Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-14
Dramatic a0d Gqpic.
The Coming Busy weok-Tho Drews-Tho Girl Behind
Me-The Celebrated Caso-Mr. Russoll-Wilard
squres for New York.

Time wAs-aud that not % very Ions
Aro--when week like that which llei
ahead Of him would have Oiled Mana
ger Burton's soul with c1mp'accr
expectations; now the hard tmes on,
tho frequent demolition Of all criteri
ona ami pfecedents he has Wiinosso'
makes him regard It with utrvousucss
not unmIxed wilh dread. Six couscc
tive nights In tmos Ike these nigh
well make tho stoutest managerial
heart quakc aud trtmble, even wnet
those nights are to be oiled by Two such
notable attractions ssMrs.Jobu Drcw''
comedy Company aud Ffohmau's Or
ganizatlon 10 the noted Girl 1 left BE.
hind Me. They both belong to tho
dollar and . half class, but out Of re-
gard Tor the pockets Of his patrons, Mt
Burton has insisted on keeping the
prices down to the dollar mafk-only
the stalls aud loges being put up To the
prosperity figure.
The Rivals, Ia which Mrs. John
Drew, Joseph Jefferson, the late W..
Florence and other distinguished y ay-
era have "carved out clean honUts"
and earned many dollars, will be pre-.
souieJ by the Drew COMEDY company
at tho Theator Monday ana Wcduos'
evenings, the Road 10 Ruin forming
the bill Tuesday. THIS announcement
recalls a "reminiscences Of the original
production Of he celebrated comedy.
Sheridan, the aulhoG wrote 10 hts
eiie'a father on Nov. II, 1874, an-
nounclug his arrangement Tor the
initial production at Convent Garden.
"rhe manager tells mel he wrote
"thet tho least shilling l shall get an
succeeasl will be six hundred pounds.
/ had not written a line two months
ago."
on January II, 1874, The Rivals was
brought out at Convent Garden. The
nnt production was spoiled, 20 We are
told, by the tai acting OF the role Oi
O'rfiggor. A competent actor Ia the
part WAS obtained ami then the play
"fusu nj once into that high region Of
public favor where 10 has continued 10
h3st luoyantly and gracefully ever
sincc," aud as Moore ftmafksi "FfOm
the livclintss Of the plot, the variety
aud whimsicslity VI It's ohanctofs,
anu the exquisite humor Of Ia via
logue, Il " Oue Of the most amusing
plays ~ tho whole range VI The
drama" Needles 10 ray Mrs. Dew
will play her famous role Oi Mrs. Aiai.
Aprop here, white George Orburue
(who has supplsntcd Mckee RAnkiol
Sidney Drew anu Others are ~ the
cast
"Thc best American play" IL what
the New York Hcrdd has named
Ths Girl Lott Buainu Ale. The saniv
distinotoin has BEEN awarded thr
dfamp by all the newspapers OF New
York, the only difference being thRt
they have varied the way Of saying H.
All OF them have united ON The phrase,
tue "handnomctt thcaucin Amurlca,n
AZ applied 10 the New Empire lhtat-r
In which Tne Gid lett Behind Mo
was produced and was stil playing
up 10 recent dBlo. lhis
isa happy combination Of favorable
factors such as no other theatrical
manager than Charles Frohmlu tvel
succeeded In bringing together. Tho
house was tulli 10 be the home Of the
Charles FrohAm companies, and there
the mhieTih 10 wrought into shape Tor
the entertalnmentoltn e American pub.
lio. IL will be tho homo Oi clean, whole
some, pure anu human plays Rs long
~ Charles Frohmau has control Of n,
and everything that goes out from IL
Will have the sHmn guarantee OF TN.
ishou excellence aud artistic merit that
attaches To tho dudicatoTy play, The
Girl / Lett Behind Me. This play wac
Written 10 UfdVr tor the opening NJ the
Empire. The compa y was cateiuily
selected from the army Of frsl.clssH
actors and toIttses--all popular nvor.
ties and people Of modern dramatic
mcthode anu the most correct hialri.
onic taHlt-w4th the Intention anu Tor
the purpose o. mnkipg the perform.
ance hs thorough anu fgultlres al every
point NJ n " possible to make n The.
atrical teprosen alton.
The leadir.g man OF the Girl LEFT
Behind ne company ia Mr.. Harold
Russell, an actor Of " nom considerable
hAs been heard Ia Salt Lake both on
account Of his hisiriOnic merits, anu
the fact that he married n Salt Lake
girl-Ml,s Ada Dryer. Mis-. Russell
IL now playing In tue East with Frank
Mayo. Tho leading lady OF the Gll
] LETT Behind Me company IL Mrs.
Berlan Gibbs.
There was slight picking up In the
attendance al the Theatre iast ulght,
though the audience was stil Very
light when compared with tho gather
ing drawn by the Two Orphans. Zoe
second rendition VI A Celebrated Case
went with much greater smooth 80
than On the opening night, the i'm