The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-24
AT THE GRAND.
A Fine Performance Last Night
EITriIby."

"TriIby."
dance at the Grand opera house than
has gathered together there any night
since the advent of the new company.
The bill was double one-a combina-
ton Of rollicking farce with serious
comedy. The title of the former, Job
sons NlSlt Key" is suggestive of The
champagne suppers, welsh rabbits and
won't go home till morning" habits
INDUCED in by a gay Lothario who
gets himself into endless difficulties by
his reprehensible way. The part of
Jobson, the possessor of the night key
was amusingly portrayed by George
r. Edeson, who drew upon the con-
dition of helpless but benevolent intox-
ication to a ludicrous extent, calling
forth roars of laughter from his audi
ence. Mrs. Amanda Smith, charac-
terization of the Mrs. CaudIe kind,
was consistently carried out by Annie
Chester, whilst William H LOCKER, as
the long-suffering recipient of curtain
lectures, and Edith Pollock as Eliza
Jane added to the mirth of the piece.
"Jobson's Night Key" was followed
by j. Palgrade Simpsons extremely
pathetic drama Of Broken Ties" The
uncommon one, and deals with the his
tory Of a woman whose passion FOR
the footlights leads her to forsake
home, husband and child. After many
years, and at the zenith Of her fame,
she is brought in contact with her for
saken boy, who has attained manhood
in the belief that death, and not a
cruel desertion, has deprived him of
mothers love. In La Silvia, . prima
donna of the operate stage, the de-
serted father recognizes his wife and
discloses the truth to his son, who
Immediately flies to the scene of his
mothers triumphs. The story ends in
the conventional way of reunion of
the parents by mutual affection for
their only child, but it is told in such
sweet and pathetic words as bring
tears to the eyes of the most stoical
The part of the husband and that of
a celebrated painter, Lionel Warner by
name, was admirably interpreted by
Mr.. 1ngerson, who mad surrounded
himself with an air Of mournfuI dig
nifty and studious reserve in keeping
with the character. His lines were de-
livered accurately and with charming
information. If we have one fault to
find with MIR. IngersolPs portrayal it
is that he carried his innate repose of
manner to its utmost limits, imbuing
one with the idea that he lacked ami
nation. This manner is somewhat re-
polling to his audience and does not
allow him to call forth all the SYM
pathy which is due to him in the part
Of the wronged husband. Mr. Inger-
soil could easily improve on this char
acteristic, which was not passed by
unnoticed In his portrayal of Elliot
Gray as we'll as Lionel Warner Miss
Fanny Mcintyre did some very fine
work in her impersonation of the err
ring wife, but was not altogether be-
yond criticism. In the first act she
seemed to promise what she did not
or could not fulfill in the second. In
the first scene she was artistic, the
second STACEY, the third the best of
all. Taken altogether, her portrayal
neither lacked fire nor spirit; in fact
it possessed these qualities in a
marked degree, but real passionate in
tensity, although not altogether
absent, was yet not easily felt
Hugh Ward was applauded more than
once as Herbert Warren, a part which
becomes him well and which he inter
prets with a. gentle earnestness that is
very attractive. Edith Pollock made
a pretty picture as Lucy Richmond,
William Tooker an amusing one as her
brother The scenery was in accord,
also the music, which was conducted
in Willard Weihe's most mastery
style. "Jobson's Night Key" and BRO
ken Ties" runs till the end of the
week