The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-04

Viola Allen will open in Chicago in
September with The Christian which
will be her only play for the season.
Mason Mitchell. the actor-rough
rider, will begin a lecture tour in the
fall. under the direction of Major Pond.
A burlesque on 1.-The Children of the
Ghetto" called The Children of the
Stiletto" is to be produced in New
York.
John Drew's new play for next sea-
son. which is now being played in Lon
don, is entitled THE Tyranny of
Tears
Frederick Warde will star next sea-
son under the Management of Clarence
NJ. Bruno. Minnie Gittelll will be his
leading woman.
Blanche Bates played a special en-
gagement in Washington with the
Frawley company, as Drusilla Ives in
THE Dancing Girl"
The advance agent for 1.-THE Musket-
GERS distributes envelopes containing
cards which advise people to hear
Blanche Bates scream
Massenet has a new opera, entitled
"Cendrillon," which was produced in
Paris last week. The plot is based on
the story of Cinderella.
According to one authority Maude
Adams is the great-granddaughte of
Joshua Adams, the first cousin and init
mate friend of John Quincy Adams.
At several of the New York theatres,
the orchestras played God Save the
Onlanr m q hirfhdav and
the audiences rose to their feet during
the rendition.
Harry Corson is in New York resting,
since his retirement from the Frawley
company. He has secured a new comedy
for next season, entitled What VIII
Tompkins Do
Gladys Wallis, the tiny soubrette,
who was so long with William H.
Crane, was married last week to
Chicago millionaire. Her real name
was Margaret Anna Bird.
Mrs. T. Benton Letter, the Chicago
society actress, will star next season
under the management of the Lykens-
McGarvie company. 1t is rumored that
Maurice Barrymore will be her leading
support.
Augustus Thomas has a new play en-
titled Arizona" which will be pro-
duced in Chicago this month. The cast
will include Robert Edeson. Arthur
Byron, Clarence Holt, Olive May,
Theodore Roberts, Vincent Serrano,
Walter Hale and Mabel Burt.
Lewis Morrison appeared last week
at the Chicago theatre, San Francisco,
as Hamlet. II was his first appearance
in the part. although it is said that he
has been waiting twenty years for an
opportunity to play il. His wife,
Florence Roberts, was the Ophelia.
Director Stephens extends a. cordial
invitation to all members of the former
Choral society, Orpheus club and the
numerous church choirs of the city. to
ioin the festival chorus for the coming
British band concerts. Rehearsal,
Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock, at choir hall
Richards street.
Sara Bernhard is very much elated
over her performance of Hamlet" She
SAYS that she never saw either Booth
or Irving in the part, and that her
representation is entirely her own. She
will not produce the play in America,
as her engagements will keep her in
Europe for three years.
The important announcement was
made last week that Walker Whitesides
has been chosen by Klaw and Erlanger
to create the role of ben Hur" in their
famous production of that story. Mr..
Whitesides, although still very young
man and not widely known, is said to
be one of the coming American actors. !