The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-10

all accounts, wet With a greater sue
cess than any other production to
which Miss OIcEenry has lent her Vi
Yacious presence. There is more or
less Of plot to the piece. II introduces
her as Nadem0iselle Electra, a circus
rider, who, having trouble with her
manag ger, resigns. The manager seeks
so force her 10 keep her contract and
attempts to have her arrested She
goes to two lawyers for. advice, and
these gentlemen Of the bar are fascin-
ated by the queen of the sawdust arena
ana become her devoted followers. But
the lawyers have obstacles in the way
of stheir loVe-making with the fair
EleEtra in the persons Of their wives.
When Electra discovers the presence
Of these better halves she sets about
for revenge on the two erring lawyers.
In the last act she succeeds in obtain
ina by getting them TO assume two
chargcters in the circus, much to their
humiliation and the ridicule of their
associates. The support is said to be
good, the songs new and catchy and
the dancing pretty ana novel.
The players at the Grand intend to
ga stin further afield in the realm of
fun and will next week play Sydney
Grundy's An Arabian Night" q pro-
ductfon OF the nerriest and most farei-
cal character imaginable. This piece
IS q particularly bright specimen Of
tran class Of plays Of which The Pri-
Sate Secreta,y,F Jane" "Gloriana.'
THE Three Hats and "Charley's
Aunt are examples. AN Arabian
Night" has heen made famous in the
eastern states by the Charles Frohman
Comedy company. who have given it
at all the large amusement centers,
NTH married success. Next heck will
witness simultaneous productions Of 1t
at salt Lake and Philadelphia, the
performances in the Quaker City TAX
ing place at the Girard theatre, by 9,
company which includes Mrs. Jonn
Drew and Joseph Holland. NEadge
Carr Cook viii. in the Grand Opera
house production. assume the character
which, at Philadelphia, is assigned 10
Mrs. John Drew. that Of 9Irs. Gill;
brand, typical mother-in-law, Of the
crafty and despotc kind, who believes
that eternal vigilance is the price of
eonjusai circunspeetion on the part of
a husband Wright Huntington will
have the Joseph Holland part in the
local rendition, and viii appear as
Arthur Hummingt0p the husband
aforesaid. who gets himself into a par
ticlarIy unenViahle situation on ac-
cont of a harmless little adventure
into which he sailed, being melted
thereto by reading the exploits Of
fIaroun-ai-Ra5child, the somewhat
well known Caiph Of Ragdad. It IS
from this connection that the play
takes IT'S name. Harry Corson Clarke
"a comedian will be seen as Joshua
Gflnbrand. the petted darling of his
mamma, who Is quartered permanently
Irpon his unwilling brother-in-law.
smoking his cigars, drinking his
Tiouore. and borrowing his money, all
tlfe while patrOnizing him plentifully
Howard Kyle viii play Ralph oTmerod,
~ artist in hot pursuit Of an ideal,
1Uls1rt he finds in the face Of Mrs.
574,nrningtop (AGiss Victory Bateman),
sDhou1 he greatly alarms by following
her Dersistently on a railway journey,
and tracking her TO her home, where
ha finds her to be the wife Of his friend,
T5,,rnD1ingtop. To Miss Isle Leigh is
assipned the part of Rosa Colombier
s.The India-Rubber Girl" a dime mu-
se,1ro attraction, who makes all the
fro,thla and enjoys it, too. Miss
Eingslev plays Daisy, a niece Of
1I-,71s,oirutop'e. who arrives from
America. and is responsible for large
share Of the complications which take
lace 18th female character is
1Rarbara. a servant, which will be done
~ a Young lady who lives in the city,
and said to be one of Mr. Clarke'S most
4-,romisiDg pupils. Hugh Ward viii be
4 1pen as Dobson, a nanserVant. who
potS naked up in the general tangle.
There Is a tremendous climax al the