The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05
DRAMATIC And LYRIC
Continued Success of the Hazel
Kirke Season.
PROFESSOR BEEzLEY's BENEFIT.
Last Nights Crush-Booth and Barrett's Plans
-Hoyts Midnight Bell" This
Week-Notes.
..This is something like performance"

This is something ike performance.
So spoke Mr.. Couldock at the end of the per-
Torrance last night, when an eleven hundred
dollar house staid to lift the roof with applause
at the finished rendition of Hazel Kirlie.''
The improvement over tee opening night was
decided throughout, and it was as decided in
Mr.. Couldock as any of the others. He was
free TO confess that he was not all himself the
first night but last evening, under the influence
Of an immense and sympathetic audience, ana
feeling more confidence in his company, he rose
fully up to the old grandeur and the
house shook with enthusiasm after his
great success. Everything went with as
much smoothness as if the piece had been
running q week instead of one night, and the
fact that fifteen minutes were saved in the rem
dition is the best evidence OF the general i'm
provement. Mr.. Wells played with more fire;
MIR. Young and Mr.. Spencer both with more
ease, and Birdie Cummings showed all her
usual easiness and charm. Mr.. Evans, too, was
more glib, and Edith Ciawson's Hazel was as
sweet as ever. Ivy Clawson and Ruby Clawson
were good as before, and Mrs. Smell showed de-
cided improvement, while Miss Claridge was all
herself.
The sale for tomorrow night is already large,
and the take is good for Tuesday and Wednes-
day and the matinee.
The Lyceum dramatic company will present
1.-THE Golden Plough" on Monday and Tuesday
evenings at the Music hall, four blocks west of
Jennings clock. The piece and performance
are well spoken OF.
In certain places on the first night of Hazel
Kirke,'' it was very noticeable that the club
were not playing up to their usual standard
more especially in the first act There was q
lack of that freedom and ease which with the
club have always been distinguishing points
The whole trouble was that they were simply
panic stricken at the idea of playing alongside
ofCouldock. His reputation awed them, and they
could not at once get over the restraint his
them less
noticeable as the play progressed, and in the
third act il vanished altogether, and that act
was the best OF all But at the opening 1t was
almost amusing to note how those who had any
tender business TO do with the old veteran
sheered up to him, and the gentleman whose
business it was to guide him during his blind
scenes, looked almost apologize for having to &c
so. Even Lord Travers. who breathes semi
defiance OF him in the opening act, quayered q
little as if he expected the curse for Haze
would be turned upon him. II was
all pardonable, perhaps. The old house
is alive with traditions of Couldock, and somt
of them are not of nature to cause the
amateur TO sail with confidence into Scent
with the old actor. But last night there was
hardly trace Of the embarrassment evident
there was greater familiarity with lines ano
business and the Improvement was. very
marked. Mr. Couldock himself, speaking O
the first performance yesterday said: ST wa:
a very good one, all things considered. j do no
what nervous for the Others. But the ice il
broken, and think the performance will be
capital from this on.
Mr.. Grover, author of Our Boarding House
saw the first night as did his son, the comedian
Len Grover, jr. The former wrote his congratu
lations TO the club and said: 1T was all good
Some of it superb He spoke in special,
high terms OF Miss Claridge Mrs. b. S. Young
whose accent and general excellence were no
less apparent than in 1.-The Private Secretary.
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Charles Hoyt has produced many successes
but his greatest success in his career as a play
wright he counts in "a Midnight Bell" whicl
will be presented at the Salt Lake theatre mex
Thursday evening and the two nights following
IA Midnight Bell comes with the original cas-
and carload of realistic scenery direct iron
New York, where it had run OF five months
and where it was pronounced by the critics o
the east as being Mr.. Hoyt's strongest effort
being almost a completedeparture from his pre-
vious works. In other words, "A Midnight
Bell" is in its quality step up for Mr.. Hoyt
and judging from its long and prosperous run il
New York, it will prove Mr.. Hoyt's creates
success from financial standpoint. "a Mid
night Bell is put forward as different from hi
old style says one OF the critics, and Somethin
more ambitious. 1t has a plot. That is tn
main difference. But 1t has this difference also
that it is coherent, consistent, clever series @
pictures of New England life, true TO nature
generally speaking, all through full of virile in
1erest and amusing situations that ar
not in the least strained put in 70
effect. The scenes are laid in New England
he introduces several new scenes. such as tn
country church choir rehearsals. the countr
school examination. the sewing circle and chat
ting society, the coasting slide and every char
acter that is included in country pleasure, eve
the city dude and school marin. All have Gel
tain work TO perform, and il is needless to sal
that Mr. Hoyt makes each character prominen
enough TO be a necessity TO the story. whic
tells Of a bank robbery and various undertak
ings in capturing the thief who, as in real ca
reer. turns out 10 be the cashier, and who
caught by the innocent efforts of a countr
deacon to extrcate himself from church be
fry. in which he has been accidentally impri,
oned. The cast IS strong one, and the scener
is said TO be wonderfully realistic. The deman
for seats has been unusually good and indie;
lions are that the seating capacity of the thi
atre will be put 10 its test
The plans OF Edwin Booth and Lawrence Ba
rett for the present season are officially al
nounced as follows: On September 80, at III
new Davidson's theatre in Milwaukee, NJ
Lawrence Barrett is TO begin preliminary Sc
son, filling engagements in Chicago. Indianap
lis Cleveland, Detroit and other cities reac
ing Baltimore Monday, November 3, when /
will be joined by Edwin Booth The two trag
dians will then begin joint starring tour, whiS
calls for their appearance in Baltimore, Phi
adelphia, Boston. Providence, New York al
several OF the large western cities.
The complete list OF their supporting compar
includes John A Lane. Ben G. Rogers, Jam,
Taylor, Wilfred Clarke, Lawrence Hanle
Frederick Vroom, Edward vroom, Albert. Br
ming, Beaumont Smith Rankin Duvall. Herbe
Pattee, W. r. s. Morris George G. Hazelto
Frank Dodge. Robert NJ. Eberie, Garry Dayi
son William Hughes, Louis Frank, Stepht
Horn. George McCulla, Minnr x. Gale. Anr
Proctor. Mrs Beaumont Smith and Matt