The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

The week just ended has not been a
phenomenal one. either artistically or
financially for any Of our places Of
amusement except the Grand. For
get Ne Not" has made money for Mr.
Rogers and brought new credit to his
players At the Lyceum Passions
Slave" belongs too much to the ran
tankerous, fire-eating, improbable old
style Of plays to have made much of
an impression Mr.. Hayes is too much
given to the sepulchral when he is at
his best, and in a play like this he
fairly revels in subterranean elo-
cution; he needs something to tighten
and brighten him. and we hope this
weeks bill wiz do it. AS for the
theatre Mr.. Burton is not saying
much about the lurid week that viii
always be remembered for having given
US The Defaulter;'' he made some
money on the engagement, but without
doubt he would hand it all back if the
memory of that flying leap for life"
could be obliterated from his mind
Mr.. Carriers people in this play bring
to mind the remark of Byrnes of the
old Dramatic Times, when he was
asked what he thought Of a certain
travelling company. I think" was his
reply, that they should all be vigor-
ously rehearsed, and then taken out
and shot
This week at the theatre viii be one
of local attractions. The z. c. NJ. l.
ball. at which Gives new orchestra
will make its first appearance, and the
play of "Sappho." by Miss Eldredge,
Mr.. Sheridan and others, for the benefit
of the Utah Press association, Will
form the only bills. Next week Fred
erick Warde puts IN four nights.
Hugh Chalcot ........... Vim. Ingersoll
Angus McAllister ....... Waiter Edwards
Sir Alexander Shendryn ......-..;;;.;..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. George Il. Edeson
Prince Petrovsky "a Russian 49,.
Sergt. Jones. Of ours Hugh j. Ward
Capt. Samprey, of Ours" -.
Mary Netiey .Rebecca Warren
Lady Shendryn .Madge Carr-Cook
Blanche Haye .......... Catherine jerome
This cast has a familiar sound, and
theatrical people viii not need to be
told that il is the dramatis personae
OF Robertsonis comedy Of Ours. 1t
will form next weeks bill at the Grand.
It is written in the same humorous,
pure tone as the same authors
school" Caste" Home" etc, and
was one of the favorite plays in the
repertoire Of the late Lester Wallack.
Il has never bean done in Salt Lake
except by the Home Dramatic club,
which essayed it in 1880 or 81, when
Governor Wells was the Chalcot, o. F.
Whitney the Sir Alexander and J. D.
Spencer the Prince.
Madge Carr Cook deserves more
than a passing word for her work in
Forget Ne Not" When one thinks
that the Grand company holds its first
rehearsal Of new plays not more than
five or six days before they are pre-
scented. that rehearsals sometimes last
most Of the day, and that parts have
TO be learned and costumes selected
and tried on during the day as every
night is occupied with a play-one be-
gins to get a faint idea of what a lead
ing actor or actress has to go through.
Miss Cooks part of Stephanie is OF
immense length: she had three new
costumes, al Of them selected with ex-
ceIlent taste and how she had to work
is evidenced by the fact that her dress
maker was behind the scenes putting
the finishing touches TO the third act
dress While the second act was in pro-
gress. But Miss Cook never made
q halt or a break on the opening
night and was apparently as well
up" in her lines as she was when the
run of the play closed last night
At the Lyceum, the lurid drama Of
last week is to be superseded by
comedy. which again brings Harry Cor
son Clarke to the fore as the most i'm
portant figure. a Matrimonial Maze"
is to be the bill It IS by Walter S. .
Craven of New York, who also wrote
innocent as Lamb for Roland
Reed. Mr.. Craven was inspired to
write a Matrimonial Maze" through
seeing a performance by Mr. Clarke
at Denver of the tutor in Betsy" or
Babe" as it was called here at the
Grand. "A Matrimonial Maze was
played for the first time at the Lyce-
UNI theatre, Denver, last October. Mr..
Craven came on from New York to see
the initial production and was so de-
lighted with its success that he has ar
ranged for New York production
next spring at the Standard theatre.
under the management Of J. NJ Hill.
when Mr.. Clarke will again appear in
the cast. The Denver critics appear to
have been very much pleased with "a
Matrimonial Maze" especially Mr..
Bickford of the Times, who compared
it with TOO Much Johnson" to the
detriment of the latter.
The action of the comedy hinges on
the complications caused by the secret
and forbidden marriages of two young
men who are Under the care of one
Jakel Muggridge, tutor, of the
Private Secretary stripe. In order
to avoid paternal displeasure, each Of
these youths avows to his father that
his bride is the wife Of the hairless
tutor, who thus becomes very much
married against his will. The results
are said to be overwhelmingly funny.
Clarke plays Jakel Muggridge. the
tutor, and it is a part in which he finds
ample vent for his well-known and
laughable eccentricities The Lyceun
company has been enlarged to fiji the
cast and the following named ladies
Will appear: Charlotte Titten Emily
Lytton. Edith Pollock, Nellie Drurv.
Florence Simpson, Alice Penrose and
Elsie Reasoner.
It looks as though Harry corson
Clarke had faith in the staying quail
ties Of the Lyceum. He has arranged
TO open his dramatic school again, and
new pupils, and many of his old school
associates.
We always admired the tone of the
Dramatic Mirror. but our respect for it !