The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11

with a string Of triumphs any one OF
which a great metropolitan manager
would be proud of?
This seasons record of FrOhman'5
successes began with Two Little Va
grants at the Academy of Music
Then came Bret Harte's Sue" with
Annie Russell in the title role at Hoyt's
theatre. After that John Drew won
the Splendidest laurels of his career in
Rosemary" a play which Mr.. FrOh-
man secured fo. his star in London
last summer. Secret Service fol-
lowed With William Gillette. the author.
in the role of the hero. This wonder
full play, conceded by all the critics
to be the best American play yet writ
ten, ran to ever crowded houses at
the Garrick theatre for over seven
months, and only left New York at
that time because it had a long en-
gagement to fill in Boston previous to
going to London for production there
with the entire original cast, scenery,
etc.
Passing over the great revival of
caste" by John Hare, which was
made at Mr.. Frohman's suggestion,
and stopping merely to say that Rose
mary" already mentioned, left a sweet
er fragrance after its $50 nights at the
Empire theatre than any piece ever
produced here, we come down TO the
current triumphs which our phenOme-
nal manager has in hand-"Under the
Red Robe" at the Empire and Never
Again" at the Garrick theatre.
Under the Red Robe" which is Mr..
Edward Roses stage version of Stan
ley Weyrnan'S marvellous French ro-
nance, has been running at the En-
pire theatre since Christmas week. and
its audiences now. in the fifth month.
overflow the capacity of the house. In
the play the charm and delight of the
hooks afTonSnhnra 1ra NIL al
served, and the story is so splendidly
revealed and Strikingly told that both
those who are familiar with Weymans
volume and those who have never read
1t find equal enjoyment in the per-
formances. The hit which it has made
is the greatest Mr.. F'rohman has had
at the Empire since the theatre opened
The piece is running in London, too
where it has passed its 150th per-
Torrance.
Never before were the members Of,
the Empire stock company SO Well
fitted with roles as they are in Under
the Red Robe William Faversham
as the duel-fighting and 1ove-makingsS
hero. and Miss Viola Allen as thea
sweet natured Gallo maiden whose
heart is completely won by the hand
some-figured and Lovelace- tongueda
swash-b uckler are as successful reali-
cations of the chivalric and sentimental
creations OF the nONellSL as II is pos
sible to imagine, and their love scenes
get a half dozen curtain calls for thems
every night. The tremendous hit Of
this romantic play, which surpaSseS
THE Prisoner of Zenda" in the skill
with which it reflects the thrilling and
charming chapters of the book, has
led Mr.. Frohman to determine upon
making it the only piece in which his
stock company will appear during its
forthcoming tour.
Never Again." which is turning hun
dreds away from the Garrick theater
every night. and which will run there
all through the season at the same gait,
after which it will go to London, is
comedy-a sort of high-claSS farce
comedy would perhaps be a better def
nition-taken from the French without
loss of a single particle of the abund-
ant bubbling fun of the original and
given the most extraordinary cast even
New York has ever seen in a play
meant to be merely amusing. r. NJ
Holland, the famous character actor
from Palmer'S company, who Is also
one of the we'll known Holland broth
ers. who starred in "A Social Highway
man last season, is in the piece. and
with him are Agnes Miller, Elsie De
Wolf. Fritz Williams, May Robson OF
the Empire theater stock company;
Ferdinand Gottschalk and Jessie Mack
ave of the Lyceum theater company,
and other we'll known players. AL these
neople. whose best work is familiar 10
metropolitan theater-goers. ma the
characters of ''Never Again the finesl