The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-09

The Captain of the vuature," played
September 1th. Annie Loclzhart then
and on the 18th, Neil Warner made his
first appearance here, rendering Rich
ard III" This was followed by a brilli-
ant series of performances that lasted
for over a month, an imposing reper50ry
being covered, Including Hamlet, :"
Macbeth and other Shakespearean
roles; On October II, Stephen Massett,
lowed a varied lot of performances of no
particular interest, in which Madam
Scheiler and Mrs and Mr.. Amy Stone
Is, they were Joined by Kate Denim and
John Wilson. This was just a little over
twenty-five years ago, but this same lady
is still an active member of one of the
While she remained here, Charlotte
/, Thompson came along for the first time,
ON January. II, 1870, opening. in the
III men & men 20, @ ana thS,.d JI lem,
How rs that for a trio OF performances!
What versatility we all had in those
days! Charlotte only gave six perform
ances then, but she has visited the city
several times since, and there is no GER
tainty that she will not be along again
one of these days She is stin on the
stage though aged about sly Years,
After She left. Kate Denim kept the
boards until the end of the season, Feb
ruary 10, with the exception of an occa-
slonal lecture or concert. 1t was because
the 'LlSdJrS WIS unpTOQLdDle at ILLS tIiiic
that it closed thus early in the season
Before very long IL opened again TO some
sort OF entertainment by ALT. Burnett
and others, and on April 25th the Royal
japanese Troupe commenced a week OIL
most extraordinary performances Lit
tie All Right was one Of the perform
ers, and their exercises were simply
thrilling. Then Lea Hudson came and
the city. p. T. Barnum came and lee
tured FOR one night ons thea Art OF
Money Getting" the stock company. made
one or two more efforts to begin a. sea-
son. and again the house closed for a
couple of months. 1t reopened, in the
midst of better times, on September q.
with tine old stock company in Sweet
hearts and Wives" This estimable group
Of players gave twenty-six performances
without any star until Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Langrishe came along. After a few
Hincl.ley, and finally it seemed as though
the old house had reached the zenith of
Its greatness, when Milton Mobiles open
ca January Is. 1871, in Wine Works
the Deseret company and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. 3. WaldI'on again appeared then
Kitty Blanchard and Mckee Rankin
gave several performances with them: 1t
is needless to say that at that time Nc
Kee did not play the "Danites," which
later on made him notorious and finally
wrecked his career. w. II. Power and
Waldron altern2ted with the Rankins for
awhile or played with them and Rose
Evans. Mile. Ravell visited US about that
time and gave some rather new PERFORM
ances in gesture and pantomiGne. The
the support of Harrigan. At last, on
May. 4th. the greatest of all tragedians,
Daniel Bandmann, appeared in Shakes
pearean repertoire. We have had many
E-agetlians at our theatre both before
and since, but we never had one who
made such a racket or worked so hard
for his money. Daniel was one of the
good old style OF actors, who spared not
the broadsword in Richard ILL.," and
whose voice, like the fog-horn stop of "a
ca1liope, reached into every nook and
corner of the Theatre and saturated the
atmosphere for several furiongS on the
outside. He has now retired from the
stage, after having twice travelled round
the world, and is to be found quietly liv-
ing ON his ranch in Montana, surrounded
with many comforts that he has earned
by a lifetime of toll. 1t was Bandrnann
who brought out the well-knoWn and
successful actress, Louise Baudet. J. *;
Emmett appeared May 10 in Fritz" and
on May 10, w. T. Harris, better known
as Jimmy Harris, though his real name
was James Ferguson, appeared; Jimmy
was Afterwards manager and lessee OF
the theatre and figured considerably in
Its annals. He married a daughter of
Brigham Young, and that is probably
why he settled down here for some years
NJ. Hernandez appeared shortly after,
then the Lingards; Carrie Carter ap-
reared on the scene, and on July ), Ed
win Adams took hand. Whtle he was
here John Mccullough again arrived, and
together they gave some IongreInleef mem
Heart" and "Othel1o.'' Helen Tracey
was with them. Finally a short run OF
fine home company ended a very success
full season on July p, 1871, with 'Arrah-
na-Pogue.'
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