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Show H! I I With the First Fighter. Bil ' j j ATTRACTION FOR WEEK OF NOV. 30TH. H IL ' 11? 4 !, i ' Tuesday afternoon and night "A Dress Re- K (( $ III hearsal." Wednesday afternoon and evening, B- III "Herrmann" Friday and Saturday evenings, and B' j i Saturday matinee, De Angelis in "The Toreador." IS J "A DRESS REHEARSAL." "Cinderella" or "A Dress Rehearsal," which will be produced at the Salt Lake theatre next Tuesday afternoon and evening by Martha Royle j., s m King, assisted by fifty talented young ladies, is w j 1 1 going to be a big surprise for theatre-goers. To Bjjl !v say that the work of rehearsing has been strenu- Hfj i ous is to put the matter mildly, and every member B i i.t j. 1 1 I of the excellent cast means to make the produc- W ' t I tion as near the standard set by professionals as B J I I is possible. m j i nl Mrs. King has been particularly fortunate in H I'k j 0 ' finding so much musical talent among so many WM I rj II young ladies, and there are a dozen gems scattered if i 1b through the pleasing performance. i i i f 11 There isn't a drag in any of the three acts, and i 1 1 18 Q lcasms and personals with which the lines B jty 1 1 I are filled are worth anybody's money. There will Bp (. jl be but one night performance, and indications BP !p 1 1 point to a great house, for people will not be dis- n p "I appointed. "The Dress Rehearsal" is full of op- H I j j )M portunitles for clever work, and the principals and K h Ojfl chorus make the most of every opportunity. B 'f The seat sale opens this morning. I t s -- "FOXY GRANDPA." A merry, rollicking good dollar show is Joe Hart's "Foxy Grandpa," now filling an engagement engage-ment at the Salt Lake Theatre. Plenty of absurdities, ab-surdities, a good many laughs, some catchy music and a musical comedy that goes with a dash from start to finish. Hart is most of the show, but two cleverer youngsters than Harry Pilcer and Bobbey Harrington Harring-ton as Chub and Bunt are seldom seen. Their work is great, their "business" good, and their singing splendid. Eugene Redding's Signor Bolero was well done, and Ben Hassan's tramp a gem. Hassan's stunts are original, and his acrobatic works are in fine order. The show is generally clever, even If Fleu-rette Fleu-rette de Mar cannot dance, and George Pearce makes an ass of himself boring the audience with his fierce work as Jack Richman. w 0& i&fr The theatrical war now raging between David Belasco and Klaw and Erlanger, means a great deal to Salt Lake in as much as it will necessitate Blanch Bates in "The Darling of the Gods" skipping skip-ping this city. A loss, which no one who has not seen this production can estimate, for it is the most artistic thing on the stage today. The Salt Lake Theatre is a Klaw and Erlanger house, and while we will probably get "A Japanese Nightingale," Nightin-gale," no Belasco production will be seen on the local boards this season. 5 iw 5 "THE DAIRY FARM." t i The rattle of tin pails and the high nasal twang piped by one of our rural neighbors does not make a symphony that appeals very strongly to the modern play-goers. And it should not, especially espe-cially when the notes are exaggerated and far from tuneful. Salt Lake did not therefore look with a great deal of unmixed delight upon 'the "Dairy Farm," and they did not find its inhabitants inhabi-tants nearly so attractive as the denizens of the quaint and memorable Old Homestead. Miss Merron has not produced anything in the dairy effort calculated to conjure up sobs or give anyone a fervent ambition to forsake our calcium be-llghted boulevards for the green pastures pas-tures and fresh aromas of dairydom. It is a woof of the old mortgage, the nameless lovely lady, the hard pated and stooped mortgagee, and the unes-capable unes-capable and general happiness of the whole village vil-lage in the flying flakes of Chrlstmastlde. Still many of the roles are done with great skill and some of the scenes are agreeably effective. ef-fective. Mr. Theo. T. Rook, as the mendacious village miser and slave trafficker made a strong impersonation, and the Minty of Miss Oza Wald-rop Wald-rop was a very naive and pretty performance. Reference should also be made to the attenuated attenuat-ed Joel "Whitebeck, enacted by Tony West, who did the gossiping cabbage vendor with considerable consid-erable talent. Yes, and there was the squire. He was not at all bad, except that he was the central figure in a lamentably weak climax. Still we do not care for farms and dairies, as hereinbefore herein-before stated. t i2& t5 "'HERRMANN." Leon Herrmann, known as "Herrmann the Great," has become through the efforts of his energetic en-ergetic manager, Mr. Edw. Thurnaer, a prominent figure in current theatricals. Lem is a nephew of both Carl and Alexander Herrmann, who have successfully amused and mystlCed theatre-goers all over the world for the past sixty years. A student and assistant under Carl, the first of the family to attain fame as a prestidigitator, Leon had an excellent schooling; upon the death of Carl, Leon succeeded him and confined him' self to the territory in which Carl had achieved his great fame. He rapidly created for himself a reputation as an expert in the mystic art that rivaled that of Carl