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Show I M ' XOith the First Fighters. H " "LITTLE CHRISTOPHER." B , H I know of no musical production that Prof. H j If 1 McClcllan has ever been connected with that has H U m not been meritorious. B ""; m That is the first reason for giving an endorsees endorse-es , ment of "Little Christopher" before the perform-B perform-B . J I ance, but that is not the only one, and the out-H out-H A if xt look for good, light opera for this city this sum-B sum-B rM I mer is certainly encouraging. Ford H. Stevens, a B J j clever little man from the far east, who "was as-Bjf. as-Bjf. sociated with E. B. Rice in the original produc-B'ftfif produc-B'ftfif tlon, of the opera, has had charge of the produces produc-es 3i' tion aside from the music, which is in the skillful B M' hands of Prof. McClellan, and the task of building B mm ' tllG vehicle has been no small affair. B )j And beside the staging of the piece, the little B M v theatre has undergone numerous alterations for BBK fill R i SBBJB2toWn VRhb- Jtti-. i9HflHHHBBBVfl LLl s ' BflBiiiSfe' SBpt-- 'IPSIiBBHBIw H ) BhBBHIP ' iBBLlil fdiiHB LLn r a Bj I ' FORD H. STEVENS. Bf ' I the comfort of crowds, and Monday, the opening Bjj , night, will be a surprise to those who will be on Hjjj V hand for the opening. Hj1 ' The principals in the production are Sallie Hj " Fisher, Lottie Levy, Mabel Cooper, Ruth Wilson, Hrr: J s Ida Due, Ford Stevens, Fred Graham, Kenneth Hf"l ' Kerr, J. Willard Squires and Josh Davis. The H! i ', C Apollo quartette is in the chorus, which con- H' 'j tains thirty-six people. Sixteen pieces will be in HfUj ' the orchestra, with Arthur Pederson first violin. Now doesn't all this sound good? Clever people peo-ple in front and behind the glims, and a manager man-ager who isn't afraid to ask the critics to the rehearsals. re-hearsals. Of course, we mustn't be too critical. Everything new, in a way an experiment, and due allowance must be made, for the prices are twenty-five and fifty cents, the Theatre is not large, and the facilities not the same as in a winter theater, but if the music is good, and the opera clever enough to dispel summer ennui why r"what care I." There are three acts in "Little Christopher' the first is laid in Spain during the 400th anniversary anniver-sary of the Columbus fetes. The second act carries car-ries us to the Island of Barataria, wherever that may be, and to anticipate things a little, the third actshows the Midway in St. Louis in 1904. Ton per cent of the gross receipts for the week go to the Y. M. C. A. building fund. 3 y "Lost, Strayed or Stolen" will be the second opora at the Salt Palace, and if possible to make arrangements "Dolly Varden" will be produced. t5 W w 1 AMELIA BINGHAM. Amelia Bingham will close the regular theatrl cal season at the Salt Lake Theater next week, in the highly successful play, "The Climbers," and possibly she will also play "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson." Like most everything else on the stage "The Climbers" was written by Clyde Keleidoscope Fitch, and "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson" is an adaptation adap-tation from the French by the same playwrignt. It is said that the charm of "The Climbers" lies in its unconventionality. It is the story of the climbing of a New York family that has troubles of its own mounting the social ladder. The play is full of humor and satire on the "400," but withal a love story of serious interest. In "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson" it is said the scenic appointments are marvelously beautiful. The scenes are laid in Paris in carnival times, and the opportunities for display are many. The play pictures the lighter side of cosmopolitan cosmo-politan life in Europe, and revolves on the self-sacrifice self-sacrifice of the rich, pretty, widow "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson." Miss Bingham's support is splendid, splen-did, containing such people as Mr. Lackaye, Mr. Abingdon, Mr. Carew, Mr. Lawford, Mr. Spink, . Miss Fernandez, Miss Wesley, Miss Gordon, Miss Ring, Miss Lackaye, Miss Cross and Miss Wright. |