The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-23

enjoy. That ''Troyatore' has more
charming solos. duets and choruses
than perhaps any other great Italian
opera is generally admitted. The great
prison scene" Tempest of the Heart
Back to Our Mountains and other
numbers are ever new and beautiful.
Fifteen numbers in ali of the opera
viii be sung Thursday night Mrs. Liz
zie Thomas Edward sings the part of
Leonora. Miss Mabel Cooper that of
the gypsy. Mr.. Alfred Best the tenor
role and Charles Kent the baritone (or
the count the fun choir singing the
chOruseS, with Mr.. Mcclellan at the or
gan and Arthur Shepherd at the piano,
Mr.. Stephens directing the whole.
Stephens California excursion Is start
ing out in dead earnest; over 200 people
the choir members have a benefit per-
fornlance of the opera I'll Trovatore'
IN the tabernacle, and the proceeds of
all the tickets they sell individually go
toward paying their fare to the coast.
Signor Setaro, formerly the harp So
loist for Ellery's Royal Italian band
VIII be the feature at the concert Of
the First Regiment band at the Grand
this evening. Signor SetarO severed
his connection with the band before
that organization left the city a week
ago.
Miss Eleanor Barry, Stuart Robson's
new leading woman, who appears, as
Adriana in his revival of "The Comedy
OF Errors" is a western girl who ranks
as one of the handsomest women on
the American stage today. In addition
her acting is remarkable for it's force
and finish, and the critics in the cities
where Miss Barry has appeared this
in. r. Tnk
praised her work unqualifedly.
She is the daughter of General Bah
cock of California, who at one time
was secretary of state of Nevada. She
made her debut in San Francisco and
Tor a short time appeared there regu-
larly. While travelling in Europe she
was engaged by Rosina VOkes and APP
peared with her for a long run at
Days theatre in New York There
the late Augustin Daily became an es-
pecial admfrer of her work and en-
gagged her to appear as Juliet and as
Rosalind.
Victory Bateman, according to the
New York Telegraph, is still receiving
congratulations upon. the ovation at
her testimonial benefit at the Vendome
theatre recently 1t was in the i'm
pressive Romeo and Juliet" that Miss
| Bateman made her appearance The
/ house was crowded by those who had
come to pay the actress a regal
good-by.
Il can never begin to express my
thanks she said, Ito the people of
! Nashville for theis kindness in words
and actions to me. The reception they
/ gave me makes me silent out of sheer
| gratitude. 1t was generous and gra-
cious of them. I can never express
my gratitude to Walter Edwards. All
1 though 1 have some dear friends among
/ the people of the stock companies of
| Nashville, 1 cannot but feel just a bit
nearer to Mr.. Edwards on account of
our long and happy association togeth-
er on the stage. I can never, even in a
! slight measure, express my apprecia-
ton. To all of the people I want TO
/ offer my thanks and best wishes again,
and the assurance that thoughts of
them will go with me wherever my way
may Lead
Miss Bateman is now in New York.
She has no definite plans as yet.
The champion stage eater is in
"Cincy Adams Sawyer" the play of
New England life. 1t is a bashful
country lover, who is asked by the
country girl he is counting: Hiram.
! how do you know when you've got
enough to eat?" His reply is very
characteristic of his work throughout
l the play. He answers: well, / eat
till it hurts me, and then 1 stop while
the pain lasts This inventory has
been taken of what the dramatist COM
pels him to eat six nights a week and
two matinees: First act-One pickle
half pound of prunes, five crackers
handful of dried apples, one slice OF
cheese. Third act-Three apples. mug
of cider, three pieces of hot ginger
bread. a few chaws of dried corn
Fourth act Supper scene, after apol-
ogizing that he has had one supper
and cannot eat much more)-Siz
doughnuts, three apples, two plates OF
turkey, four slices of bread, half a
mince pine, four cups of tea.
Miss Henrietta Crosman has arranged
her tour to extend to the Pacific coast
before the end of the present season
She will take with her not only The
Sword of the King" her play of this
season, in which she has made such
| a pronounced success at Wallack'S the
atre, New York, but also will give
performances of Mistress Nell ''As
You Like It. Madeline and Nance
Oldfeld." She will carry all the seen
cry and equipment for these plays and
will travel through the west with q
special train for her company, three
cars of which VIII be exclusively de-
voted to scenery of the different pro-
auctions.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Since the pro-
duction of --Huckleberry Finn a story
has gained circulation with MARI
Twain as its central figure. It appear.
! that Twain was assisted in stringine
the incidents from tom SAWYER anc
'.Huckleberry Finn" together by Lee
Arthur, a young playwright, and that
by the time Arthur and the stage man
ager got through with it there wasn'i
much left for the author of the book:
to recognize.
At a recent rehearsal Ben Teal, the
stage manager. studying out a certain
scene. turned to Arthur and exclaimed
There's no way out of it, old man
we've got to cut that line out
Arthur glanced over TeaFs shoulder
at the manuscript and then gasped:
For heavens sake, Teal. don't Gu
that-that's the only line Twain wrote
The .-Bostonians'' will have a new
opera to be called THE Queen of tn,
Adriatic," and the subject is to be Z
Venetian one. Barnabee will be Z
doge of Venice and Mcdonald an Ital-
ian bandit.
The rumor' that Jules hurry intend.
to make a big Shakespearean revival
with an all-star cast composed of hi,
q four Stars-Lewis Morrison, Rose Cogh