The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-14

Dombey & Son and No Thoroughfare II
addition 70 Our Governor. They appear
here Christmas time, and it il 10 bS
hoped we shall have a chance to see
Florence as Cap'n Cutie.
Nh. HESET DIxEY has closed q con-
| tract which will take him to San Fran.
cisco in the last week in May. Hsarill
play for q fortnight in the Baldwin
Theatre. and will probably appear on
his way home in the various theatres
along the route. I hear some talk
about fast train to bear him across tie
continent in shorter time than the dis
lance has ever yet been covered in
Times.
Mr.. GILBERT. in a recent speech in
London, speaking for himself and Sir
Arthur sullivan, said:
We have enjoyed good fortune far shove
any achieved by opera bouffe or burlessae,
without the advantageous aid Of spraw8ng
females In indecent costume. We have
never asked any of the clever, Woodworking
and excellent ladies Of our company 6ad
chorus % put on any dress they could not
wear in society at a fancy ball.
What has been the result of the semi-nude
burlesque? No genuine comedy actress
will appear in H. IL Is of little use for an
suthOr 70 write burlesque: for he can not
get actresses 20 speak the lines he has taken
pains 70 write, and naturally does not wish
10 have them blurted out by half-nAked
women with the manners aud accent Of
kitchen maids.
Prince KoNATsU, the uncle OF the
AikadO OF Japan, was in town during
the week viewing our New York institu-
lions. / took An opportunity, the other
day. TO ask him what he thought of the
Gilbert and Sullivan representation of
the people OF his country. Said he. in
very excellent Japanese, The opera is
very pretty. and the dresses are quite
rich, but there is nothing Japanese
about the affair. Our ladies do not
wsddls or turn in their toes, and our
Mikado does not wear the costume OF a
high priest. The air which is sung
upon the stage when he appears in the
scsns is employed for a very different
purpose in Japan, and there are several
o-her amusing inaccuracies. Still, the
work is entertaining in its way. My
nephew, the Nikado, would doubtless
snioy It very much. '-EIehGngs.
Nh. RoBERT BUCHASAH's adoption of
Tom Jones is, beyond question. work
of great merit. 1t is not indeed so
brilliant in descriptive language. so in
fictitious in humor, so subtle in the
portrayal of character nor so interesting
in its different phases of humanity as
the book upon which it is based. But
Fielding was 3 genius, whereas his
adaptOr is merely a playwright. Mr..
Buchanan has done his work very well.
He has preserved a great measure of
the genial humor of Partridge, the
manly vigor Of Tom Jones, the fine LADY
airs of Bellaston. the irascible tenn
per of Squire Western, the sneak
ing hypocrisy Of Blifil, and given the
minor characters q treatment careful
enough to keep them in due harmony
with the plot. Mr.. Buchanan has sue
ceeded in offering US an interesting
drama Of the olden time, in which there
is an agreeable, antiquated humor of
character and diction, and in which
the various personages hold sprightlv
relation TO one another and the story.
The action is brisk, the dialogue clever,
the situations well managed and with
proper regard for climax. Mr.. Wallack
Is to be congratulated. Sophia is a play
that well deserved the hearty applause
of the first presentation, and promises,
by its merits of composition, its taste
fulness of setting and its excellence OF
acting, to enjoy run OF some length
Times.