The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-22
The LINGARDS.


Z This evening the Lingards com
mence their two nights engage
ment under the most favorable cir
cumstances and with promise OF
full houses. They have been men.
toned repeatedly heretofore and Are
thoroughly advertised, the first an
pearance being In the comedy OF
The Tutor" or "Stolen Kisses. .
concerning which we give the fol-
towing extract from the California
correspondent of the Clipper:
That wonders viii never cease.
says our San Francisco, Cal, CORES
pOndent, has been exemplified at
the Baldwin, where the phenomena
of crowded houses each successive
night during the week of March 2e.
gratifed as it pleased the plucky
and persistent manager who has for
so long time been compelled TO
gaze. on empty benches and an
emptler cash-bOX. Mcguire came
into possession of two good cards
strong and fortunate TRUNKS they
have proved to be-the Wilhelm
Sternberg Combination and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Lingard, who, recently
arriving here from Australia, were
anxious to secure the Frisco
stamp of approval for their
play, The Tutor" prior to
Its production in the east.
During their professional career Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Lingard have
achieved many brilliant successes,
but none more positive and salts |
factory than that which they are |
now enjoying at the Baldwin, where
they made their first appearance on
the 22d. (Their success at the time
was telegraphed to the CLipDer.) In
The Tutor" they have attracted
so large, in point of num-
bers, as to make necessary the dis
play of the almost forgotten sign
Standing-room Only" The play is
Oy no means new here, having been
produced some three years ago at
The California, where Joseph Jeffer-
son played the part of the Tutor,
and the late John X. Mortimer that
IF Dolby Becks, the baby. Improved
70 be failure in their hands, and
until the Lingards presented the
comedy we had no real idea of its
merit and laUghable features. The
comedy has achieved decided hit,
nd deserYedly so, for there is not
ull line or quiet moment in the
Whole play. With Lingard as the
tutor, the comedy goes off with a
nap that adds to its enjoyment. 1t
GEMS as if the part had been writ ]
en- expressly for his talents, and he
lays it with vim and JUNCTION and !
quiet humOr Wlthal that keep his /
udiences in one continual roar
rom the rise to the final descent of Z
he curtain. Mrs. Lingard ably {
the efforts of her husband,
nd in the extremely insignificant
laracter of BetSey, the servant, pOr-
-ayed the part in manner which
Materially assisted in the general ! a
Iccess. The plain but coquettish C
arb of the chambermaid added S
lore to it than it disguised the we'll ii
nown beauty of the charming act T
ess. Apart from the pleasure eX- T
erienced in the enjoyment of their
eW comedy, and the excellence and
IN of their acting, the thanks of
IT theatre-goers are also due the
for introducing them to
yo excellent actors, whose imper-
nations were an agreeable sur j
-ise-Messrs, Manbery and Over
respective conceptions
their roles were perfection itself.
T. 0vertOn in particular acquitted
mSelf in manner that won we'll lie
served recognition, and his make OF
} and acting the part of Old Becks u
ere most finished and artistic. He OF
IS so deity elaborated the lines pl
Id business of the old man and al
IS so ably improved his opportuni- 70
IS as to make his part one of the
incipal ones of the comedy, and he
'neStly earned a full share in the Ii
DnOrs achieved Mrs Saunders.
hose appearance was hailed with
proving applause, is, as she always
IS, excellent. She is one of the
st, if not the very best, in her line n,
business, and her absence from ~
e stage is every theatre patrons "
SIS,