The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-02


a letter writer in the Mirror says of
the twin productions of Jekyn and
Hyde in London by Mansfield and
Bandmann: The first of the London
productions Of DR.. JeyklI and Mr..
Hyde was Mansfeld's, or Mr.. Russell
SUllivan's, which duly arrived at the
Lyceum on saturday night. before a
crowded house OF 'Drl hants and
fashionables,' including he present
writer. The play is so we'll known to
American readers and play-goers that
L need not enter into details about the
plot, which, as you know, is a bit thin.
Sooth to say, we found the piece. albeit
as difficult exercise, rejecting credit
uninteresting affair-a play which, if
not Ike Snylock's cat, harmless, is GER
tlinly unnecessary. 1t was only tole1-
ated I, tie sake of Mansfisld's acting
as MIR. Hyde-tor his Jekyll was
4nlmously voted jerky, spirit
less, ana utterly commonplace
impersonation. His Hyde how
ever, is full of wierd power and
ferocity, ana p1oVes that Mar sield has
Gas have ofttn seid in the past) great
capabilities for character acting. His
Hyde is SIMPLY revelation, es-
pecially in the quick change In Act III.
His Jekyll is absurd and Z .nifts all
his old faults. at the fall or the cur
tain Man3fld-wlo according to the
Daily NetCs, performed all lis quick
changing without any assistanc, from
the wig-makeI' 5 art''-came on in his
own bald head to acknowledge several
calls, and after thanking kind friends
in front fer all their kindness, ard Mr..
Irving for haYipg given him this chance
OF appearing ct the Lyceum, statad
that ne loved LIVING, g It, ement
which, aoc ling TO those IN the
know, is not strictly accurate. But
let that pass. For the rest it is
my opinion, that clever IS part of
young Mr.. Mansfeld's show it, it will
not earn its salt in London, the ratives
of which do not affect your pyschologi-
cal graveyard and gore sort of play.
On Monday we were all summon cd to
Bandmann s show, which we expected
to find as full of shudGers and or. ers as
Mansfi d 8 mixture. We were disar-
pointed, however, for it soon proved to
be RICH. merry ante ote, causing
frequent roaIs of Laughter sand
witched with gasps of asto nish-
ment at Bandmann's simple faith
IN pouring upon US such farrago
of utter aosurolCy, clumsy MT chanism,
obvious quick chan ;es,' Chrlsty
minstrel concerted piece; and sesqui-
pedalian dialogue. For me three
hours and a la merriment ruled, the
laughter rising to c-escendc, when the
blithe Bandm n !, after hoppiEgt about
pantomimically al Hyde, went behind
a table and deliberately tt ok off certain
clothes, and then suddenly faced the
audience as the pious JekyIl, still bear
ing Hyde's tuSks, which he had forgot
ten to remove from his jaw. l have not
laughed so much for many days. At
the finish, Bandman came on and GRATED
grandiloquentlv. EWhereas Mansfe.d
had said he 'loVea" Irving, Bandnsnn
declared he loved and admired Robert
the greatest mind of the nineteenth
century," Bandmann caused still
louder outlaws. however, when he
expressed the Joy he felt at returning
once more to his sunny little Eng
land. The press and public have I'll
treated Bandmann's version AS a
pantomime, or at least a burlesque, OF
Stevenson and Mansfield. So much so
that the Opera Comlque closed last
night after three nights run.
-
According to the newspaper reports,
Longmans have brought the law to besr
upon Bandmann-why, l can't for tie
life of!me imagine, for there was little
or nothing of Stevenson in this version.
Some opine, howevtr, that Bandm ann.
in order to gracefully retreat. has been
and gone and got himself irjuucted and
stopped. Anyhow it doesn't matter
much. / expect Mansfield will PIE emit.
ly have to select some other pattern ::
he wishes TO draw MOI ey mere.
NOTES.
IT is announced TIA iss alice L'l--
gard is seriou. y cons d.Ilng auothe
American tour.
]. H. RYLEY has joired the New
York Casino COMPANY. AID will SING
the principal role in tie new ollnert