The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
RosINA voKEs COMPANY.

4 cram jam brilliant holiday audience at the
Grand last evening assembled 10 give Rosina
Vokes and Felix Morris warm welcome back
to Salt Lake. They had a new triple bill up
"a Game of Cards. 1.-The Circus Rider and
THE Rough Diamond y three pieces selected TO
show the brightness and versatility OF Miss
NOkeS and the lnlmltaDle dialect chaTaclcrlZa-
ton of Felix Morris, who STANDS without peer
on the stage in this line of acting. The big jump
from his old Frenchman in the first piece TO his
Cousin Joe in the last was a marvel of makeup
and conception and it was hard to believe
that the two characters were portrayed
by the same man. Miss VokeS sang and danced
as cleverly as she acted-more could hardly be
said in her praise but We do think that in the
face OF such rouslng recall as she received she
should have been obliging enough to her au-
dience TO give . verse over again. Mr.. Thorpe
Is as careful and CONSCIENTIOUS an actor US he
ever was and the new man. Mr.. Bell, in his
three widely differing characters, showed that
he is made OF the high-claSs stuff that the Vokes
selects for all her supporting material. The
whole entertainment is OF the richest, daintiest
flavor, and the immense success that meets the
company everywhere will be dup lea ed in the
Salt Lake engagement. The Grand last even
ing had the old-time dark spaces under the gal
lery lit up with electric jets, SO that every one
could see every one else in the house, an limo
yaIion which will be greatly appreciated.
This evening a complete change OF programme
win be offered by Rosina VokeS and her COM
pany at the Grand opera house.
Tue first play, Crocodile Tears introduces
u new IdCG OUT tiltdlTc SOtIS-EIIIllly baUCheT
and furnishes Felix Morris an opportunity for
clever light comedy work. 1t will be followed
by My Milhner'S Bill" Miss VokeS favOrite
c0medietta. in which she sings His Art Was
| True to Poll and dances her famous sailors
dance
The last comedy OF the evening, "a Panic
mime Rehearsal" requires the entire company
for its exposition and is feast of fun in itself,
portraying the troubles Of an author in rehears-
| ing lot of raw amateurs in his pantomime.
Miss Volies has new and characteristic song
and dance in this; Mr.. Felix Morris, an alb
Surdly comical part as Frenchman VINO
has his own conception of his part"
| and Mr. GottSchalk who is the orchestra
for the piece, has fine piano solo to execute.
He is said to be a worthy descendant OF the
| his celebrated namesake, the composer Colts
chalk. There will be no matinee given Saturday
as heretofore announced, in consequence OF
| Miss Vokes' desire TO avoid playing any extra
performances. She never appears at Wednes-
day matineeS or on Sunday nights and very
seldom at Saturday matineeS so Manager Bur
CESS has very kindly allowed her to cancel that
performance here. Tonight'S bill will be seen
for the only time here, and Saturday evening q
repetition OF last evenings bill will be offered.
The curtain will rise at 81 80 tonight on account
OF the Liberal parade.
| CONFUSION"
has been done many times before in Salt Lake,
but last night at the theatre it drew the largest
audience il ever went to. The cast was the same
as on the original production, except that Mrs.
Shell, Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Barlow assumed the
old parts of Edith Clawson, Mr.. White and Mr..
Whitney. The piece went of with its old vim
and incessant hilarity, and its action almost had
to wait at times to allow the audience to recover
from its paroxysms. AS Il farce comedy Con
fusion stands without rival in all the list and
in the matter of business and detail, nothing the
Home club ever did was more perfect The best
work ever done by Lottie Claridge is done in
Confusion ana Spencer and Wells are also
very nearly at their best. MIR. Young and Birdie
Cummings were clever as ever and Fred Claw
son and Ivy Clawson filled the requirements
) The three new people did excellently, and thu
baby and pug got u reception.
The matinee was fairly well attended, q mum
! Der of Miss Vokes' company being amused spec
tatOrS.