The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-30
DRAMATIC
Close of One Busy Week and
Opening Of Another.
TOM KEENE'S REPERTOIRE
Scaled Baek"-"The Stowaway"-"Worlds
Fair Company-"The Men and
Women Company-Notes.

The week has been a fairly notable one
In the circle Of amusements, and Thanks
giving day, always one OF the best theatrl-
cal dates in the year, has contributed to
still further swell the steadily rising
stream of the theatre profits. The house
hardly seems to know the sensation, nova
days, of playing to poor business.
The Home club had very satisfactory
season with Called Back" and although
their opening night showed some ragged
places consequent on rehearsals held at
early mornings, late nights, dinner hours,
ETC., due to the impossibility of obtaining
the stage at any other time-the second and
third performances brought the club up to
their old standard THE HERALD does not
think, as an error in type-setting made US
say the other day, that the representation
was equal to that of the Grlsmer-DaVls
company What was intended to be SAID
was that in some respects, and notably IN
the details of the Siberian scene, the Girls
mer-Davis company did not excel the anna
teurs. Were we to award the palm to any
particular actor in this representation, we
would say that it belonged 10 MIR. 1oung
for his truthful delineatlon OF the Soclalls-
tic professor, Ceneri. The CLUB VIII prop
ably not be heard from again for some
months.
That moral play, "The Stowaway," cap
tured the town, and last night saw hardly
any diminution in the immense attendance.
The two reformed burglars" one Of whom
was astonishingly announced to appear IN
a dress suit and actually did so-agaln in
Quoted the audience into the mystery Oh
blowing open safes. AS to how much
the falling of that door is really
due to powder or nitro glycerlne
or any other explosive is secret that the
audience will never be admitted into. 1t is
certain that that safe is guarded as Jeal--
ously as if it really contained the treasures
the robbers were after, and for aught any
one on the outside knows, it may all be as
great fake as the "Ivy Lear sensation,
which exhibited live eagle on the street
and then darkened the stage and sent a
feather duster across on wires.
1.-The Stowaway" has some surprisingly
good people in it considering the freshness
of the play and the reprehensible sensa
tionalism of its "rear' burglars. The most
capable ACTOR in the company is the villain,
MIR Lynch, who is so much OF an artist
that he must feel tall disgust with his
states prison confreres.
Opening tomorrow night with almos
only twenty four hours noticecomes one o.
Rice,s big burlesque companies, the
ssWorld's Fair'' company. 1t has been do
ING a tremendous business in Denver, an(
owing to some delay, the advance man onl!
arrived Saturday to 'Wnoop up the Sai
Lake engagement.
The Boston Globe says: Catchy music
funny songs, pretty girls, a lot of nonsense
8 novel and bewitching ballet, and threa,
of plot. all backed by gorgeous costumes
handsome scenery, and thoroughly attrac
tive stage pictures, go to make up tn
"Worlds Fair" the spectacular extrava
ranza for the holiday season at the Ire
mont. and which was seen in this city 70
the first time this evening. An eXtrava
CANT spectacle 1t is indeed, but its ex
trayagances may be forgiven in its spec
tacular effects, which both combine I
crowd fun and pleasure into the few hour
of its stay Such at least seemed to be tn
verdict of the large audience last evening
and applause and laughter were almos
constant The piece ran very smoothly 70
SO elaborate production on strange stag
and fully justified all that had been said i
praise of it. 1t is presented by many oil
favorites in the east, to whose specialize
due recognition was given. Bright must
diyersifies the piece, and taken all together
IL RANKS nlgn duouS IAlS cltiSs ol Pre-
duction."
The curtain will rise at 80 to-morro,
night, owing to the heavy scenic Sc,
necessary to the piece.
Tom Keene comes back this week afte
eight years absence, ana we suppose his r,
cention will be something like an ovation
He played a tremendous engagement O
bie former visit, visit which was inte
united by his Illness and we well remep
her the disappointment that arose when
,ras announced that he would be unab
~ nlay sRichard Ill" That tragedy
~ he done on this visit, and will be su,
niemented by "Richelieu," the openir
piece, Louis XII" and Hamlet"
Thomas Wallace Keene-or, as he
more Familiarity known, Tom Keene-w,
horn in New York city October %, 1874
when unite young he developed taste fl
,ha theatre. and spent much of his tin
Sronnd the ssstage door," At the age of
he offered his services to play the part
T,ncius in "Julius Caesar" at the O
Chinese building on Broadway, ne;
Rroome street. His first regular engag,
ment was in Newark, n. j., where he a
reared as a leading man to popular sta
After travelling throughout the countr,
sunnortiug stars and acting with warrior
stock companies, he returned to New Yor
in 1869. and appeared at Woods museum
now Daly's theatre, in support of til
fayorite actor Edward Eddy. He the
again took the road. and later found hin
elf in California. In San Francisco he b,