New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
GREAT SALT LAKE CIR.
UTAH. Wednesday. Oct. II. less.

UTAH. Wednesday. Oct. H. less.
"The season. has begun at Brigham's great
thoater which IS open two or three nights Of every
week with two exceptions the company are oil
ama'epr, and Mormoas bat they play exceedingly well
and the entertainments are in al respects. better than
We find anywhere else in the Union. at four or five
leading Metropolitan theaers The performers are not
.agy. Not always thoroughly artistc they play with
freshness and freedom from the mannerisms and arti'
acaity-cspecay the sti.ed and unnatural readings
OF old actors When young lady OF peculiarly high
dramatic talent presented herself to tho veteran Wai
lack he gave her favorable engagement on the cx.
press condition tst she should not take sagle lesson
In cocution.
Manager John X Potter Is erecting rival thcater
which will open week 1t has the sympathy OF the
Gonte population but hardly promises to compete
essiuy. first, because Brigham has already expended
$4,000 upon his teater and second because his
current expenses are trivial Excepting Two or three
importa,ion nearly all his actors and actresses perform
gratuitously Us labor Of love and piety Playing in
Richard the Third " Box and Cox is novel way
Of increasing ones chances for heaven bat Brigham
is the Church. aud the Mormons do unquestionab!y
Whatever 1t requires. Brigham shows unequaled sa-
gaelty in strengthening the Church and putting money
in his purse by tie same operation. He says The
people must have amusement, human nature demands
IT. II healthy and harmless diversions are not attain
able they will seek those which vicious and degrad
Ing Therefore be built this Thespan temple, which
il Tho greatest material wonder Of Utah. and ought TO
Increase his personal income $4,000 annually.
The excellence OF this company Is largely owing 70
the presence and Instructions Of Mrs. julia Dean
Uayne who for two months has been playing most
successfu star engagement. At first she found The al'
dieuces. or as Gail Hamilton would call them, the
r4ces curously fresh and inexperienced. Many per-
sons present had never before entered theater.
When she played in East lynne-that terrible satire
on the hardness and injustice OF narrow but cohsclen
tious mcn-the lockers on were moved TO soos' ana
tears even streased from the eyes OF Brigham Who Eat
in his uriyate box But Lady Isabel is perhaps the
most pathetc character in the whole range OF the
drann either legitimate or sensational. IL IS difficult
far an old saecr 10 see IL well represented without
making vhat sam Weller calls " q water cart Of his
selfo "Camille" produced still greater sensation
Durinc the last scene the house was " Like Nlobe, all
tears One old lady le her seat passed through the
nriyatn entrance and rushed upon The stage with
glass Of water for the dying Gill Another declared In
voice audible Throughout the honse: 1T is shame
for President Young to let that poor lady play when
she has such terrible cough"
Since 1861, Mrs Hayne las resided in California
For several years before she le the Atlantic coast, in
Grm health seriously impaired her ,igor The change
of climate has fully restored il. She plays not only with
ber early rraoe artistic finish AID perfect naualne's'
but with lar moro power than ever BEFORE III some
speciaes few others equal and excel her bay II Tue
whole range OF her presentations she Is propap! Tue
first actress on the American stage. Meaea anu
"Grisslds" are her best characters hee' tha' 'ae
designs reyisitng the Eastern cities at the close oil the
coming Winter. Sbo viii doubtless receive that wel
come which is due to her improved artistic power her
hch personal WORTH and her very leading RANK IN the
dramatic profession
Gan auy GOOD thing come ont OF NazaTeth' Ihe utter
isolation the iron social and mental Limitations Oh ''
community would to render 1t the last place IN Vac
civilized world favorable to mental deveopmehi' ou'
talents ike gunpowder, must have vent ana the Poe'
once born. no Medusa can strike him dumb. iho pro
auctions of Young lady Of this cty-Miss SARAH IL
e .nMcuAEL-begin to command attention from '"'
MACMILLAN and adverse circumstances OF her ofislh'
native OF New York at eight years OF age she "a'
brought to Salt Lake where she has since res'u'"' "
most absolutely without opportunities ior reauHs -
other culture. Her parents are rigid Morpohs' ~
hruhIost life. the father day laborer ohe Is "ho"!
s,f educated and now teachers small privato scnooi
She Il not supposed to sympathiSe with Mornop''n'
na ,dom attends Its church services but yields tac
aoncc TO its severe rules which practically prohip'
association with Gentles. isolaes herself from society
and almost from out door exercise. seriously imPa"t
and imnerina a constitution originally delicate oeV
ara, NJ her poems have appeared in local prints NC
memberur that her surroundings were hostile 70 IN
4. a. not,asabs how hsr ntuitiopl and Dyupathe