The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-11
AMUSEMENT WORLD.
Hiss Julia Marlowe the Attrac-
ton this Week.
THREE sHAKEsPEAREAN PLAYS.
sardou's New Play cf americans Abroad
A New Comic Opera-Stage aud Per-
sonsl Gossip from all Quarters.

Our theater goers are on the qui vive for
the appearance here of the distinguished
actress Miss Julia Marlowe Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee. She plays Viola in Twelfth
Night Thursday evening; Beatrice in
much Ado About Nothing Friday night;
Rosslind in LAS You Like IT, at the matt
nee, and Parthenia in "Ingomar' Satur-
day night four of the best roles in her ex-
tensiYe repertory. The company includes
Robert Taber, who is very competent
leading man. Miss Marlowe has steadily
continued upward in her career, until now
she ranks as one of the standard attrac-
tons of the country. 1t is said Sarah
Bernhardt remarked a few months ago
that Mics Marlowe would ons day astonish
the world, not only with her talents, but
also with her beauty. After seeing the
subject of the remark, said prominent
Chicago critic, one can readily believe that
the French actress meant 1t, and that she
did not merely say it for the purpose Of
tickling the ears of Americans with praise
Of something belonging TO their country.
The most Important event in amusement
circles in New York last week was the first
production upon any stage of Sardou's new
play, Americans Abroad" at the Lyceum
theatre. Il has been in rehearsal some
weeks. II is In three acts and has eighteen
speaking characters. Some years ago Sar-
dou wrote play called Uncle Sam" and
many people at that time regarded it as an
exaggerated satire upon Americans. The
present play, however, contains but little
satire, and what there is ia aimed at French
titled fortune hunters. IL touches upon
phases Of social life, the pursuit Of Ameri-
can heiresses by foreign fortune hunters,
Gnd in this respect is not unlike Mr.. Bron-
son Towards ''Aristocracy."
The play deals with Richard Fairbanks,
his wealthy niece, Florence Winthrop, and
hts daughter Jessie. They are living in
Paris, and the two girls are surrounded by
fiatterers. admirers and fortune hunters.
10 lest the sincerity of their supposed
friends the family suddenly determines TO
pretend poverty, ana it is given out that
they have lost all their money. The result
is that the girls take up quarters IN a
humble studio and prepare to earn their
own living, much to the distress of old
Fairbanks. who doesn't much relish being
deprived of the good things of life.
During the life which the girls now lead
they are brought into contact with the
men with whom their fortunes are ulti-
mately TO be united. Gilbert Raymond, an
American artist who had Withdrawn from
their circle when he heard that Florence
was an heiress, comes forward again as her
friend and helper in her poverty. tits upon
these simple lines that the play is carried
along. The scenes take place at private
hotel in Cannes, IN Miss Winthrop's studio
in Paris, and at q chateau near Paris.
The critics speak in high terms of the
first performance, but time will develop
the staying qualities OF the play, If it has
any.
While Americans Abroad was having
its opening night at the Lyceun, new
comic opera was produced at another es-
tablishment-"The Isle of Champagne,
the book by Charles z. Byrne and Louis
Harrison, and the music by w. w. Fuerst
The scenes in the opera are laid on the
Isle Of Champagne, piece Of land of unde-
terInined latitude and longitude, where the
Inhabitants are continually half seas
over" Water is az unknown beverage on
tie island, and champagne is 10 be had for
the mere asking in unlimited quantities.
But an i'll wind blows q New Bedford
schooner upon the rocK-ribhsd coast and
IL becomes known that it contains bever-
age known as water, which is said to be
good substitute for wine in case of extreme
thirst.
King Pommery Sec'nd rules the island
and has been robbed of nearly ali his be-
longings by a rascally prime minister
called Apollinaris Frappe. The introduce
ticn Of pure water affords the monarch an
opportunity to replenish his treasury, as it
soon becomes the fashionable drink. One
of the amusing scenes in the opera taxes
place in tomb where The king is confined.
He picks up an ancient almanac in it and
proceeds 10 read number of its Jokes.
Mrs. Bernard Beere, the English actress,
closes her American tour under Marcus r
Mayors management on Dec 10, and
whether she will continue under another
manager is doubtful She has not
achieved the success in New York she
hoped ICr, aud which had been anticipated
here because OF her reputation in London.
The critics on the whole, have been very
kind to her, and have recognized her
claims 10 consideration as an actress OF
high lEtc gence, but she has failed mainly
because OF her unwise selection of plays,
her inferior company, and the fact that
the theatre in which she appeared is fitted
more for grand opera than for plays.
Ada Rehan SAYS that she viii not give
up her sceptre until pretty little May
Marsden Young is Old enough to sway it,
Little Miss Young is only 49, but for
year past she has been the pet OF the Daily
company, and mas signed a new three
years contract with Mr.. Daily. She is e
very clever and graceful actress, and !.
when the Days gave their open-air per-
Torrance of las You Like It's in Chicago, 1
she spoke the prolognes of the acts very