The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-27


Notwithstanding the inclament
weather Of the past week the Grand
Opera. house. continued 10 draw large
audiences. This is not surprising when
one considers the m5ritorious character
Of the performances essayed. THE
Three Hats" was full Of iolly good
run ana was magnetic in its laugh
producing qualities. Even hardened
cynics could not control their lnjrtb.
ana everybody who saw the play went
away feeling the better for having at
tended The management proposes to
Keep up the high standard of plays
and the public IS to be congratulatsd
on the magnificent efforts being put
forth TO give them a quid pro quo for
their money
This week the play of CAPTAIN
Swift via hold the boards and it is
70 be the dramatic event of the season.
No pains or expense win be spared to
make Of it the chef d'oeuvre of the
winters work. The company has been
TehearSing the play twice a dav fo1.
several weeks past and they intend To
make such an impression on the mind
OF the theatre-going public that, if pos
slble, an extra. week of the production
may be demanded. In fact so anxious
are they to give a finished performance
even on the opening night that they
viii give a dress rehearsal tonight.
lasting from O'Clock to midnight. in
which the entire play will be gone over
with every detail including scene eff
feets. The special scenery has been
prepared for the play and some of it
Is quite striking and handsome. In
deed the management has quite out
done itself in preparing for the weeks
work and if it should prove anything
but success there will be a surprise in
store for someone.
When Captain Swift was first
brought out three years ago with Man
rice Barrymore in the title role. ii ere
ated quite a sensation wherever it was
produced. Crowded houses greeted it
everywhere and the press of the coun-
try was full of lauda tory notices. II is
thrilling drama, fun of sensational
and exciting incidents from start to
finish; yet there is nothing of the blood
and thunder order about it. 1t tells
the story Of bold adYenturer named
Captain Swift, who had made high
WagmanShip an art in the Australian
wilds. His thefts were so bold and
daring that they excited the curiosity
Of the whole civilized world and nv
means OF the numbers on certain bank
HOleS winch ne MAD stolen he IS traced
70 the city Of London by the detectives.
While dining at the home of a wealthy
resident of The British metropolis the
conversation turns on the exploits of
the celebrated Captain Swift and a. dis
cussion ensueS between Captain Swift
who has assumed the name of WiIding.
and a Mr.. Gardener who was one of
the victims OF the captain in Australia.
Gardener makes up his mind, aft-r sev-
eral artfully propOunded questions. that
Wilding is none other than the Justly
celebrated highwayman, but does not
expose him, because when he was held
up in Australia by the captain VINO had
spared his life because he (Gardener)
had made a bold stand for his rights
on the ground that the treasure he had
in his possession was the property of
another and that rather than Weld ii
UP he would sacrifice his life. 1t then
becomes known that Mrs. Seabroke. at
whose home the entertainment took
place, is the mother of CAPTAIN Swift
by former marriage and the discIos-
ure made makes a very effecting scene,
between mother and son. She realizes
that she had done him an injustice by
deserving him in infancy and now de-
sires to make amends by attempting to