The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-25
Stage whispers.

Howard Kyle recently played Uncle
Tom in San Francisco. Victory Bate
man was the Eliza.
Lillian Russell says she helps to keep
her voice fresh by making it a rule
never to sing to her friends.
The recital by Madame Swenson's
pupils at Christensen's hall on Tuesday
programme was printed in yesterday
Herald.
Augustus Thomas is preparing an
arrangement of 3oucieault's 1.-The Long
Strike which Charles Frohman will
produce this winter with ]. H. Stoddart
as the lawyer.
The new New York theatre, the Muir
ray Hill, was opened last Monday
night by the Bostonians in their new
opera, In Mexico" Barnabee as a
Yankee and Jessie Bartlett Davis as
a Mexican girl both made hits.
Louis James opened the season in
Chicago with a magnificent production
of ''Spartacus," which received I'M
qualified praise from the press. This
will be one of the strong attractions at
the Salt Lake theatre this season.
Jessie Bartlett- Davis is meeting with
pears. Miss Davis is continually i'm
portuned with offers 10 head a COM
pany of her own, but she prefers to re-
main one of the mainstays Of the Bos-
-onians.
Charles friedman will export Secret
Service to London with an American
cast next spring, besides taking John
Drew there to appear in a new piece.
He viii also send THE Gay Parisians"
and "Too Much Johnson to Australia.
He will produce "A Man and His Wife"
with his stock company in Chicago next
week, and in Brooklyn a political COM
edy, "Honors Are Easy" by Paul Lei
cester Ford.
A. NJ. Palmer. the well known mana
ger, has evidently hnack of writing
as well as theatre managing, Cor "Fa-
nous American Actors of Today" that
Interesting new book on the stage Just
issued, contains an article from Mr..
Palmer's pen on the life of Charles r.
Thorne, jr. Mr.. Thorne was fer many
wears leading man in Palmer's famous
Union Square Theatre company, and
the article, therefore, contains a greae
many entertaining personal reminls-
cences.
81 have been reading Pepys' Diary
says Albert Cheyalier. land under date
of Jan. 8, 1860, l find the following
entry:-'By coach to the theatre at 5
o'clock, where was acted The Beggar's
Bush" and here, for the first time l
saw women come upon the stage, and
which 1 thought was more to nature
We have no record of the appearance
upon the stage of any woman singer
until 1892" pursues Mr.. Chevaliea',
when. as the London Gazetteer has it,
the Italian lady, just come from over
the sea, who is famous for her sing
ing, will perform The first English
in.
Mrs. lofts, whom Colley Cibber ex-
tolls as a handsome woman, with a
sweet. silveT-toned voice. She appeared
in 1703.''
James O'Neill is one of the few act
ors who pays any attention to polfti-
cal matters Il have decided party
preferences" he stated recently. but
unfortunately j am constantly travel
ling and can't vote. Perhaps / should
not express any political opinions, but
still / can't help noticing the effect
of an administration on my business.
And i have noted that business has
been perceptibly poorer during the last
four years than / ever knew ii before
Besides that, there are more stranded
companies, actors 0ut of work and
poorer salaries being paid. although ]
have had no cause to complain. But
as my audiences are largely composed
OF the intelligent working classes
draw my own differences.
.Ernirie," which has heretofore been
regarded as record breaker in comic
opera, from a financial standpoint,
must take G, back seat to Francis Will
sons new production. Hall King
now on at the KnicKerpvcker theatre
It's business for the first month of its
run exceeded that of sErninie' dur
the first month of its original produc-
ton, not by hundreds, but by fhous-
ands of dollars. Wilson might have
remained in New York for the best
part Of this season with profit 10 htln-
self and the theatre; but the engage
ment musr close after four more weeks.
Brooklyn will be the frst city 70 be
visited outside Of New York: after that
agements in Washington, Balti-
noaes Philadelphia and Boston yill fol-
low.
G. ID. sCHETTLER.
Guitar virsuoso and nlandolinist Stu
do 56-5S Main street, room /.