The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-11

The coming week Will see seven per-
formances at the Salt Lake theatre, six
nights and a Saturday matinee. Opening
tomorrow night comes the laughing sue
cess. Natural Cas-" with the favorite
comedians Donnelly and Girard and their
new company. The play has been changed
since last seen here and is now funnier
than ever, with new music, songs, dances,
striking costumes, funny specialties and
one of the strongest farce-comedy COM
panies now travelling. Mr.. Girard has in
troduced some funny new songs and dances
and Mr.. Donnelly's work is all new, catchy
and original. The farce was written by H.
Grattan Donnelly and has the benefit of
well balanced company, the principal mem
bers OF which have each some well defined
excellencies. Many new faces will be seen
in the cast, while the specialties and cos
tunes are claimed to be more novel and
richer than ever. 1t has been the aim
of the comedians not TO allow their play
or artists to become rusty in the slightest
degree, and accordingly they have made
great improvements and Will dispense
Natural Gas'' from a new meter. Don
nelly appears as Christopher Bluff and
Glrard as Whirlem O'Rourke.
Many Salt Lakers will probably remem-
Der that last season the Howard Anthem
aeum company were caught in::the big snow
blockade on the Central Pacific and were
thereby compelled to cancel their dates
here; this time the management anticipates
no such difficulty and the famous company
is billed for three nights and Saturday
matinee commencing next Thursday even
ing. The celebrated dramatic critic Nym
Crinkle has the following in a recent issue
of the New York World
Paul Cinquevall! Let me start the
paragraph in this way and that will put the
name in big letters. The Howard Athena,
cum Speciality company, which has just
finished an engagement at the Bijou thea
ire, is made especially attractive this sea
son by the addition OF Paul Cinquevalli, a
1.-the and extremely handsome man. He
might be set down as a beauty. His
ease and accomplishment is simply
astounding. He appears to make no effort,
and his muscular development is hardly
perceptible Subsequently on the pro
gramme he comes out alone and makes q
display of agility and dexterity l have
never seen equalled on the stage. All other
attempts seen here in iugglery and eauil
ibrium sink into insignificance. The man
himself is so completely fascinating in his
grace and magnetic qualities that it seemed
TO me that here was masculine develop
ment in delicate way that ought TO bt
attractive to women. Some of his feat:
are marvellous, and the absolute control hi
has over his physical system suggest tina
there must be a well defined intellectual
power.
AS vaudeville show this Boston Howard
Athenaeum speciality company is brough
TO a state of perfection, as | have hereto
fore taken occasion TO remark in the World
A good performance in this line of enter
tainment, and we have it frequently a
Pastors, is an enjoyment with much NOR
satisfaction attached to it than you vii
finA fhe fnOEr nrptantinuc n
the farce comedy order.
The most notable union of the season W
have heard of thus far is the coming to
geuher of old man Couldock and Efie Ellis
Ter, and their revival of "Hazel Kirk.
Neither has ever been so successful sine
the days when they Travelled together il
that famous company-the Madison Square
and the recent performances in this cit,
showed that there is still vast amount O
vitality left in the old play yet In a
probability Couldock's experience her
opened his eyes to that fact, and probabl
it did not take much persuasion to caus
Miss Ellsler to see it in the same ligh,
With Mr.. Weston cher husband) as SOUR
Rodney and clever Pittacus Green, tn
Couldock- Ellsler combination ought t
prove most popular one.
John T. Whites many public and privat
friends viii be interested to read the TO
lowing note received from him by Dramati
and Lyric: II am in receipt of your Xma
HERALD. The many people around tn
hotel 10 whom have shown it have re
marked upon the elegance and attractiv,
ness of the issue. You have done yourse
proud. The paper compares with an
Xmas issue that have seen of New Yor
papers. Allow me to thank THE HERAL
for the insertion of my sombre phiz among.
the dramatic lights. l am delighted to /
seen in such good company. 1t is CRAFTY
ing to know that l am not forgotten. tn
season ia New York has been full of fin
entertainment, much ahead of last year.
saw MIR. Willard last evening in Ruth
l sat just behino the author, by the way
who had on one side the last summer
Long Branch belle, on the other the IRE
sistible Freddie Gebhardt, and all aroun
many distinguished celebrities Of sc
ciety. Needless to say, it was at Pain