The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-13

ment on the day and date named. No pains
or expense haue been spared to make this
engagement the banner rank of the year.
The opening play will be the laughable and
sparkling comedy entitled 1.-THE Corner
Grocery" The movement must be pop
ular one, because it will give to the masses
hrst-class entertainments at prices within
the reach of everyone
"Fatinitza" had another successful re-
hearsal last evening, and Prof. Krouse
meets the enlarged orchestra of fifteen
men for active rehearsal this week. With
the members of the cast the chorus of
nifty, the Dyer rifles, Qadies' corps,l the
people engaged in the shadow dance, ETC.,
there are more than one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve people engaged in this production.
The costumes leave San Francisco this
week.
How precarious profession that of the
actor is, and how narrow the span that sep
arates the successful artist of one season
from the impecunious wanderer of the
next, was never more wildly illustrated
than in the case of the once petted and
lauded English actress, Miss Eastlake
What she was on Wilson Barrett's tour
through here, two years ago, we all remem-
Der. What she is today is seen from the
following notice taken from New York
exchange:
MIR. George w. Lederer and Mr.. Robin
son, his partner in the Buffalo Star thea
tire, did very nice thing for Miss East
lake this week. She was at the Genesee
mouse in that city owing ten days board,
with her scenery attached and every arti-
cIe even to her winter jacket, pawned in
Philadelphia. When Mr. Lederer went
to see her she was in a freless
room, and when he asked why it
was so cold she answered that she
feared 10 order fire, as it might be re
fused her. The two managers thereupon
went guarantee for anything she wanted in
the place and made a proposition to the
managers OF Carmencita, who is playing in
Buffalo, that they devote % per cent of the
gross receipts to Miss Flastlakes relief
Messrs. Roster & Bal acceded to the re
quest and the result was $500 for Miss
Eastlake She got her things out of pawn,
released her scenery, paid her hotel bill and
has ample funds to take her back TO Eng
land. Kindly acts like this make up for a
thousand sins of the dramatic profession -
Nine. Modieska has been indulging in
the somewhat dangerous pastime of
criticizing American plays, and uttering the
opinion that the good American play is yet
to be written. Without directing the
Madame's attention to Alabama, Men and
Women or the Lost Paradise, the Morning
Jolyndl proceeds to castigate her in this
fashion: Nine Modieska expresses the
opinion that the good American play is yet
TO be written. She thinks authors are toe
| busy to devote themselves vet to q good
one. This is impertinent. What Amerl-
can plays has Modiesks seen!
No, the trouble is not just now for the
want of good plays. 1t is with the diff
Guilty of finding young women to play
them. II is pity, but it is true, that al
our good actresses are too old, and our bad
ones quite young.
The Salt Lake Lyceum Dramatic com
pany will go to Bountiful about the 3Oth
inst. to open the new opera house there,
on which occasion it will present Bronson
Towards great American drama, "The
Bankers Daughter ThiS-Rs is vel
known-is manuscript play, and has only
been secured for this occasion by the Ly.
ceum company, through the kindness and
courtesy of the Home Dramatic Club-tC
whom the manuscript belongs. Following
is the cast OF characters:
Mr.. Strebelow Mr.. E. II. Pierce
Count De CARDIAC Mr.. James M Barlow
Rautlarge, an artist-57-------Mr, J. q. Burrow:
George Washington Phipps. -. Mr.. John Jane.
Mr.. Westbrook, the Banker---------
n. Y. Schofielt
Mr.. Babbage partner to Westbrook) 80
| .......------Mr. D. j. Watts
| Old Mr. Brown .....-----------Mr. Peter Ellio
Manty1llia- Schettle
Lillian, the Bankers Daughter
-----------------------M Mrs. Lydia S. Pierce
Florence St. Vincent, Maid, Wife and
Widow. ----------------Mr Mrs. F. Barton
Aunt Fanny (Aunt to Lillian Mrs. S. Goddard
Lizzett the Maid. -----------Miss Woodruff