The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-29

and powerful voice, allied with a, brill
liancy of oratory that is found strong
~ attractive by his many audiences.
The engagement at the theater is for
one night only, September so.
This evening at the Grand Opera
house, DR.. De Moneo purposes reveal
ing to his audience the result of his
researches i'm the study of. hypnotfsm
and the wonders that may be achieved
thereby. There is little doubt but that
this subject in a great measure, owes
its present popularity to Du Maurier,
who simultaneously with his impCssi-
bic, but mastery creation of Svengali,
laid the foundation of convenient pill
lar whereupon to hang a fad. 1t is,
nevertheless, a, subject brimful of pos
sIbilitieS of the most interesting kind,
and handled slzilfully, as it will be by
DR.. De Monco, should prove attraction
enough to draw largely despite the
fact that Sunday is stay-at-home day
to the majority of our citizens. Popu-
lar prices prevail for this entertain
ment.
A theatrical scheme that has been
Matched for about a year past is just
announced. 1t is what might be cali
ed a deal in the drama 1t is a syn
dictate for the production of new plays
in this country, and it has capital of
$4OOO,O00. Fourteen cities are included
and New York and Chicago will be the
heads of the pool
The principal men In the deal are
Harry Miner, Mr.. McVicker of Chicago
and Lawyer Joseph W. Brooks of New
York, who acts also in the capacity of
counsel. The leading theater mama
gers in the following twelve other large
cities are in the scheme: Boston, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Washington. ST
Louis, Louisville. Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Pittsburg, Detroit, Indianapolis and
Buffalo
This idea, if it works out properly,
viii result in an almost complete abo-
lition of the star system, at least as 1T
is carried on at present. The pool
will make all of it's productions with
stock companies. A dramatic COM
pany will be organized with a very
large number of people that will be
able to present any play that can be
written by anybody. So says Mr.. Mi
her, at least. A syndicate company
WIFI open in New York some time in
September, 1896 and it will be so or
g'anized that 1T can be cut UP into sew
eral companies if OCCASION requires.
There will also be another Etock or
g'anization formed for musical work.
which will present light operas and
burlesques, and this company is going
to open next June in Chicago.
The syndicate has already secured a
number of English, German, French
italian and Spanish plays that will be
presented. American plays will not be
ignored Special inducements will be
offered to American playWlfghts.
The new theatre at Earls court in
London, on which workmen are en-
gagged night and day, will be. when
! finished, the largest in the world. The
stage is 315 feet wide and 100 feet
deep, the proscenium opening being
1S6 feet. In front of this there is to be
a second stage Ga feet deep, which can
be moved under the main stage out
of sight of the audience, leaving a
large lake of water for aquatic spec
tacles. The lake also extends under
the main stage and will be used for
the first great production of The
British in India" in which a troop
ship loaded with soldiers sails from
Portsmouth Harbor. The auditorium
has no pillars whatever, the immense
roof being an arched truss, the span of
which is 217 feet, and 5000 people can
| be comfortably seated with plenty of
room to spare and an unobstructed
view of the stage. The Earl's court
will be devoted entirely to immense
specta cular productions.
Ac1nille Rivarde, the violinist, who is
J to arrive in America early in Novem-