The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-15

1.de-avslyps visit TO Salt Lake is
- ,relI-tirned. With the exception
~ - benefit for st. PauTs Guild, there
IN he no other performance at the
S1it lake theatre during the week.
nh in addition to the fact that the
aa-ce-t will occur just after Easter,
when people win be eager for enter
..i,,r,ent makes a strong bid for
Lille patrOnaEe. Everything indicates
- II will De me Of the most brilliant
e,.ents Of me season. The personality
~ tbis marvellous pianist has been an
t,,+erasting topic ever since his hrst ap-
Torrance in this country. lie IS SAD
- aI77ost effeminate in appearance,
md his matinee girl worshiperS like 10
- All sorts Of Misunderstanding
l,i-', about his past. Many of these
- baan published, and it is safe to
l.,.,,iss mat the majority Of them are
s,i-bout foundation. The pianist has al
80 oser reticent about his personal
acSirs and believes that the public
sbo-,Id concern itself only with his per-
s--rrarccs. 1t is needless TO state that
DadaraWed is a very wealthy man.
- owns some magnificent estates in
I-l1rope. His town house is in Paris
and he has q farm in Poland. His
,atssf acouisitiOn is a splendid estate on
he border Of Lake Geneva, on which
che pf2uist is said to have spent $780,
o0O NJ his last years earnings. The
topse IS white marble and the grounds
ore said to be unsurpassed. The
ma tro is extremely fond of flowers,
and has spent a fortune upon his
Green houses which contain many rare
yIanfe The extravagant praises
iavished upon the pianist by the news
-,one-s everywhere are too well known
- rs1Uire repetition, and there is no
doub+ of the fact that a great treat is
IN store for salt Lakers this week.
After Lent, the theatrical season
usually flares up brightly for brief
smell and then fickers until it is ex-
tinguiehed. In New York, a few
novelties. the last Of the season, are
usually looked for Immediately after
Easter This year the theatre-gOers of
that city are not TO be disappointed,
and in fact the rivalry for refreshed
popular favor has brought about a
curious situation. Several Of the new
plays were produced last Monday
night. so that they would run smooth
az
over. On this occasion, two expensive
productions of QUO Vadis' opened at
rival theatres. One version was adapt
ed by stanislaus Strange, and was
produced in Chicago several weeks ago.
II has since made a short tour. T. G.
Whitney is tie manager, and it is said
that he was the first man courageous
enough to risk the money for worthy
production. The other version was
dramatized by Miss Jeanette L.
Glider, who has Of course arranged her
story somewhat differently from Mr..
Strange, and il remains TO be seen
which one New York will prefer.
It is the first time within recollection
that two new and important dramatic
versions Of the same story have been
produced simultaneously. It seems al
most impossible that beth should pros
per and yet both are 50 worthy that
ii is difficult TO suTmise which one will
survive. A list Of the leading char
acters, showing the casts of both pro-
auctions. was published by the New
York World as follows:
Gilderites. Characters Whitneyites.
John Blair ..-.Ninicius. Joseph Haworth
J.. j. Morgan. .PetrOnius. Arthur Forest
Frank J. Currie. .ChilO... Horace Lewis
Ildl louA ~ ulSlA'Il7- JlSuS- Elmer NTrdnOln
u. V RanOuS... Nitillus. w. T. Melville
Willard Simpson. .GlaucOs. Edwin Varrey
Hattie Russell. .PCppaea... Alice Fisher
Engel Sumuer....Acte.....C Carolyn KENYON
Robert Fisher. Nero. Edmund D. Lyons
7. j.. Bridgmand.. .Tigelleuius. .........
................W William f. Clifton
William Herbert. LuCan. Leonard Walker
BiJ0u Fernandez. Llgia. .Roselle Knott
Grace Scott. Eunice. Maude Fealv
These are only the leading characters.
The entire list of speaking parts in each
play numbers thirty-three people.