The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-01

pany, whose manager, Mr. Brenton
Thorpe. was the Little Billee in the
original "Trilby'' production in this
city Mr. Thorpe also appears in Miss
Francis Beatrice Lieb "a well known
actress, has the principal lady role, and
the remainder of the company is iden-
teal with the original New York pro-
| duction
The newspaper advertisements ap-
pearing this morning for the Salt Lake
theatre bear the name of George D.
Piper, manager, this being the date
when that gentleman assumes the reins
/ of government. Mr.. Pyper VIII make
his headquarters at the box office
whenever there is an attraction play
ing, and at other times he will have a
desk in the Office of Heber ]. Grant, in
the Home Fire building. AS the sea-
son is on the wane there will not be
a great deal of active work for the
new manager at the theatre, the main
part of the duties in the summer being
the correspondence with managers east
and west in regard to terms for the
various attractions offered.
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The Grand wound up for the season
yesterday afternoon and evening, and
darkness will now reign at the house
for a long time to come. Nothing what
ever is booked during the summer, and
while there is chance for some at
traction dropping in unawares, the
chances are that the house will remain
closed till Sept. 5, when Harry Corson
Clarke may inaugurate the new sea-
son.
The second subscription concert of
the Orpheus club is set for Thursday in
the Congregational church, and will
without doubt attract the same interest
that was manifested for the initial en-
tertainment. The club has been ac-
lively rehearsing for its part OF the
evenings numbers, and will be heard in
two special selections, one Excelsior,
by Nevins, and the other the noted
Viking" with orchestral accompani-
ment The star of the evening will be
Miss Leila Johnson, contralto, from
Kansas City. The lady comes highly
recommended by the director of the
Apollo club in that place, and she will
sing two or three numbers during the
evening John Robinson, baritone, will
have a solo, and an instrumental quar-
tette, with Messrs. Weihe and McClel-
Ian as prominent members, will fur
nish several selections. The Orpheus
club is in the happy condition OF having
all it's tickets sold in advance, so that
there will be no financial problems to
worry about.
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The operatlc and dramatic entertain
ment to be given in the Eighteenth
ward hall next Thursday evening for
the benefit Of Mr.. Spencer Squires, will
undoubtedly attract all that the house
can accommodate. The bright and
amusing one-act opera of Penelope"
will be rendered by Miss Savage, Miss
Dryer and Messrs. Pyper, Goddard
and Spencer, all of whom are members
of the popular Salt Lake Opera COM
pany, and whose abilities are too we'll
known 10 need mentioning. In addition
the one-act comedy of Two Can Play
at That Game" will be rendered by
Miss Alice Ciawson, Mr.. Alex Camp
bell and Mr.. Edgar Hills, while the in
strumental music of the occasion will
be made up ofspano duets rendered by
Arthur Shepherd and Spencer Clawson,
jr. Seats are reserved at Daynes &
Coalter's, Savage's and Robert Pat
ricks Eighteenth ward store, the two
prices of admission being % and 80
cents.
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The English papers just received
more than confirm the reports of the
splendid success of the London pro-