The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
The Renovation of the Theatre
Has Commenced.
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.
Christopher Columbus on the Stage-The
Equine ParadOx-The Odd Eel
lows-NOtes

A visit to the interior Of the theatre yes
terday afternoon illustrated to Dramatic
and Lyric that the management are not
stinting themselves in the improvements
which have been undertaken there. The
busy hum of the carpenters saw and the
merry swish of the decorators brush were
mingling in sweet communion, while here
and there lay strips of the old wall paper
ready for the dump heap, and rich rolls OF
the new eager to blaze forth like maid
with a new gown. One thing we fancy
that will detract somewhat from the i'm
preston to be made upon the public will be
that the theatre is to be kept open during
the progress of the improvements, but this
was inevitable from the fact that attrac
tions passing through the country could not
afford to skip Salt Lake, and the theater
reciprocallyco uld not afford to have them.
1t is hoped the exterior of the theatre will
not escape the attention of the management,
as it does not present that imposing appear
could be made to present with reasonable
outlay.
Christopher Columbus is to have gen
eral resurrection next season; that is, he
| is to be feature in number of new pro-
| Guctiors. One of these is romantic
drama in four acts, called christopher
Columbus, or the Discovery of America"
| 1t is to be given its first presentation In
this city next month at the Windsor theatre,
with strong caste and a number of novel
mechanical effects. Fay Templeton's bur-
| Of CT nI,in - biohi c IN
be produced at the Four.eenth-s street
theatre on August 18th, also has Christie
pher Columbus among its features, while
one of the leading characters in Edwin r..
| Rice'S spectacular production OF 'The
Worlds Fair'' is satire upon the great
discoverer of America. Mr.. Rice, by the
way, has engaged H. l.. Reid of the Globe
theater Boston, to design and paint several
handsome new scenes for this production.
I-JOurndl.
The "Prince and Pauper'' with the
charming little child actress Elsie Leslie
as the leading feature of the play com
mence weeks engagement in Denver
at the Tabor Grand tomorrow night, and
the following week appear at the theatre
for three nights and Saturday matinee.
One of the leading Philadelphia papers in
speaking of the production in that city
says: I'm dramatizing the narrative Mrs
Abby Sage Richardson has made no import
ant departure from the authors text eX
cept to create the dramatic climaxes that
are essential for stage use at the conclu
sion of each act. Otherwise she has EN-
ployed the greater portion of his dialogue
i and she has admirably preserved the
romance of the book. 1t is not necessary
here to rehearSe the narrative, with which
| very few readers of current fiction are I'LL
familiar. Rather it is worth while to speak
of the fine sentiment which prevades it, Of
the impressive work which, is done by every
member of the cast, and of the beautiful
stage settings, which frame what i:
not unworthy of being styled dramatic
jewel. First of all, of course, is Elsit
Leslies representations of edward
Tudor 'The Prince and ''Tom CAVITY
''The Pauper." 1t is far more onerou:
and valuable performance than that o.
Little Lord Fauntleroy," and it is beyond
cavil the most serious and trying duty that
any actress of her years has attempted
But she plays it with remarkable grac,
and force. The court language of the he'll
to the throne in the seventeenth century
and the queer idiom of the vagabond boy
are spoken with equal intelligence and hel
acting of the contrasting characters is nc
less instinct with the elements of fidelity.
| Over and over again the audience was pro
voked to applause, Notwithstanding that il
was quite critical to let itself out until il
had become convinced of the merit of tn
drama.
The equine paradox, or in other words
the exhibition of trained horses and dog
which appears for three nights at the the
atre, commencing tomorrow night, is ON
of the best attractions of its kind now tray
cling on the road. 1t is after the order @
Bartholomew great show, and is said t
be really merltor1ouS, and such one a
completely captivates and delights not onl
, children but intelligent grown people.
The Odd Fellows society have an entel
tainment in the Salt Lake theatre Tuesda
=; afternoon. 1t was the original intention t
give great banquet. but the time was to
short in which TO complete the necessar
1 arrangements.
The San Francisco Music and Drama in
recent article, implies that owing to the r
cent burning of the Grand opera house
b this city, companies were compelled to cal
eel Salt Lake entirely. Sucn an implicatiC
is inexcusable, in view of the prompt a.
nouncement of the arrangements effecte
by Mr.. Burton, manager of the Salt Lal
theatre, and Mr.. Peter McCourt, of De
yer, by which the theatre comes into I'll
J. Silver Circuit and plays all attractions pr
= viously booked at The Grand, as well as
its own bookings. We venture the asse
ton that no company has been compellt
!. or need be compelled to skip Salt Lake Il