The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-28

Brief News of Plays and Players,
On and Off the Mimic Stage.
"The melancholy days have come,
The ssddest Of the year."

! Edwin Booth has gone to Switzer-
land.
"Esmeralda' is in its last month
lat the Madison Square.
The veteran Murdoch is writing
another book on acting.
The Rentz-Santley Burlesque Co.
go to Europe next year.
Roland Reed in "Cheek" is max
ing a tremendous hit.
"Romany Rye" was done at Booths
Theatre, September 9th.
David Belasco is now stage man
ager at the Madison Square.
Lawrence Barrett is drawing
crowded houses in Philadelphia.
"The Black Flag" is playing its
last week at the Union Square.
"The Blackbird," at the Theatre
COmiaue, n. Y, continues to draw.
Every theatre in New York but
two opened the season with a melo-
drama.
The Australian rights of "Romany
Rye" have been purchased by Harry
Jackson.
Fanny Davenport began an en-
gagement at TOole'S Theatre, Lon
don, September 9.
Len Growers play entitled"Viva,"
written for the HaTTisons, was an
instantaneous success.
Our own Jimmy Harris, former
manager Of the Salt Lake Theatre,
is in the cast of "Romany Rye"
Frank Mordaunt in sold hip
mates" did an immense busine at
the Tabor Grand, Denver last week.
Houghton'S Opera House, at Red
Cakes, Iowa, which was built last
season, at an expense of $4,000, was
destroyed by fire last Tuesday even
ing.
A. NJ. Palmer, Madame Janu-
Schek, Charles Harris and Thomas
Whiffen arrived from Europe Sep
TENDER 18th.
The latest London successes are
"Pluck" at the Drury Lane, "Drink"
at the Adelphia, Uncle Tom" at
Her Majesty'S. and "Fun on the
Bristol at the Olympic.
Mrs. Langtry will probably go to
San Francisco during her American
tour. If 50 Salt Lake may get a
chance to gaze on the enchanting
beauty Of the Jersey City.
Cetewayo recently attended a per-
| Torrance Of "UnknOWn" 10y the
John A. Stevens Co. at the Surrey
Theater, London, and was thor
oughly delighted with the many
blood and thunder situations of that
claptrap melOdrama.
The de6ut OF Miss Margaret
Mather at McVicker'S Theatre, Chi
cage, August 18th, was very bril-
liant affair. The Chicago critics
went into ecstaSieS of guSh over
her; called her ga Veritable genius"
San acknowledged STAR" said she
was destined to become the actress
of the age" etc. She opens in New
Y Ork in a few weeks in Juliet.
Byrne's Dramatic Times, a young
New York paper, and one of the
best publications of its kind in
America, recently had a disagree
ment with the American News Co.,
concerning the conditions upon
which the latter should furnish the
paper to subscribers. The result
was that the Dramatic Times with
drew all connection with that great
American monopoly and now
handles its own paper, which has
increased in circulation by the
operation about One-third. The
success Of Mr.. Byrne in thus doing
all his own business has led other
newspaper men to seriously discuss
following in his footsteps. a meet
ing Of news men to that end was
recently held in Philadelphia, to
obey the behestS of the News Co.
no longer. Byrne's Dramatic Times
was also complimented for the
victory achieved over that powerful
monopoly.
Mr.. Steele Mackaye has furnished
to the North American ReUieaO a
paper on fire-pr0of theatres,iu which
he takes the ground that a public
place of amusement can be made
absolutely free from all danger of
fire. In his view, this is to be &C
complished by the use of nOn-in
hammable materials, and by the
proper construction of the edifce.
As ninety per cent. of the danger is
from the stage, he would, in the first
i place, construct his scenery of stuff
that would defy fire, and, in the
second place, he would build his
stage on the principle of the ordin-
airy CRATE or chimney opening, so
that all draught is from the audi
tori UNI and passes out at the roof
lover the stage. He claims that, if
this principle were carried out, an
audience during a fire on the stage
might remain seated, with no more
danger than if they were facing an
open fire place.