The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-23
THE SOCK AND BUsKIN.
The Intense Heat Affects the Theatre
Business.
Coming Attractions at the Theatre-Pro-
fessional Points-The Male Singers
for the Worlds Fair Selected.

The intense heat during the week has
people to the lake for temporary relief
and thus leaving many empty seats at
the theatre. Nevertheless, Thatcher s
company drew fair houses every evening
and if the laughter and applause that
greeted the performance are any indication
tie attraction overcame the temperature.
ttAfrica'' is sort of operate farce
comedy and variety show, and though q
mingled mass Of music aud nonsense is
lively and catchy enough to keep an
audience on the qui vive and the talents
of the performers are exactly suited TO
the entertainment.
Bronson Towards new comedy drama,
"Aristocracy, - which ran for five months
at Palmer's theatre, New York, last
season. will come to Salt Lake this week,
opening at the theatre Friday night. Any
new work from the pen of Bronson How
ard always receives respectful considera-
ton from press and public. He occupies
the position OF the foremost playwright
in America, aud his fBanker's Daugh-
ter, - "The Henrietta and 'Shenan-
doah'' has, it is said, been excelled IN
the way of fine writing in sAristocracy."
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social life and tells the story OF Cali
fornia family suddenly grown rich strlv-
ing after society position. The adVen-
lures of Jefferson Stockton, an arch-mll-
lionaire and self-made man of San Fran
cisco, desiring TO buy for his wife and
child social recognition in the highest
circles, and sets out to do it as he would
proceed to buy any other purchasable
commodity, furnish the incidents for the
stage presentation. While in America
Stockton IS daughter has become engaged
to the eldest son of knickerbocker fam-
lily of wealth and great social prestige.
The mother of the young man objects to
the match, and when the girl is in Lon
don she manages to bring about mis-
understanding between the young people
and the match is broken off. Virginia
Stockton, warm hearted girl, but rash
and impulsiye, hears that her former
lover, SturveSant Laurence, is about to
marry another girl in New York. Under
the sting of disappointment she accepts
an offer of marriage made to her by
Prince Emil Won Haldenwald, g rascal of
the worst type, who has already been dis
missed from the house by her father.
Not only does the prince begin at once to
to neglect his young wife, but he exerts
an unwholesome influence on the wife of
Jefferson Stockton, Virginia's step
mother Various complications arise and
these make the body of the play, the
troubles that ensue being brought to an
end by the death of the prince in dnel.
The Stoclztons will be played by Mr..
Maurice Barrymore, Mary Hampton,
Miss Blanche Walsh and John H.
Browne. The parts of Mr.. Hamilton,
Stuart Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss
Katherine Ten Brook Lawrence and Stuy-
vesant Laurence, representing the Amer
lean aristocracy, will be played by Neil
Warner, Miss Helen Tracey, Miss White
and 3. Miller Kent. The aristocracy of
the old world will be represented by
Prince Won Haldenwald, played by Mr..
William Faversham; Octave de Vigny-
Volante, played by Mr.. Frederick Bond !;
the Marquis of Normandie, played by Mr..
j. W. Piggott, and the Earl of Cranston
Leigh, played by Mr.. Bruce McRae.
Among other coming attractions at the
theatre are The Lyceum Theatre company
from New York, in repertoire. tThe
Wolves of New York, - "Urania, -
ssThe Soudan," s'Jane,' Katie En-
NETT, GA Nutmeg Match,'' 'sSpan of
Life, the great melodrama. Mrs. John
Drew, Empire Theatre company in tThe
Girl | Left Behind Me- Rosina Vokes,
Alvin Joslin, Frank Daniels, "Friends,' .
One of Rich & Harris attractions, Bar
low Brothers, minstrels, Columbus, -