The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-19
Stage Gossip.

Stage Gossip.
S. Albert Mann, who was stage
manager of Wonderland in it's palmi-
est days, is still dallying with the
profession. We have a programme
from Ell Reno, Q. T., showing that he
appears in a classical drama entitled,
THE Two Tramps," for the benefit of
the Ladies Aid society.
The Bi-MetaIlic Blacks realized just
about $500 net proceeds for the Young
Ladies' Aid society by their recent per-
formances. The information published
prematurely (and exclusively in an
other newspaper, that the profits
amounted to $500. has caused some
embarrassrent to the managers, es-
pecially to the tinterlocutor, who finds
it was easier to carry on a dialogue
with Harry Parker in the presence of
a large audience, than TO manage a
private dialogue with disappointed
be eficiaries.
The Salt Lake Concert company is
corresponding with Miss Jenny Mack
intosh to secure her as the soprano of
their organization.
The young basso, Willard Squires,
who has been missing from our n:usi-
cal circles for some months, is touring
in grand opera with a company of
some prominence in the northern
states. In the course of its travels he
may appear here.
The stage manager who has had
charge of the opera house perform
ances since Frawley left is George E.
Lask, who has done excellent work
and staged the pieces quite as well as
his illustrious predecessor. He now
returns to San Francisco, we'll pleased
with his twelve weeks stay, and with
a host of pleasant acQuaintances who
regret his departure.
The commencement exercises of the
University of Utah and of the High
school will be held at the theatre on
early dates, to be announced.
Beerbohm Tree is another of the
English contingent that is suspected
of being fair and false He is an ex-
cellent actor and received high social
honors in America that failed TO turn
his head from the main chance. He
matte hit but money maker. and as
he has often been referred to as the
ideal Svengali he considered that he
had a personal relation to the piece
and plot. 1t is not the highest COM
pliment that a man could receive to be
so described, but after seeing it for
the first time he said to the play
wright: ''Mr. Potter, it is a marvel
lousy good play, and if 1 were
a dishonest man 1 should have
one made in London on the same
lines" Later he negotiated with Mr..
Palmer, who owns Potter's revision,
for the right to play it. But he seems
to have thought the per centage for
brains was too high, for the cable
brings word that Tree has made ar
engagements with Du Maurier to play
it without regard to Mr.. Potter. This
IS sowing the wind with a vengeance,
and when Mr.. Trees funds get low
he will find something to reap on his
return to America, for Mr.. Potter
STANDS high in the estimation of
American managers and they will
have it in for Mr.. Tree.
Salvini the younger and Hamlet"
are strangers yet. The acquaintance
was brief and Salvini continues in his
romantic roles of Don Caesar" and
''The Three Guardsmen."
Marie Burroughs has added Leah"
and Romeo and Juliet to her roper
toire and offers them to the Boston
public. According to Shakespeare,
Juliet was aged IA DENY it,"
Cinderella redivivus! A pair of slip
pers, with solid gold buckles and set
with diamonds. rubies and pearls, will
be presented the coming week to the
lady who can show the smallest and
daintiest foot on the stage Of the Bos-
ton theatre.
Wanted-A Russian play in which
the leading lady is not named Vera.
Efie Shannon has been engaged by
the Frohmans 20 take the part of the
young wife in 1.-The City of Pleasure
Daniel Frohman had his house on
fire the other evening and much DAM
age was done before it could be put
out.
Sadie Martinez has been playing IN
1.-THE Passport during the past week
at the BlJou theatre, New OrK.
Gunther, the author of MY Official
Wife, threatened to enjoin her for
the palpable similarity of the piece
but he did not do it. Salt Lakers have
little sympathy for either Martinez or
Gunther.
The New York public seems as if 1t
will never tire of William Gillette in
TOO Much Johnson"
In a letter to the press. giving bis