Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

The performance OF Theodore" at
the Theater last night might be said to
have stepped close 20 the threshold Of
greatness-and stopped there. II was
only barred from entering the portals
by the arms OF mediocrity everywhere
thrust out by Mrs. nrune's support.
That an actress Of her gifts
not 10 say genius, and an actor ana
manager of her husbands long expert
ence should venture upon the road with
so expensive production, and run the
risk OF presenting IL with an inferior
cast, Is one of the marvels OF the pro-
fesslon past finding out Mrs. Bruno
was superb, In places she was wonder
flil In her intensity The staging was
everything that Is brilliant. the costum-
ing, gorgeous; but when this much
praise has been uttered, almost every
thing good has been said OF the produce
ton that could be conscientlously re-
corded. Mr., Bruno. himself, While
strong actor, has not the ideal attain
ments for an Andreas Mr.. Dade as
Justinian, gave only q fairly good copy
OF the many Neros who have crowded
our stage for the past two years; Mr..
Kane as the general Belisarius, was la
mentable, and nearly all the other minor
parts were In totally inefficient hands.
The play Is one that was written in
Safdou'e strongest and most depressing
vein II would III the genius OF Bern
hardt or Fanny Davenport, but even
Davenport after rehearsing II for some
time. found that she could not do JUS
tice to the lighter moods Of the role,
especially the dancing episode which
Mrs. Bruno did 50 charmingly, and she
abandoned II, But neither Bernhardt
nor Davenport would have thought Of
producing It without using the same
care In casting the play as in mounting
It.
The scenery and tabiesux made
series OF gorgeous pictures which are
wen worth seeing. Last nights audi"
ence was a good one, without either be-
ing large or small. The same bill runs
tonight and Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
Business took an upward bound at
the Grand last night when tombstone
Bennett appeared In her new farce
comedy entitled THE Female Drum
mer." While the skit and her part in II
are as far away from the high comedy
ceverness Of her Jane as Lady Mac
beth might be, still she retains all her
old sprightliness and her gifts In imita-
ton. The cleyerest part OF last nights
bill was the lightning change work,
where she initiated various characters,
one Of which--the soubrette sketch
was especially admirable, The com
many rs built on the usual farce comedy
lines. and the singing OF the colored
gents quartet was encofed so many
times that II almost threatened TO stop
the progress of the play.
The same hill runs TIL Wednesday
night with q matinee. and Is certainly
good for prosperous business.
The advance sale of "In Old Ken
lucky" opens at the Theater tomorrow
morning.
In reporting the account Of the meet
ing OF musicians held on Sunday for the
purpose of forming a union. a number
OF statements were made in last nights
News" which do not at all represent
the sentiments or views of this paper.
The News" has no quarrel with any OF
the musicians OF the city, nor with any
weekly paper, and certainly would not
give expression to any opinion as TO a
particular bOdy's competency or "in-
competency" In the connection In which
the views were expressed. The remarks
as printed should have been credited
or deblted--to the party at the meeting
who uttered them, and not taken as the
utterances OF this paper.
Regarding the formation OF a union
at least along the lines on which the
union formerly existed here-one OF the
best posted musicians in the city said
10 News representative today that
Il was extremely unlikely that the mus
sicians would get together, since some
Of the most prominent performers OF
the city did not attend the meeting
Sunday and II Ia well known that Mr.
Weihe. OF the Theater orchestra, Mr..
- yant, Of the Grand; Mr.. Held, Mr.
Zimmerman. Mr. Simms, Mr.. CARING
ton. and others have no intention OF al
lying themselves with the proposed or
ganization