The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-22
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Webster-B Produc-
ductiOn of She.
TIE TWO ORPHANS REVIVAL.
Mrs. Bowers in the City-Last Night
The Bernh ardt-Potter
Story-General.
TIE TWO ORPHANS REVIVAL.

The dratnatized She dftW out very
fair audience at the Theatre last night,
Notwithstanding that the town held
fresh in its mind the memory Of how
that piece had been so horribly butch
cred by the Barrows-Staley outfit not
long sgo. Still everyone came inclined
to take Mr.. Brady's word for it, that
his version was as different from the
other as the sun from rush Highland
the result proved that he was not far
wrong. He follows the book closely,
opening the play in England when the
voyage is resolved on, and ending it
when she has shriveled up in the fire.
The hot-pot episode, the death o.
Ustane, the crossing of the chasm anu
the fire of life features were all brought
out forcibly, the particular feature
in all being the scenery which
is painted with rare accuracy
and grandeur. The one disappoil.-
ment of last night, though we
learn that it is usually done differently,
was the figure which came out of the
fire after She entered it. Instead of
being a small, shrlvelled, mon6evish
being, form only trlfs less tall than
that of She herself m ide its appearance.
This was a fatal mistake, and should
have been avoided by the introduction
of a made up" child. TIE She OF
Miss Begg4r was acted with force and
feeling which evidently csptivated the
audience, since they brought her before
the curtain almost every time it fell.
She made fne appearances particularly
to the habitues of orchestra row, and
would have been better if she cid not
sing, Mr.. Brady himself was not on,
and the re- remainder of the cast was IN
mediocre hands, though the JOB of Mr..
West was greatly applauded.
The production of the Two Orphans
by the Homo Club marks something of
an vent in he annals of that organiza
ton. 1t is nine years now since Miss
A. A. Adams. the actress, being tender.
ed a complimentary benefit by large
number of prominent citizens, con-
ceived the idea CT drawing on amateur
sources instead of professional, to make
up a company for the OCCASION, and
Messrs. J. :, Barnes and b. 6. Whit |
ney acting with her, brought together
for the first time the company of ladies
and gentlemen which crystallized toe
next year into the Home Dramatic
Club. Miss Adams chose the Two
Orphans for her benefit, and with 0. +.
Whitney as Jacques, J. d. SPENCE as
Pierre, II. NJ. Wells as the Doctor, l..
A: Cummings as the CheValler, J. I.
White as Picard, Dellie Cum
miags as HenTiette, Klttie Hey
wood as the Countess, and Jimmie"
Harris as La FrochaId, the production
made a great artistic hit, and Miss
Adams went to California with good
round purse as the result of the affair. |
In the following March 1880l promp ed
by the success of the Two Orphans, the
amateurs concerned in the perform
ance met and and organized club with
Messrs. y. f. Whitney, Ca mings,
Wells, spencer, Dellie Cummings and
Lottie Claridge as the acting force,
with the management in the
hands of Il. l.. A. Culmer and II. Il.
Whitney. Edith Clawson was then too
young TO be thought of, and Birdie
Cummings was a talent as yet undis-
covered-her initial appearance as
maid with three sentences to utter oc-
curing some months later, in Rosedale.
TIE Romance of a Poor Young Man
in which the company had been care
fully coached by Mr.. David Mckenzie
was given on April 1st, and proved a
SUCCESS strong enough to hold
The n toge her up till the present
time. The organization has seen a
great many changes in its career. Mr..
Cummings having gravitated away into
the professional fields and Mr.. Whit
new, the Jacques of that time, being
nd
Bishop Whitney-Of to-day; Mr..
Wells, the early comedian of the com
pany, has developed talents strong
enough to ensb e him 10 fill the roles once
filled by those gentlemen, and always
to the pleasure of his audiences his aD-
sence from the boards, we are glad to
know, is but a temporary one. Mr..
Young, Edith Clawson and Birdie
Cummings make up the newer clement
ia the club: all are strong members OF
the company, AMI the public Is familiar
with their work. Mr. Spencer, who re-
tired once for brief period, soon set
tied back, and as ever does comedy,
pathos or vii any with much the same
skill.
All the member Of the club, however, !
whether old or new, LOOK upon the |
Two Orphans as the starting point in |
the clubs career and the production Of |
that play as the circumstance which !
induced the organ z,top; lis pro iu3 !
ton after so long q time is therefore |
viewed WITH the strongest interest by !
all concerned in it. Added 10 this in |
terest is that caused by the re-appear |
ancs OF Mr.. Royle, lately with Booth |
and Barratt, and next season with Louis |
James, in responsible line Of parts. All |
in all, there is little doubt that the re-
vival will be greeted with interest |
equally strong on the part of the public |
Mrs. D. P. Bowers, the distip guished
actress, accompanied by her ma1ager,
Mr.. John G. Richie, aud Mr.. Bosworth
an actor who has sometimes appeared |
with her, arrived quietly in the city on
Thursday, and has been quietly domi-
ciled at the Walker House ever since.
She intends passing week here. seek
ing recreation on our lake shores
and taking the rest nece sssry
after a long and arduous season. She
last appeared in San Francisco in
Mary Smart Elizabeth IJcretia |