comes "Polly Pickle's Pets in Petland," by Joseph Hart s pantomime company. Jos. Hart's attractions need no introduction introduc-tion in this city as their excellence is well remembered by Orpheum-ltes Orpheum-ltes who have had the pleasure of seeing his former acts that were here last season. "Polly Pickle's Pets in Petland" is said to be the most pretentious thing he has yet attempted in vaudeville. The company com-pany consists of a number of comely maidens who are gorgeously costumed cos-tumed and attractively made up. Their original drills and marches arc said to be marvels of proficiency, while their singing is delightful, riiey carry their own stage settings and scenery and the mechanical effects for which these attractions are so noted are said to be far 1 superior to anything heretofore attempted. n,fKrenC ,BrcS,C0 are a couple of topnotchers in the entertain- S -if y he ,dec,dedly out of the ordinary and unusual vaudeville turns which have more than made good wherever these artists have appeared. It is called "A Trial Marriage." linJe wthifrCis fAvC Vt, who come heralded as the "Williams "Wil-liams & Walker '.of vaudeville. This appellation was given them by a well-known dramatic critic, and it has stuck to them and if they live up to their reputation here their act is sure to be a winner. fmnfluni? f n classca centric dancer who comes here direct from thc music halls and theatres of gay Paree, where it is said she was a real sensation, even to those sated and blase pleasure lovers. Jji; ony to bVh.c most clever and efficient dancer, but the grace of her movements is said to be the acme of perfection. In c musical line, a refined and unique novelty act is what is . promiscu by the Musical Goolmans. 7 G. Herbert Mitchell is a baritone soloist and monologist who ?ndCSa5n?2.i,Cfn' P -'"fV Pant, Performance that has won friends and admirers for him all along the circuit. WeilS?n!fneSit0ff.Cthcr wifh ncw films for the Kinodrome and Sr ! s famos orchestra complete what promises to be a very satisfactory satis-factory and popular program. GRAND. The Lorch productions at the Grand are becoming more and more popular with the patrons of that house. This week the young Russian actor has scored a remarkable success in "A Child of the Regiment." This engagement closes to-night and to-morrow evening Mr. Lorch will appear in the latest piece from the pen of Charles E. Blancy, "Kidnapped for Revenge." Love, excitement, pathos and humor arc blended in the story of the play and the management of the Grand has made arrangements for an immense scenic production of the piece. Mr. Lorch will be seen in the stellar role supported by an enlarged company. The matinee Wednesday will be a souvenir performance and the usual Saturday bargain matinee will be given. LYRIC. To satisfy the demands of its patrons the Lyric will put on a more clever musical comedy than ever during the coming week. This will be "A Night in Morocco," with Fred Lancaster as the Sultan. Gus Mortimer and Tony West will constitute a hiliarously funny pair in Pokey and Tim, the shipwrecked sailors. What they say and do as those two sailors will be side-splitting. The dancing and singing girls, numbering sixteen, will dance through it all, with a change of costume every few minutes. With elaborate scenery and the Lyric's enlarged orchestra "A Night in Morocco' 'promises to be the greatest the Lyric has presented during the engagement of the Zinn company so far. There will be no raise in prices. THE FLOWERS RECITAL. Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," that sweetest of stories, will be the subject of Montaville Flowers at his interpretive recital to be given at the First Congregational Church next Friday evening. Mr. Flowers is one of the most interesting character delineators in America. Giving a wide interpretation of his own, his conception is exquisite, his delineation deline-ation a rare treat. Mr. Flowers is president of the Flowers Academy of Speech and Dramatic Art of Cincinnati. He is an impersonator of great versatility and wide resources, and succinctly tells the story in dialogue, happy in his subjects and concise in his manner. He holds his audience by very force of his genius and personality, and in every way fulfills the requirements of the student, thinker and recreation seeker. In all his recitals throughout America he was met with warm and fervid receptions, and everywhere has been the recipient of the greatest encouragement and enthusiasm. To the lovers of Dickens, the appearance of Mr. Flowers presages a rare treat. Much as it is to be regretted, he appears for only one night, but the one evening will suffice to demonstrate that he is properly termed the "Master of Impersonators." aC ifC PLAYS AND PLAYERS. During the summer months Anna Held is to appear in London in "The Parisian Model." Ethel Levy is to return to vaudeville next season, closing her en- gagement with Sam Bernard the latter part of this month. Oscar Strauss is writing the music for an operatic version of Bernard Shaw's satire "Arms and the Man." It is said that Eleanor Robson has shelved "Salomy Jane" for the rest of the season and will appear only in "Nurse Marjorie." It is announced that Robert Mantell is going to try his Shakespearean Shake-spearean interpretations on London audiences this spring. George Fawcett, who is now playing in "The Squaw Man" across the pond, is planning to revive "Pudd'n Head Wilson" in London. E. H. Sothcrn is rehearsing Paul Kester's new version of "Don Quixote," and will produce it in New York within the next few weeks. That E. M. Holland has given up, for the present at least, the idea of becoming a star is evidenced by the fact that he has joined Eleanor Robson's company. Georgia Cane has had a dream of easy money and plenty of it, and is to invade the vaudeville field next season in a little song and dance number, making her first vaudeville appearance in New York. 1 Flora Juliet Bowley has gone back to her old role in the "Lion and the Mouse" company, now touring the western states, taking the place of Mariet Shotwell. It is reported that Ida Conquest is soon to appear in a new play called "The Wolf,' of which Eugene Walters, who wrote "Paid in J Full," is the author. |