The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-20
DRAMATIC
A Solid Week Filled up at the
Grand.
ALONE In LONDON TOMORROW
yantasma Coming Back Again-The Mirror on
Lyne's Death-Pete McCOurt Says We
Win be Weeks Stand-Notes.

The week just past has been without any
great upheaval of dramatic interest
nothing great, several things good, and one
the Burbidge comedy company-strik-
ingly bad. The only thing that made any
money was the "Deestrict Skule," which
cleared neat sum FOR the rectory. Miss
Gray's entertainment lost some. result
which is regrettable but one which anyone
with concert experience in Salt Lake could
have foretold. The button holing process
of selling tickets is the only means of
making a theatre concert monied success
in this city The coming week will be all
quiet at the theatre, but as busy at the
Grand as seven performances can make 1t.
eAlone in London" by Robert Buchanan,
author of storm Beaten and claire and
the F'orgemaster," will be the attraction
the coming three nights at the Grand Opera
house. At their recent engagement at the
Tabor Grand Opera house, Denver, the
Rocky Mountain Nelcs, speaks OF the play
and company as follows:
The melodrama, "Alone in London"
drew large house last evening, the bal
comics being crowded The story and strik
ing situations, appropriate setting and
acting of the company, gave satisfaction
and evoked continued applause. Miss
heroine this season, is graceful actress,
adding charming personality to clear
and sympathetic Interpretation of the part
she acted with much feeling throughout She
is ably supported by Arthur Sprague, who
showed force and repose in his conception
of the part of Richard Radcliffe. He is a
Young actor of much promise. The comedy
element was well carried on by Aida La
croix as Jenkinson, who personated admir-.
ably a villainous innkeeper, and George
Wr:dsor, whose performance of Sprigglns
created hearty laughter Ida Blake gave
q capital performance of Tom Chickeveed,
a poor Joe, whose devotion to the heroine
earned deserved applause. William Oar
idpe does clever work, as he should and
can. and Maggie Harold was satisfactory.
The scenes of the old sluice house, the
houses of parliament Westminster bridge
and the tower of London were well and ac-
rcurately shown.
The company also intends to present at q
special matinee on Wednesday an entirely
new play, entitled "a Domestic Comedy
q story of home life refined comedy ano
novel effects. We understand that this
will be the very first performance Of this
play. which has been in rehearsal severa
months.
The death of the veteran actor Lyme ha6
been SO long expected here that when il
came it hardly excited more than passing
comment. That he was still remembered
in the great world where he once played
so prominent part, is shown by the fol
lowing. extracted from a notice in the
Mirror. headed 1.-The oldest actor dead"
Thomas A. Lyme, who was probably the
Oldest American actor, died in Salt Lake
CITY last week. He was eighty-four years
old and was native of Philadelphia
where he made his first appearance at tn,
Walnut Street theater about 1872, in thu
role of ssWilliam Tell" 1t was later il
the same year that James E. Murdoch ant
Edwin Forrest began their professiona
careers in the same city. With John Gil
bert. Mr.. Lyme was a member of tn
Court Street theater in New Orleans NOR
than half century ago.
During his career, Mr., Lyme played a