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Show "Hearts of Oak," which will occupy the boards at the Salt Laek Theatre October 14th and 15th, with a Wednesday matinee, is James A. Heme's best play. It is sympathetic and a vivid portrayal por-trayal of real life in the heart of New England, and the company presenting the play includes some of America's best artists in dramatic lines. A fine male quartette also appears during the progress of the play. "The Bonnie Brier Bush" is booked for appearance ap-pearance at the Salt Lake Theatre for a season, beginning Thursday next. It is one of the great standard plays of this country and will be presented pre-sented by J. H. Stoddard and magnificent support. sup-port. The presentation will be high-class in all particulars and merits the patronage of every theatre-goer in Zion. The French courts have just established a precedent which is full of perplexing possibilities, both serious and ludicrous. A soubrette of a Paris theater, pretty and garrulous, Who had become annoyed by the attentions of the "Johnny" boys, asked as protection that her husband be permitted free access behind the scenes. The manager, urging that he could not afford to establish such a pre'eedent for the several dozen other husbands of prima donnas, soubrettes and chorus girls, refused. re-fused. The young woman was persistent, and finally brought suit to have the contract canceled and asked for damages in a considerable sum. The learned Judge awarded the young woman damages, and said he was bound to take notice of the fact that stage life subjects women, especially espe-cially those who are pretty of face and form, to special temptations, and that the desire of a wife to be protected against such attentions is entirely legitimate; that it is the husband's indisputable right to protect his helpmeet, whether she realizes real-izes the need of such protection or not, and therefore there-fore that a theater manager cannot deny a husband hus-band access behind the scenes of a theater or other place where his wife performs, nor can the husband's right to such access be signed away by the wife. James O'Neil, who reached New York recently from his summer home in New London, has begun rehearsals with his company for "The Honor of the Humble" at the Victoria theater, under the stage direction of Oscar Eagle. Liebler & Co. announce that next spring Kyrle Bellew will be seen in Shakespeare. Augustus Pitou, the playwright and manager, is reported ill at his home in New York. "The Best of Friends," Cecil Raleigh's latest melodrama, was produced in London last week and made a hit. It deals with the Boer war. |