The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Stage Gossip.

What two representative actors say re-
garding the theatre:
the sober-minded and intelligent. Ma
| cready.
Alexander salvini is making a special
and exhaustive study of the part of
Hamlet, which he will play in Louisville
for the first time at an early date.
new play, "Runnymede," the former
plays Robin Hood and the latter Friar
Tuck. The play is called romantic
| Although the season in the east is gen
porous, it is astonishing to note the NUM-
! Der of managers who claim that business
is simply phenomenal
| Louise Baudet, under the management
of Fred G. Whitney, will shortly produce litle
a new opera which is advertised with
particular stress as being by an Ameri-
can composer and librettist.
Again Jesse Bartlett Davis denies the
report so often circulated that she is
about to leave the Bostonians to enter
the stellar armament and says, The
Bostonfans are good enough for me-"
Fanny Davenport has produced her new
| play by Victorien Sardou entitled "Gis-
monda,'' in New York. and duplicated
| the great success attained by her sister
artist, Sarah Bernhard, in the same
piece in Paris.
An exchange says: Thomas Keene,,s
recent engagement in Salt Lake city took
the form of an ovation. The tragedian
drew overlooking audiences and was
called before the curtain again and again
at every performance"
One week from tomorrow Mr.. George
| Edwards will produce his new burlesque
| at Daly's theatre, London. The name OF
the piece has not yet been announced, at
least so far as this country is concerned
| The cast will include Marie Tempest,
| Lefty Lind and Hayden Coffin.
"a theatre is, first, place for COM
| plete relaxation from the serious cares
| of existence, and secondly. a place Wnere
the best fruits of master minds of COM
edy writing shall be presented with al!
the enchanted value which union Oh
the fine and the mechanical arts can be-
stow upon it."-Stuart Robson,
woodland drama.
1.-THE Shop Girl will be produced with
| an English company at Palmers theatre,
next October, by Charles Frohman and
Al. Hayman for a run, Tney. VIII M a t5e
Broadway theatre about the same time.
| A. NJ Palmer will soon revive 'Esmer-
aida for a. run, with Annie Russell IN
| her original character.
1.-THE Masaueraders'' at the Empire the
atre, New York, is said to be the great
est success ever staged by Manager Chas.
4 F'rohrnan, and is now playing to the lar
gest receipts in the history of the house
| Among those who have made particular
Striking hits in their respective parts,
may be named Mr.. Miller. Mr.. FaVer-
sham, Mr.. Thompson, Miss Allen, and
! Miss De WOOL.
The Lyceum will hereafter be under a
new management, with Bryant Young
and Dr. Lindsay at the head. A stock
company will produce favorite plays un-
It'll after the first of the year, when an
attempt will be made to induce some of
the strolling combinations to visit the
city and put in a few dates at the little
playhouse. The place reopened last night
| with Trip Van Wrinkle"
/ With a. great red poster, Manager W.
J. Burgess thus announces himself and
his plans: Fire can't stop him. The
burning of the Fifteenth theatre
has not ended my career as a. theatrical
manager in Omaha. Before the streams
had ceased playing on the ruins, nad
arranged to take the management OF Inc
Empire theatre Plucky Burgess, we
wish him success.
The famous eccentric comedian, Ed
ward Harrigan, produced for the first
''Notoriety,'' at his own theatre, Decern-
Der 10, but did not score the success with