The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22
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performances have come to consis,. of a
rather farcical reading of the lines by
the author or dramatizer. and those
friends whom he may be able to i'm
( press into service for the occasion.
Inc most noteworthy of the kind re-
Gently, was the reading of a dramatfzed
version OF Mr.. Hal Gaines new novel,
Ihe Christian" at the Grand theatre
IN Douglass, Isle of Wight, on the day
OF dts appearance in book form The
! actors for the occasion were recruited
from Mr.. Gaines family and friends,
the author speaking the part of John
storm. the central character. with Mrs.
faul Game and his son and daughter
| reading other parts. The novelist has
recaSt his book into four act form, but
the dramatization was merely a skele-
ton.
Another copyright production was
given at the Prince of Wales of THE
Princess Tarakanoff. or the Northern
Lights
The revival of I'm Town" at the Gar
rick for brief fortnights run before
us transportation to New oYrk for the
opening of the Knickerbocker theatre.
has proved a successful incident al
though its main purpose was to fulfill
the requirements of the tariff laws.
which permit the free admission of
theatrical costumes only when they
have been actually used on the stage.
The costumes in question are decid-
edly attractive.
Sarah Bernhard really intends to
adopt the recent suggestion made to
her by the Prince of Wales that she
enact the character of Hamlet. and
SPECULATION is active in Paris concern
ing the result. although the critics gen
orally predict that the venture will not
be q, happy one. She is said to be
studying the methods of Ada Cushman
and Miss Marriott. both of whom
played Hamleie in their time.
Julia Marlowe will sail from Havre
for New York on Aug. 28.
E. S. Willard will not be seen in Lon
don again until next summer, as he re-
turns to America this fall for tour of
90 weeks.
William Greet. one of the leading
provincial mana gers, has organized a
company to take THE Sign of the
Cross to America on a tour. Elite Viii
liams and Charles Dalton. who are now
playing on the provincial circuit, will
take the leading parts.
Nicolini. who has been suffering from
cancer of the liver a long time past. is
somewhat better.
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New York, Aug. 21.-The special train
chartered for a trip across the continent
to Yellowstone National park and back,
at a cost of $4,000, by 125 members of
the Arion society of this CITY. has
started on its journey from the Wee
haken, N. j. depot of the West Shore
railroad. The eXcursionists were given
a grand send off by the Arlon band
and the stay at home" members.
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Miss Helen Shearman. one of Salt
Lakes sweetest song birds, gives re-
ctal at the First Congregational church
on Thursday evening next. when she
will be assisted by Miss Cecilia Sharp,
Mrs. F. B. Hamilton and a double quar-
tette from the Orpheus Glee club.
Miss Sherman has been residing in
BROOKLYN for some time, and her eX-
Quisite contralto voice has attracted
much attention there. She returns east
soon, and this will be the only oppor-
tuntty her many admirers will have of
hearing her in Salt Lake
Manager McGarvie of the New Grand
arrived home from New York City and
other eastern points, yesterday after
noon, and at once made the announce
ment that he had engaged a stock
company for the entire season at his
play house. The future of the Grand
is, therefore, no longer problematical,
especially as the assurance comes with
the announcement that the new COM
pany Will be among the strongest stock
organizations in the west. Arrange
ments have also been completed for
the presentation of the latest standard
plays available, and indeed the outlook
for a very excellent season of amuse-
ments was never brighter
Mr.. McGarvie, while making the an
nouncement that all arrangements for
plays and players have been completed,
will not make known the personnel Of
the new company for several days yet.
In the meantime, theatre goers must
remain on the anxious seat. The as
surance is made, however, that the
members of the new company are high
class artists, and this ought to suffice.
Speaking of his trip to the east, Man
ager McGarvie was very enthusiastic
concerning the theatrical outlook.
Booking agents have never had a
better season." he said, land good
people were extremely hard to get. AS
soon as I arrived there l went to one
of the Oldest theatrical agents in the
business and with his assistance sue
ceeded in forming an exceptionally
strong company. For reasons which
it is not necessary to state Y have de-
cided to withhold the names of the
leading members of my new company
for a few days. I want to assure the
people of Salt Lake, however, that the
will be among the strongest
ever seen in the west, and the plays
which I have secured for presentation
will all be late successes. The public
may Judge of what is in store for them
when it is known that [ have secured
for presentation during the coming sea-
son such plays as Across the Poto-
mac The Gray Mare Sweet Laven-
der Among the Pines Claire and
the Forge Master The English Rose,
Admitted to the Bar and a number
of others of equal merit"
The new company will be here in
time to open the season on Sept. 20,
when the we'll known war drama,
Across the Potomac" will be pre-
sented
Manager McGarvie announced last
night that he had been compelled TO
cancel the engagement of the Faust
for the reason that the work
of remodeling the house will not be
entirely finished in time for the dates
given the company, and he does not
desire to open it until everything has
been completed
Stage Whispers.
Fanny Davenport is said to contem-
+j,o tifNtoo Of Ira which