Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA

is hard 10 discriminate between the
admirable WORK done by the entiIe
company.
The Lyceum h4a iurnishe! good
nll.time minstrel show, with many
up'to-dnte features, to its patrons dur.
iug the last halt o. tho week and 10
crowded housee. Minstrelsy does not
Ole out like vaudeville or other forms
o. light amusement, Gnd Ike Unole
pom'e CABIN, the performance al.
ways draw u ccowl. Phe Georgia
University Graduates pive III tho zeal
enuine negro minated show, anu con.
unfy TO tho general rule, they furnish
ehtntlniument tqisliy as good A. that
Di me burnt.oo,K artists. There 10 a
peculiar melody abUnt the aoBga Of the
iiOted people that cannot bu m tated
oy lhose not OF tbat reOe, nor Gan tine
cnhn w9l6, which originated with
these people, bo otherwise 10 , fec lively
gwen as by Them. uDr Lyc,u,u made
good thing cut 0, their Appearance
acre.
Inc Salt Like Opera company is
citing Tue Mascot In shape now for
presentation 10 the public on Washing
iOn's Birthday. 1t 10 n charming little
opera, ana the hest OF home talent has
been enlisted for Its production. II the
production ia succesB financially, it
IS proposed by tha maaBgefs OF the
Company to give new opora
ahsut every sky Gays, the
next one TO be given about
tho lime OF April Conference. 1t 10
confidently believed that tue popular
pricea ol 80 cents anu rs cents, which
VIII prevail al these productions, viii
DC the meAus OF filling the lheater al
every lef OfmanCe.
While the costumes are here trip to
Prov, OSaeu, and perm sps Logan, will
Oe made.
The bill at the Grand next week will
oe drgmA i'll u acts hy Nelson
WheEtclo t,uOdes the t tiu OF q ny -
ORih. 1t 10 stUiy 81; the present
time, anu is said to be very Interesting.
The cast Will BET uut below.
CAST.
Sir Poarcc Parker .............-.....H Hugh Ford
Harry Vesey. a las VOLTA his nephew go.
Richard Wobock, young artist. ...........
......................... Howard wye
ouhsy mDtoh'...'..........Ch nr'es Myngme
Jim lticnards,alias Mons Laitouf, -.
Mise WiiIoughby farker.... Margaret Sialsaa
ncssy s.nllh ...................... esHle lLetto
| fepe IAtour .....-................Il ny burton
o"yhhe archer .-............- victory Baieman
Jauta a. Hernt, tue eminent
character actor. bsgias a hali-weuR's
engage meBt inciuilng Saturday IN Ati.
net ~ the Salt l. Ike Thsster, Thurs
day evening nexl, appearing here lot
the hrst time IN his original creation
OF Nathaniel Berry IN his successful
play OF American home life, Snote
Acres. inis work has bsen played
continuously In the East for nearly
nve years and IL recoguiz ID az a mas.
teIpiecc OF drsnatic construction.
In speaking OF Shore Acres the au.
thor lately saiy:
III had Written play on the lie of
she jewellers on the cosst of Maine,
tue location no. being determined
upon. Mis-. Herne owns u little farm
at Berry, which faces Frsaohmaa'.
bay near Bar harbor. She hei passed
the previous summer on tue place and
| was 80 struck with the characteristics
OF tho people IN the neighborhood that
ete wrote me about them and advised
my spending some time among them
in order to get the local coloring anu
study the idiosyncrnsies OF the foiks in
that oul-of-the.way spot. l visited the
| place the following year, remaining
| there nearly seven months. Fats hau
the effect OF changing the whole tenor
OF my play, aud decided TO rewrite
It,"
Tho story as 1t lie now Ia psrticu larry
interesting and Salt Lake people who
| have seen the play in the east advice
all 10 avail Themselves of the oppor-
tunity for seing II here. Mr.. Herne Is
well known by those who used to at.
tend the performances OF the old dra-
matte company that held the boarde
At the Theater yeare ago, anu his play
oil Shore Acres has made him famous.
Mr. Herne will 80 doubt be warm y
received here.
The attraction at the Lyceum mex
week Will BIS Coagrove and Granpa
comedian, In their brand new ver0ion
OF The DHzzer. The company this
! year ia the pest that the piece has
ever had, ana includes VIII West,
Max Miller, Peter Griffin, James Cow
per, Ida Rogers, Minnie Cline, Lizzie
Sanger, Jennie Rigge, Eve Leslie,
Ruby Marks, Bessie Boueville, Mozpah
the dancer, anu Ross leslie. The
musical numbers form an especially
strong feature OF the pTosra N, ana COM
| prise the very latest and mos. popular