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Show THE ARGUS. Zbc Drama. Lady Saphyr Major Amusements Scheduled. Artistic SALT LAKE THEATER, Salt Lake Opera Company in "Patience, Saturday, April 3d, afternoon and evening, and Wednesday, April 7th ; "Mascot Monday and Tuesday, April 5th and 6th. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Stock Company in " The New South, all week and Saturday matinee, March 29th to Apil 3d. . here unheralded and almost unknown, remembered only as a supporter of the elegant Barrett, it was no wonder the public held somewhat aloof at first. But now they know him and his capabilities there will always be a hearty welcome hereafter for him. Mr. Skinner has surrounded himself with a splendid support, Mr. Mosely standing out perhaps above the rest, but the others are all of excellent quality. One thing he lacks, to my mind at least, and that is a leading lady. While the ladies of his company can fill the roles acceptably there is no one with the ability to match his own. Of Mr. Skinner it can be said he is a most excellent actor, one who fills your eye pleasing and magnetic, eloquent and graceful, strong and forceful. As the roystering solof life dier he is filled with an and blood ; as the chevalier and gallant his manners are elegant; as the crafty Jew he is a dissembling villain, a changed man in all respects. Of the young actors, now that Salvini rests forever beneath Italian skies, Skinner is the most promising of the romantic school. He has an eye, too, for the artistic and his stage settings and the dressing of his company are all in excellent and correct taste. Miss Truax received a hearty welcome and shows great improvement since her last visit here. ce The Salt Lake Opera company will present Patience on Saturday afternoon and evening, April 3d, at the Salt Lake Theater. Mr. R. G. Easton, the Logan tenor will sing the part of the Duke. Mr. Easton is well and favorably known in the city and will be a valuable addition to the company. He has sung in innumerable concerts and several operas. His best work, by far, was done in the Black Mantles presented here by the Logan Opera Company under the direction of Mr. George Thatcher, Jr., who is now living in Boston. The Opera company will be seen to Miss Savage will advantage in Patience. sing the title role and Miss Dwyer will sing Lady Jane. The same chorus that sang in The Mas-cowill be heard and the costuming promises to be elaborate. With popular prices and conference dates the Opera company should do a big business. . Shearman Miss Pike Mr. Graham The Grand Company have scored their most artistic success in the pro-Succes- s. duction of The dressing Carmen. and setting of the piece are all that could be desired and more than could be expected of a popular price play house. The attendance has in all projumped up wonderfully and bability will see a crowded house. The individual members of the company have distinguished themselves and Mr. Edwards especially has shown that he has the metal for a romantic actor. Miss Bateman has surprised her admirers WTe have seen her in emotional in Carmen. parts so long that it was rather hard to imagine her as the full blooded passionate gypsy. But she plays Carmen as she plays everything else, with fire and finish. In this part she puts the grace and abandon that we thought her incapable of. Mr. Kyle plays the Toredor beautifully and his singing is very good and adds greatly to the picturesqueness of the play. Mr. Edwards has a difficult part as Don Jose but he acquits himself admirably and the way he fills his costumes shows him to be peculiarly adapted to this style of acting. In the last two scenes with Carmen he did excellent work. Miss Izette in the rather somber part of Michaela makes the most of the character. The play gives little opportunity for the characters outside the three or four principals and Mr. Blakemore and Mr. Ross had little chance except to show off their accomplishments of smoking cigarettes to-nig- TIS SKINNER HAS FIXED himself as a star of great magnitude in the eyes of the Salt Lake public. Coming over-abundan- Mr. (Jrosvenor 7 ht a la Spanish. Next weeks bill at the Grand will be Clay M. Gieenes and J. R. Grismers stirring comedy drama The New South. This will be put on specially for conference week and the management promises every consideration as to mounting, stage vestures and effects. The play deals with the period of Southern history when the civil war was in progress. It is well constructed and has in it many thrilling and dramatic situations. Joseph Grismer and Phoebe Davis were seen herein The New South and it had an instantaneous success when first presented. Mr. Kyle will appear in the role formerly played by Mr. Grismer while Miss Bateman will be seen in Mrs. Grismers old part. Mr. Edwards will play the negro assassin and Mr. Blakemore will also play a negro part. Mr. Ross and Miss Izette play the light comedy parts and Mr. Hatch will appear as the old unreconstructed rebel. The characters are all well drawn and true to the conditions and environments and it is a great war drama. Business lias improved greatly at the Grand and The New South should send it still farther upwards. The Silver King will follow The New South and the management Shadows of a may conclude to sandwich in Great City for the benefit of conference people. That would enable the visitors to see the company in three fine plays. Business at the Lyceum since the advent of the colored regiment of H?ml,ntl To the Pore. at the Fort has picked up remarkably, and especially when a negro organization like Maharas Minstrels is booked. The rows of ebony faces with their white teeth gleaming flash back their glances to the ebony hued descendants of Ham, our fellow citizens, who sit enraptured and with teeth agleam, clothed in the imperial uniform of Uncle Sam, or in the rose patterned robes of calico, while high above the measly cackle of the puny civilized Anglo-Saxois heard the untutored guffaw of Africas children, shouting their joyful pleasure at the rude joke or shambling song and dance. O minstrelsy, thou art fallen, art fallen, and the halo that surrounded thee has faded into thin air since those whom thou wouldst ape have turned upon thee and would rend thee with the original. The glamour has been dissipated, and in the darkling night no star arises to point the way ; there is no hope, the sons of Afric being free themselves now hold thyself in bondage. Adieu burnt cork! Vale Haverly, Thatcher and thy d followers, the blacks now claim their own. n 1 pale-face- MERE MENTION. Olga Nethersole will marry Dr. Stuart Oliver in London in July. She will remain on the stage. chorus of forty will make up The Mascot the lovesick maidens and the dragons. Corbett will appear at the Salt Lake Theater next Thursday evening, giving an athletic exhibition. A feature of Patience will be the introduction of two choruses from El Captain, embodying Sousas latest waltz and marches. Ex-Champi- all-roun- on d An Absolutely Perfect Production Week Beginning Monday, March a tt Gbe lpbenomenall Successful new SOUTH All the costumes for Patience and The Mascot are expected to leave San Francisco today and the final rehearsals are now being held. Patience is first to be done next Saturday afternoon and evening. The prices to be fixed on the Grand basis. The full cast of Patience will be as follows : The Patience PRICES: 25c., 35c. and 50c. . Duke Lady Jane . Iiunthorne Lady Angela.....' Colonel Lady Ella ; Mias Savage Mr. Easton Miss Dwyer Mr. Spenoer Miss Levy Mr. Goddard Miss Daynes . 29 By CLAY M. GREENE JOS. GRISMER. Matinee Saturday, 25c. WATCH FOR THE SILVER KING. |