The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-13
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.

Probably not since the theatre was
under its present management has
there been a greater flood of advance
inquiry for tickets than that seen for
the forthcoming engagement of the
BostonianS. To all who asked "as a
special and personal favor" that seats
be laid aside for this or that perform
ance. but one answer has been returned
that the box Office opened for the sale
of seats on Wednesday,, the 18th. at 10
a. m. and that no seats could be re-
served for any one prior to that time
So the old scenes Of camping all night
on the front steps of the theatre viii
be re-enacted. and the spectacle We'd
nesday morning. when the shutters are
taken down. is sure to be a lively one
The BoStonianS occupy 4 place in the
amusement world absolutely unique;
while other attractions have to hustle"
for time and bookings, they have the
managers of the country down on their
knees TO them, pleading for an extern
sion of the time they book; they put
in a month in San Francisco, and could
have made it two; in Salt Lake they
are down for two nights and a matt
nee, and Mr.. Burton in vain offered
them a week on their own terms: they
spend but 1.-THE of the money in ad-
Fertising that other attractions lay out;
their advance agent is a stranger TO the
tactics that the average avant cour-
Ter wears himself gray in exercising:
very little bill posting suffices; no cuts
are supplied the newspapers, and any
shopkeeper or barber who dared to ask
for Autograph courtesies" would be
looked on as a lunatic. The Bostonians'
advance man simply arrives, usually
with his wife registers at the best ho-
tel, calls on the local manager. settles
the repertoire and prices, leaves the
newspaper announcements and passes
on. The names of Barnabee, Jessie
Bartlett Davis, Mcdonald, Cowles and
the others are put out on the boards,
and the public does the rest.
The last time the BostOnians APP
peared here, three years ago, Camille
D'Arville was the leading lady; she has
since doomed into star, and her sue
cessor is Alice Nelson, who will also go
oft as a stellar attraction next year.
She IS said to be as much a feature of
the present organization as either one
Of the Big -Four. Barnabee, CoWlesi. Nc
Donald or Davis The comedian, E'roth-
ingham. is still seen as "Friar Tuck,
and new tenor, Mr. PhilsD. plays
Robin Hood. The prices here will be
kept at $1.50 for the best seats, though
Mr.. Wheadon held out for some time
for 81. urging that that was the rate
in ether cities. Mr.. Burton insisted,
however, that there was more money
and vastly greater popularity at the
lower rate, and his view prevailed.
The rev opera Of @The serenade."
which has brought the BostOnians al
most as much fame and money as
robin HOOD" wiz be done Friday
afternoon and evening. and ROBIN
Hood" win be the bill Saturday night.
The Sercnade" is embellished with
three beautiful scenes: the first and
f~I r-io Of
scene in Spain, with the haunted castle
in the foreground. Act ? is a beauti-
ful bit of painting by BIrridge and Al
bert, representing the garden of the
nc mastery of St. Benedict adjoining
the convent school Of st. Ursula. Men
ton has already been made of the tune
ful qualities of Mr.. Herberts music, and
of The many pleasantIies and witticisms
OF Mr.. Smiths book. More than 10
numbers are distributed to the principal
artists of this cOmnay. and The Ange-
lus' as rendered by Mrs. Davis; !
Woman. Lovely Woman" sung by
AIr. Barnabee: the sparkling position |
song by Mr.. Macdonald and the spir-
tied number, The Song OF the Carbine' |
chr. Cowles). are prominent features |
The same may be said of the songs al |
lCtted to Miss Nielsen and Mr.. Philip |
Mr.. rockingham and Harry Brown. |
The story of the opera is said to be |
suggested Dy a lneIle OF GOlQOn1. and |
recOuntS a Irritation of a beautiful |
young lady Of rank, Dolores, with a |
handsome baritone of the royal opera,
Alvarado. The Duke of Santa Cruz, /
the guardian of Dolores. and her fiancee |
is extremely jealous of her unknown |
admirer. whom he has determined by |
means Of a serenade. He has Dolores |
taken to q castle in the mountains, but |
the baritone follows the party, and is
enSconced in the household disguised as
9 cook A broken-down tenor and a
stage-struck tailor who have been in
Guiging in the self-same serenade are
ca ptured by the dukes minions, and he.
mistaking the tenor for Alvarado has
him placed in durance vile. The appear
ance of the tenor in the tower frightens
the natives, and an attack by brieands
adds to the general excitement. Haunt
ed by the serenade. the duke has his
ward conveyed to the convent of St