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Show 1Sl7Y the Firt fighters, vg ATATRACT10NS KOR WEEK OF MAY 11TH. HH The Grand Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday B "Al the Edge of the Grave." H Thureday and J-'iiday nights and Saturday H matinee, "Romeo and Juliet"; Saturday night H "Macbeth." Hj J J J Ij "THE STUBBORNNESS OF GERALDINE" AND Hi J THE CLEVERNESS OF AMY.. B i Usually with so clever a vehicle as "The Stub- H bortfVess of Geraldine," it is a task to discriminate B enough to say who is the hit of the piece. H But with this sweet morsel that Mary Manner- H ing has brought to us, it is easy. Amy Ricard, your M' Vi Thompson from Butte, Montana, is a gem that M stands distinctly alone, a piece of work rarely per- m feet, that outshines in its class anything any H actress has given us this season, and ranks right M alongside of Lionel Barrymore's triumph in "The l Mummy and tha Humming Bird." With the first H clever purr on the deck of the liner you began B to steal on the senses, and we realized that you H were something unusual, and with that "Darn it!" H at the Bridge-Whist table, your conquest was com- H plete. You are fortunate in having Hassard Short M to assist you. His Lord Tilbury is never exagger- H ated, and a most refreshing Lord is he. H Lots of Clyde Fitch productions are proverbial H bushels to hide the little lights. But yours is a B glorious blaze, and we thank you for bringing us H to your shrine. H "The Stubbornness of Geraldine" is the sweet H est, most delightful stubbornness ever witnessed, V so replete with love, and beauty, and charm of sit- B uation that it is one of the few thespic reminders H'! of the joy of living. H, It is suited to Mary Mannering, and she is most fl' captivating in its opportunities. Perhaps the play H is a little overdrawn here and there, perhaps Hj a situation or two should be eliminated, but why Hi think of such things, when we live so far from W Broadway, and when plays worth the seeing are H as scarce as they have been this season? H Dear Mrs. Whiffen (and always welcome back) H essayed Mrs. Wrighton as artistically as she H usually does things. The Fraulein Handt of Anita H Rothe was a clever bit, and the other ladies made H the most of their roles. The part of Count Klnsey H is a difficult one, which at times could be easily H made ridiculous, but Mr. Byron played it beautl- H fully. -Mr. Saville as Wrighton was natural, and H the other men were well balanced, unless excep- H tion might be made to the scene on shipboard. Hf " The staging is beautitul, and the whole produc- H . tion is a great redemption for one Fitch, for In the Hi rot of the previous plays from his pen which have Hi 1 been forced upon us this spring, it was easy to lose H sip lit of his triumphs. H! fj Tonight concludes the engagement. Kt "V j w v & Hl After tonight, the Theatre w'll be daif for H I' ten days when Crane comes in "David Havum." Hj & & & H John Griffith Forget Itl Hj If the shade of the Bard of Avon had been H hovering around the procenium arch of the Salt Hj Lake theatre on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday H nights, whiJe John Grifilth trampled through the H lines of Macbeth, he would have agitated his In- H visible wings with great vigor in a frantic effort H to get away from that remarkable tragedian's H' ponderous detonations. H The local public has seen the classic Shake- H sperean periods mangled before, but it is doubtful H if they ever witnessed so complete a massacre as K f that perpetrated by Mr. Griffith and his fragile Hfevftv cohorts. When he had brayed through the five HpH acts of this tragic masterpiece no one present was sure that he had ever read or even seen Macbeth Mac-beth before. The only scene which caused a distinct dis-tinct thrill of joy in the whole performance at that welcome moment when the doughty blade of the attenuated McDutt brought the heavy-threwed Griinth to the mat. Mr. Griffith will surely be long remembered by everyone who saw his fine line of original jugglery. jug-glery. It was one of the most forgetful table performances per-formances which ever enthralled a satiated public. There is only one othei role in which we think Mr. Griffith could achieve as great, or even greater, great-er, distinction; he would make a perfect impersonator imper-sonator of & Haunch of "Varibest" ham. When he comes again he will assuredly bo warmly received. Everyone will be there to meet and greet him. We would suggest, though, that when he appears as Macbeth lie discard all stage weapons and bring on the board some hotchklss guns and employ a platoon of police instead of the tattered remnant of museum refugees ivho constituted his body guard in Macbeth. The company surrounding Mr. Griffith kept up the high standard of the master artist, and wore wormly cheered as they left the stage. Mr. Py-per Py-per should make every endeavor to bill Mr. Griffith Grif-fith for a return engagement so that everyone can have a chance to witness this robust inter-pi inter-pi eter of the sad-browed