The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-17

An American play by an American wo-
man was one thing, but any play with the
stamp of London approval upon it was
quite another thing. Then came the little
woman's revenge. She set price upon
her dramatic wares which made the New
York managers stand aghast. French was
the first to recover his breath. He saw a
chance to get ahead of his fellow managers
and he acceded to Mrs. Burnett's terms.
Now it is crowding the new Broadway
theatre with audiences such as that house
of amusement has never held. No limit IS
fixed for the run. Mrs. Burnett is said to
have made already $4,000 on Little Lord
Fauntleroy;" $4,000 on Sara Crewe," has
been paid Sl5, 900 for her new novel by the
Boomers and a heavy sum for her story in
st. Nicholas. 1t is said that she can earn
nearly fifty thousand dollars year with
her pen.
There was the old-time rally of messen-
ger boys on the steps Of the theatre at day
break yesterday, and at the opening OF the
window at 10 o'clock there was regular
crush. The opening night will be an i'm
mense one, and the others equally so, If the
opera catches on as 1T is expected 10. me
stNSy of the opera "Paola'' as presented by
Lfe Duff Opera company at the Salt Lake
Theatre tomorrow night, is bright and
humorous. Unlike the arguments of some
of The comic operas of to-day, the audience
can follow it and see it work out to an IN
telligent conclusion. The dialogue at all
times is witty; there is no stralnlng after
effect. The plot is laid in Corsica, where
some centuries before the story oeglns
member of tribe of barbarianS lnsulted
member of another tribe. The result Of
the quarrel was the murder of one OF the
participants after a lapse of centuries, the
story as told in Paola begins. IL is time
honored fact that the elder branches OF the
family are the ones to whom the honor OF
keeping up the vendetta Is gwen. Fifteen
years previous to the opening OF the play
The heads of the families had died and the
E,ounp heirs sent to France to be educated.
Here thew become warm friends and we
see them in Act l just returned
topether to their homes III
Corsica. Sapolo Baroni and Lucien
CaroH are these men who by their sup
posed right of birth are the ones TO keep
up the feud between their two bloodthlrsty
families. Lucien Carroll is met by his
mother and kinsmen and Sapolo 6arOnl IS
greeted with Joy by his supposed uncle
Braggadocio and his relative Critic. Both
of these young men are informed of the
feud existing between the Barcnis and
CAROLS and much to their disgust learn
that they are the parties to whom the
sacred honor of carrying out the vendetta
is entrusted. Finding that II they refuse
to try and kill each other, they themselves
win be dispatched by their flowing kins-
men, they feign undying hatred and de-
tlermiue to keep up the deception till they
cAA sneak away. In the meantime Lucien
and Paola, Sapolos sister, have learnt to
love one another and Sapolo himself has
fallen in love with Chillina, another Cors-
lean belle and with woman's wit Chillina
seek how she can best save her lover.
Finally she brings a body of soldiers
IN where the two families have re-
retired for the more easily carrying out of
their murderous plans. This winds up
everything satisfactorily, and the feud is
closed forever by the intermarrying of the
the two families. 1t can safely be said that
very few organizations are as complete IN
every detail and as strong IN musical talent
as the one Mr.. Duff brings mere. Such
names as Digby Bell, MARX o IIL r r. ra ana
Pearson. Joseph w. Fay, +. w. Oakland,
Georgine Won Januschowsky, Laura Joyce
Rel. Katie Gilbert are more than sufficient
guarantee of a fine performance. Dlgpy
Rell in the part of Sapolio, has chance Tor
a great deal of very good comedy work, and
has made a great hit everywhere IN MS
song, ssIn This my Native Land" Every
%yhere this season Paola has been a sue
lcess. Mr. Duff has organized this company
for an especial engagement of two months
at the Baldwin theatre, San Francisco, and
theatre-goers should take this opportunity
of seeing two operas well mounted and per
formed A large chorus and incidental
ballet are very important feature in this
opera. On Wednesday and Thursday
nights "a Trip to Africa" will be put on
at the request of the manager of the the
atye, as it met with such marked success
tsAO seasons age when played here by Mr.
D&r.
The backing out of ''Mr. Barnes of New
York; has left Thanksgiving day vacant
at the theatre. and the date has been
rendered the Home Dramatic club to fill.
The club had nothing new by them except
s"Held by the Enemy, which could not be