The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-03
ON BAIL.
u,.. Home Dramatic Clubs New
i Years Performance.

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"a. a ,sos the evening repetition OF the
ues t;.es performance by the Home
n m.otic Club at the Theatre. The
l pse presented was W. $. Gilbert's
plsO '.ipe comedy, son Bail, " written in
d. s authors most characteristic vein'
'n9 soIocted with special reference to
fbe nature and demanos VI NC"
Years audience, x;os+
IHe p IMAGINABLE, is as follows: iona.
stories Inland llii a married gentleman of
o o-,s.I circumstances, and Dill Oh a Take,
hos been arrested Tor an assaul. oli
ticket taker OF the undeIgloInu
raiIway. He is released on securlSy'
With the understanding tnat ne f su1I Sar,
Ger at the county jail at . am. tne gay
ALLOWING foil and returns. home VORTEX d u
ND detected to his anxious we, VINO Is
a are apprised of the brutal Assault
on an orphan" by paragraph III tle
evening papers. o,,o-;,,o, his
old clothes for a season OF treau-ll IN
service. in steps an acquaintance Dy tue
name of Hebblethwaite, manager Oh
Tondon theatre, who invites LoVlDonu
to he one of a supper party In the green
room of his theatre after the nighg per
formance. where he IS promised tne
company of the Duke OF Darlington an anu
several ladies of the company. Inc
nisssure-seeking Loyibond demurs, hesl-
hates. but finally accepts, and the Two
are executing a pas du deuT IN anUclpa-
ton of night of fun, when Mrs Low
bond reappears to surprise ana cover
them with confusion. Hep6iethwaite
takes hasty leave and the raklsh
husband, BY an ingenious multlpllcanSn
Of eTcnsee makes his wife believe he
must appear at the prison that night IN
fuIl evening dress, and leaves her, weep
ing. to catch the last train Tor the sup
He is no sooner gone than Alfred
Trimble, leader of Hebblethwaite's or
chestra, and an old fame of Mrs. LIS,
enters the house with his long cloak
and violin, and serio-comic
dialogue, la Raphael" and
Marco ensues. In the midst of it,
"Marcooley," governor OF the county
iail, appears on the scene and mistaking
Alfred for Mr.. Lovibond, informs him
that there is something wrong with his
bail and he must return with him at
once to prison. The governor is all the
more in haste because of an invitation
to Hebblethwaite' supper. and without
needing the attempted explanations and
remonstrances of the musician and Mrs.
L hurries him struggling off to jail.
The next act is the supper in the
green room. where Marcooley and
and the real Lovibond meet IN the
guise of baronets, aplng slavishly the
Duke of Darlington--who is aware of
their true BASKERVILLE secretly affecting
to despise the aristocracy. A concert
precedes, and waltz follows the sup
per, at which Marcooley and Lovib ond
get tipsy, and as the clock strikes 3
am. both bolt for the station to catch
the last train for the jail.
The third act is at the prison,
where Lovibond, learning that anoth er
man has been arrested for him at his
house and in company with his wife,
burning with jealousy, interviews
Trimble in the disguise of the barrister
engaged to defend hirn, and nearly
annihilates the hapless musician, until
the arrival of Mrs. Lovibond and
Hebblethwaite explains all, and 1.-THE
latter informs Lovibond that it is all q
practical joke, in revenge for one ht
played on him several years before
The situations, as may be guessed, art
immensely funny, and the dialogue i
replete with wit and humor.
The character of Lovibond was in the
hands of Mr.. Wells, who rendered it il
his usual taking style. Alfred Trimble
and the Duke were impersonated by
Mr.. Spencer, who was as Economically
comic in the first as he was staid an(
aristocratic in the other. The local hit
injected into his lines were highly anus
ing, that in which he va MS the off
GERS not to arrest him, as "fol
aught you know l may be judge from
Idaho, being particularly telling. Mr..
Young made quite hit as Marcooley
his make up, so far as Disgusting his
identity, was perfect. The part O
Hebblethwaite lost nothing in the
sprightly hands of Mr.. White. Miss
Edith Clawson had a difficult role il
Mrs. Loyib ond, one of burlesque patho
as did Mrs. Birdie Cummings il
the mock tragic of Mrs. Hebble
thwaite, and both ladies &C.
quilted themselves very creditably
Miss Whitney, Messrs. Burrows anC
Owens enacted their brief parts accept
ably.
The concert made incidental to the
play was truly excellent Mr.. Nelson
the new tenor. made a most favorabl,
impression, and won a well deserved
encore for his tenor solo, and Misse
Olsen, Wells, Messrs. Spencer anC
Whitney sustained their already high
reputation as vocal quartette. Thei
HrSt selection was also encored, The Care
less Orchestra, engaged expressly TO
the occasion, Shone out lustrously
These Fyoung musicians, under thei
veteran leader. are making rapid head
way toward perfection; all that the,
are-capable of, however, was not shown
as the entire orchestra labored unde
the disadvantage of having to tune to
piano which had been lowered in pitcl
Tor the opera people. The accdmpani
Inents were. nicely rendered by Nh
careless, violin, and Mr.. C. s. Burton
piano.
The performance was very amusing
ana as a whole, equally IneritoriouS
Il mad Its faults, which we're due Ell
!LTeiY 10 imperfect rehearsing. habi
INTO winch the club are falling. we ar
sorry TO say, but the great improv,
meht manifested at night over the after
noon performance, went far toward
c;ondonlng lis imperfections. Both au
dlences were large, and all seemed sar
lsfed and delighted.
The Popular Approval.
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