Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-16
Dramatic and Ggpio.
Success Of Fencing Master CompanyA Broozo at tn
Grand-The Sunny south-Amatour Opera
Engagod-Tho Character Ball.

A second crowded and brilliant
audience saw the Fencing Ma'ler II
the Tneatcr last night, and applauded
the excellent work Of the SINCERE. a
second witnessing OF the performance
only hclghtens the imprtssion that 70
IL more a ,uccess OF the company than
the opera, which distinctly lacks body,
solidiiy, automatically. The mu'ic,
however, grove on one, ami mlst Ufit
is thoroughly charming. Tue lntl per-
fofmancc will be given tonight
The Sunny South, 40 aggregation Of
real dirkoy minslfolsy, incl uding the
Inevitable but amlsiDg cake walk
feature, holds the boards Oi the . h lto'
on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
A thoroughly attistin All enjoyable
even, was that given In the Eighteenth
ward hall last night under thc auopicts
Of the Sunday school. 10 was on old.
time ball, and 100 or $50 people entered
heartily Into the spirit Of the affair b.
dressing In the c0stumrs " thirty nud
afty yeats a ago. The effect was
matchmaking ami mahy OF the ma Be.
ups were artistic enough 10 do credit g.
clnniiscurs. The hall was packed with
spectators, and the general verdict WA
that such n wholesale aud excellent ole
tempt 81 characterization ought - be-
WItuoaapd IA a larrnf nall
The brilliant comedy Of Engaged,
by W. 3. Gilbert, the author o Pima
fore, The Mlkado, Pstisnsc, Pyg-
mslion and Galatea, The Palace o.
Truth, The Wicked World aud other
kindred plays aud operas, will BE- pro.
scented at the Grand Opera House next
week by this efficient stock company.
MI. Harry Corson Clatko will be- the
Cheviot Hin, young man Of for
tune; Howard Kyle, the Bel.
vavnryi Cecil KiBg,tonC, the Syn.
person; Hugh'J. Ward, the August
James Ellis, the Macs illicuIdy; Miss
Victory BatemAn, the Belinda TIE.
huTne; Mt. Cook, the Mf6. McFarlaut;
HnudA kingsloy, her daughter, Mag
gie aud Llslo Loigh, thu Minnie
Lympefe. Engaged, u l. hoped will
rival Ia sister high comedies, London
Assurance aHd Caste 10 popularity.
Baftloy's CAmpbeii'a Galley Slave anu
Bronson Howard's Young Mis-. Win
thfop arc IN preparation ~ follow
Engaged.
Since tho world begau there has
hardly boon q dramatic stock cUmIauy
that could dwell together Tor any gfohi
length u tins without some sort VI n
Jar. Tins inevitable lar In tho new or.
gan'zatlon nj tho Grand came duflng
the present week, and came very near
boiling heavy VnOughi to iag sOmeOn oOut.
eide tbs organization. II al arose over
the casting OF Engaged, tue bill for
next week. Mr. Clarke aud Mt. Hun.
tington both thought they should have
the part Of Choyiot Hiil; NJ. Lask, tho
stage manHger, ia whose provinces the
casting Of all plays lies, though the
part better suited 10 the abilities OF Mr.
Clarke and gave him the book. Mr.
Huntington announced that no would
Tcsign unless change were made,
holding that he was the leading man
W NhN NVhAIANNN Nhh - hhtN NNNhNu
play Cheviot Hin, clearly the loAdiug
part Ia Engaged. Stage Manager Lisk
laid the situation before Manager Roc
eu. That gentleman with characteristic
pfOmptitude wired dramatic alslt
Spies In Now York, asking how Ions ~
would take 10 start a new leadiug man
10 salt LAke. The reply came
tWenty.iouT hours. Mr.. Rogers laii
the dispatch bsfofe Mf. Huntington.
Mt. Huntington took = moment 10
think, aud then said he had recon.
sldered. RehoarsAla OF Engaged are
now going peacoAbly forward, but Mt.
Huntington will take a rest next week.
Nat Goodwin IL cat II" again, aud
this time the arena he chOts wns a
New York theAter. He played one act
Of The Gilded Fool, but could g0 no
further anu the audience had 10 be
dismissed. His proceeding next n ght
was little out OF the usual. OF The
affair the Sun sayE; Nat GOODWIN made
great many new friends last nignt by
the homestead manly manneTin watch