The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-15

/ practically continuous. for she played
/ all last summer in San Francisco.
Great oaks from little acOrns grow. 90
| says the old prOverb. This holds good
/ in the case Of Campbell brothers, show
men. A little more than ten years ago
/ the Campbell brothers were practicing
! utmbllng In a small way on a hay now
I at Fairbury. Neb They always had a
| crowd of admiring yokels around them,
/ and when one day a patent medicine
| takir came to town and lost his troupe
| through inability TO pay its members,
| the Campbell brothers were recon-
| mended 90 him.
| He engaged them, and that was their
/ start I'M the show business. The medi-
| cine stunt lasted several years. Then
| the boys bought an ancient elephant. a
! mOth-eaten camel and a red wagon. To-
day their show fills twenty-five big spe-
cIu freight cars. and they give a per-
Torrance that people so a long way to
see The Campbells are coming TO salt
Lake i'm the summer.
SIS
"Corianton" is getting some very
good notices on the coast. The follow
| ing, which Is a fair sample, is from the
San Francisco Chronicle:
"A very interesting and picturesque
I production is 'COriantOn' at the Califor-
MIA theatre this week. The story is
taken from the Book of Mormon, and
put into dramatic form by Orestes
bean. Quite an earnest and sincere
attempt. which is very successful, has
' been made TO present the plot with fit-
ting dignity, and the odd environment
i makes the not unfamiliar dramatic sit
. u la al
I Is no oVerambltlOus spirit in the work.
AS rule it is all simple and direct.
with dialogue just strong enough TO
carry it, and in many places most cred
] ltdDlS development of dramatic eli
makes. The Aztec scenery may or may
not be accurate, but it is surely novel
and attractive. The company playing
| 1t are not all as good as might be, and
MP. Bean falls down on his comedy
somewhat The leading characters.
/ CorlantOn, the hayward son, Shiblon.
the righteous son, the high priest Sc
antum, the Horamite and Korihor are
very well played. Alphonz Either is
quite a good heroic actor and leaves a
strong impression behind him in Corr
anton. A sympathetic performance is
given by Ida Due, and Helen Boyer
shows ability in the siren. The Black
Pearl ballet introduced is not brilliant
| ly successful. but as a whole for a play
which is not easy 10 do In just the
right key, the people give a representa-
ton worth seeing"
The well known local playwright.
Frank Maltese. has just completed
what competent critics pronounce an
extremely clever comedy. He calls IL
. The Wrong Mrs Appleton" and it
viii be presented by local talent at the
Grand on Thursday. Friday and SatUr-
day nights Of next week, with a mat
inee on Saturday Mr. Maltese deals
with the mOther-in-laW, that is the
stage mother-in-law, in an original
manner
A young man cOnceives the notion of
marrying his mOther-in-law to a rich
old bachelor who is a guest at the
young mans home The mOther-in-law.
returning from a trip abroad, is unex-
pectedly delayed and writes TO her
children, informing them of the fact.
. Thereupon the young man. extremely
DESTROYS Of getting the bachelors money
for the family, manufactures a mother
. in-laW.
A friend consents 10 play the part
and enters into it most ardently While
his fun is at its height the real mother
in-law arrives and the complications
/ that ensue are said to be extremely m-
dicrOus.