The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-05


Inasmuch as Mr.. Wright Huntington
can spare week before returning to
New York. the Opera House company has
decided TO put in a few DAYS in the sur
rounding cities. They will play ga
price tomorrow night, and "Frou-Frou''
on Tuesday in Park City: Caprice" on
Wednesday evening in Brigham City, and
the same in Logan on Thursday Friday
evening and Saturday matinee they will
play caprice IN Ogden, and wind up
the week a the same place with ''F'rou-
Frou. Although Mr.. Huntington may be
absent the week following, the rest of the
company expect to occupy the Opera
House for four nights rendering a num-
Der of pieces that have not been included
III their previous repertoire, among which
VIII De lncIuoed Beerbohm Trees greatest
GER
The students and friends of Mr.. Harry
Cooke, have selected Monday evening.
May 18th, to tender testimonial to those
popular players. The whole of the pro-
Sramme for the evening has not vet been
completed, but it will include a portion of
My Awful Dad, with Mr. Newman.
Miss Lottie Levy and others assisting the
Denelclarles IN the cast A song has been
written by Mrs. Newman for the occasion
entitled, 'As l Have Chosen You" Mr.
Clarke has composed the air and Mrs
Newman will render it. The last act of
appearing in his popular role of Eccles
as played by him in Denver. Among the
others who will assist the principals in
caste, are Mrs. Newman, Sam Park
Mr.. Westervelt, George D'Alroy, George
L. Nye and others.
It will doubles be interesting to
many of the patrons Of the Grand
Opera house to have brief summary
of the degree of success and conse-
quent profits attending the presenta-
ton Of each play since the opening of
the house to the closing of the sea-
son last evening.
The venturing into matters theatre
cal was an entirely novel business for
Manager John Rogers, and was en-
tered into with but little of the look
before you leap preliminaries. That
50 much good fortune has attended
this venture is not entirely due to the
artistic measure of the productions,
or the undenia bic strength of the COM
panieS engaged, but to a great ex-
tent results from the forethought and
untiring energy of the young manager
himself, who as a novice, has COM
ported affairs with the wisdom of an
''old hand
During the eighteen weeks of the
Opera House season, 129 perform
I
ceipts amounting TO a little over $19,-
500. Under the Giffen & Neill regime.
the Amusement Association lost about
$500, but since the association has man.
aged its own company, it has made
a net profit of about 1920.
In conversation with Manager John
Rogers concerning the incidents of the
season. he said: Leaving out Young
Mrs. Winthrop" the first production
of 10
Arabian Night" and AN Unequal
Match" the difference in the receipts
Of the others is less than 500. 1 con-
slider "Frou Frou' the most remark
able play we have produced during
the season, for it ran ten perform
ances to better average business than
the greater part of the others, and
for the first seven it ran next to
young Mrs. Winthrop" The week
of 'An Unequal Match was the worst
we ever had. This was due to the
lack of proper and sufficient rehears-
ais caused by Mr.. Frawley's neglect
and .inattention to his duties. The
business of the "Hurly-Burly" was
bad because the play is bad. This is
also true of AN Arabian Night"
The small receipts of the first week
Cf Moths" was due to the fact that
it was the opening bill of a new house
that the people KNEW very HlIe
about. I think Engaged" is the great
est play, either comedy or drama, that
we have yet presented, and the most
artistic performance We have ever
given. Caprice" is of course written
FOR a star but in my estimation, few
stars play it as well as Miss Bateman.
and no stock players have ever at
tempted it
Appended is a list OF the different
plays and dates on which they opened.
The number given against each piece
indicates the rank they take as sue
cesses. 1t viii thus be seen that
young Mrs. Winthrop" takes
the lead, whilst "An Ideal Match"
takes the BOBBY prize. Moths"
December "a. IA; London Assurance"
December 81, s; "All the Comforts of
Home" January Z, Z; ''Esmeralda,'
January Il. 5; 1.-The Picture-Three
Hats" January 81, 10; Captain Swift
January IS, 3; IAN Unequal Match
February 4. Is: Caste February IL,
2; .Frou Frou, February %; "Our Regi-