The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-18

va1lo want to compose an opera based
On Ben Hur." Both will probably do
The Empire theatre company is Frob-
mans pet organization. It's forthcom-
ing euga cement at the Theatre late in
this month promises to be one of the
most notable of the season.
William Il. Crane viii come west this
year n the drama tizafion Of David
Harum." which has not yet been seen
in many cities outside of New York.
he wiz devote the season to this one
play.
VIII T. Carleton, for many years the
star Of the Carlton Opera company, has
been engaged for the character part IN
"FlOrOdOra Cyrus Gilfain, the mil
lionaire perfumery meTchant-when
this popular attraction goes on tour.
The Herald is in receipt Of an an
nOuncement which says The Wrong
Mr.. Wright, Broa dhurst's eXtrava-
CANT uprOarious pandemOnium of lu-
dicrOus misunderstanding and mis-
haps," will be on tour this season. Let
Us all hope for the best.
The busy hum Of preparation for
next seasons openings Of various plays
has begun in earnest in New York, AMI
Broadway is crowded with actors, &C
tresses, managers, agents, mechanics,
electricians and musicians.
Ed Carruthers, Manager Mulvey's
capable young representative, who has
been skirmishing in New York for at
fractions for the New Grand this sum-
mer, will arrive home next Saturday.
He is visiting his mother in Omaha
this week.
Mary Mannering's support in Jan
ice Meredith" the coming season viii
include Walter Hale, Charles Cherry
John D. O'Hara, w 5 Northrup, w D
Cha1fn, Charles Haskins, r. r. NELL
and Rose Braham, all of whom are
more or less known in the west Brig
ham Royce and Lansing Rowan viii be
with champagne Charley" which is
also in the hands Of Klaw & En-
LANCER.
The announcement is made that Ar
thur Byron. who for several years has
been playing opposite roles to John
Drew, is to star under the management
Of Wagenhals & Kemper The ar
rangement covers d period of several
years and three new plays have been
acquired, although the first in which
the new star viii appear has not been
selected. Mr.. Byron is nephew of
Ada Rehan.
Herbert Kelley and Ellie Shannon
VIII bring out a new play this season
written for them by Miss Martha Nor
ton, entitled Her Lord and Master"
II is society play with scenes laid
in this country and in England. KeI-
cey lmpersOnates an English lord and
Miss Shannon an American girl. and
lnterentially, it hangs on the thread
of international marriage.
A revival Of Shakespeare's great Ro-
man tragedy of "Coriolanus'' is con
templated by r. D. Mclean and Odette
Tyler, and an unusual amount of prep
aration is being made for it. The
play has not been presented in Amer
lea since the days of John Mccullough
Mclean and Tyler played in King
John with Modjeska last season, but
have since left the management of
Wagenhals & Kemper and will go on
their own hook.
Miss Julia Dean. who is making such
q success with the Neill company,
comes by her ability honestly as she
IS niece of Julia Dean Hayne, who
charmed California theatre goers thirty
years ago. Miss Deans popularity has
increased during the present engage
ment of the Neills. her Lady Thomson
Belturbet in THE Amazons'' adding
greatly 10 her reputation, but it was
as Sylvia in the Bachelors Romance
that she first gained prestige in this
eity.-San Francisco Chronicle.
sara Bernhardt. ever anxious for
novelty that VIII create talk. is trying
TO get Rudyard Kipling to write 3 play
for her. The Light That Failed" has
been dramatized. It is in one act.