The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-07
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
Tom keene'S Brilliant Salt Lake
Season.
HERNE IN HEARTS OF OAK"
Last Night-Keene at Closer Range-The
Coming Ainstrels-The New
Variety-Notes.
HERNE IN HEARTS OF OAK"

There is no limit to Keene's popularity
in Salt Lake. Opening the first night to
an $500 house. the second saw the receipts
pushed up to a comfortable notch beyond
that figure. The third night they again
rose, and the fourth they took one tremen-
dous bound and touched $500, making
season of $4,000 in the four nights. The
house last night was greater even than the
great one which once before assembled TO
see Keene's Richard III, and which was dis
missed on account of his inability to appear.
The performance was one in all ways
worthy Of such an audience. In many re
speCJs 1t was the most complete represen-
tation Of the tragedy as to costumes, supers,
effects and support ever witnessed in this
city. and though heene's voice prevented
him rising up abreast OF his own standard,
MS vigOr, his magnetism, his facial express
sion and ais business of the part also made
it as notable performance of the star role
as we ever remember seeing. Warde was the
last actor to do it here and creditable as his
rendition was, IL sinks out of sight com
pared with that of keene. The craft, cum
ming and cruelty thrown into the part were
something beyond description. The main
parts were excellently portrayed. Lear
UCk's Richmond won hearty applause and
Moores Buckingham was equally good.
Miss Shannon and Miss Vaders were both
excellent, and all the support-barring the
Stanley, who was wooden-was in clever
hands.
Seen at close range, in the unrestricted
and unrestrained confines of his dressing
room-keene, the man, is as unlike Keene
tbs tragedian, as any two .dissimilar things
could well be. He strikes you at once as a
merry irishman, and if you did not know
him you would think he could better play
such parts as The Irish Minstreinor Con,
the Shaughraun," than Louis XII, or
Richard Ill" He was suffering from the
severe cold which has crippled his best
work since he has been in Salt
Lake when we saw him on Friday
night, but he talked as brightly
and cheerily as if he had been in
q perfect state of health. 1.-THE first
thought that struck me when this cold
cane on me, :" said he, twas. am going 10
be laid up again in Salt Lake! It's ten
years ago since l was here, and had to
hand the audience their money back after
they had come in to see Richard I'LL /
hae PLAYED 'Shylock' at the matinee, and
had tlImbled down three times while doing
Though OF the stage each time. / called
in a ooctor about6 O'Clock, andhe said: If
you play Richard mp tonight you take
your life in your handsp AT first l said
nonsense and would have gone
ahead anyhow, but when another
doctor was called in, and he
said the same thing a little more posi-
lively than the other, 1 thought 1T was
time to heed their words. What beauti-
ful house it was, too! But I'll play Rich
ard tomorrow night will, If l die in the
centre OF the suage.m
MIR. heene said he remained off the stage
he Of. ., -, ~
cent illness. He was always affected by
the altitude here and in Denver, and he
cut Leadville out OF the tour altogether.
Tomorrow night James A. Herne makes
one -night-only stay here, presenting
Hearts of Oak,n which he and Dave
Belasco (then strolling player. now one
of the monied writers of New York and
Joint author with De Mile of 'sThe- Wife,
and The Charity Ball'' first rendered here
some years ago. Herne is a strong favor
tie in Salt Lake, and his Rip Van Wrinkle
and Bill Sykes are still well remembered
creation by the old timers in the early sew
enties.
o"Black Cork'' is come again, after some
what long rest, and Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights at the theater the house will
doubtless be packed to greet the new com
pany, Goodyear, Glitch 81 Schilling's min
strels. The DenUer Times says of the show
The Goodyear, Glitch & Schilling min
strels continue 10 do a deservedly large
business, in spite Of the very strong attrac-
tons running at the other theaters
The performance throughout is an excel.
lent one and of a sufficiently varied charac.
ter to please all. The specialties are nu-
merous and have been well selected
The orchestra is much above the average
and the selections particularly good; the
vocal work merits special notice The first
part has made great hit, and deservedly
so, being rich and novel setting. Last
evening the house was very enthusiastic
and appreciative, and this organization NAV
confidently expect a most prosperous
season.
1t remains for the rest of the week,
The proprietors of the new variety
theatre on Franklin avenue closed their ad
vertising contracts yesterday. and an
nounce their opening for Monday, the 18th
The place is a connection of Chicago AND
San Francisco house, and the manager
says will be kept supplied with fresh at
fractions travelling back and forth between
those two points. The house seats 900
and the stated cost is $4,000. The man
agement claim that the shows will bt
clean, and of the best class of variet,