The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-24

at the theatre-Mrs. Boyden, Lillian
Lewis, the Logan Opera company and the
Home Dramatic Margetts performance
Decoration day offer variety that should
be spicy enough to suit all tastes.
Mrs. Boyden, who is an elocutionist and
q disciple of Del Sarte, gives her enter
tainment tomorrow night. BESIDES Civ
ing several readings herself, Mrs. Boyden
will be assisted by several of her we'll
trained pupils, and the programme will
contain some fine musical selections, vocal
and instrumental.
Tuesday evening Lillian Lewis, lady
who has acquired considerable fame in the
south, opens two nights engagement at
the theatre. She made a big hit in New
York not long ago as Cora the Creole in
ARTICLE A." and since then she has been
starring with success. Besides Credit
Lorraine her opening piece, she does
langtry's famous "As in a Looking
Glass; taken from the somewhat risky
novel of that name Edmund Collier and
George Vessels are in the support, and
Miss Mildred Hail, a Denver society lady,
Is also in the support.
1.-THE Three Black Nantes, - by the ANA
teur opera company of Logan, which the
Union Pacific is taking round the country
IN special cars is exciting a good deal of
curiosity here aud the opening night with
out doubt will be attended by good house.
Mr.. EastOn and Mrs. Sloan, the two prin-
cipals, have a host of friends in this city,
and they would be sure to be a drawing
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Don Luis Spanish GranGee).------R C. Easton
Don Jose Spanish Granoee) w. S. Lamoreaux
Dromez (the miller ----------.--John NJ. Wilson
Nichoo (Uncle 10 Girola) ----G. Anderson
Don Phillip (King of Spsln) W. Sloan
I oaSo Tanors apprentices Master B water
Pedrillo peasant GRID ------------Jennie Bench
Maria bridesmaids TO --------Alice Sanders
TsFesp uee6 GiTos nan Miss Rssa Rag
George w. Thatcher, jr., is the conductor,
r. w. Sloan manager and @. j. Bywater,
the stage manager of the company.
The admirers of the popular old time
comedian, Phil Margetts. and the many
friends of the Home Dramatic club will be
out in force to greet them On the afternoon
and evening Of Decoration Day, when in
conjunction they present the famous play
of "Our Boys" a Sketch of the life of Phil
Margetts, would be almost history of the
stage in Utah. From that night in 1850,
when in the ''Old Bowery' on the Temple
block, ne and others regaled the pioneers
and gave birth TO the drama in Utah with
their performances of Robert Macalre''-
Mir. Margetts has been the foremost figure
in local theatricals, and his appearance
with the Home club is an event to which
particular interest will be attached. In
"Our Boys" Mr.. Margetts will have the
part Of Perkyn Middlewick, the retired
butterman, one of his very best characters
of recent years. The flll cast is in ex-
cellent hands, as the following list of the
drGmatis perSOnGe will show.
Perkyn Middlewick. retired butterman.
Mr.. MarppttS
Sir Ceonrey Champney, Baronet, Mr.. Young
T TSip9s C MidapTe%Ie "our Boys Wells
Poodle Hammer
KempSter. Mr. Higgs
Mary Melrose, the Poor Cousin. - = '''7
Violet Nelrose, the Heiress, -..-----fvy Clawsesn
Clarissa Champneys, --------M Mabel Young Held
Belinda, the Slavey, ----------------Nettie Smell
During the first day of June the theatre
Will offer very novel attraction to its pa
irons in the Liliputians, who have achieved
g remarkable reputation during this season
This company is composed of ten midget
actors said to be very clever who are sun
ported by more than hundred full grown
artists. The Liliputians, who are on their
way TO San Francisco viii stay three DAYS
In this city. They have played for weeks
in the best houses of New York, CHICAGO
Philadelphia and st. Louis and everywhere
have succeeded in breaking ali previous
records.
A dispatch received yesterday states
that Emma Thursby leaves New York To-
morrow for Salt Lake by way of Denver
and Leadville, and that she will arrive
here June Sd so as to allow two re-
hearsals in advance of the festival. Whit
ney is expected 10 arrive on the 4th.
The public is responding handsomely to
the enterprise of the Choral society by
purchasing subscription tickets. The sub
scription tickets will be withdrawn from
sale Saturday evening next, as the reserve
sale for subscribers only will begin Mon
day, June 1st The programme, which
Professor Stephens has arranged for the
occasion, and particularly the Lucia sex
tette, the duet from Lucia Tor Easton and
Whitney and the first rendition in Utah of
Hayden's "Spring" by Thursby, Whitney,
Pyper, the Choral, the great organ and the
Weihe string quartette, are exciting deep
attention among musicians all over the
West. and, as the directors have done some
heavy advertising in the country editions