Elizabethan bard. & & & Monday evening, the eleventh, the great concert con-cert given under the auspices of the Commercial club for the city schools will take place at the Tabernacle. Seats are fifty cents and you are expected ex-pected to be in one. It is for a good cause, and the program, as printed below, is a sufficient Inducement In-ducement for anyone. Program. Miss Emma Ramsey Dramatic Soprano Hold's Military Band Miss Sallie Fisher Soprano Tabernacle Choir ... Evan Stephens, Conductor Euterpe (Ladies) Quartette Master Arthur Pedersen Violinist Prof. Anton Pedersen Accompanist Mr. Charles Kent Baritone Prof. Thomas Radcliffe and Prof. John J. Mc- Clellan Organists Imperial Male Quartette America Closing Number By Tabernacle Choir, Hold's Band, Great Organ and Audience. A New York story saya: William A. toady, according to an announcement tonight, is making mak-ing elaborate plan? ior staging "The Pit," Frank Nerds' novel. To support "Vilton Lackaye, who will star in the play,Uraly will engage a promi nent English actres3 as: loading woman. Uor ,name is not given out. Brady believes Charles jt Frohman, who is now in England, will purchase f llie English rights. There is a inBasibllity that Lackaye will go to London to play he part that he is to create here. The first act of "The Pit" will be laid in the ' lobby of the Auditorium at Chicago during the performance of a grand opera. There will be 200 people on the stage. Art two w'H be the io-hearsal io-hearsal of amateur theatricals at the home of the Cresslers. Act three will disclose an art galley gal-ley in the home of Jadwin. Act four will have two scenes, first in the office of Gretry, Converse & Co., brokers, and the second the "pit," with 500 people on the stage. Act five will be the same as act three. &i & v The performances" at the Grand during the week were a-rather pleasing variation on the Griffith Grif-fith travesty. Miv Charles Dv Herman and the Warde company appeared during the first three rights and in "The Lion's Mouth" during the remaining evenings of the week. I5 tefc &N The statement of Mr. C. H. Peckham that Salt Lake is to be included in a big vaudeville circuit is very gratifying" news. This may result in the erection of a new playhouse in Zlon, but whether it does or not, Salt Lake's advent into the circuit will be a very agreeable event to local playhouse patrons. While the public sometimes? 'becomes apathetic over Shakespearean drama or even the lighter essays of the stage, it never grows in the least weary of such charming performances as that of the Tabernacle. Mr. McClellan showed more than the Tabernacle. Mr. McClellan showed more than oi er in the recent recital his artistic masterv of i v tho great organ. On Tuesday evening after Grace George's per-tormance per-tormance at the tlerald Square an attempt was made to get photographs of several of the scenes in the play. Mr. Brady posed the people. Much to his disgust the players refusea to take the matter mat-ter seriously, and otten laughed when they were required to be most sober. Mr. Brady finally became angry. "Look here!" he said, "I must have sobriety. Every time you people laugh you ruin a plate for which I have to pay. In other words, each smile costs me just $5." "You're bunkoed then!" called Sam Shubert tiom the body of the house, "I know where you can get 'smiles' cheaper than that." "Yes," replied Mr. Brady promptly, "but you don't get those smiles on a plate you get them in a glass." New York Times. O C? tV Virginia Harned was asked why she had not dropped her maiden name lor professional purposes pur-poses and adopted that of Sothern. She promptly produced a railway guide and picked out all the names asociated with te word Southern. "See," she said, "Cincinnati Southern, Canada Southern Wisconsin Southern, Georgia Southern, Texas Southern and there are others. Now, If I wore heralded as Virginia Sothern but really, the point is too obvious." v iy fc? At the Strollers' dinner Augustus Thomas was the recipient of many verbal bouquets from friends who had seen "The Earl of Pawtucket" and enjoyed it. Seated near Thomas was a certain cer-tain playwright whose most recent effort a serious seri-ous affair had been "refused with thanks." The praise heaped on Mr. Thomas nettled the unsuccessful unsuc-cessful author and he forgot his manners. "I didn't see or hear anything laughable in 'Pawtucket,' he growled; "in faot I didn't get a laugh out of the entire play." "Well," replied the successful dramatist, "1 happened to be asked for an opinion on your play. I read the manuscript, and, would you believe it, I got a laugh out of every line." New York Times. See anything the matter with that hotel H scene," asked the pioucl manager after the re- H "Why, yes," answered his friend and confi- H dential adviser; 'that young man came in and H swept the stage after the leading man had made H his entrance." H "Well, that's all right. It's part of the busl- H ness of the piece." H "Business nonsense, old man; no well regu- H lated hotel has the soup alter the entree.' ' H |