The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31


sort, which turned one of her thrilling
scenes into the most hilarious bur-
lesque ever witnessed on any stage.
Two events in which Salt Lakers will
feel more than passing interest were
scheduled for last night and tomor-
row night Rebecca Warren, Walter
Edwards and George Edeson opened at
Manhattan Beach in Denver last even
ing for a summer season; tomorrow
night Frawley's company with Maxine
Elliot as leading lady opens in San
Francisco. Harry Corson Clarke writes
that the whole town is agog over the
event, even though Days company,
with Ada Rehan and Richman at-lts
head, is the craze of the hour. Mr.
Clarke adds the information that
Madge Carr-Cook has been engaged by
Mr.. -F'rawley to open with his company
on June Is in 1.-THE Charity Ball she
has Mrs Walcott's part, and Clarke
assumes Lemoynes which will throw
these twin comedians into opposites
once more. 1t is practically settled that
George Edeson will return TO Salt Lake
in the fall and the selection of a COM
pany for the Grand will probably be
placed in his hands, which means that
Manager Rogers will not be undelAthe
necessity of visiting the metropolis this
year.
The summer colony in Salt Lake is to
receive two notable additions this week
in Mr. e. M. Royle and his wife Selma
letter Royle, who come here direct
after the closing of the Mexico" and
Friends" season. There has never
been q summer when we have had so
many theatrical tarriers within our
gates as the present one: most of them,
we regret to say, are here perforce, the
subsistence of the dramatic tide having
left them stranded high and dry on
our shores. For them the summer will
be largely devoted to working schemes
to get away The other more fortunate
class. who come to Salt Lake as the
ideal haven where the dog days are
soonest past and most easily forgotten,
will spend the next three months in do
ing the dolce far niente act, and get
ting in shape for the undoubtedly
stormy period which will attend the
next dramatic season until after the
presidential election is settled.
By the way. with Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell and Mrs. and Mrs. Royle spending
the summer here, and with such dra-
matte talent lying about as is to be
gathered UP on every corner, what is
the matter with a big production Of
some sore during the summer
or early fall-say July oath?
These four people, with Mr..
Spencer. Mr.. Young, Mrs. Edith Claw
son-Knowlton, Mrs. Wells and Mr..
Young, of the old Home Dramatic
forces, to say nothing of other avail
able talent, would make up fine cast,
ia MIA pO1116
The governor, we suppose would be out
of the question, but he could be
brought in by having the affair given
under the patronage of his eXcellency,
the governor, and his staff (Staff with
a large s. as they do those things in
Canada. Think it over, Messieurs.
The first of the summer benefits an
nounced by the members of the sum-
mer colony comes off tonight at Unity
hail. 1t is to be given by that hard
working and painstaking actress Miss
Charlotte Tittell, and it is to be hoped
it may be more successful than other
ventures in which she has been inter-
ested of late. Miss Tittell has made
many friends during her stay here both
as a lady and an actress and her bene-
fit should be well patronized. Among
those who will appear are Miss Ken
company.
The failure of Abbey, Schoeffel &
Grau is a fitting wind-up of one of the
worst theatrical seasons the country
has ever known. 1t is one more evil
dence of the indisputable fact that
prices of amusements are struggling
to find lower level and that actors
and managers must readjust their
ideas of values to the new times, just
as every other trade and profession
has had TO do. 1t is emphatically the
day of cheap entertainment, and the
companies which can write success
on their banners for the past season
are those which have been giving high
class performances at bargain rates.
Every city in the land now has its
50-cent houses, and many of the big
names of the profession are found en-
rolled in their programmes. The profit
and loss account of Abbey, Schoeffel &
Grau for 1895 is given as follows:
PROFITS.
Season of grand opera. at Met
ropolitan Opera house. ........$ $4,000
Season with Bernhard. ......... 10000
Season with Irving and Terry. $4,000
LOSSES.
Season with Lillian Russell. -. $4,000
Season at fremont theatre. $4,000
Other Indebtedness, which in
cludes investments for proper
ties, scenery, improvements at
theatres llU,OUU
Week of promenade concerts at
Metropolitan Opera house,. 5000
Total Observation-Disclosures. .$356,000
A pleasant striking exception to the
rule of disastrous experiences is that
of the all star rivals" company, the
salary list of which is said to be
S1375O per week; yet Brooks and JEFF
ferson, whose venture it is, are con-
fident that thirty-two performances
will give them a profit of $4,000. The
Snacnrn nlncad Last night Na1u York