The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-29
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Next Attraction at the
Theatre.
BANDKANN AND MANSFIELD
The Latest Dixey Ysrn-stsphens' Ee-
turn-Morrison Gcming-HOyt
ShermaD's Idea.

against the bathing resorts VIII be the
Two Johns Comedy Company, which
| appears on Friday ,yening. These VIII.
want to know Whist the Two Johns il
we refer to Detroit paper, which says
"a large audience was at White :.
Grand Theatre to witness the peform
ance of The Two Johns. The play il :
modern edition of the Two Dromios
| having (ins,ead of TWO lean clowns,
iricked out IN trunks, hose and long
hair, } two very clever comedians IN peg
| sop pants, sack coats aad Derby hats
1 From the time the curtain went up OF
.he first act to it's final fall there was
coutin Ious gutfaW filing the auditor
ium over the mis- axes, the coutre-
temps, the mlsnaps and the iudiGrou>
Situations presented. Many semI-dra
matte programmes have been given j.
Detroit for the declared purpose of
causing laughter. but few of them havr
| been so free from vu'garity, 50 VOID o.
stupidity and so foil OF fua as me rw {
Johns.
As soon asthe telegraph last week in
formed Mr. Daniel E. Bandmann tina
Mr.. Richard Mansfield and his com
pany had suddenly sailed for Eaglann
| to head MN OF and be first in The field
there al the Lyceum with DR.. Jekyjl
ana Mr.. Hyde tbs trsgediaA left his
cattle ranch in Montana for London.
MIR. Bsndmann has arrived in this
city and sails to-day on the Om5rla. H.
received a cablegrarn yesterday from
his agent in London, Mr.. John Layine
announcing that Mr.. He 1ry Irving hel,
the Opera Comique against him, until
the cate. August 6, when his lease be
gins. M. Mansfield, in order to be
ahead OF him, had announced his open
ing for August 4. and Mr.. BanGmann
sd cabled to buy Mrs. Bernard Beere
of for the last few days of her engage
ment, 50 that he could appear. before
Mr. Mansfield, as he expected to until
that gentleman gave matters a new
complexion by his sudden departures.
But then M. Irving stepped IN and
arranged that Hrs. Bernard-Beere
should play out her engagement.
Hence, Mr.. Eaudmann is Indignant at
Mr.. Irving, though he says he has the
best of wishes for Mr.. Mansdeld's sue
cess, which he considers is necessary to
ais own.
Mr.. Bandmann was, except on the
subject of Mr.. Irving, in very. good
humor yesterday. He said that MIR.
Mansfield was now net announcing a
date for opening. he himself, when
August 4 was announced as Mr.. Mans
fields date, had cabled that he would
appear August B. Mr.. Irving's action,
he said, was great surprise to him,
There was no rivalry on his part, and
the greatest blow that could happen to
him would be Mr.. Maas6eld's failure
He was willing to let the British pres:
and people decide on the merits of hlG
play and its performance, and though
ne would now open on his original dat'
of August 6.-R. 7. Herald.
s.%
Evan Stephens returned YESTERDAY
from his three weeks jaunt up to Port
land aud down the coast 10 San Fran
CISCO. He is greatly brorzed ant
generally improved by mis- trip, but say
he will undertake. nothing in a musica
way before the commencement o
the new term at the University where
he will be the musical professor ant
preside over irst-class and complet,
musical department, which IL is ex
pected will include Mr.. Weihe as III
structor of the violin. This indicates
that the University this year will d,
nothing by halves. as for all the ru
mors regarding a Sc coo offer for a weel
of the opera company IN San Francisco
Mr. Stephens smiles at them. and say!
he first heard of the matter when hs
picked up HERALD out OF the road
He saw no one while he was gone WIN
could make an offer, and the only
music he heard was few solos by Miss
Dean in the parlors Of the Lick House
and the grand reception concert III tht
Mechanics Pavilion las Tuesday. Thi
was a great success, he SAYS. TIT ugh the
chorus of 600 did not tell out s,ronge
than 100 would have done, owing Go thu
faults in the building.
A letter from the other side, delivered
last night, tells yarn about Henry e
Dixey which has not yet become pub
lie property. Dixey has been in Lon
don for the past three weeks renewing
the friendships he formed there during
the run of Adonis with the jeuneSS.
doree. He dined with titled friend al
the latter's club couple of weeks ago
| and after dinner the two gentlemen
sauntered down Regent Street arm in
,rm enjoying the flavor of their Ha-
hanas. Suddenly cry arose along the
street in front OF them. and presently a
pair of horses dashed in sight with q
closed coupe swinging behind them
From inside cana woman's shrieks
AS the horses came rushing towards
them and the shrieking increased,
Dlxey's noble companion methodically
adjusted his solitary eyeglass, and man.
sged to calculate, "GadI" The young
American comedian, however jumped
4 into the middle of the road. and at the
imminent peril of at least dislocated
shoulder, succeeded in catching and
holding the horses till assistance came
to him. Then the door of the coupe
was thrust open, and a certain noble
lord very much disa-ranged as to APP
parel, supported fainting woman
out. The gentleman Is wei known by
fame to American readers. Dixey
came forward to proffer his assistance
out his friend with the eye glass coolly
approached, said he thought he had q
prior right to be of service as he recog-
nized in the lady his wife, asked the
comedian to kindly forget the occur
rence, called cab and drove off
When the gentleman with The eye
| ,Jaos have in sjpht tho ladu,s friau IA in