The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-09
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
Sampson all Ready for the
Curtain to Rise.
THE HUNGARIAN ORCHESTRA.
Maude Harrison's Latest Engagement
Lester WaI1ack-Am
ment Notes.

A full rehearsal of Mr.. Sampson OF
Omaha, with everybody present except
Mr.. Deull, who arrives from
Omaha to-day, was held at the
Theatre last evening, and the
result showed that by Wednes-
day the work will be in COM
plete shape. NJ. Brigham, Mr.. Young
and Madame Young are in raptures
over many features of the Salt Lake
production, which they say will run as
far ahead If the Omaha performance as
Omaha runs ahead of Salt Lake as a
town., The orchestra here, with Prof.
Careless at its head, would cause the
Omaha orchestra TO go back to taking
lessons again; the costuming in most
respects will be the same; the scenery
will be vastly superior here; of stage
business, there was almost none in the
ON ,ha production -. and Madame
Young has paid Mr.. White the
nlghtest compliments for the bright
marches, drills. movements and
general details which he has injected
into the piece. Some very excellent
Photographic stands, portraying the
author, composer and principals IN the
cast are posted In prominent snow win
doWs about town, and there is every
where an indication OF the most absorb
ing interest in the production. A west
ern made libretto, music by Salt Lake
lady and performers selected from
home amateurs, all make up combina-
ton which Salt Lake-emphatically the
patron city of home enterprises-will
rally as she never rallied to anything
yet. 1t is matter of regret that the
author, Mr.. Fred. Nye mot Bill, as
local paper had it), of the Omaha World
caunot be present to witness the Salt
Lake production. Madame Young, the
composer. viii preside at the piano in
the orchestra. MIR. Young says there
will be clean sheet when the box office
opens Tuesday-tne first conner will be
the first served.
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The Hungarian Royal Military Band.
which also seems to have something OF
tinge of royal variety company, ap-
pears at the Theatre tomorrow night.
Besides the fifteen Hungarian per-
formers, who are advertised as fifteen
soloists, there is a Hungarian gentle
man who does some rapid land
scape sketching in view of his audience
and couple OF trapezists or slack
wire performers who bear the distinct
Smithers. Altogether there would
seem to be enough on the bill to suit
every taste.
A name that to Salt Lake has always
b en- a very familiar and popular one,
is missing from the list of the Madison
Square Company this season. 1t is that
OF Miss Maude Harrison, who has at
length retired from Mr.. Planners com
pany and accepted an engagement, this
tine for life, With manager
who will devote her talents
to filing role in more domestic line
of drama than any in which she has
yet appeared. We find the following
in last weeks Mirror: Miss Harrison
and her fGYcee are new willing to give
out their intentions; in fact, they have
authorized the publication OF them
through the medium OF a mutual
friend. This lady says that the we'd
ding will take place in few weeks. and
that Miss Harrison will not again be
seen on the stage. She has very seQsi-
bly, made up her mind to retire. We
will lose talented and favorite come
dienne. whose efforts have continuously
commanded the applause of New York's
most discriminating piay-goers for
number of years, but Mr.. Carson W Ii
gain loving and lovely wife, who is
certainly qualified to make him a very
happy mortal.
Mr.. Carson is a wealthy business
man of Chicago.
When old John Gilbert retired from
the stage u few weeks ago, the asst of
the Sir Peters, the Sir Harcourts and
the other aged heroes OF the old Eng
lish comedies vanished from the Amer
lean boards; and with the death of
Lester Wallack this week, is removed |
the last American manager who clung
to the belief that the English comedy |
OF a hundred years ago was
the thing for the stage OF to- |
day. Poor Wallackl He inter
posed his feeble form before the wild |
modern rush for the sensationehsm. |
the realism, the spectacular of to day, |
and he went down before the storm. |
Az admirable and beautiful company |
uS hcpt tOSSlneT lux uSdI q Y udI LST VI !
century, and the fidelity with which he |
chung to reviyals season after season of |
the School for Scandal, The Rivals. Old |
Heads and Young Hearts, London As
surance and many others of the old |
country favor, was only equalled by |
the fidelity with which the public
ssaid away from them. It was
q hard fight, and noble endeayor to
WOO the public e into a refined
channel, but be hac to abandon 1t at
last, and the transfer OF his memorable
theatre to the hands OF a. II. Palmer
who represents all the enterprise,
modern taste and keen Judgment tina,
Wallack lacked-and the great Hamlet
benefit rendered him last
May, are still matters fresh in the
public mind. and illustrate something
as to how his later fortunes had Jared,
aud of the great respect in which he was
held by the noted ones among
his profession. Wallack, himself, was q
fine actor of the old legitimate school
and his yearly appearances in the ro-
mantle play of Rosedale-a play which |
will perish with him-were events very
familiar and dear to the older New York
theatre goers. In all his tastes and in
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