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Show si; Ng XOHh -the Fir ft JVfighterf. Ng 1 1 ' Hl V , ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 19. 1! fBI fj ( Salt Lake Theatre. The Gordon-Shay Opera HI jl company In "Carmen," Monday evening; "Caval- Hi t leria Rusticana" and 'TPagllacci," Tuesday even- jBjj , ing; "II Trovatore," Wednesday afternoon, and fBfj f "Faust," Wednesday evening. jHl Thursday evening Florence Roberts begins a jfBfi , week's engagement in "Zaza," "Magda," "Ca- B i mille," "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch," and "The IBi , ' Adventures of Lady Ursala." Hi I I The Grand. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Hl ' and Wednesday matinee, "The Irish Pawnbroker"; JBl Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Saturday fBfj I I matinee, "Pickings From Puck." IkIi! .. W ti kt t flmWM 'l ij Gordon-Shay Opera Company. EBf fj From the following comment published in the EB H 'fi Denver News of tlie 13th of January, local theatre- B H '1 t goers need have no fear in procuring their seats I m for the Gordon-Shay Opera company, which ap- Mi I pears here for the first time Monday evening. The SJ 8 extract says: iwa Irli a" "Two facts that could not be denied stood out EB 0 W I ln kld relief at the Broadway theatre last night B 15 1 the one, that in Rose Cecelia Shay Denver was B J Bt T introduced to a young prima donna of surpassing HB ' m brilliancy; the other that Bizet's "Carmen" has B j'j, I never been so splendidly sung, capitally enact- E 3 ; ed and given such an. all-round artistic presen- flj j'l tation as by the Gordon-Shay Grand Opera com- 15 1 pany. Another pleasurable feature of scarce less I note was the manner in which the performance J j was received by an ultra-fashionable audience. t The audience came to hear grand opera by a If 1 comparatively unknown organization, and went H j: away with the happiness of music lovers who m 1 have been offered an unexpected treat of rare rich- f I ness." IBIP 'i Wi 1 That speaks well for this new organization jBl i J. headed by Rose Cecelia Shay, the great soprano, i 1 I and J' Saunders Gordon, the young Impressario. immWm li I The rePertoIre includes a variety of famous operas bI'1 I w and tne week wil1 a busy one for lovers of b1 I H grand opera. lmmm IK ' v i I K MW HW (M St Florence Roberts. HI' J jfik K Bl 1 If W Tlle daring management for Miss Roberts has flVff e ft booked her company for a week in this city with f &'l I a dinerent Play for every night, and if San Fran- mmm ' ! '' cisco audiences are any criterion, this new star Hi I II 8 will do well in this critical little city. The work i A I I . of Miss Roherts and her company on the coast has been the subject of flattering comment, and she comes here much as Nance O'Neill, practically practi-cally unknown to Salt Lakers, and playing the same kind of plays. In her various roles of "Camille," "Magda," "Zaza," etc., she includes Sapho, and her management man-agement is now struggling with the theatre directors di-rectors as to whether or not it will be produced. It has been barred by them heretofore, but there is some hope for its production this time, it is said. If Miss Roberts is allowed to play it here, it would be interesting to see how many of them would remain away. At any rate, there is enough variety in music and drama, billed for the theatre next week, to suit any ticket buyer. e 5 ? The Terrible Swedes have been busy at both play houses during the week, entertaining the lovers lov-ers of dialect. tJ i2 James T. Galloway, as Nathaniel in "Shore Acres," is perfectly suited to the beautiful part, and no one outside of the great Heme himself could produce the play any better. "Shore Acres" has a long, sweet life, and each year big audiences audi-ences will welcome it back. t,5 tw t Richard Carvel. Faulty and flimsy and painfully dissapointing as are most plays builded upon a novel, "Richard Carvel" is the worst, and as this Richard, if there could be such a word, Mr. Robson is worser. Greeted Greet-ed by an audience that jammed the Theatre from top to bottom, and with applause that was distinctly dis-tinctly top heavy, this strenuous beefy young man pranced through an evening that was at least amusing to those in the audience familiar with Winston Churchill's work. Robson made love like a catapult, acted like an air compressor, and his expressions were like those of a big good-natured farmer boy who turns embarrassed from his chores to the milkmaid from yon dairy. The company com-pany were amateurish, and especially was there lack of strength in the work of Miss Brothers, it would be necessary to call the roll to find Miss Clarke's teeth, and as Patty, the management should finish the name by adding de foie gras, and then can her. The imitations of a dog barking, by John Crowley Crow-ley as Grafton Carvel, were true to life. tOith the First Jfighters Continued, By some mistake the kimono Miss Bates was to have worn on the opening night in Washington Washing-ton did not arrive, and the fact was not discov-eied discov-eied until almost time for the curtain to rise. In the hurry to get another Miss Bates began to get nervous, and to sooth her Mrs. Walcott gave her one that she had purchased a few days previous to wear in her dressing room. "Take this, Miss Bates," said Mrs. Walcott. "I accidentally tore it just a bit there, but perhaps per-haps the tear will be good luck, and it will save worrying about another tonight, anyway." Miss Bates took it and after the performance came to the conclusion that the torn kimono was really a mascot. She refused to give it back, but bougut another for Mrs. Walcott and has worn the torn one ever since. A new maid found it in her dressing room Wednesday night and, noticing the tear, took it home to be sewn up. She had not finished it yesterday afternoon, and when the star heard what she had done with it she gave the maid most explicit instructions to return the kimono just as she had found it. No repairs will be made on the mascot if Miss Bates can prevent it. New York Telegraph. & & Millie DeLeon has been arrested for executing a dance in Brooklyn in which she throws her garters gar-ters at the audience. Rubber! 5 t(5 t,5 Miss Alice Atwater, who has $25,000 a year J and lives at the Waldorr, has been engaged for j the chorus in "The Chinese Honeymoon." At that rating it shouldn't be long till she's promoted to the great "American Honeymoon.". Belasco is to star Lillian Russell in a unique opera which for novelty it is said will excel "Du Barry" and "The Darling of the Gods." It certainly will be a novel opera, if the members of the company com-pany cannot sing any better than the fair Lillian. to to Alice Roosevelt sat in an orchestra seat in New York the other evening, and the very notable per- formance on her part has been the subject of I long and learned comment in the metropolitan dailies. Hereafter there will be nothing doing in the boxes, but Manager Pyper will probably take no action toward removing those at the Theatre till next season. to to 5 In the eastern criticisms of Cecil Loftus, in her latest hit as Ophelia, no reference was made to Dan. FLORENCE ROBERTS IN "ZAZA." !SS |