The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-27

For the first time in the history OF
Salt Lake City, sthree real theaters
have kept open doors during the last
A week, each with an attraction of much
" merit and popularity Whether OIL
fiourishing commonwealth can bear NJ
under such strain continuously, re-
mains 10 be seen. In the meantime il
is reassuring TO the managers that each
has done a good business in the face
of active competition.
At the Salt Lake theater Mr.. Hoy;
himself has been experimenting the
n performances OF "A Contented Wo-
man., which he evidently intends tc
improve before he leaves 1T to its own
devices. IS to the characters in the
piece, the men all appear 10 be realis-
tic portraits of men whom the author
has met, but ii does not speak well
for his social circle, if they are the
highest types within his knowledge.
They all drink, smoke and swear in the
presence of ladies and refer to still
greater vices with which they are ap-
parently too familiar.
At the Opera house very delicately
drawn and touching picture in one act
has been followed by a lively three
act farce, the bill affording very sat
isfactory entertainment TO the friends
and patrons of this popular place Of
amusement
The return Of A NJ. Palmers "Tril-
. by" to the theater on the afternoon and
evening Of November ,. viii be hailed
with delight especially by those who
had no opportunity of offending the
performances given two or three
weeks ago On that occasion the house
was crowded each night. and the pub
lie appetite was far from stated during
the brief engagement. WiltOQ Lack
ayes extraordinary creation of the ma
ignant Svengali, and Edith Crane S
wonderful impersonation of the hap
less Trilby viii long be remembered as
singular dramatic vitalities, while all
the other characters in Du Maurier's
remarkable story are almost equally
~ well realized. San Francisco has eX-
y peTienced the "Trilby'' craze to the
uttermost; New Orleans confesses to
the same influence. Brooklyn is hav-
ing a bad attack, while in ST. Paul she
is running against Sandow and proving
the stronger of the two.
The large and apparently we'll pleased
audiences attending the Lyceum thea
ter since the advent of its new play,
1.-The 1ronmaster,' goes to prove that
Salt Lake is ever ready to respond to
worthy production ably interpreted,
but attempts to palm off on us an
tique efforts. which eXhale little but
dust and mildew. and we immediately
become, as we did concerning Rose
dale" a hyper-critical. as we'll as a
highly indignant populace, and hasten
to show our disapproval by maintaing
I don't want TO play in your yard
demeanor, which unbends not until
the eradication Of the offence.
OF course we are aware that Georges
Ohnet's fascinating story, The Iron
master" Of which J. Y. Pritchard made
such a successful dramatization. had
been given to the public long before
The Old, Old Story was ever dream
ed Of, but nevertheless this oldest work
is the most modern in its theme. whilst
the new work-well, the new work was
an old, old story, and q tiresome one
at that. The Old, Old Story" reminds
US of Thackeray'S works, which were
laUdable efforts in his day, and appre-
ciated as such, but let one of our read
erS endeaVOr in the present era TO wade
through "Pendennis" or Vanity Fair
and he will fan an instant victim TO a
most unsupportable ennui. Such pc
dantry. such stilted language, such YER
bOsity, and such impossible sentiments
Nowadays one feels that it would work
great Improvement could one have at
Thac6eray'S works with an axe. doing
a little cutting here, some chopping
there and much pruning ali over. We
were imbued with the same energetic
desires whilst sitting out a perform
ance Of The Old. Old Story"
'"The Ironmaster.' although it can
boast Of no exceeding originality Of
treatment, possesses an interesting plot
which is handled in an equally inter
esting manner The hero, Philippe
2 Derblay. is a grand and simple char
acter that finds most worthy inter-
prefer in Charles j. Richman. This &C
tor is proving himself an artist of re-
fined. as we'll as accurate intuitions,
whose work in the present production
at the Lyceum is made memorable by
a certain effectiveness of look, tone
and gesture, which is indeScribable.
but lasting in impressiveness. Nature
has also materially aided Mr.. Richman
in his professional career by endowing