The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-10

-TMa Little Maverick at the theatre
last night drew but d very poor house.
Although there is hardly a thread of
plot in the whole piece. there is so
faueh fun, laughter and merrhlent,
with touches here and there of tender
sentiment and psthos, so mixed up
together as to form q bright and
wholesome whole. Katie Putnam.
fetching as ever. made bonny
Little NAV rick" and filed the whole
stage with her winsome personality.
II. b. Emery made q typical foreign
count and was strictly in it as far as
ACCENT was concerned. Gus Cohar' s
inpersonation Of Hans Straus, the
German boy, was immensely funny
and elected bursts of applause. Little
can be said in praise Of the rest of the
support, they being hardly up to the
average. THE Little Maverick" last
night ended the Katie Putnam engage
ment.
To a fellow up a Tree, it may have
looked as if the falling out between the
opera house management and JIessrs.
Giffen and Nein. per Frawley, would
result in discontinue to the new
amusement house. The company that
has been playing there has certainly
met with public appreciation and in
few .lrief weeks has seemed TO Identify
itself with the house The people have
played well in a few bright pieces, ard
thedetrons of the new theatre have
come to feel as much personal and
sympathetic interest in the members Of
the company as in the management of
the enterprise. Under those circum-
stances the inevitable has happened
Applause has made some of them
think that the armament revolves
around some of the stars and that they
are off the earth, so to speak. as it
were. Things came to such d pass
that the manager Of the house was
told by the stage manager to keep IN
front of the house Il own this stage
from the curtain back and you viii
please keep out Nj. Joan y. Rogers
mildly suggested that inasmuch as the
Salt Lake Amusement association had
paid the lumber bills and for the
scene painting, its representatives had
something to say about it; but chere
was a decided stand taken and it
looked like a case where an irresistible
force had met an immoyabie body.
About a week later Mr.. Frawlsy stated
in the papers that he would never set
foot on the opera house stage again,
so there must have been some relaXa-
ton in the meantime. Then another
announcement came, that Manager
Rogers, having given notice to the
Giffen and Neil company terminating
their management, the whole troupe
had accepted a most brilliant engage
lnent in Portland. Or, and would
HE chem away promptly, leaving Mr..
Rogers high and dry on a desolate
strand. A little later, it seemed not
so sure where they were going, and a
San Francisco engagement WAS talked
of iNRtead. Finally, It seems as if the
cons skny is not intact, and that about
hahBof them viii not so ct all but on
the contrary viii remain at the opera
house IS the nucleus OF n new organi-
cation TO consist of several of the best
Of the old company vita some very ex-
cellent people added from New York
and other dramatic centres. These
others will arrive about the mid
die OF this week, and it is probable
that the opera house will run right
along without a gap. hut with some
new faces incorporated into Tie casts |
Among those Who are definitely en-
gagged. and are now enr0ute 10 this
city, are some whose names are tamil I
Tar and most certainty prove TO be |
strongly attractive. One IS Wright
Huntington, who played With Louis
AIdrich in My Partner" taking the
part Of Ned Singleton and receiving
considerable praise therefor. He was
formerly in Z. n. Sotherns company
and viii take leading parts with Mr..
Kyle.
For the leading female roles the
management has engaged Miss Carrie
Radcliffe, who during the early part
of this winter appeared with Carrie
Turner at the Fifth avenue theatre,
New York, in The Coming Woman"
She is an actress Of exceptional and
acknowledged ability, whose services
have always been in strong demand
at the highest class stock theatres of !
New York and the east. She is said to
be a beautiful woman of the blonde
type, and has played a wide range of !
characters. Considerable surprise has
been expressed by the members of the
present company that the management !
of the Grand has been able to secure |
SO Meli known a performer, but Mr.. |
2hN IS states that the whole secret of |
Il , matter lies in the fact that he |
simply set his teeth together and paid |
her price.
Another is Cecil Kingston, an exper- !
fenced stock actor, who is 2dapted to |
ouch parts as Captain Swift and Lord |
Jura. He win take lines that have |
hitherto fallen into the hands Of Mr..
King. Mr.. Hugh Ward comes - take |
the place Of Mr.. Eiakemore. He is a I
light comedian of considerable ability, I
who has been playing of late in some |
Of Hoyt's pieces. A soubrerte will be
added to the company by the arrival of
the clever Dot Kingsley, Of New York I
Tho stage management viii be in the
hands of Mr. George z. Lask, who
comes with a good reputation from San
Francisco. This formidable coterie will
Join with the four of the old company
who remain. These are Harry Corson
Clarke, Howard Kyle, dadge Carr
Cook and Miss Coye. A company thus
made up viii at least sustain the
standard of the previous performances
at the opera house and lend the new
interest that always comes with new
faces. To have gathered so complete
a stock company together n SO short
a time proves that the manager of
the house keeps his light trimmed ard
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