The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-16
~ HERE ARE MANY interesting

~HERE ARE MANY interesting
"reminiscences connected with
- the visit of T. Daniel Frawley
to Salt Lake. It recalls the
opening of the Grand opera house. now
the New Grand theatre, about whose
history time has woven a seemingly
endless panorama
Six years ago Mr.. Frawley was doing
juvenile roles in the Giffen & Neil Stock
company at Denver. His managers had
cast ravenous eyes on the proposition
so new 70 this city-a popular-prlced
hOuse-beIieving this to be a heid or
extraordinary wealth. The contract
was closed with the Pyper-Maltese con-
Germ and along came FraWley, who had
been selected to manage the Salt Lake
Giffen & Neil Stock company. we ali
remember the people he brought vita
him-H. D. BlakemOre, Harry COrSOn
Clarke Brigham Royce, Howard Kyle,
J. A. ManneTy, Fred Tjader, who has
since died, Jennie Remark, Blanche
Bates, Jean Coye, Madge Carr Cook,
Charles King and Charley Dade were
all among them, and our own Julia
Dean made her debut later with the or
ganiZatOn.
on Christmas eve. 1894, the house was
thrown open, and what an event it vas!
The first play was Mot :" a drama
tization Of an old no It took the
town by storm. FIR .ey was king OF
the hour. Being his Own stage manager
and business manager did not prevent
his beiEC cast in the various prOduc-
lions, ana from every point of view he
was an instantaneous fayOrite in Salt
Lake.
But The public favor waned The
novelty wore off. Before long the
young manager discovered that Salt
ea-
least, of supporting a stock company.
Things were getting into pretty bad
shape, when COrsOn Clarke had an in
SEPARATION. 1t was what Mr.. FraWley
terms ''mutinOus conduct" He took
several other members Of the company
and went east, leaving Frawley with
the few who remained. He tried TO
take them. as an independent PROPOSE
ton. off the hands of Giffen and Neil,
but the latter were obstinate and want
ed a few hundred dollars more for
their contracts than Mr.. FraWley had
already advanced them out OF his own
pocket to defend lawsuits and pay bills.
Eventually he paid them what they
asked. the whole amounting to SI.O30,
and what remained of the Grand piO-
neer company turned westward h1-
At Portland Mr.. F'rawley added the
names Of Belle Archer and Mr.. and
Mrs DuffieId TO his organization. Miss
Bates, King and Madge Carr Cook were
among those " no had remained with
him. The name of Frawley headed the
title of the COMPANY Royalty plays
We're secured. They worked down to
san Francisco, where the personnel OF
the company was strengthened mate
rally. and from that day to this MI.
Frawley has been a stranger to failure.
putting in six consecutive and all in all
successful seasons in the city of the
Golden Gate.
He returned last week to Salt Lake
without q single representative except
himself OF the little party that headed
out Of here, but with the strongest or
gSniZatiOn in his career. During the
week he gave US a wide repertoire
plunged Us twice into romantic France,
took US to London for stays not over
enjoyable and transported Us finally 10
the days of the American rebellion,
with thrilling grandeur. He gave us
new acquaintance, and, we trust,
friends.
The visit OF the FrawIey company is
not regretted. May it be repeated.
We believed It possible that after her