The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-21

{ Tie Professor a play of which he is
the author and which for three sea-
son, was great success. Mr.. Gillette
was selected as having the peculiar
ability necessary to create the title role
in 1.-The Private Secretary part
which he has played for the past ten
months in every part of the eastern
states with an unvarying and remark
able success. He is unapproachablei in
this part. and I know he will become a
favorite here on his first performance.
| NJ. A. Kennedy. an old time comedian,
appears as-.0id Gattermofe. IA part
that he has created and of which
he has made success hardly
secondary TO Mr.. Gillette's char
acter. Mr.. Kennedy is an unctuous
actor who is as great a fayorite in San
Francisco and inthe large eastern cities
as anyone who has eyer appeared there.
The business of the play require the
joint presence of Messrs. Gillette and
Kennedy on the stage almost all the
time, while the piece is being played,
and anything more hilarious or humor-
GUS than their performance can hardly
be imagined. | believe the only one
in the company that has appeared here
in late years, is Frank Tannehill, Jr.,
who is rapidly coming TO the front as
one of the best light leading men of the
day Mr. Tannehill enjoys a fine stage,
presence as well as a long stage expert
ence, and with two such necessary
requisites can hardly fail to command
and deserve success. His performance of
Douglas .Catternole, the young man
who is sowing his wild oats, has been
praised by the entire eastern press, as
an unusually clever piece of acting.
Mr.. Tannehlll was for several years
playing leading character in Jarrett
and Rice's Fun on the Bristol COM
pany and will doubtless be remembered.
the able hands of H. A. Moray, Geo
r. Boaler, Earl Sterling and Hal War
rem. all established eastern favorites.
Miss Fanny Addison who plays the
part of the spiritualistic struck spinster,
Miss Ashford is the accomplished wife
of Harry NJ. Pitt, who created such a
good impression as The. Rajah' here
last summer. Miss Addison is charm
ing actress and before appearing in
America. was a great favorite in
London, in such Theatres as the Globe,
Drury Lane, Princess and others. She
Is also in the Private Secretary" Miss
Haslam, as Edith Miss Talbot as
Eva Miss Sherwood as Mrs. Stead,
and Miss Giroux as Mrs. Spaulding'
are all accomplished and talented |
actresses, and deserve special mention. |
Taken altogether the company is one of |
the very best that has yet appeared in |
Salt Lake City,"
1.-The Private Secretary ran 200 |
nights at the Madison Square Theatre.
New York. and is now in its fifteenth |
consecutive months run at the Globe /
Theatre, London. From present indl- !
cations it bids fair to eclipse the famous
run of 1000 nights of Our BOYS in Lon
don, a few years ago.
We have another treat in store for
the Salt Lake theatre-goers besides The /
Private Secretary, in the shape of The
Professor, which is to be produced
on Friday and Saturday evenings.
June 26 ana 81. The Professor was the
second play produced at the Madison
Square Theatre, and ran ISL consecutive
nights. 1t was produced over 900 times
besides, in all parts of the United States
and Canada, with a steady success sell
1om equalled by any comedy. ASH
old you previously. Mr.. Gillette was
he author, and he created the title role,
1laylng il altogether sopfAtt.bing like
s something like this description. which
put family gives an outline of its num-
oerless beauties of action and dialogue.
he pathos and humor of which has
'een ikened by Joaquin Miller. the
'oet of the Sierras. to the 'pureness of a
nugget of Nevada Silver"