The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-17

that he has received repeated offers
from Charles Frohman and other man
ayers to embrace the stage profession
ally. Governor Wells is the lead
ing man of the Home Dramatic club
of Salt Lake City, a talented band OF
amateur TheSpianS, composed of mem
bers of the best Mormon families They
have played together for dozen years,
and their performances are marked by
intelligence, skill and artistic finish
equal to any professional stock COM
pany. a few years ago the home COM
pany produced 'ssSaints and Sinners
and j. H. Stoddart journeyed from
New York to Salt Lake City to play
his original role with the support of
the Mormon amateurs. Mr.. Wells has
a repertoire greater than nine-tenths
of the present leading men of the pro-
fessional stage.-New York World.
This handsome tribute from the great
est paper in the world will be a, sur
prise to the goyernor-elect, who was
probably not aware that his fame had
spread to the Sandy Hook confines. He
may attribute this very handsome
puff to some one of the many theat-
rical people in New York whose friend
ship he enjoys. Out Of curiosity we look
ed over the records at the theater after
reading that part of the notice in ref
erence to Mr.. Wells repertoire" and
we find it to be the fact that he has
played more roles than many Of the
leading men of the day could boast Of,
though, of course, he has never been
up" in all the parts at the same time.
The list comprises the following: The
doctor, and later Jacques in The Two
Orphans" Bevannes in The Romance
of Poor Young Man." Chalcott in
ours James in Extremes" Colonel
May and later Eliot Grey in Rose
THE Bankers Daughter. the lawyer
in Divorce" the father in "Coralie,"
Moses Abrams in Queens Evidence"
General Sanity in The False Friend"
Gillipod in Our Boarding House." Bob
Sackett in Saratoga" Inshavogue in
the play of that name, Arnlishaw in
Miss Chester the lawyer in Forbid
den Fruit" Kengussie in THE Money
Spinner" O'Reilly in The Long
Strike the tailor and afterwards the
hero in The Green Lanes of England"
Grimaldi in THE Life of an Actress"
Simon in "A Lifes Revenge" Chal-
loner in Peril" the lead in 'On Ball."
Tim Tit in "Fettered," Mumpleford in
Confusion" the lover in 1.-The Guy
nor" Mazilier in article A." George
in 'tAfter Dark Wilfred Denver in
The Silver King" Christian Chris
tainson in storm Beaten" Harold Ar
mitage in THE Lights O London jul
ian in Diplomacy" Con in THE
The World" Frank Darlington in
Youth" Colonel Prescott in Held by
the Enemy" the lover in 1.-The Private
Secretary" Lord Travers in Hazel
Kirke," Gilbert Vaughan in called
Back" Douglas Winthrop in Young
Mrs. Winthrop Talbot Champneys in
Our Boys" the curate in 1.-THE Wages
of SIM" the old man in Royle's
Friends" Dave Hardy in 'Esmer-
Tears" and Ralph Kingsmill in Saints
and Sinners" Mr.. Wells made his last
appearance in Saints and Sinners
with J. H Stoddart and the Home club
in October, 1894.
1t speaks well for the liberal and pro-
gressive ideas prevailing in our COM
munity that both the nominees for
governor of the new state have been
closely connected with the dramatic
profession; a profession too often ia
booed and frowned upon in commune
ties where highly moraf' notions are
supposed to prevail. Mr. Game was
an actor and manager when Mr. Wells
was an infant. if not before he was
born In that Augustan era of the
drama in Utah, when the Deseret
Dramatic company held the boards,
Mr.. Caine played prominent part, in
fact he played many prominent parts.
Wahnotee, the Indian. in The Oc-
toroon,'' Aminidab Sleek, in "The
Serious Family" and Hawkshaw, in