Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-04
An Interesting Interview With Albert
Hayman, Manager Of the Palmer
Company.
The Grand Sunday Concerts to be Given
at Lake Park Resort Tomorrow.
The Promenade Concert and Ball at
the Walker Opera House on
Monday Night.


entertainments than those offered could
well be expected. The following chat with
Albert Haymam, about the representa-
tive Dramatic company of America, can
not but be of interest to the society and
amusement world in general:
A. NJ. PALMER's COMPANY.
AL. Hayman, proprietor of the Baldwin
Theatre, San Francisco, is bright and
brave theatrical manager, who has pre-
sented plays and companies with original
methods, and promptly paid his bills.
! Hence he is prominent in theatrical cir
cles, is known by favorable report in the
East, West, North and South, and both
press and public have good cause to rise
and call him blessed, the one on account
of his reliable iberality in advertising,
the other for the equally potent reason
that his attractions are always given for
their full value and to the very letter of
the advertised promise. Albert Hayman,
brother of the manager, has been in
this city for several days, experimenting
the preparations for the Palmer Company
season. He was met this morning and
asked by reporter of this paper if he
would tell such facts about the above
company as he thought would be of pub
| lie interest.
Certainly; with pleasure" was the
prompt reply.
A. NJ. Palmer, manager of the Madi-
son Square Theatre Company, is one of
the few directors of theatrical enterprises
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ably known to the country at large. For
nearly ten years he directed the fortunes
of the Union Square Theatre, during
which time it had one of the finest stock
companies known in America, and pro-
duced majority of the strongest and
most successful plays of the period. That
theatre, under his management, was
famed from New York to San Francisco
| for the splendid performances given there,
and the company was welcomed with en-
thusiasm wherever it played during the
summer, when the Union Square was
closed. Many of its members acted to-
gether there for thirteen years, and of
those who remained till the dissolution
of the company, which took place in
April 4th, 1884, several are now with Mr.
| Palmer in the Madison Square Theatre
Company.
Before entering the theatrical arena,
Mr. Palmer had charge of the Mercantile
Library in New York, one of the largest
institutions of the kind in the world His
experience there as librarian probably
helped him to form that almost unerring
judgment in dramatic literature which
was one OF the secrets of his success.
TRIP 10 EUROPE
Three seasons ago he quilted the
management OF the Union Square Thea
ire and spent year abroad, sightseeing
and play-collecting in Europe. When he
returned he took control of the Madison
Square Theatre, and has done as much
to vitalize that establishment as he mad
previously done to build up the Union
Square. He is noted for his friendship
to the American playwright, but he is
not narrow minded nor prejudiced,
neither is he for monopoly and high
tariff, but more inclined to cosmopoli-
tanism and free trade. So that his
friendship for things American does not
make him blind to the good qualities of
foreign plays and actors. In fact, he
moves in no set groove but allows time
and the world to enlighten him and is
thoroughly progressive in thought and,
action.
\ wELL-CHosEN FORCE.
Mr.. Palmer has succeeded in gathering
about him just such another corps of
dramatic artists at the Madison Square
Theatre as he commanded during his di.
rection at the Union Square. It is the
most complete company in America as it
now stands, and of the twenty-six acting
members, each is as noted for thorough
individuality in their business as the or
ganization as whole. In the two years
OF Mr.. Palmer's management at the
Madison Square, he has met with nothing
but success, sometimes moderate and
sometimes great, but always pecuniary
success in some degree.
To what this success is due. may, or
may not be hard to answer. Sometimes
it is a nice question, in estimating dra-
matte success, whether the larger
measure of praise should fall to the
author who creates the character, or to
the actor who portrays or represents it.
One thing, however, is certain, the man
who neither writes nor acts, but who with
discrimination and good judgment selects
both good plays and actors, and knows
how to combine the two for the best
effect, is deserving of being called that
rGrG GUiS, a good manager, and such is
Mr.. Palmer. This company, after seven
weeks of full houses at Baldwin's Theatre
in San Francisco, will come direct here
and commence an engagement of three |
nights on Monday, September 18th. |
The initial play will be Saints and Sin |
ners," an English domestic play, by III. |
A. Jones, author of the "Silver King
which will be succeeded on Tuesday |
evening by Sir Charles Young's great |
drama, Jim, the Penman, which is now |
running to crowded houses at the Hay |
market Theatre, London, and Wednesday |
evening, Clinton Stuart's brilliant COM
edy, "Our Society,"" will be given. The |
drama OF Saints and Sinners" had last |
season brilliantly successful career at |
the Madison Square Theatre of over $50 |
consecutive representations. Its produc- |
ton was regarded as theatrical event !
OF unusual Importance, and it produced 4 |
decided sensation among the theatre
goers OF the metropolis. "Saints and /
Sinners" is domestic, romantic drama
interesting IN story, strong in the ele- /
ment OF character, and written with a |
peculiar punsency of style. But here, |
must stop. am so taken up with this !
company that am inclined to tire one. |
unless check myself"
The Lake Park Concert.
Beginning with comparatively limited |
corps of assistants, Mr.. B. B. Young |
began few weeks ago to present to the |
music-loving public his Sunday concerts 1
at Lake Park Resort. The first effort
was great success, the second a greater,
and there is every reason to believe that :