The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-08

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ionet; Sharp, cornet; Berry, drums;
Williams, bass viol. a collection of
orchestral scores of the latest music
is being gathered together.
Monday evening, September 16, is not
only destined to be the opening night
of the Grand Opera house, but will
also witness the reopening of the Salt
Lake theater after closed period of
more than three weeks. William Gil
/ lette's "Too Much Johnson is the
forthcoming attraction, booked for a
two-nights' cement This play,
which is said to be comedy of the
| brightest description, has met with
most remarkable success, both east
and west 1t is everywhere described
as a study in laughter not the kind
which succumbs to buffoonery, but the
laughter that yields to brilliant wit
and quaint and droll characterizations.
Three hundred and fifteen perform
ances of this production were given in
New York, with William Gillette; the
famous playwright, as the central fig
ure. Mr.. Gillette, the author of this
play, is we'll known as one of the emf
nent American playwrights. Among
some of his most successful works may
be mentioned Held by the Enemy"
The Private Secretary" MIR. Wilkin-
sons Widows and "Esmeralda" The
original company and all the scenic en-
Vironment and detail which created a
Veritable furore in New York, will ap-
pear in our city, and there is every
caT1 10 holt %l,,k &J,o
will prove red letter event of our
amusement season.
Apropos of the theatrical tours made
in this country by so many eminent
English actors. a certain countryman
of the same, has written to Vanity
falr, London paper: 1T may seem
strange to Londoners that America
should attract so many of our first
class actors and actresses, and should
Keep them for so long; but the reasons
are obvious. Unlike England and
France-countries centralized in their
capitals-America is essentially de-
centralized. The upper classes in Eng
land, as rule, never dream Of visit
ing a provincial theatre They Gait
till they come to town for the season.
The provincial theatres, therefore,
have to cater for a cheap public save
only when the London stars go for
snort tours into the country In
America it is exactly the reverse Elk
cepting in quite unusual circumstances.
the stars appear only for a few weeks
every year in New York, passing the
oulk OF their time in the great pro-
Vlncial cities To the jewellers in these,
New York is not name to coniure
with. Boston, from literary and ar
tlstic point of view. despises New
York; and Chicago does not care a rap
for either. Philadelphia has views of
It's own and SO, though they differ
widely, has San Francisco and Salt
Lake. In England big business can
only be done in the capital You can
not take large money" for more than
couple of weeks in any provincial
town, and after you have done so You
leave 1T dry. stale and improbable for
the next two or three companies that
follow you. In America it is quite the
reverse. The people there are perhaps
the most constant and consistent play
goers IN the world and the amount of
money they spend yearly on the pIav
is astonishing. England has one Lon
don. But for the practical PURPOSES
of the actor, America has a dozen
Londons. 1t is not surprising, there
tore, that, having tasted the sweets of
American patronage, English actors
should return there year after year in
large numbers"
Edwin Milton Royle is trying his
hand on problem plays.
Nicolay Herlofsen will this season
manage Warsick, the celebrates
Sranco-Belgian violinist and com
poser, during his first tour in America.
Clara Morris will open her season on
Sept. .16.
George Eliots "RomoIa" is under
going a course of dramatization by
Glwyn A. Barron. Julia Marlowe Ia
Dor will appear in the title role.
NIr. and Mrs. kendall sailed from
American shores if not exactly with
flying colors, at least with plenty of
crisp American greenbacks. They are
now settled in their brand new luxur-
tous house in Portland Place, London.
The asylum for old and distressed
musicians at Milan, erected by Verdi.
will cost about 100000 and Verdi will
endow it with 100000
A theatrical man has lately become
endowed with an. idea, to which he de-
sires to call the attention of all moth
ers He is building a theatre and it
is his thoughtful intention to include
a nursery in his plans, He ought to
nave another idea and add a bicycle
room.
The latest corruption of Svengalrs
name is "Sfng-gaiIy."
1t is rumored that Salvini the
younger intends leasing London
theatre for. the seasons of 1869.
A London newspaper says that Sir
Augustus Harris. not content with re-
Eiving the languishing taste for italian
opera, producing German opera, gigan-
tic dramas and pantomines, now in
tends to "set the fashions" This he
promises to do in the next Drury Lane
production. In the new drama, two
of the, most important scenes viii be
laid respectively in Hyde park and at
"a society reception. With the as
sistance of these two scenes and a
Partisan .dressmaker, whose fame is
now as, great as was that of Worth,
sir Augustus will forestall all the
froeks and gowns of the next London
Season.