The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06

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The Hendersons, Frank and Agnes
in their original creation, Meet Dat
Coon Tonight" introducing songs ard
dances. iiss. reels. etc.
Last but NC least, Mrs. D. F. Red
dick, the nightingale, in budget OF
vocal gems.
To conclude with Henderson's bushel
Of fun, plantation pastimes. good old
southern melodies, eccentric dancing
and canebrake witticisms
S.ue-foot Chinls. Mr.. MaxfielI; Uncle
Remus. Nj. Henderson; Ginger, Mr..
Thomas; Lie, Mrs. Henderson.
Grand cake walk, participated in by
at least 30 couples.
The summer colonists who find in all
their travels no place like Salt Lake
/ are beginning TO arrive. Harold Rus
sell and wife, Ada Dwyer Russell, came
in from New York yesterday. and
Frank Sylvester, late of the Otis Skin
ner company has arrived from Omaha,
where the Skinner season has just
closed. Mr.. Sylvester viii remain here
and probably be associated with Mr..
Kyle in the out-of-door performance Of
"As You Like It
Mr.. Russell said yesterday that he
was more than glad to get back home.
He had been resting in New York
since the early part of April, when the
illness of Kathryn Kidder closed up
the Sans Gene season earlier than an
ticipated, but as soon as his wife had
finished with the 'Pudd' nhead Wilson"
company the two took the first train
for the west. Mr.. Russell said the sea-
son, generally speaking, had been very
bad, but he and Mrs. Russell had, for
tunately. been located with two of the
very few winners of the year. Next
season Mrs. Russell again goes out as
leading lady with the "Pudd' nhead
Wilson" company. Edwin Mayo as
Stunning the role made famous by his
late father. Mr.. Russell has not closed
with any offer as yet, though he has
several excellent ones under consider
alton. among the people with whom he
is negotiating being Fanny Davenport.
The Frawleys had an immense open
ing in San Francisco last Monday
night The house was packed to the
doors. and the play THE Fatal Card"
caught on thoroughly. For some rea-
son 7. II. Ross, who was down on the
bills, did not appear. Frawley, Worth
ing, Clarke, Miss Bates and Miss Mar
eth got ovations on their entrance. Mr..
Frawley said the other day that the
best compliment he could pay Miss
Bates was the fact that she opened
with his company at $35 per week two
years ago. and now they were very
glad to be able to retain her at a salary
Of $50 per week.
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H f McGarvie. who is to have the
lease of the Grand Opera House for
five years commencing September 1,
has decided on rechristening the house
the New Grand" and when il opens
under his management il Will have that
name prominently swung over the front
entrance. Mr.. McGarvie. in connection
with an architect. has drawn up plans
for an elaborate remodelling of the in
terror of the house. by which the stand
ing space back of the parquet will be
considerably increased. All the parti-
tons now in the front will be taken
out and the whole front of the house
made into a roomy foyer. with the box
Office in the center, facing the front
door. The exterior will have hand
some ccrnice placed upon its front and
wide front steps viii run along the en-
tire entrance. The plans on paper
make a very handsome and elaborate
change in the present arrangement. /
dr. McGarvie says he will open with a
stock company with vaudeville acts in
His plan will be not to keep
any one company throughout an entire
season, but to have arrangements made !
with eastern and western circuits by
which he can change his people fire.
quently
Miss Lottie Levy. who has made a |
number of hits in concert and opera |
here, left Salt Lake last evening to be /
gone for two years or more. She goes
straight to London. where she VIII en- !
ter the Royal academy as a student,
her aim being to adopt the stage or /
e-f,,
Levy's father, the well known mer- /
chant. Sam Levy. has several sisters in I
London. with whom his daughter will
make her home. Miss Levy's many
Salt Lake friends will follow her career
with interest and all will have the
highest hopes for her.
London, June 5.-The only dramatic
novelties of the week have been The
Maid of Athens produced at the Opera
comique on Thursday night and Set
led out of Court" produced on Thurs
lay at the Globe. Neither scored. The
ormer is the usual musical and far
ical medley. with music hall comedi-
ms. and the latter is a gloomy COM
dy drama
There seems to be boom in theat-
ical goods made in America Just
low. "A Night OFF, is sill doing good
BUSINESS at the Vaudeville theatre.
where ii has been successfully running
or twelfth month Secret Service"
'acks the Adelphi theatre nightly.
War is reported 10 have broken out
etween Audran, the composer of la
'oupee' and Lowenthal. the manager
( the opera at the Prince of Wales
heatre. La Pou9ee" has now for
months been playing to big houses. and
; said TO he partly due to Mile. Vavier.
pupil of Audran, who sings the title
ole. 1t appears thai Lowenthal sold
he American rights OF the opera to
scar Ramnerstein, of New York, for
reduction at the Olympia, and agreed
D let Nile. Favia assume the Drinci-
al part in the New York performance
o this Audran objects ard as a result
quarrel is said to have broken off
Il negotiations for the production of
lie Petite Ouvrier," his latest opera
t the Prince of Wales.
Tonight the Princess theatre gives
The Country Fair an American do
iestic play, which began its English
areer not long ago al the Brixton the
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