Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-24

and Whtcneu WV" A
saa,,s selIgman as tho Nihilist In
a., e,unter's play Of My Official Wife.
W.. lady made u decided hit aud the
rl,y was watched with interest and
srusemen,. II ~ an odd aud original
a,sco Of worl,--very like tho odd and
rr,,sipsl Guntcr himself, md though
M, a, good M Barnes OF New York,
All very clever. and entertaining. II
svas nut on the s,ago with good taste
md shiiI, and tho costumipg OF the
russian court ball was specially elc.
ron, II includes In Its Gust such well
srovn actors as w. +. Owen, who
r.adeso pleasant an impression here with
wainwright, and Ellie German, long
n shining member Of Wallack's old
Company. MIR. Gibbs, as head OF the
Russian police, Is also a specially good
actor.
Mia, Soligman, for new actress, IL
ali N pron.isc. She has a beautiful
voice. Wonderfully Htrong--a graceful
,,sge pfesence and n charm OF una inner
hari 10 describe. Her character was u
very difficult one, full Of lights and
shadsa, merrily coquetlish ut one
moment, intensely tragic ~ tho next,
mi she iilled all it's varying require.
ments-,ho scene where SHE yields TO
Inc ipfiucnce OF the drug lust M she ~
about TO attempt the murder OF thc
car. and tho dying scene ut the close,
hsInq specially we'll rendered. The
I,dy was rewarded with several well
deserved curtain calls. We wish We
could any M much for the stars better
nall ns Tor her. Mics Seligmau's hus-
hand. for Ms such no hns gained what
aver fame no erJ1y on the boarir---
was a member VI New York swell
spciety and one Of the well known
amateur actors Of tue metropolis when
the married him. In u moment OF
rashnees he decided on going ca tour
with his wife, and In q moment or
rashness she decidod TO let him. The
result Ia the performance OF the young
Russian officer seen last evening. How
A clever manager like Mr.. Sanger can
deliberately iinperll the success OF no
EXPENSIVE q venture ns that which he
has fitted ont IN My Otilcial Vile, by
putting Mr.. Cutting Into No responsible
n rols 10 that OF Sncha, ~
mysi,ry most impenetfaole. MIR.
Cutling Ia not without talent,
and Is u s,rikingIy handsome man, but
he ought 10 know, or II not his mana
ger, or ~ no. his manager, his wife
that man eiandipg nearly seven feet
in hia stockings, and that man an
amateur, could never bylany stretch OF
imngining 10 tolerated rs a lover who
has 10 make tender love speeches, who
has 10 irisk about the stage Ike KIT
ten, and who has to bring a6out the
catastrophe Of the plsy by stabbing The
heroine. IL was u pity, but II was
true, that the audience titterud last
evening where II ought 10 have been
spellbound, and nil Oh account Of MIR.
Cuttings elephpntine manner OF max.
ing love. We cannot blame Mr.. Gut
ting for not desiring 10 remain behind
when 80 lovely wifp went out travel
ing, but werp wa In his place we
should stick feligiousiy to tho front
door.
The play goes again this evening;
the matinee has been abandoned, ow-
Ing 10 It's being Christmas eve; 1t ~ well
worth seeing, MIR. Cutting anu all.
Another Of Charles Frohman's COM
panies will hold tho boards ut tho Salt
Lake Theater Dec. 20 and ~. This
IL the company known as Charles
Frohmnn'5 comedians and IL the
organization that viii play alternate
engagements with the stock company
ut tile New Empire TheRter, IN New
York. IL IL headed by such clever
people as Joseph Holland, George
Drew Barrymore, NJ. A. Kennedy,
and Minnie Titteil, who nrv among
the most aurolt and accomplished pur.
veyors OF light comedy we have In this
country. Settled cut OF Court
will be tho comedy presented,
and IL ia a French adnp.
tation by Mr.. Gillette. Is said to be
u pure farce-lhe impurities remain
ing, no doubt, in Mr.. Gillette's strainer;
and IL Ia said to bs something quite
different from those OF its class that
have been seen here. A n able reviewer,
that to enter into the spirit OF this par
ticular piece Que not only remembers
the definition o! farce, aud accepts an
imporsibility Mt the outset, but con-
tinues to accept abaurdities ~ the
plot progresses. 1t IL indeed, because
1t Ia no wholly preposteruus that one
comos to enjoy the play. Slender in
story, Settled Out OF Court IL said TO be,
nevertheless, well furnishedwlth enter.
tanning characters and Imaginable Incl
dents that go to make up mn agreeable
entertainment. The source OF mirth 4.
found In the devices which several
people belonging to tho realm OF farce
employ In their methods to mystify
several ,otners. Mark Hartman, al
amateur phrenelogist, endeavors Il
assist the prospective husband Of hi
wife's younger sister IN staying tn,
pursuit. Of an old sweetheart who Jap
pens TO DO the strong woman In .
circus. In doing this he makes hi
own wife Jealous encounters the mus
cular better.haif OF o man-fish ant
becomes involved In series OF com
plications from which he 10 rescue,
only by tho utmost power o
Resource md tho most amazlnl
precautions. Ash means OF escape, Ia,
uses his knowledge Of how his father
in.law's young wife has been CORES
ponding with n mythical admifer
whom Hartman hpd himself create,
In order to test his phrenologica
science.
Besides Messrs. Holland and Ken
nedy, Mrs. barrymore and Miss Tit
tell, there Will be in tho cast OF Settle,
Out OF Court ChnIlcs Abbee, Fran
Gilmore, Robert Hickman, u. @. Val
entine, Mas Evelyn Campbell. Mis-
Stella Teuton, Miss Margaret Crayei
and Miss Ada Curry.