The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

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3 urday matinee, "zaza"; Satur- =
2 day, "sapho."
4 TIE GRAND THEATRE >
= Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday =
, and Wednesday matinee, "The =
> Irish Pawnbrokers" Thursday, =
4 Friday, Saturday and Saturday =
= matinee, "Piclzings From \
4 Puck" +
Is THERE no limit to the length wit
viii go? y New York paper says that
ers of the sensational "drammer'
the Townsend diamond robbery, which
created a tremendous sensation in
Gotham society a few years ago, is
about TO be dramatiZed. Now, listen.
In order to make the thing realistic
the promoters are going to put the real
original robbers into the piece as soon
as their terms in the penitentiary, ex-
pire. which will be within a few
months.
Tracy, the Outlaw" and The James
Bows in Missouri will be tame COM
pared with this. for Tracy is in an eX-
tremely tropical country. if there Is one
on the other side. and the only remain
ing member of the enterprising James
Boys firm refuses to lend his aid or
sanction TO the production bearing that
dishonored name And. after all, the
writer's of this class of trash are not
to blame.
People flock to see the plays, and as
long as people so to see them and pay
good money for the privilege, so long
On q
this must not be construed as an Ell
fort to elevate the stage" IT would
be as easy to elevate the stage in the
sense of eliminating from it objection
able plays, as TO catch trout in the big
pond out near Saltair. SO far we nave
been spared a dramatiZatiOn of the
Salt Lake police force, but don let
George AIDE here of it or he'll make a
comic opera out of Captain Paul and
his merry men that VIII make the
sultan of Sulu" and Peggy from
Paris" look like one night stands
against a theatre of your own.
But seriously, for this is serious
matter, it is much to be hoped that
some day people win refuse to patron
ize plays that veneer crime with cheap
neroism and that make martyrs out or
very ordinary bad men. The great
theatre-goin public can stop the play
wrights. but the public must act To-
gether or the thing can never be done.
shore Acres" is a play that is al
ways welcomed by those most discrim-
mating critics, the stage hands. This
is not because they admire the sim
pie. pastoral beauty of the production,
although there is no gainsaying the
fact that they do appreciate it. But
the principal reason the stage hands
look forward with pleasure to the adj
vent of shore Acres ana view its
departure with regret is that they en-
Joy a good dinner at each performance.
uled in advance for every presentation
Of Shore Acres are one turkey,
roasted brown and served hot, mashed
potatoes, cranberry sauce. celery and
tea. They are real articles, too. as any
audience that has ever seen the play
Will testify. Now. the actors in the
dinner scene haven't time to eat the
good things. They simply mess" over
them. as the saying is, and the minute
the curtain falls the stage hands do
things tc the spread.
The manager of the company that
appeared here last week was asked
why he didn't vary the bill of fare. SO
the performers could really eat the
food. Why" he replied, 80 Shore Acres
wouldn't be Shore Acres without tur-
key. and besides, We have to stand in
with the stage hands. It would never
do to disappoint them"
Charles Thal. who is here ahead of
the Florence Roberts company makes
pretensfons to being a ping-pong ex-
pert. He claims to have stood second
in a tournament in the san Francisco
Press club. Of which he is member
and from the way he has been batting
the ball at the rooms OF the Press clut
II Salt Lake most of US are willing
TO concede Mr.. Thalfs claims.