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

his most laughable representations
Miss Savage enacts the mascot: Mr.
Goduard, Pippo, her lover; Mr.. Wester-
/ Velt, the second comedian: Mr.. Shear
man, Frederic; Miss Levy. the prin-
cess, and IN addition the eight pretty
pages who appeared will sing
as before, and the court min
uet by 16 girls Zone of the
strongest features of the performance)
be done both Monday and Tuesday
evenings, and on Wednesday and
Thursday Patience" will be given for
the last time. Friday Ogden will be
visited, and on Saturday the company
goes to Logan on a special. leaving the
city at 4 o'clock and returning immedi-
ately after the performance.
The Grand management have been
busily engaged in feeling the public
pulse the last few weeks. and they have
almost come to the conclusion that the
public wants something on the order
of the sensational, melo-dramatic or
picturesque rather than anything in
the purely society comedy or comedy
drama class. Certainly the box office
returns from such plays as Shadows
of Great City" Carmen and THE
New South form the best possible in
ers and Hatch have therefore selected
for their conference bill one of the
standard and best plays of semi
sensational character. viz: The Sill
yer King 1t has been done here many
times before, but never. we believe, at
the Grand's scale of prices. The cast,
which is an excellent one, will be as fol-
lows:
Wilfred Denver Walter Edwards
Nellie Denver, his wife. ...........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Victory Batemdn
Cissy and Ned, his children.
Daniel Jaikes, his servant. .-....
................Fr Frank B. Hatch
Captain Herbert Skinner. known
as the Spider" Howard Kyle
Olive Skinner, his wife. Jessie Izette
Elijah Coombs. marine store
keeper ......H. D. Blakemore
Clipps. a locksmith.. Jack Williams
Godfrey Ware, an Englishman.:
NJ. Scrace
Harry 'Corkett, his clerk ..........
..............T Thomas w. Ross
Leaker. his servant -. Harry Roleat
Sam Baxter, detective. Hugh Ford
Parkyn. parish clerk: Binks, the
village barber: Jennings,
tradesman (old cronieS).....
Thomas w Ross, E. NJ. Scrace
and D. B. Hunt. ..........
Tubbs. landlord Of the Wheat
Sheaf .........-., - M; Jacks
Tom Bilcher.. ........ Thomas Bender
Newsboy ................ Master Smith
Teddy, a servant. ..E. V. warden
CATER Pottle. w. c. Snow
Tatitha .... Margaret Marshall
Susie. waitress at the "Chequers'
Agnes Ranken
g o. 8
Following the Salt Lake Opera COM
pany at the theatre comes the famous
high kicker and winker. Cissy Fitz-
gerald who appears with the comedy
of The Founding" This is Froh-
man farce by William Lestocq and E.
NJ. Robson 1t was originally produced
at Terry's theatre, London England,
where it ran one year. 1t ran for
nearly 200 nights at Hoyt's theatre,
New York. 1t is by the author of
Jane" and is credited with being
much funnier than the famous farce.
The story revolves around the search
for a mother, by a young man whose
marriage is made conditional on his
producing his unknown parent. Dick
Pennell, the young man. when he learns
that he is not the son of a baronet,
whom he has always regarded as a
father, hurries off to- Brighton to in
form the family of his betrothed and
at the moment Major Cotton, his be-
trothed's father who is afraid of moth
ing on earth, except his wife, is trying
to explain to Mrs. Cotton a letter adj
dressed to him by a muSic-hall artist
who calls him 'old Rum tiTum." Dick
helps him out of the Scrap pc and he in
turn agrees to help Dick to marry
his daughter in spite of Mrs. Cotton,
when he learns the story that his fu-