Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-01

NJ, ,all season viii open at the
49, next Friday night and the at
.sor secured for the occasion IS one
,ts most brilliant and notable that
'oN have been hit upon, The chance
,.sipg Henry Miller and his full
w.. york company IN the play whose
~ made one Of the red letter events
=. ,bs New York season last year VIII
.,gerIv embraced by Salt Lake
's..sr.r5ers. and Manager Piper
~. that though the event is yet a
- distant the Theater Is besieged
.u, paufrles. The advance sale win
.,., wednesday morning and without
ANN, IL win be found that there are
-, few seats to accommodate those
rss wish to see THE only Way" AS
,r.ry one knows, this play is taken
,.,m Dickens "Tale Of Two Cities
-bqb the author himself esteems as
,,s NJ the best OF his stories. and his
..-c hest one from q dramatic stand.
r,lot The story has been dramatized
,,oy Zines before, first In 1859 by
pckens permission for the celebrated
,.,rsss. Madame Celeste. who chose to
.ar IN the part Of Madame DeFarge
The dramaust, Tom Taylor made an
ober version in 1860 Of which Dickens
himself superintendent the rehearsals,
IN, until the present dramatizatlon by
Young Englishman named wills. 1t
4. generally conceded that the novel
lost In being placed upon the stage.
M wills has taken some liberties
with the book but he has not weakened
in the least degree. Admirers Of
genial Jerry Cruncher will miss that
parsonage In the play, and there viii
b some surprise TO note the way the
d.amaust has built up the character
O, Mimi whom Dickens merely brought |
In at the last moment The play re-
ou.rss nearly a hundred people IN its |
rBlition and Mr., Miller's stage mana |
eer win be- here early In the week 10 |
rshearse the mob in the celebrated |
Revolutionary Tribunal scene He /
himself win, OF course. have the role
Of Sidney Carton which he has made
almost a classic. The pictures about
town. OF Carton standing under the
gl0tne will be readily recognized by
all who have seen the famous painting
on the same subject. Sharing The hon
0rs With Mr. Miller will be that strong
actor T. j. Morgan. who does the part
Of DeFarEe and whose hit IN "The
Liars OF last year, IS still wildly re-
mambered dear old Stoddart, whose re-
cept0n win be equal TO that OF Mr..
Miller Daniel II. Harkins. Margaret
Robinson Grace EllistOn and many
others The stay viii be- limited to
tUo nights and no other play will be
rendered
The opening Of the Theater will be
signalized by a number Of improve
men,s ON Mc interior OF the house. The |
boxes win BE- hung with new draperies.
and new carpet win be- laid down the
center aisle The ushers and water
t0y5 Will be- uniformed. and the space
under the stage win be arranged so
that 10 case OF crush, the orchestra
can retire into sort Of a cavern, and the
space now used by the musicians seated ,
with chairs '
Tine was and that not so long ago,
.ays a San Francisco writer. when the
fekens drama was all the rage on our 5
sage Even those Of us who, though Z
Do longer tWenty-One, have not yet
assed into the sere and yellow leaf.
an remember the inimitable humor OF
florence as Captain Cutie and the q
laini path0s Of jefferson as Caleb I
hummer Pickwick has been placed
pyh The stage In no less than eight ]
Hefent versions, Oliver Twist was a
.Ayed here only last year; Nicholas $
'lSIeby, which contains nothing dra- 3
auc has bad violent hands laid on II d
Ne times the Old Curiosity Shop has a
Va adapted FOR the stage by Charles O
'ehens Jr and has served as "a basis g
y Whunmeiable presentations OF Mrs. | ]
aoeys Wax Works. Barnaby Rudge %
q ueeh dTamatlzed twice and Martin | &
ulLlleWlt five or six times (the latter h
'sA mas also appeared In German as n
l'e-act comedy In verse entitled ! \
laI'ule Junior oder Martin Gelder- n
-u9 una Sine ErbenO; A Christmas II
.J9l under title Of The Misers Warn n
Z was brought out at the Royal Sur y
2 'nealer February 8, 1874, and again "
'ne Alelphi In December OF the same Il
.' Dickens saw the performance at "
Y atler theater and wrote Of II 10 \
ger Il saw the Carol last night. q
wi t1an usual and Wright seems 81
s.9'! Bob Cratchit. but heartbreak. l
~, ~ me- o heayeni II any forecast W
Hs was ever In my mind", Dom or
ana Son and David C6hperfeld W
N lIamatIzed by John Brougham 70
!, , Erie performed in New York be- sd