himself. , In all the leading cities of Europe, Asia, South America and Australia, Aus-tralia, Leon Herrmann was a prominent figure The novelty of Leon Herrmann's work is its originality. or-iginality. Probably no better eulogy of his skill B need be written or said than to mention the fact B that at Herrmann's recent engagement at the B Grand Opera House in New York, his audience B included every prominent professional and ama- B teur magician at the time in this vicinity. Leon B Herrmann's sleight of hand is marvelous and B he can surely be said to be an enthusiast in all B he attempts. He is still a young man, and while B not posing as a matinee hero, is attractive in ap- B pearance, while still having much of the michlave- B lian appearance associated with men of his pro- B fession. B c?v iv & B JEFFERSON DE ANGELIS IN "THE TOR-B TOR-B EADOR." B Next Friday and Saturday Sam S. Shubert an B Nixon and Zimmerman will present the Jefferson K Do Angelis Opera company in the London gaiety B success "The Toreador," which drew immense au- B diences to the Knickerbocker theatre, New Yorkr Be during its run of seventeen weeks last season. j The piece, it is said, gives Mr. De Angelis splen- m did chances in the character of Sammy Gigg, the H English footman. Through an adroitly conceived K train of humorous complications he is mistaken K for the champion bull fighter of Spain. Mr. De H Angelis is seen at his best. It is said he has K never had a role which gives him such exceptional B opportunities for fun-making. The production is K not, however, a one-part' piece; it possesses sev- j eral characters which boar a very important re- B lation to the development of the story. These in-Bj in-Bj elude Edgar Norton as Sir Archibald Slackett; H Margaret McKinney as Nancy Staunton; John H Dudley as Augustus Trail; "William Blaisdell as B Pettlfer; Edward Metcalfe as the Toreador; Ber-B Ber-B tha Ricci as Mrs. Hoppings; Norma Bell as Dora H Selby, and Edna Burd as Susan, Gigg's sweetheart. H These names, well known players, indicate that ji the leading parts are in capable hands. Although n the story possesses a most interesting sentimen-IB sentimen-IB tal vem its chief aspects are comic. Intended H mainly as a medium for the exposition of humor, it B keeps an audience in a roar of laughter when not H entranced by the unusually fascinating musical MM numbers. Miss McKinney has several songs H which have been decided hits, one in particular H being "The Language of Flowers," and Mr. De An-jB An-jB gelis has made a stirring success singing H "Dreamy Eyes," the topical song with a timely H lyric and catchy air. IBj & & & MM HELD'S CONCERT. jH Held's Band, assisted by such clever artists H as Mrs. Bessie Browning, and Earl TVIackey, made B g00d wit" another flattering success at the Grand H last Sunday evening. The band selections were Particularly pleasing, Schubert's "Serenade," be- JM Jng beautifully rendered. H The- usual crowded house was in attendance. Charles Hawtrey is a wag, and many of the riddles he introduces at the dinner scene of "The Man from Blankley's," at the Criterion, have caused much amusement. At matinee performances perform-ances Mr. Hawtrey is fond of raiting the following follow-ing limerick: There was a young lady of Tottenham Whose manners well, she had forgotten 'em. While at tea at the vicar's She took off her knickers, Because she was feeling too hot in 'em. t & Grace George's success in "Pretty Peggy" is said to have netted William A. Brady nearly $60,000. Miss George has appeared in the piece 320 times, being on the stage G5 minutes at each performance, so that her earnings hive amounted to $2.88 a minute. & & Thomas Q. Seabrooke has been engaged by F. Ziegfeld to play the principal comedy role in "The Red Feather." James Sullivan, who is now playing the part, will be assigned to another role in the company, all of which means that when we get "The Chinese Honeymoon" Seabrooke's place will be taken by a second, jr & 'reat things are being said of Ada Dwyer, who is playing this season with Eleanor Robson's "Merely Mary Ann." She has created another character part, that of an English lodging house keeper afflicted with asthma and a robust daughter with musical ambitions. The papers are raving over her splendid work, but we will not have a chance to see her here this season. 5 5 ti5 During the week just passed Mr. Pyper has been fortunate in securing Mr. Sothern again who will present "The Proud Prince" for three nights and a matinee. He is booked a long way ahead. The first week in June, but what a glorious ending of the theatrical season to look forward to. t5 w v FOR A DULL SUNDAY EVENING. Held's Band concert at the Grand theatre is a perfect panacea. It has become an established feature of musical entertainment in this critical little city, and it is pleasing hundreds every Sunday Sun-day evening. Beside the band features, comprised com-prised of popular airs, classical selections, and the newest music from the latest operas, prominent soloists are featured at each concert, con-cert, and the whole evening is a treat. S & THERE ARE LOTS Of men who cannot afford a bit cigar. They needn't keep away m from Stickaey's on that account, ac-count, for the best line of cheap cigars in the city Is to be found at Stickney's. v |
