The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-03
Il MUSEMENTS.

) The first performance of LAS You
/ Like It." under the trees at Calder's
/ park, drew from the Over-heated city
a crowd which was at once large, sur
! prisingly representative, jolly and
/ gOOd-natured and ready to enter with
/ considerable spirit into the novelty of
an outdoor performance. 1t is the first
time anything of the kind has been
projected in Salt Lake with any sue
cess, for Mr.. Frankers production is a
success, and the management deserves
/ a good deal of credit for having &C
cOmplished a hard task under all sorts
| of adverse circumstances.
The stage was a complete green
sWard with bOughs thickly clustered
/ overhead and backed by scenery used
/ in former productions of the comedy in
/ the Salt Lake theatre. The scene was
/ to say the least picturesque. The au-
/ dienCe was seated on chairs, canvas
/ outing benches and circus seats, also
/ under the trees It was extremely in
| convenient for those in the open par
/ quet to see the stage, as neither the
/ chairs nor the stage was elevated.
/ This win be remedied tonight by the
/ raising Of the seats.
/ The cast of ''As You Like IT, is a
J long one and it was impossible of course
to find talent sufficient in a local pro-
/ ductiOn to make up an all-star com
} pany. Tt must be said, however, that
Mr.. FrankePs players gave as good a
! performance as was expected even
! though 1t bore symptoms of a first
night and some Of the male members
of the cast. moved with the grace of
a bird they call the elephant.
LeOna Linstead (AIrs. ErankeD is a
charming ROsaIind. John Lindsay reads
JaqueS with his old Shakespearean fire
and Harry Taylor handles TouchstOne
in all ways acceptably. These three
professionals stood out prominently in
the cast, almost too much so to sug-
gest the possibility of a balance. Some
of their scenes were warmly applaud
ed. Especially was Mr.. Lindsay appre-
icated in his recital of the Seven Ages
and the Fool, the Motley Fool. !"
ROsalind's best effort was her delivery
Of counsel to Orlando when she dis
covers the love-sick youth in the for
est.
Others on the female side who de-
serve mention are Miss Mildred Lind
say, who read Celia; Miss Blanche
Welby. an instantaneous favorite il
her little bit of character work, Au-
drey and Miss Brockbank, a very sweet
shepherdess. Messrs- Midgley, Cliss-
hold, Sanders and Hovey seemed pop
. ular.
The wrestling match between E
Thompson and Jimmie Ryan caught
/ IaFOr with those inclined 10 sports anC
, the interpolated solos of Alfred Best
My Dream of You and Il Envy the
Bird" were heartily encored.
LAS You Like It" viii be repeated
tonight and, with the change in seat
ing accommodations noted, there should
be another large crowd in attendance
The seat sale for Blanche Bates en-
gagement IN Under Two Flags" wen
on very steadily at the Theatre yes
terday, the opening night, Monday, b.
{ ing favored as usual
The Salt Palace clown band parade,
the streets yesterday on the construc
! ton car of the salt Lake street railwa.
line. Tt may have been the advertiser;
or it may have been due to the races
but the house was filed last night 70
the minstrel-vaudeville show.
The usual matinee win be given to
day
At the organ recital at the taber
nacie today. Miss Elsie Barrows vii
Z be the sOloist. and Professor Mcclellan
viii render some "Cavalleria Rustl
cana" music and other gems from
MascagnI.