The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-03

Monsen will. by special request Of
many prominent Scandinavians of this
city, appear in Ibsen's beautiful drama
'Glldet paa Saltang' (The Celebration
at Sunny HID at the theatre in the
near future. Mr.. and Mrs. Monser
rank high in their profession on the
| Norwegian stage, both having studied
under Henrik Ibsen and Bjornstjome
Bjornson when these two authors were
| artistic actors of the Royal theatre in
Christiania and the National theatre
| in Bergen. They received the most
fiattering notices from the Chicago
press for their excellent rendition oil
Norwegian plays last season.
George Cayvan wants a leading
man, says Alan Dale, in the New York
Journay. Now don't all speak at once,
for it is not the least use so doing
unless you happen to be handsome,
| tall, MISUNDERSTANDING and talented
but not too talented Miss Cayvan' S
/ manager. Charles Burnham, is quite
| desperate about the situation. He can
! find anybody to fill the bill. The only
| leading man Miss Cayvan coveted
namely, Charles ]. Richman, has been
! snapped up by Mr.. DAILY. Miss Cayvan
wanted him very badly when the idea
! of starring tour first dawned upon
| her. Now that she knows he is posi-
/ lively not to be hers, she is furiously
put out about it.
You may think that it is an easy
matter to get leading man. said Mr..
Burnham yesterday. ''Of course, there
are plenty of the wrong sort. A good
leading man it is almost impossible to
find. Barrymore is to star, Kelcey has
] safh h. n
about Miller-and Frank Worthing
doesn't quite answer our require
ments. 1t is a serious predicament,
and there IS only one way out of it,
that 1 can see. If we can't get lead
ing man in New York we shall go to
London for one. There are plenty of
leading men in London, and just the
right kind, too
LONDON, May 2-Most of the thea
tres have been doing a splendid bust
ness during The past week. The lat
est craze is THE Geisha,' the new
Japanese play produced at Days on
last Saturday. There was such rush
at the Premiere that a Spectator sold
a seat in the dress circle for IS.
The Geisha" was pronounced to be
the best thing of the kind ever done
on the lighter operate stage.
AL AliCIICSu Illoy, "A 4NlShI Oul,
at the Vaudeville mas been well re-
ceived, and the New Baby at the
Royalty on Monday was also success
full.
One of the most remarkable sights
seen in London for some time was the
testimonial at the Lyceum yesterday
afternoon to Charles Wyndham, in
celebration of the twentieth anniver-
sary OF his management of the Critic
rion theatre. Long before the hour to
commence all the approaches to that
theatre were packed with crowds of
people watching the arrival in carriages
of the fashionable people present upon
the occasion. The committee was
composed of some of the most beautiful
actresses in London, including Esme
Beringer, Lily Hanbury, Evelyn Mil
lard, Juliette Nesville and others of
the highest society of the dramatic
art. The ladies stood at the door of the
theatre, opened the carriage doors and
sold programmes, in which they did
rushing business. Some idea of the
success of the programme selling por-
ton of the engagement may be gath
cred from the statement that Esme
Beringer, one of the prettiest of the
young actresses present, sold her pro-
grammes as high as IS EACH
Although the Prisoner of Zenda" is
still drawing crowded houses al the st.
James, the new play which Mr. Carl
ton has written for that theatre is al
ready in rehearsal. 1t will be called
the Tree of knowledge" and will have
an exceptionally strong cast.
1t is limited that a new play by Pr
nero will follow THE Tree of Knowl-
edge" which, in turn will be succeeded
by Anthony Hopes dramatic adapta-
tion of his novel, the God of the Car"
Clement Soon has written a one-act
drama for Leo Stormont 1t has for
its subject a phase in life in Matabele-
land and comprises a military subject
which is calculated to arouse the en-
thusiasm of English audiences. The
new play will only occupy about twen-
ty minutes in rendition and will be pro-
luced about June /.
Herman Merivole has written a play
On the perennial subject of Charlotte
Corday.
The first performance of Henry W.
Upon which Beerbohm Tree has been
80 long engaged will occur at the Hay
market at matinee performance Mon
lay afternoon, May 4.
It is rumored that Hall Game is en-
ragged upon dramatization of his new
novel which has for it's scenery and
Incidents a phase of life in east end
If London. In this new venture Mr..
Game has co-labored with Mr.. Fang
will
1t is rumored that the next produc-
ton which Forbes, Robertson and
Frederick Harrison will undertake will
De a dramatiza ton of the novels Magda |
md Tess of the D'Uberville's, both of
which are selected with a view to
Meeting the requirements of Mrs. Pat
lex Campbell.