Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-22

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Salt Lake enters upon irregular car
n,yal OF theatrlcals Monday evening
rsxt. both houses open their doors for a
long stretch that VIII run right up to
election time, and II becomes a serious
question whether some one viii not
,u0er from the congestion of stage en-
,ertainment to be provided. This is q
u.asure-mad community either in
summer on winter but as our managers
know ii Is community that demands
IN, best for us money and doubtless
,,.y have made their bookings with all
due regard to the critical traditions Of
che town At the Theater Mr Piper
will offer q play on the early Christian
theme The Prince Of the World, %
whose chief recommendation seems
90 be- that It's author and principal
p,ayar. Mr.. Hal Reid is a gentleman
mol at an to fortune and to fame un-
known as he Is the writer OF such sue
,ss.u. plays as Human Hearts, The
Eu.bs % Tennessee and several other
money makers Following this Will
,.m, Eddie Foy, and the Fair and Con-
fsrence patronage VIII be shared by the
clement stockWell company and the
local opera company in'The Mandarin
al the Grand the opening attraction
Mil boz the New York comedy THAT
Man" and there Is equally as much
curiosity TO see the changes made ON
ths interior OF the house as there Is to
witness the farce comedy
o.rhe Prince Of the World" is said to
b, taken both from 'Qu1 Vadis' and
Marie Corelis "Barrabbas' In the
cast Of characters are seen such histor-
ic names as Judas lscarlot, the Apos-
liz Peter POntius PLATE, Caesar em-
per0r Of Rome, etc. In the cast be-
SIDES MI Reid. the author, and Bertha
Belle Westbrook, Is the name Of John
z sullivan. the well known actor. VIII
Eldngs old friends will also be pleased
to fnd him a member Of the company.
The advance manager promises that the
play viii be mounted upon the stage
in magnificent style and that several
living lions will be among the accesso-
lies.
A lot Of run is promised the patrons
of the Grand next Monday when the
farce comedy That Man will be the
attraction IL was one of last seasons
pronounced successes at the Herald
Square ,heater New York The idea
and situations In That Man" are quite
new t0 the stage The plot deals with
the domestic entanglements IN three
families which IS, OF course. an old sub
jgct but the method the respective
wives use to keep each individual hus-
band at home Is novel In the extreme
They employ jealousy arouser,
known as Theophllus Montjoy whose
sole occupation is that of comforter 10
neglected wives AT so-muCh-per and
who. by eXtrayagant attention. pre-
Blmes 10 arouse the waning love OF
the recalcitrant BenediCts by making
them Jealous. which leads TO a host OF
3H-~sing complications. Mr.. Walter
Walker who is starring in the charac-
ter That Man, is said to have made
the hit Of his career
Beginning Friday evening next Ed
die Foy and his company OF players,
viii appear az the Salt Lake Theater
IN his new comedy. entitled "A Night in
Town.
Eddie Foy is unquestionably a warm
fayorlte in this city. In years past
when he was a principal member OF
David Hendersons famous eNtraya-
ganza company, his following was
enormous and he was looked upon as
the funniest man on the stage. This
viii be the first time since then in which
be has really had a fair chance as a
star at the head OF his own organize
ton "A Night In Town" Is a legit-
Innate musical comedy, which depends
entirely upon It's lines and situations
Tor the amusement II affords. 1t Is
a translation aud adaptation of an Ital-
Ian comedy and under the title OF In
Town" has met with great success In
London, where It was recently pro-
duccd II was adapted for the Ameri-
san stage a few weeks ago, and
reports Of It's first production In the
east indicate that II is a success. Ed
Ole Foy appears in the role OF David
sC1um, a victim Of the cigarette habit.
who suffers from frequent lapses Of
memory which necessarily get him into
very serious difficulties.
Clay Clement whose excellent work
o. Baron Hohenstanffcn I'm the New
Dominion" excited much favorable COM
ment In this city viii appear AZ the
Theater during Conference and Fair
week IN an adaptation OF Charles Dick
rms and Wllkie Collins mo Thorough
fare entitled "a Great Obstacle"
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