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Show THE DRAMA. Chauncey Ok-ott. delightful comedian and charming singer, comes to the Salt Lake theatre the last half of next week in one of his most successful plays. It is the comnosition of his manager. Augustus Pitoti, and is named "A Ko--mance of Athlone." When the play was first produced in New York it ran for nearly five months to enthusiastic audiences. The play will not be found , conventional. Such time-worn- ele ; ments as the priest, the peasantry, the . military and the over-due mortgage have been left out. The character for , Mr. Oh-ott is that of an open-hearted young Irishman, son of a baronet and half-brother of a contrastingly wicked fellow. These two are opposed in affairs af-fairs of love and money. There is a plot wilth gypsies to abduct a' little sister of the. hero. The successful operation of the scheme up to a certain cer-tain point and then its defeat make up the serious action. The time is a hundred hun-dred years ago when the vicinity of Athlone was sufficiently picturesque and peculiar to warrant the location of such : romance there. A realistic duel is fought with swords by Dick and the villain, and it is the hero's victory in this affair of honor that brings the J story to a happy conclusion. Mr. Olcott has contributed a set of charming ballads: bal-lads: they are entitled "Olcott's Lulla- ' by," "The Irish Swell." and "Mv Wild Irish Rose," and others. , . ' An eminent musician thus describes the great violinist Ysaye as he appeared ap-peared while playing his instrument-"Then instrument-"Then the -Kreutzer Sonata' began' and I looked at Ysaye as he stood' holding; the violin between his fin "era and looking vaguely into the air He put the violin to his shoulder. The face had been like a mass of elav waiting the sculptor's thumb. As the muie came an invisible touch seemed to pasS over it. the heavy mouth and chin remained re-mained firm pressed down on the violin, vio-lin, but the eyelids and the eyebrows began to move, as if the eves saw the sound and were drawing it in luxuriously luxur-iously with a kind of sleeping ecstasv as one draws in perfume out of 'l hichr' in thV ,nstant- a bu which had never been in the world came into the world: a new thine w- s ofreceH-ing WOre CapabIe tre'Tluy fl." lhe SaIt Lake th White Whittlesey, the new Belasco star, who cr-ated .so profound an Impression Im-pression when he made his first appearance ap-pearance m this city a- few months the Salt Lake theatre next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday night when lions of the famous plays "Hearts ?? on Monday ni.ght and Wednes flay matinee; -The Second in Com- niand" on Tuesday evening, and "Soldiers "Sol-diers of Fortune" on the Wednesday night of the 'engagement. Since White Whittlesey was seen in this city, he has plaved over the entire Pacific coast, u.i well a3 through the southern states, and reports front every city show that the talented young netor was received with marked enthusiasm everywhere. The strength of hU Hunporting company and the lavish, manner in which his managers, Belasco. Mayer and Price, staged the plays were also the cause of considerable consider-able praise on the part of press and nublie alike. Whittlesey has firmly established himself as a romatic actor of. the highest standard, and his return to th'.s city is likely to result in crowded houses during his brief engagement. en-gagement. Tho-e who witnessed the work of Whittlesey on his previous visit to this city will remember the artistic and easeful presentations he gave of the various !).-. racters he essayed. es-sayed. He showed that he was the possessor of ma iked talents and of that persona! magnetism that at once establishes es-tablishes friendly relations between ihe actor an. his audience. The performances per-formances gi-,ei by While Whiltlesey and his coonruiy are noted for the cateful attention to the slightest, stage detail, thus ensuring to the public enjoyable en-joyable pe;Tor:ua n cs. : When White Whittlesey first ptayed in j this city he did so as an entire stransrer but on t!:e first night of his engage- ! nient he w on i bug: following whh 'a was added to on the balance of his ! visit, line. I'lavs like "I lea rt: sense. " i 'Ihe second in Command ' an 1 ' sol- ! r- K" "' ' ' ' 7" ' Oh" : I The new Belasco star. White Whittlesey, Whit-tlesey, as Eric Temple i"i "Heartsease," "Hearts-ease," who also plays in "The Sec- I ond in Command" and "Soldiers of I Fortune." Salt Lake Theatre, May j 1, 2 and 3. ; diers of Fortune" naturally appeal to ; intellectual audiences and lovers of artistic productions. Many inquiries have been made at the box office of the theatre as to when., White Whittlesey would again play in this city, and the ; announcement of hLs forthcoming re-j re-j turn engagement has been received with lively satisfaction by hundreds of his admirers. The management of the Salt Lake theatre is preparing for a I very large business during the en- I gagement of Whittlesey. The strength of the company supporting Whittlesey is well known and includes such talented tal-ented players as Eugenie Thais Law-ton. Law-ton. Virginia Brissac. Alfa Perry. Edith Campbell. Hallie White and Messrs. Eh vie "Williams. William Abram. E. K. Mitchell, Carl Yoh,o Reginald Mason. Charles Sherman. ! Erville Alderson. Thomas P. Nowlan,' Taylor Curtis and Harry D. Byers. |