Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14

:. beautiful performance was
mt given at the Thea'er , 'a Now Daniel |
tha, ,,e who had wondered now D" ~
Peop'e would keep his company ny
f'V ,he old time standard at'er ~ Mo,Son
70 .nort Kelley, Henry Miller tss os
hs'D' ,oroft and George cayvan' Won
Whe 'a ,orger. when they saw the al
as,,r aggregation of players whU,n ~
,'s"V ,ronsht together in LADY hun,
nas ,S,s experiment The play VIM
wor'" man a quiet story OF ruraI
English life with only S a,a the |
h"e ',ort in Il to lift II above '"'
s,H' % pure, high comedy IL %
pr'g,nal in It's theme, is SO enarini"s's
~ ,.,S and above all, is filed W.T." 9O
Inv , cameo like pieces OF ehaiao'e'
work that It is constant uelsn' "
n,o,ch It's unfolding Everything a'ou'
W. york of the players was oil lhe
, .r degree of perfection MISS
snopg is not only an excellent actress
h,t a beautiful woman. ana her w
,,neation of the part of the aris'ocra'
,,,ho saeks 10 hide her Identity as COON
In tbe wears household, was aehsh''
tnly finished, 1t Is hard to say where
second praise should be first accordeu.
probably the most virile instance Oh
acting was on the part of Mr. Fihhey
whose Lord Huntworth, broken down
with dissipation, was almost as rare
niece Of makeup and acting as some Oh
MansAeld's charcter work, Mr.. For
rest was especially good as the neaVy
dragon OF sporting tendencies ana
Mr. owen. a rare old actor, was 'he
British butler to the life, FRANK stew
art as the preacher gave another bit OF
Dickens like characterization, and MIS-
Whlffen, an old favorite who was given
n reception on her entrance, was eNcei-
lent as ever as the spinster's sister
Miss skipworth was second May ROD
son in her rendition Of the slave
and Beatrice Morgan and VIM Court
ney were thoroughly charming In their
minor roles. All in all, the play was
treat which Salt Lake theatergoers VIII
not soon forget, and 1t Is a matter OF
regret that we are not to have the
chance TO see II q second time
Whether or not there would be any
performance at the Theater last nlght'
was a matter of doubt until the cur
tain arose. While the audience was d
handsome one. II would have been
much larger except for the unfortunate
belief that President Mckinley had died
during the afternoon. When the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch came that he had
passed away and the News so an
nounced II, the Grand Theater at once
decided to close. The Theater had
reached a similar decision, and Miss
Spong. being told by her manager that
no performance would be given, went 10
her hotel and at once retired, being
worn out by the trip across the NeVa-
da desert. A little later came reports
contradcting the news OF the DEATH
and the company was hastily gotten
together, Miss Spong was aroused ana
the curtain went up only few minutes
late. Mr.. Donnelly, the manager Of the
company, and Mr.. Pyper had agreed
that the performance would he called
of II any news OF the Presidents death
arrived before o'clock. Both per-
formances this afternoon and evening
have been abandoned.
Mr.. Pyper said today that he could
say nothing Of Monday nights rendi-
ton OF THE Texas Steer" until the
company arrived, as the Theater had
been let 10 the company on contract
and whatever steps were taken, would
have TO be with their consent.
The "Florodora" engagement, from
present indications, will be one Of the
red letter events Of the season at the
Salt Lake Theater The company
consists Of eighty-seven people, nine OF
them being members Of the orchestra.
These players, added tothe regular or
chestra viii give an accompaniment OF
twenty men. the largest orchestra we
have had since the visit Of Alice Neil
son Every stitch Of scenery will be
new, and the whole production will be
identical with those OF London and
New York. One OF the leading singers
Is W. T. Carleton, head OF the one time
famous Carleton Opera company. and
all the other principals are OF equal
note, among the other players being
Laura Millward. Ida Doerge, Selma
Mantell, p W. Ryley and Grace Dud-
ley. who plays the part now filed In
New York by Edna Wallace Hopper
The engagement in Salt Lake lasts
three nights, beginning Thursday next