The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
THE WORLD OUTSIDE.

Sir Henry Irving gave his first per-
| Torrance of ''RobeSpierre" in this
country last week at the Knickerbocker
theatre, New York. The production was
much advertised, and proved TO be one
Of the most elaborate ever seen in New
York. The cast, headed by Sir Henry
and Miss Ellen Terry, included over
sixty people, besides the Revolutionary
mobs, etc. The story deals with the
dark and grueSome Revolution, and
Sardou is said to have again given evil
dence OF his marvellous skill in the
construction of the dramatic picture
with its sombre background. The stage
craft IN the production was perfect, and
IL IS said that nothing like the mob
scene was ever witnessed upon the
stage in New York. 'IrvingS Robes
pierre, says the Dramatic Mirror. rs
an extraordinary study of the vainly
ambitious man who left no stone I'M
turned nor man alive that to his fan
cy, stood in the way of the realization
or ms notions. So remarkable was the
assumption of the character of the sea
green and incorruptible,' that the utter
ances of his theories seemed as mag
netic as they were more than a CEN
fury ago" Harry B. Stanford, a young
actor, hitherto quite unknown in this
country, scored a great success with
American audiences in the role of Oil
cludes two short pieces, THE Bells"
and Waterloo" and Miss Terry will be
seen at the matinees in THE Amber
Heart and Nance Oldfield."
E. II. Sothern and Virginia Harmed
were seen in a production of Leo Diet
richstein's new play, 1.-THE Song of the
Sword" at Daly's last week. The story
deals with the love affairs of Captain
Egalite of Napoleon'S army in Italy,
and the Comtessa Francesca, an Ital-
ian noblewoman. The play is distinctly
one of the Sothern type, and is melo-
dramatic in form. 1t is said to be, how
ever, the best romantic drama which
Mr.. Sothern has had since 1.-The Pris-
oner of Zenda.' and promises to take
we'll with the public. Familiar names
in Mr.. Sothern's support. besides Miss
Harmed CMrs. Sothernl are Rowland
Blackstone and Morton Selten.
Victor Herbert's newest opera, THE
Singing Girl" with Alice Nelson in the
title role, has met with success in New
York. The basis of the plot is a law
against flirting, formulated by a GER
tain duke who has been Tilted by his
sweetheart. Imprisonment is the pun
ishment for kissing a girl. All this
sounds very promising for a comic OPP
era libretto, which, on this occasion,
"dS written Dy StanlSlduS STANCE. Vic
tor Herbert is said to have been par
ticularly happy in his score, and has
written many pretty solo numbers, one
a waltz song, entitled $50 l Bid You
Beware" One of the prominent parts
in the opera is taken by Salt Lakes
singer, Jennie Hawley. Others support
ing Miss Nelson are Lucille Saunders
Eugene Cowles and Richie Ling. The
are Joseph Herbert, Joseph
cawthorne and John G. Slavin.
The news came this week that Child
rem of the Ghetto the Zangwill play.
will close at the Herald Square theatre
on Nov 20. and that the entire company
and production win be transferred at
once to London. According to the ORA
matte Mirror, the determination to send
the American principals abroad is
thought to be due to the impOssibility
of securing the English actors origin
ally counted upon to play the roles in !
London Miss Bates and Mr. Worth
ing, however, will not go, and ii is PROB |
able that Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew !
will take their places in the cast. Miss |
Bates and Mr.. Worthing have been en-
gagged by Mr.. David Belasco for his new
farce, Naughty Anthony" which is !
shortly to be produced at the Herald |
Square theatre.