The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14

but he revised the manuscript. intro
ducing the horseback combat scene
and the explosion effect, both of which
were so well liked by the author that
he incorporated them in the version
he sent to Australia. Today Grismer is
half owner of the play, leading man
and stage manager, and it looks now,
in the third season of the drama, as
though ii would bring him more money
than all his earlier efforts combined.
II is, in fact, a mammoth, stirring,
prodigious production in every sense of
the word. While it is sensationally
shriekingiy blood and thundery to the
last degree of luridness, still it is warm,
human, live, sympathetic-the sort of
thing that makes ones pulses stir, sets
ones heart TO beating in spite OF ones
self and rouses in the most blase the
atre-gOer the enthusiasm he had al
most grown to think had gone to ashes.
The hunting scene, when the stage
was crowded with horses and hounds,
the most novel and exciting scene of d
broadsword combat on horseback lin
which a most realistic fall from his
horse is executed by the vanquished
Boer) and the humiliation of every
thing on the stage after the explosion
all We're efforts in stage mechanism
and realism such as have seldom been
equalled in our theatrical experience
The cast is an immense one, and, of
course, led-we might say distanced-
by Mr.. Grismer and Miss Davies. They
have roles of the most intensely heroic
type, both of which keep the galleries
in a perpetual foment of enthusiasm
and eXhilaration; but both play with
the dignity, earnestness and straight
forwardness which makes everything
go" no matter how clap-trappy it
might sound if it were seen in print.
Every curtain witnessed a great
double or treble call. OF the support
ing company some members are ex-
cellent, some are lame. The best fea-
lures were the Jew of Mr.. Williams,
who actually presented a stage He
brew with a heart in the right place,
spectacle so new to the gods. a tear
ing down of so holy a gallery tradition
that till the play was half over they
were dubious how to greet Mr.. Will
Jams work. Equally good was the viii
lain of Mr.. Kirkland-a brother by
the way, of the talented Odette Tyler.
He had the most ultra, old-style, all
devouring, universally killing, bomb
throwing, lady-strangling sort of role
to play, and in the hands of any but
a good actor its all-pervading fiendish-
ness might have made it ridiculous
The boys part was we'll sustained, and
so were most of the other male char
acters, though Mr.. Ferguson's Penn
was not all it should be- Miss Ra-
rington as Lisbia, was the best of the
supporting ladies. Miss Jackson has
not the strength for the part of the
blind mother. The house was q fine
one last night and it is a foregone con-
clusion that the matinee this after
noon and the closing performance to-
night will go to Standing room only
AT THE GRAND.-"Barnes of New
York" has caught the popular fancy,
and the management of the Grand are
experiencing the somewhat novel SEN
sation of seeing their house full each
night. Thursday nights audience was
especially large and the house is al
ready nearly sold out for today's mat
inee.
The new leading, lady to succeed Miss
Belgrade is not yet secured, and there
is only one more week before she will
be needed. 1t is probable, therefore
that after the production of Mr..
Royle's play next week Miss Dwyer
and Miss Belgrade may be induced to
appear together in some play, while
Mr.. Rogers keeps up his search for his
new woman"
ROYLE'S PLAY.-There has been
big advance sale for Monday night,
when "One Plus One EQUALS Three"
will see light for the first time. The
closing rehearsals are now being held
TENNESSEE PARDNER.-When
the comedy drama, "Tennessee's Pard-
ner," is presented here next week the
atre-goers VIII give hearty welcome to
several popular favorites Harry Main
hall, long identified as leading man
10Th al
Guiding the Ensign, War of
Wealth" etc; Charles B. Hawkins,
the comedian who created the roles of
Cy Prime in The Old Homestead" and
Joel Gates in Shore Acres" Esther
Williams, formerly leading lady with
Maude Granger, Jeffreys Lewis and
Edward Harrigan, head the company.
The sale of seats begins at the box
Office this morning
CORINNE-San Francisco, Nov. 10
Corinne, the well-known comis opera
star, yesterday cast aside all
superstition which attaches TO
people of her profession and drew
up and signed her will, which
was duly executed in the presence of
many notable witnesses. The docu-
ment provides for a bequest of about
$4,000 for the purchase of a tract of
land just outside of New York city up
on which is to be located the "Corinne
Home for Aged and Unemployed Ac-
tresses." The idea of the charitable
young lady is to save girls in the pro-
fession who cannot find employment
from working into sin. The home will
be sufficiently endowed, but made. so
far as possible, self-supporting by
means of light work performed by the
inmates, such as sewing, etc. Two
eastern gentlemen of high repute have
been selected as trustees of the insti-
tuition and many details have already
been planned.