Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-24
ADJUSTMENTS.


The dramatic famine under which
Salt Lake has been suffering Tor 20 long.
was well illustrated ut the Theatre ins,
nlpht. That there was a vefltahle hum
ger ana thirst FOR some more substan-
tial fare than tho farce comedy. bur
lesquc and musical froth on which our
public has been 20 long rubalstlnlr
was shown BY the enormous turnout
that gr'etcd Shenandoah. Sot even
" hon the celebrated play was FIRST done
here at tho old Walker op.fa HOUSE In
1922. ur when II played the memorable
second engagement at IN. Salt Lake
Theatre In June. ~. or ON any ~ the
later REVEALS, has II been witnessed by
such an audience ua that which greeted
II nrt night Henry Miller. Francis
carlyle. James Wilson and other notn-
bic actors have been seen IN the lead
INK role, ana the other parts have boon
IN Tie bands Of people almost equally
brilliant. but Il was reserved for the
present engagement 60 uycrtnp all the
previous Shenandoah box office rec.
oria The house last night even went
Nyond the notable gathering which
saw Secret Service last rcason What
Il amounted 10 In money can only be
surmisc,i but with more than one half
" the down stairs seats selling at $50
rate, II u fair TO presume that the re-
.cipls could not have been FAR from
N.t0o or 81 600.
Shenandoah has had q wonderful lie.
u wna generally regarded. however. a.
having reached the end Of is career
thr,c ar four years agn, when Jacob
Ltt conceived the idea that u furnished
splendid chance Tor "a revival on spec
fnCulnr lines with hts customary
rhrcwdnoss he secured the rights to the
play iof u numb'r Of years from liron-
Bon Howard. who perhaps would have
cold II outright az that time for tsp0 Or
NooO liy accepting the royalty how
ever he i no doubt pocketlng that sum
weekly, and VIII go on doing 80 as long
a. the prevailing war spirit crowds his
huiiaFr. The HuCceaa ~ Shenandoah now
u duc 60 III" fact that II Il rather u
spectacle than q play. yet Mt LIT has
not suhordlnntcd the dramatic interest
10 the spectacular as much na had been
expected. Hia people ar capable
throughout. and several ~ them are
quite strong. the best instances u act
ing being furnished By Mt Elliott as
col. West by Mr.. Keenan, ~ EliluFham,
ana By Mr.. Sluytor ~ Thornton,
Mr.. whitscnr was hardly equal to tho
requirements uf Gen. liavcriil. ana the
Same can be said of the Gen. Buckthoru
~ Nir. Hendricks. The telling part ~
Lieutenant Hedlow was better done nt
the close than ut the beginning BY Mr,
Wright and the Sergeant Hntkst was
neatly n quietly rendered. The ladies'
were fair throughout. though riains
10 no great heights Mlss Dale ~ Ger
trude being good reader, and Miss
Itachelder as Jennie being thoroughly
sprlghtly aud graceful Tn" other Ia
dice we're sufficient FOR the ruloH Moth
lng like the enthusiasm over the battle
scene has been witnessed within the
walls u the theatre Tor years. \ dozen
trained cavalry horvea. 30 pr " trained
soldiers. real cannon. uttered ilngs and
plulemonlum 10 u deafcrlng extent
made the scene preliminary 10
shcrilanH famous ride. and the
amount OF pow der burned must
cut hig hole la tho night
IS receipts The scene was vastly thrill.
linz On rs effects on the audience aud
thtrV were no luHH than q dozen cur
tain calls. The performance goes two
NIGHTS more aud matinee. Mr., WglhU'a
musical program was greatly npprecint-
"a. though LlHzts Rhapsodlc ~ tribe
heavy fare for q tumultuous gallery
turnout
savago'a Art Bazunr has been
throngcd an day with applicants Tor
tickets to- tho old folks entertainment
Monday afternoon al The Theatre, iy
noon nearly every scat In The house
was spoken FOR, and u gocs without
saying that Madeleine VIII be- witnessed
by such an audience on Monday as new
~ bchcld Il before.
Madeleine goes In ogden Tuesday eve.
q Rio Grande special leaving here II
9 a. M. with the company and their
friends.
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