The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-14

lis, Annie Adams, Virginia, Buchanan,
Harry Harwood. Arthur Byron, Lewis
Baker, Leslie Allen, Herbert Ayeling
and Frank Lamb.
At the Lyceum this week the bill will
be Fun on the Bristol" with John f.
Post, Johnny Williams, Violet Sayne
and, the others of the company in the
cast This is a musical comedy done
here a year ago and it viii give ample
opportunity for the speciality acts OF
the various people.
The spectacle of Miss Sarah Truax
busting in and out Of our various
music stores with copies of Pinafore
under her arm, reveals that that
hustling young lady is interested in
the proposed novel and nautical pro-
duction ON the lake. Mr.. Gleason is at
the helm of this enterprise, and the
idea is to build a temporary ship, to
anchor it close to the Saltair pavilion
and to present "Pinafore' on its
deck Sir Joseph Porter and the sis
tiers. cousins and; aunts would arrive
in real boats from the shore: real sa-
lutes would be fired and everything
would be on realistic scale. The au-
dience. of course, would be seated
productions of "Pinafore" have been
given in the east and have proved
quite successful
The news of Frank Mayo's sudden
death naturally produced an intense
gloom in theatrical circles in. New York
City. Next to the Mayo family, the
person who was probably most shock
ed was Charles Evans, manager of
!, 4.so =
prietor Of the Pudd' nhead Wilson COM
pany It was his money that backed
Mayo, and his enterprise and nerve
that kept the piece before the public
even when the dollars poured away
from him like rain through a seive.
He and Mayo had confidence in the
ultimate success of the play, and they
were just beginning to reap their re-
ward when the hand of the destroyer
cut the gifted actor down. Without
doubt Mr. Evans will at once look
about him with A view Of ascertaining
who in all America can succeed Mayo.
No one. we believe, can be found who
will completely fill his shoes, but the
play is so admirable that even with
an actor less excellent-that is, as
suming that Mayo's directions as to
the other characters are carefully fol-
lowed-there is still a. long and pros
porous life for it, Young Ed Mayo we
regard as out Of the question; Louis
Aldrich might do, but it is doubtful if
he has enough of the quiet, inherent
humor to make the ideal; ]. H. Stod-
dart would fill some parts of the role,
in others we fear he would be lost.
At this moment, we confess. that the
man who could entirely fill the bill
does not occur to US. but probably the
man who could give the nearest irli-
tadion OF Mayo himself, and therefore,
the delineation apt to be the most
satisfactory to the public, is Newton
Chisnell, the sheriff in the play, whose
order in the cont" is so convulsingly
remembered. Chisnell was Mayos I'M
derstudy in the part and it is probable
that with his cleverness and his expe-
rience with Mayo he could enact the
role OF Puddn'head with closer fidel-
ity to- the great original than another
more prominent actor could who had
not enjoyed Chisnells associations
with the creator of the character
The three Salt Lake favorites who
appeared in Denver in MY Partner"
last week are thus spoken of by one
of the papers: '-Mr Edeson gave a
rare characterization of Californian
member OF the legislature and be-
times lawyer. one of those people indi-
gSnouS 10 the Pacific coast. If Mr.
EdeSon had fault last year it was
in showing a little too much exuber-
ance in the roles he undertook, but
last night he kept the character SUBJ
dued, which make it quite as effective
and more artistic.
Walter Edwards was a revelation to
many last night. He played the heavy
villain. the man whbi commits the
murder and who keeps everyone at
cross purposes. 1t was a realistic, but
still artistic study. The murder scene
at the close of the second act almost
borders on the repulsive 1t is
powerful piece of acting, nevertheless.
and shows a range of facial express
sion in this actor that bodies well for
his future in this line of work
Rebecca Warren had a hopeless role
in the woman who loved not wisely
but too we'll, but there is every rea-
son to believe she is a clever actress.
Frederick Wsrde left yesterday to