The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-20

House, January l, 1853. Signing of the emanci-
patton proclamation Allegorical tab eau.
Act 2-Scene Room in Mrs. Surratt's house
IN Washi gton. The meeting of the conspira-
tors. The plot. The oath of the conspirators.
Time, February, 1865: Scene inauguration
OF Abraham Lincoln, March T. 1865.
Act 3-Scene dining room in the White
House at Washington. Lincoln and his family.
The invitation to the theatre. Scene 2-Ford's
theatre, Washington. Our American Cousin
The assassination. Escape of John Wilkes
Booth April Ia, 1865.
Act 14-Scene THE deathbed scene of the
martyred Pres dent Scene capture and
death of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin
Ending with the beautiful apotheosis, the three
epochs in the history of America Independ-
ence-Typifed by the surrender of CORVALLIS
to WASHINGTON Union Typiffed by the sur
render OF Lee to Grant. Freedom-Typified by
Abraham Lincoln's emancipation of the negro
slaves.
The Home Dramatic club are hard at
work on their fair and conference season.
They have four nights at the theater and
will produce one new play and revive one
or more of their past successes Their new
production will be the English sensational
and emotional play, ''The Wages of Sin, :"
which made so deep an impression here
several years ago when it was first done
by Marie Prescott and Maubury and Over
ton. The season begins Friday, October
End, and lasts till Tuesday, the 9th.
Lewis Morrison, ever since he first Wis
tied Salt Lake, has been first and foremost
among actors in singing the praises of our
town as theatrical and critical center.
He never used to grow weary of dwelling
on that theme, and after his re-
ardently than ever. He now pro-
poses to manifest his appreciat Ion
of the patronage Salt Lake has always
given him, in striking way. To the
writer he ssid Friday evening: ~ have
had Steele Mackaye, author of Hazel
Kirke,'' at work for nearly whole year
on play for me, which l had hoped to pro-
duce in conjunction with the Frohman com.
pany. The design was to write novel and
a play on the same theme, as Mr.. Gunter
does, and to produce the play when it had
been thoroughly advertised through the
medium of the novel. The play has been
done some time; but when the novel is hall
finished, what does Mr. Mackaye do but
rush of to Europe The central part is
that of a villain, but it is great character
a quiet one, a subdued tone, after the style
of Jagon, you know. Now, what hope fol-
is this, that the first production of my new
play can be given in Salt Lake city. If
succeed, Mr.. Frohman will probably come
out to see 1t, as on its success or failure
here will depend New YORK run"
That Mr.. Morrison may be successful il
making his arrangements, we shall all joir
in wishing.
1t is almost too late in the day to intro
duce Evans s. Hoey's famous "skit," t'A
Parlor Match" to this city, as every ont
knows both artists and play, and many
good and joyous laugh has been INDUCED
in of their creating. This is Evans &
Hoey's fifth visit to this city, and judging
from the hearty reception accorded then
on previous trips, their return will b,
welcomed by larger audiences than ever
We know of no better liked comedians OF
the stage to- day than Evans & Hoey, ant
"a Parlor Match" is well Hnown as one OF
Charles H. Hoyt's famous satires on famil
lar objects and Incidents; as "a Bunch O.
Keys satirizes the hotel, SO does "a Par
lor Match satirize those familiar obiect
we see in our daily life-the tramp anl
the book agent; that Evans & Hoey max
the most of these characters goes withou
saying.
"a Parlor Match" as it will be pre-
scented in this city, is comparatively new
play, and, should Mr.. Hoyt see it as it nov
is, he would doubtless fail to recognize hi
early effort.