Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-12

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bravo Frawley! Bravo Ashton' II Is
hord 10 say which OF the two is entitled
80 the highest credit for last nights
'norp IN "Brother Officers" Frawley, OF
orae comes drst from the acting
s,o,1poiut. Nothing in his whole w.
ror,oire perhaps outside Of svengali In
,rrilby" or Capt. Thorne in Secret
eory,,e.o shows his talents Off to bet
,.r ADVANTAGE than the role of the UNI
coutb English soldier suddenly thrust
INTO the society Of his superlors, and
made brother officer with them. lie
n,os excellent from start to finish, and
,bs way he acquitted himself must be
,ooarded as simply marvellous in view
NJ the strain under which he was la
bo,ing. Mr. Ashton was handed the
nart Of Launcelot at noon yesterday,
40 soon as It became known that Ben
1lowarG, the attempted suicide would
no unable to play, Mr. Frawley him
Golf had few hopes that Mr. Ashton
could prepare himself in n long role
Ike that and give the necessary re-
bea-slng to It before night and he at
once made up his mind not to attempt
70 raise the curtain, but to leave the
house dark Mr. Ashton insisted how
over that he could get through. and
4 considering all things, he got through
robly Every moment he was off the
stage he was studying his lines, and
only q few in the audience detected the
foct that he had TO have occasional help
tror the prOmpter. In spite Of this
drowblck The play was well received
d and heartily applauded Miss Van
q puren was a. her very best in the
4 rwcet part Of the countess and looked
beautiful IN some mGsnliicen, costumes,
n Io;h she and Blanche Douglas had
n hearty reception on their entrance, and
a Nlsg ulglas again showed that she
IL one OF TIE strOng factors In The Cr-
"A p7nNauun. Mr.. shaw made q good part
"A Of Hutton, Mr. Matthew was effective
as the young officer, and NJ! Duflieid
u made an excellent old colonc -. If
b iernoon and evening the .-- mt
closes with "Triby" in N.. p"
81 Trawoy and Miss Van Bcrea v~ 40
n Of their very best parts. Mr. Ash
3 ION win tlEo Towards place IN the role
q Of Taf'v With his wonderful capacity
q FOR study. with rehearsal this morning
d and with lhC matinee performance this
q afternoon. ne viii no.doubt, be In good
Il form for tonights performance.
Il No one win blame Mr.. Frawley If in
"A the future he look7 back upon his salt
n lake season as one prolonged night
4 mare. The way I'm which accidents and
a msiouunes have tr0d upon each others
a heels in MS company for the past 10
days s something tha, would have app
Il rallied any ordinary man, and that
81 Fawey was enabled to bear up under
81 oh Off and stlll give his nightly per-
81 foymances forms q rare tribute TO his
81 ability as general. Starting in with
n the Illness Of Miss Buckley the neces-
Fl sy for q change IN the opening bin
Il from "f.up Jeans to IN M.zzoura,'
4 then Mr., Towards illness, ben john
I sons meal acity which caused a re-
a arrangement OF the cast in nearly every
4 pay ATTEMPTED, and to cap il all Zen
& Towards unfortunate attempt at sui
4 ode, which not only made another ar
4 nngcmcnt necessary but nearly de-
& mo-9lzed the whole company these
things would have broken the back of
an organization less strongly organized,
and with a less experienced man at It's
head than Frawley
It Is wonderful In the face OF all
these mlschanccs. that the business has
kept IN as we'll as II has, and we all
trust that after the counting up Is made
IN the box Office tonight, the result OF
bis II performances viii be such as TO
cause Mr. FraWley In some measure 10
forget the mlsfortunes that have sur
rounded his salt Lake engagement. and |
bring him back to us in due time next /
feason. He has had wonderful busl- |
ness, all things considered. Two o |
his houses ran to the 81 zoo mark Hi
matlnees have been heavy and even |
the lesser nights have kept up to re- |
spectacle dimensions. All In all the |
season cannot have resulted In muci |
less than 5000 or $1,000. total which |
makes a handsome profit both to Mr. |
Frawley and the local manager. ana |
one we trust that will be sufficient 10
justify him in giving salt Lake one
more trial, when he has rehabilitated |
hls company and put It into shape for
next seasons work.
From all signs theater-goers and so
Getty generally are getting ready e
descend with 4 rush on the limited en-
lsgement Of Nat Goodwin and Maxine
Elliott az the theater next week Two
pays will be presented; one the big
tuccess which these popular players
nave been presenting IN London for six
months, entitled when We Were
twenty one. The magnificent recep-
uon this play received on its last pre-
senta ton here is still well remembered.
All Who beheld It will wish to see II
lgain, especially as the much criticised
tc' which took the audience behind
,he scenes IA q swell London club room
mas been eliminated and new one
written In It's place; this out OF defer
thce 10 London taste which cried out
loudly against the scene in question
Inc American Citizen" which Mr. |
GOODWIN and Miss Elliott played here
zone years ago. is play no less power
tul and charming, and they could not
.,ave presented a stronger repertoire.
hlsh prices viii. OF course, prevail. but
sus VIII be no bar 10 the rush that Is
pound to take place for seats TO both
performances.
private letter from Mis- sallie Fish,
+" states that she and her mother will