The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-01
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
Harry Dixey and His Adonis
Company.
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In Gay Gotham


the city yesterday afternoon just when
the curtain should have been ascend
ing upon the first act. They tore at
once to the Theatre, but there the
spectacle of very few dollar and half
spectators speedily decided them that
there was not sufficient time to unpack
the costumes and props in time to do
justice to performance, and the dlmi~
nutive audience was sent sSsck TO the
ticket Office, whers the gre ~ part of
it changed off the front row Wats they
had secured, for places on the heaters
or standingup accommodations at
nigh.
In the evening, there vas woutler-
full contrast to the scene of the after
noon. s. 3. (Which in the vernac,
ular OF the theatre means, Standing
Room Only. was hung ON the outer
walls as soon as the doors were opened,
| but undismayed by the legend, the pub
lie KEEP. pouring in till there was not an
inch Of space left even behind the extra
row of hired chairs which had been sold
during the afternoon. All the aisies
| were blocked with chairs. and every city
councillor present probably went
home more than ever impressed
| with the necessity of doing some
thing With The ordinance relat-
! ing to keeping aisles .cIear-which
periodically comes up for postponement
| ia the councils deliberations. The re-
ceipts were close upon 81, 400 the great
est house seen since the visit Of Booth.
1t Is enough to say that the furore
| with which Mr.. Rice's burlesque,
travesty, opera cezniQue. spectacle-or
| whatever it might be ealled-ls received
everywhere-greeted it on its presents-
ton In Salt Lake. The audience was
made up of the ciasa which
keeps best posted on every
thing of note going On In the
east, and one therefore which knew
that DixeS snd A1onis form the
greatest marvel of the amusement age;
the three years run the piece has had,
and the extraordinary popularity
achieved by its chef character-a popu-
iarity which in the largest cities has
taken the form of public receptions,
civic balls, official dinners, and other
marks of districtior, Hardly enjoyed by
the .Irvings and Booths of the stage
had combined to put every one on the
| tip-toe of expec' ency, and there was q
! genuine flurter when the rich curtains
were drawn, and the gorgeous statue
of Adonis stood revealed. 1t was not
| till the second act, however, when
Dixey appears as the Chevalier, does the
clever duel With the polished william
Gresham, enscts the killing role
| - IL ola
barber the village maiden with
greatest of all his inimitable limitations
of Irving and his rendering of Its
English You Know" that the audience
| understood how il was possible for the
piece 10 have taken SO extraordinary a
hold upon the public. The ease, grace.
finish and polish which. Dixey imparts
to everything he does from the render
ing of speech la Henry Irving
TO the tossing of q foil in the
air and the catching it by the
handle as it falls-are all of The
most exquisite, and the laughter, the
roar of applause andsthe endless recalls,
| fully attested' what the audience
thought of it ALL Of the supporting
company it is impossible to speak ex,
cept in terms of the heartiest praise.
! The Bunyon Turke of Mr.. Howard, who
goes cursins through the play in an ex-
cellent imitation of Couldock, as Dustau
Kirke, the polished villain of Mr..
Herbert Gresham, and the merry little
mountain maid of Miss Summeryiile,
were the leading features. and all came
in for generous share of the applause
of the night. The fairy of Miss KAY
lansugh was the weakest feature. The
nervousness of the dresses, the bli%,
Tliance of the marches, the pretty faces
tsnd forms of the girls, the animated
tabIeeux, the charm of the music. the
fun of the circus four, and the
i boy tigers. all made up
spectacle not soon to b
/ forgotten, for It's gorgeeusness,
Its variety and its originality, With
lDixey, with Rice's music, Rice's pretty
girls, and all the fun that is constantly
| being lugged into Adonis, there Is 30
Ireas0n why it SHOULD not go running
Fsmoothlg along till the crack Of doSth.
| Mr.. Edward Rice, the composer u
! the music Of both Adonis anu cyan