The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-14
THE SORCERER.
SALT LAKE CITY, March Is, 80.

SALT LAKE CITY, March Is, 80.
Editors Herald:
The "sorcerer" came, but ha.
gone for the present. in a mysterious
sort Of q way. He was not half a bad
fellow. He was more harmful than
he meant He builded worse than be
knew. Yet he freely atoned for bic
plumbers, and for the evil be did not
mean to do, but did do.
was very well satisfied with the
opera. Not going with the expectation
Of seeing a company OF professionals,
I vas not disappointed. Going to see
company of amateurs, [ was
agreeably surprised. They did far
better than expected they would do,
and think they deserve great com
mendation for the comparative
excellence of the performance.
The acting, the singing, the
grouping was all better than
| anticipated. So that 1 felt well re-
paid for my time spent in the Theatre
that night. the last of the perform
ances, but l hope it will not be the
last. Practice will improve. Per-
sisteut, careful, intelligent practice
will give sptness and ease to the act
ors and enable the singers to learn
how 10 handle their voices 80 as to
properly fill the house with their
melody and harmony.
l may say there Is one thing sell
dom seen On the stage. seldom seen
with a stock company, and still more
seldom, if ever, seen with amateurs.
That one thing is good, graceful
dancing. 1t is not often seen outside
of a professional ballet company.
that the community has
been a dancing one from the time OF |
The pioneers, one would naturally |
think that we ought to see some
good dancing On the stage by local
performers, even amateurs. Not
heavy, stilted, fat footed, or stumpy
heel dancing. Not square, straight,
up and down Jumping, like tne
stamps in a quartz mill. But light,
elastic toe dancing, with an easy,
graceful sBringiness in every move
nent. However, if we can't boast Of
our exquisite dancing, We may be
iardonably proud that Salt Lake
ejoices in three local amateur comic
pera companies-the Philharmonic,
7. NJ. s., and the Juvenile.
l perceive, by the dispatches in the
HERALD, that a Boston manager,
'eing moved thereto by the devil, has
iolily, unscrupulously, knowingly.
nd with malice aforethought, pirated
be Pirates of PeDz4nce," right
efOre the eyes and noses of the
uthors thereof. Inasmuch IS "the
sceiver Is as bad as the thief, f." every
'heatre manager in the country
lould absolutely refuse the pirated
Pirates" admission upon his boards
D any terms until the pirate has
lade adequate satisfaction to the
sepoiled authors, and thus demon.
rate to al the world that, if there
70 thieves and robbers in the land,
il5 is not nation OF thieves and
,bbers yet. That pirate ought to be
)mpelIed to take "a pretty stiff
rum OF tea" of that marvellously !
Owerful sorl "breWed by the vicar"
nd then follow the "SOrcerer" into
ames and sulphur, sit matters not
18th whom or where" while honest {
eople join in the jovial chorus 5
"Now TO the banquet we press
Now for the eggs and the ham,
Now for the mustard and cress, Z
Now for the strawberry jam 1
Now for the tea of our host,
Now for the rollickiBg bun,
Now for the muffin and toast, c
Now for the gay Sally Lunn." 81
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