The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-18


III L are to have at least a temper
wv airy respite from musical COM
edies for which "heving" be
thanked. OF musical comedies, so far
as the Salt Lake theatre was concerned,
there seemed to be no end One after
another, good. bad, Indifferent and
sometimes worse, they are piled in upon
US Let us grant. for the sake of the
argument, that the majority of the
musical comedies have been good. In
deed, this is no more than the truth
but even Of good things, if there be
q Sameness to them. we can have en-
urely too much Nicely roasted teal
ducks make mighty good eating, but
II we had to live on teal ducks for two
weeks or even for a week, we would
De III II we so much as heard a duck
quack. Therefore. again and altOgeth-
er let us raise joyful paean over the
tact that for couple Of weeks or so
We viii have no musical comedies. The
theatre box office will undoubtedly gain
largely thereby.
The first four nights and wednesday
matinee at the theatre Will be filled by
the James Warde combination in
Alexander the Great" and Julius
Caesar" 1t is almost as absurd to talk
or advertising MOrOni in Salt Lake as
TO talk of advertising Frederick Warda
and Louis James. For years they have
been paying at least annual visits to
this city and for years they have drawn
tremendous audiences to every perfOr-
nance. That this year viii prove no
exception to the James Warde rule is
evidenced by the far more than salts
factory sale which began last Friday
morning.
1t is not too much to say that salt
Lake amusement patrons win have no
Tarer treat this season than the per-
Torrance Of Alexander the Great and
Julius Caesar" The first named play
has never been seen here before for
the very good reason that It is in its
first season. The eastern comment on
It has been altogether of a hattering
character and the big box Office receipts |
show what the people think Of it.
Close attention to detail is one Of the
necessary characteristics Of the sue
cessful theatrical manager. Rarely, |
however. do managers go to such |
lengths as in the case of Ben Hur."
which is probably the biggest attrac- /
ton Of its kind that has ever been In 1
the west. Frank L. Young. business /
manager Of Ben Hur." arrived in Salt /
Lake Thursday with a carload of ma
chinery and corps Of assistants to get |
the theatre stage ready for the opening l
next week. BE says the curtain viii I
not go up unless everything is in first /
class order and to evidence his par /
Bend. Ind. some months ago.
AT the last moment IL was discovered !
that there was no flute player in the 4
orchestra. The local leader knowing 4
the company carries a large orchestra [
Of its own, decided 20 cut out his flute
player AS soon as the omission was /
noted the manager of the opera house
was notified that the curtain would not
be raised until the flute man was
turned up. There was hurrying and
ECUrrying and eXpOstula tions, but the
curtain stayed down until the flute
player was in his seat in the orchestra.
And the flute player is not so awfully
important. either. except in the opinion
Of the management
A Lincoln J. Carter production,
Down Mobile" is scheduled for the
first half of the week at the Grand. The
last half viii be filled by a revival Of
the old-time favOrite. East Lynne"
PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.
Alexander the Great" the new play
in which Louis James and Frederick
Warde win appear tomorrow night,
Tuesday and Wednesday, is described
as a stirring romantic drama with an
historical background. Passion, love,
intrigue and herOism are its chief ingre-
dients. Its general treatment is that of
n dramatic spectacle, it being the aim
OF Managers Wagenhals &, Kemper
10 enchain the attention of the spec
tatOrs as much by the grandeur and L
massive nature Of its scenic effects as
by the dramatic suspense incident to
the plot.
Among the many stage pictures which
are said to arouse the wonderment of
the audience several have caused eN- I
CepuOnal comment. A notable instance
seems &c be the representation Of Alex
ander's army laying siege to the town
of MALTA, the camp being pitched un-
der the turretted walls of the city. All !
the ancient weapons Of warfare are put
to practical use. such as batteTing
rams. catapUlts. war chariOts. etc, and
the curtain falls upon an exciting bonn
bardment. Another scene is that show
ing the interior Of the great Egyptian
Temple Of AmmOn, where the sOrceries
and frauds which the Egyptian priests
practieed on the ignorant and super ]
stitiOus are humOTOUsly exposed The
great scene Of the play. however. which
IS said to be more ingeniOuSly devised
than anything attempted in modern s
stagecraft, is the scene above the
clouds where the army gets lost among
the crags and treacherous mists Of the
tops. Here the scenic artist
and stage mechanic is said to have been s
successful I'm giving a wonder
elements, In which a terrific electric Z
storm IS the chief feature.
over forty people are concerned I'm u
the performance. among whom are Mr. q
Norman Hackett, Miss Margaret I
Bourne. Wadsworth Harris and Thomas I
Coffin Cooke. Ii
Julius Caesar" excellently staged +
and costumed. viii be presented We'd
nesday matinee and Thursday night. q
Lincoln J. Carter may well be termed ,
the representative american dramatist. !
Every play that has come from his pen =
Is American I'm theme, locale and char y
acterization. No otfer author has chung
so closely 20 things that are truly
American. and no other author has
more carefully studied the peculiarities s
81 his countrymsn or more faithfully / {
drawn them for stage representation. O
This is again proven in his latest pro- a
1uction, Down Mobile" which is at S
The Grand theatre Monday, Tuesday b
and Wednesday. and matinee Wednes-
1ay at D. m. C
A splendid revival Of East Lynne" {
Will be given by Inez Forman and a ca
Dable company at the Grand theatre a
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Nights. This play has Of late years a
1een allowed to lapse into the property n
n cheap priced and cheap talented
-uun IA MES ~ uunh avfarrf that - I Z