The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
An Interview with Lawrence
Barrett.
VIEWS AND PROJECTS OF THE
GREAT TRAGEDIAN.
The London Success-Support TO
IrTing-0rpheus and Eurydice-
Effie Ellsler Opposes Wallack
-Tearle as Winthrop.

TO name an hour at which the writer NAV
wait upon him for the purpose Of obtain.
ing few minutes Interview?
The above note, dispatched from
the repOrtorisl rooms of THE HER.
AID on Thursday, was met with the
reply that Mr.. Barrett would re.
main in his rooms at the Walker
House until 1 O'Clock, up to which
hour he would be pleased to receive
a representative OF this paper. A
reporter therefore Immediately
called at the hotel, sent up his card,
and was shown iuto the suite of
apartments occupied by the trage-
dian. Mr.. Barfett,s business agent
was seated in the centre of the room,
awaiting the motions of his prins
cipal, and the well known actor
himself wa seated in a corner, near
the window, apparently putting the
clio ing touches to letter. He arose
on our reporters entrance, very
cordially extended his hand, and
asking to be excused for a mome n {;
foldsd and backed bis lettera with
that quick nervousness of action
which marked ali his stage moves
ments; the interval ihus occupied
was made use Of by ihe repor er in
taking few mental notes of the &C
tors personsl appearance off the
stage,and in putting into shape come
OF the questions he desired to ask
Mr.. Barrett was dressed in a light
grey suit, white vest thrown open,
the coat cut in the sack fashion; a
glistening expanse of;shirt front was
revealed below the regulation white
neck scarf, the folds Of which were
fastened with some sort of dead
green stone; for cuff buttons he
wore simply two oval gold pieces,
which might have been derived
from half faglss; add to this low
cut shoe, sho gir 6 70 good advantage
the hose Of maroon coicred silk, and
you have as mary details Of the &C.
tors appearance as our scribe had
time to note. A fragrant Havana
was held rarelpssly between his
fingers, but soon went ont from a
lack OF proper attention; d Bottle of
champagne--br2nded ., from the
south of Fra ce-2nd q glass of ice
stood at hand on the marble Or sser,
while a file OF the morning papsrs,
care ully bestowed On the mant g,
gave evidence that the tragedian Is
not vet go cioyed with praise as to
fesl no curiosity Of the opini3 ms en-
tertained of him by Salt Lake critics.
Further observations were inter-
rupted by Mr.. Barre,t's rising and
handing his letters to bis agent, who
thereupon left the room. The offer
of cigar 10 our reporter-sn offer
hurriedly declined-snd the usual
weather ten interchanges as TO
the heat, business, etc, were for
mally gone through with before
Mr.. Brett settled himself IN a
corner, threw his feet over chair
that stood in front aod seemed to
resign himself to the process that
awaited. The reporter at once
opened the conversation by sayiL &;
"Mr. Barrett, | understand that it
is your intention, next season, to join
Mr.. Twins stock company; Is that
trus?"
1T is, sir" was the response
"You might more aptly call it an
artistic reunion, as we shall unite
solely to produce Shakespeare i'll a
fitting manner"
"Shail you act together in Amer
leap"
"No sir, that will be impossible
We intend taking long period fol
preparation, and the care we shall
bestow upon the plays we revive,
will render it easy to run them for a
year in London alone; Julius Caesar
in which 1 shall Of course dc
Cassius to Mar. Irving's Brutus, will
probably run a twelve month Of
Itself; then we may do King John,
and possibly Othello and some 9th
ers."
"When DO you join Mr.. Irving p
"Our season takes as through the
usual theatre months Of 1856
from Salt Lake l go to San Francis,
10, where L open in Francesca anG
play four weeks; thence I go Il
Portland. consuming two weeks In
playing and travelling; In Helsns
We play one week; in Butte one
week. and from there we come back
here"
"Shall you play on yonr return ?
THAT Is not at present known; II
will depend upon what time havS
left AT my disposal-possibly one
night; 1 snail pass through Denver
without stopping and go direct tt
Chicago, where my engagement
| lasts three weeks; Baltimore, Bos
ton, Philadelphia and New YorI
will be- SUCCESSFULLY visited, the last
| for an engagement OF six weeks;
then come back across the continent
stopping only at st. Louis, and cal
direct fro a San Francisco for Aus
tralia, whereIam booked for10OnightG
commencing in May, 's5; that en-
gagement over, I join Mr.. Irving il
London, having enjoyed, as you vii
zee, q trip quite around the world.
"Does MIR. Irving visit San Fran
cisco this yearw the reporter in
quired.
"No. Mr.. Irving entrusted to m.
| hands the mapping out OF his route
and I found the limited time b
had at his disposal. and the period
for which he was already booked j