The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-26
Behind the Scenes With the
Wife Company.
RESUME OF A GREAT WEEK
keicey's Experiences - Mrs. LIE,
moyhe's Views of Contemporaries
Gus Events-The Dark Secret.

largely predominated, The Wife en-
gsgement went out last evening. Tn
receipts for the three nights went clos
upon 81, 100, which is a great showing
considering there was no change of bill
and that it was a midsummer engage
ment. There is nothing left to be saic
IN praise of The company; the hit
have been many and pronounced, anC
there Is no member of the cast but car
read his or her title clear TO a big
hearted welcome when q second visi
comes to be made. To the majestic
Ke cey, the gentle Miller, the superb
Wheatcroft, the war horse LIE Movne
the unctious Dickson, the hale Wslcot
the sweetIy pensive Cayvan, the
the naughty Henderson, the delightful
Dillon, the buxom Mrs. Walcot, and
the motherly Mrs. Whifen-we say
Arf WiederSehen and luck go with you
one and al.
Herbert Kelley is an instance Of ore
Of the most rapid promotions known
among leading men of the day. He has
only been on the stage nine years, yet
here heis probably tina most sought after
actor known to managers. He is the
true typs of your English gentleman's
son, reared in affluence, and, a. he freely
Rdmite, reared without any trade ex-
cept that of gentleman. He had a.
&c odly sum of money left to him, which
look to its wings one fine day through
the medium OF speculation, and LETT its
late owner with a cold world staring
him in the face. In his search for
something to do he was advised to
adopt the stage, AMI he no sooner
stepped upon the boards than he stepped
on his road to fortune. He first
met his wife, Caroline Hill, while
they were playing in the cast of Youth
at Drury Lane, and he Iaughingly saws
he fell in love with her while she was
playing q boys part. Miss Hill was
then already an accomplished artist,
and she took her hush in hand.
drilled him, trained him, criticised him,
moulded him, and DEVELOPED him into
the actor he IS. II owe all my success
to her is an admission he frankly
makes. In The Wife company Mr.. Kelcey
is great fagorlte, and there are no closer
friends than he and MIR. Miller. Among
the ladies he is familiarly known SIS
'Bertie," and for everyone, from the
lea to the highest, lie always has
tou. toms word and a cheering smile.
MI. Kelley has played a great line
OF various parts on the English and
American stsge-in Youth alone having
done several of the male roles. 1t may
sourd like heresy to say it, but good as
Mr., Keicey is in all roles-to our par
ticu!ar notion he shines at his best in
the role of villain, We well remember
MS excellent work in Saints and Sin
ners, and his Spider in the Silver King
must have been e revelation. MIR. Kei-
cey says himself that of all the parts be
has p.syed few have suited him so well
as that Of Count Orlotf in Diplomacy
and We can imagine that he would leave
nothing to be desired in that role. He
will continue with the Lyceum Com
pany next season PLAYING in The Wife
in Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, st.
Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston
and Brooklyn till November 18th, when
the season at the LyCeum begins with
ST eat Lavender, in which Mr. Kelley
and Miss Cayvan have comedy roles. 1t
is not improbable that we may have
the good fortune before many seasons
of seeing Mr.. Kelley and Caroline Hill
at the head of company of their own.
~
CNE of the brightest among all the
L. ceum PEG lie has not been seen by
the public, for the reason that she is
not an acting member, and travels
With the.company.. solely to be with her
:. stand, that staunch veteran, LIE
1 oyne. Mrs. LIE Moyne was not long |
g o the gifted Sarah Cowell, former
II EN- Der of the Union Square in it's
p lmy days, and known as one Of this
c untry's most talented readers and
r, citers. She recently had an offer
f. ON Irving to go to London, but she
T referred to spend her honeymoon
'Toustingabout" the wilds of Salt Lake
fud Los Angeles with her husband.
Mrs. LIE Moyne seldom misses night
at the theatre, though she has seen the
Wife so often that it is stale story
with her, and she will be found any
night seated in her husbands
dressing room ready to assist him
IN his changes, and while she
IS engaged in some light work,
node ing understsn dinghy at the muffied
.oars of laughter and applause which
lavso the room from the front. The
= lAlOA 4OuAu ASI OCCbpIou Juuo vi TIC
'acond night of the Wife, and was
4vored with some of her chatty OBJ
err atoms on current topics of in
ereS /:
What do 1 think of the Wife as a
Jay? Well its pure, sweet, domestic :
;tOly-very like the Bankers Daughter
IS on say. but then 1 remember when
lie Bankers Daughter was done, all I
be critics cried "a rehash!" "a'rehash!" l
The old old story of the discarded y
over, and heart learning to love a I
econd timel' What did it matter? as v
Manager Palmer said-the people ike t
s nd its the box Office that tells the Y
ale, my boy. distant Roar Mr.. |
.eMoyne is proposing to the widow. -
AXE Jim the Penman now-its a fine F
LAYOUT it hasn't the living human n
interest that the simple little Wife has. u
Another roar)-Mr. LeMoyne's redl
TX Ietter has been deliveredto the widow.
-luu can see the same faces G
D the audience at the performances Z
ignt after night. 1t is the story OF :
,ve-the old, old tale that never grows u
ld-that ttracts them; you can see
Dung gir,s poring over the Duchess y
nd 0uids. and old men and women T.
training their eyes over Sir Walter Z