The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06

was not up to the mark he had set in
the two other plays; Mr.. Meakin, a
good reader of good voice and pressure.
needs an infusion of life and some prac-
tice on the art of using the hands and
feet. Miss Ferguson, Miss Calder and
Miss Ermey, and Mr.. Ritter created fav-
orable impressions, all the ladies look
ing quite charming. The plays were all
staged tastefully, and the only adverse
criticism heard was that there was q
need of snap and promptitude which
could only be impaired by a stage man
ager of experience.
Mr.. McGarvie has had a good week,
though not a great one with Town
Topics" Yesterdays matinee was large.
but not the crush seen at the matinees
of the weeks previous, and the closing
house last evening was fair During
the coming week Under the Dome"
Lincoln J. Carriers new sensational
comedy drama, will be seen for the first
time here. It is a naval play, the main
! incidents of which were suggested by
! the attempted seizure of the Samoan
! Islands by the German government in
| 1888 and 1885, Several scenes of the
/ play are said to be worthy of a deal
more than passing notice. One of
| these shows the passage of ferry boat
from Jersey City to New York. and
/ DIGIenllOuS SCGiilC elliott Is lnG
representation of that awful calamity
in the harbor of Apia, which cost the
lives of IA brave seamen, and resulted
in the destruction of the Eber, Ailer and
Olga of the German navy, and the
United States men-ofwar Trenton,
Nipsic and Vandalia. Those who re-
member 1.-The Heart of Chicago" will
not need to be told what style of drama
Mr.. Carter deals in
as <SS
Manager Burton states that he was
unsuccessful in his efforts to induce the
Bostonians to prolong their stay in
Salt Lake, though there is no doubt
that they could have played "Robin
Hood and the "Serenade". for a week
Their engagement is now limited to
two nights, Friday and Satur-
day, the 18th and 18th, with a
matinee. In all probability both robin
Hood" and the "Serenade" will be done,
but which will be repeated for the mat
inee is as yet unknown. The hope of
Jennie Hawley's friends is that she will
be given a chance to be seen in Robin
Hood in at least one performance. a
letter from George E. Lask, stage man
ager of the Tivoli, San Francisco, to
the writer of this column, states that
he saw Miss Hawley as Alan Adale
in robin Hood" on the night of the
I'd, and that she made a great hit.
Also that she was very good in the
"Serenade."
Mr.. Lask congratuIates the amateurs
of this city on their success in Said
Pasha," which he has just got through
staging at the Tivoli.
o @ @
Letters from the east state that Katie
Putnam has at last found a new play
that is new to her. She has just pur-
chased the western rights to Hoyt'<
md
for the next season or two she will
disport herself as "Bossy." Which one
of the many clever male characters of
the piece will fall to Harry Emery is as !
vet unknown. He would shine as one |
of the three Texas rangers, and 1T is to
be hoped will cling to that line of parts
rather than to attempt Bossy's father,
the role which was so inimitably Great |
ed by the only Murphy. q
The amateurs of the Twenty-first
ward whose past performances nave
been so successful, will next attempt |
the play entitled Rio Grande." 1t
will be given next Thursday and Fri
day evenings, on the first night for
adults, and the funds derived from the
two performances will be devoted to
paving for the new scenery. Most OF
the people who took part in the sue
cessful Irish play recently given in that
ward, will be included in the cast.
The company's next attraction after
that will be BLOW for Blow"
The following programme VIII be
rendered in the Twentieth ward meet
ing house on Sunday evening. March {,
under the auspices of, the Mutual I'M
associations:
Opening lecture. ......-.-.O. ID. Romncy
!
1.-THE Martyrdom of Joseph Stand
ing Clarence Neslin
Essay. Katie Sansone
Trio ,...-..-.....-
Mary r. Ross. James 7. Dunbar
and John James.
Life of Queen Esther Nellie Schoheld
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John Mcguire, the veteran Butte
in a recent interview, tells
a number of entertaining stories of the
early days when the drama was first
Mr.. Mcguire was at one time msEn-
Der of a stock company at Virginia
City, New, and a young lady, who has
since mounted high the ladder of fame,
played child parts with him. She was
none other than Miss Maud Adams, the
genuine hit of the present metropch-
tan season in 1.-THE Little Minister.
The veteran says that those were the
lays of Mark Twain and Dan de guile.
Of the latter widely known w:icer Mr..
Mcguire reca is one very interesting
criticism. Junius Booth ana Agnes
Booth according to the veteran, az
rived in Virginia City and ann ,unce1
1 production of Romeo and .Iu let"
Mcguire was engaged to play Capu;"r. ;
He enjoyed a wide reputation in The
mining district as an Irish comedian,
and this doubtless prompted the Eel !
owing observations from the humorous ]
Dan de guile:
Romeo and Juliet was played by
he Booths to large and aporsciative {
Virginia City audience. The characters
we're all well taken, but Capulet had a | {
ouch of brogue. Upon consideration I
We are inclined to think thi; WIS all j
light, for Capulet. not more than 4 I
week ago. was Miles Ma Coppaleen in
Colleen Bawn.' The Va Ccppaleens
we're horse thieves and 50 were The &;
Iapulets. The Ma Coppalaens had 20 ;
cave Ireland for their countrys good
What was more natural than that they
should settle in Italy? There the name !
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