The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-03
Notes.,

this fall
Fort Donelsonn is the name of the letest
war drama.
Dixey comes west this month with
"Adonis' and 1.-THE Seven Ages"
Emma Abbott has solid week booked at
the theatre about Christmas time f,s
Frank Daniels viii stick to 'sLittle Puck"
next season, but will entirely remodel It,
1.-THE City Directory will soon be here;
Charlie Reed is with the company and
funnier than ever.
Goddard, the baritone, is about to open q
tonsorial establishment in Nephi. We shall
regret to lose him.
Edwin Booth is suffering from nervous
affection of the knees that fails to yield to
skilled medical treatment
| Hedmont will be Juch's principal tenor
again next season. We think she ought TO
| have done better than this
| The Lyceum debating society is going to
| enter the dramatic fields with the Golden
Plough, or Detected at Last"
''Saints and Sinners was played all last
week by Palmer company at the Baldwin.
This week concludes the engagement.
| The distinguished dramatic critic, Nym
Crinkle, has written novel which ought
to have heavy sale in the profession.
Rose Coghlan is negotiating with Edwin
Royle for his new comedy drama, Quick
sands.n The play will have metropolitan
representation shortly.-MifrOr.
Mrs Herbert Kelley Caroline Hill has
been engaged to create a part i'll Reckless
Temple,n the play in which Maurice Barry
more is to star, and which opens at the
Standard Theatre October ID.
Minnie Dupree, the clever actress who
played Susan here with the "Held by the
Enemyn company, is with Cora Tanner IN
Zone Error" next season. Ada Dwyer
will also have one of the principal parts,
Carlotta Maconda, who was favorably
known with the National Opera company,
and later with the Bostonians, has been
engaged to support Miss Emma Juch in her
grand English opera company next season.
Augustin DAILY told London reporter
that there was only one American actress
of this generation who could be compared
With Ada Rehan, and that was Clara Nor
ris. Mr.. DAILY was instrumental in bring
ing out both ladies.
Madame Campabello will arrive here tc
join her husband this week. She is q
young lady said to be gifted with aphenom
email soprano voice. Signor Campobello, by
the way, says he is more than satisfied with
the outlook IN this city,
Franz Vetta, the famous basso, and
Lizzie McNichol, the well known con tralto
are summering at Nantucket, but they re-
turn to New York shortly to begin rehear
sails for the Emma Juch grand English
opera company. Miss McNichol, by the
way. is known off the stage as Mrs. Yetta
Journal. o.
Peter McCourt has accomplished some
pretty tall work in the past week. While
his theatre in Salt Lake was still burning
he made deal with the Salt Lake theatre
to include it in his Silver Circuit, and ht
now has control of that house. In this way
he will protect the interests of the people
who are to play with him in Denver, and
} in connection with the AL. Hayman chair
of houses time can now be offered for {
tour from Omaha to Portland, Oregon, ant
back at Charles Frohman's office.-Mirror
The silly storytelling to with affection
by the elderly professional gossips-tha
. John Wilkes Booth is alive and turned
and once more started on tour through
the western press. The ancient fiction i
now embroidered with portentous hin
! that Edwin Booth is in the habit of making
Irregular remittances to certain locality.
This suggestion probably grew out of
y muddled knowledge of the fact that TO
: many years a female member OF the Boot
a family was ,preyed upon by adyenturer
4 who pretended to be In communication wit
: John Wilkes, and who applied the fund
thus fraudulently extracted from the limo
e cent lady to their own uses.-Mtrror.
} 1t is extremely probable that the famou
e cmposer OF Faust Charles Gounod, vii
visit America in the fall. In spite of man
statements to the contrary, it appears tina
he wishes to come. He has sent contrac
to an agent in New York, and it is now re
. ceiving due consideration from 7. Henri
: French, manager of the Madison Squar
a
!, Gounod will appear in the great amphi
I theatre in October, conducting perform
= ances, not only of his operas but Of hi
: oratorios and other works. About on
!, hundred and twenty people will be brough
= over with him to APPEAR in the represents
6 tions, and everything will be done to max
l his visit one of the largest musical sensf
d tions of the day.. There is no doubt that
: widespread public interest would be dis
|: played and the eminent composer woul
l be received in manner worthy of hi
. fame
Active preparations are being made fc
the metropolitan debut of John L. Sui
!, van, who is to jointly star next seaso
= with Duncan B. Harrison in the latter
y new play, "Honest Hearts and Willin
=. Hands" Johu L. will make his initis
! bow as an actor at Niblo's on September
= and will be supported by very stron
:. company which is now being engaged. N
Il expense Is being spared to make the pr
= duction an emphatic success. A number
= very clever songs have been written b
y MI Harrison and will be sung at interva
~ during che play by a double quartette. TIL
= attraction, which is certainly one of tt
q greatest novelties Of the season, has bee
Il booked in all the larger cities between Ne
Il York and San Francisco by Messrs RAJ
q dali 81 Dickson, and will travel in privat
haip fprs tlnty
i pose by a noted car-bulding factory
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