Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02

-. HE managers OF both places Of
amusement always d. some care
i ful ngurius m advance Of the
conference dates In order to So
cure attractions that win Please their
country patrons, For their conference
bills this year both houses make an
nouncen1ents that are sure to be attrac-
tive 10 their visitors AZ the Theatcr
james A. Herne's famous play OF Sag
Hafbor" opens Monday nlgn;. and at
the Grand the eight weeks engagement
Of the Fleford Stock company has It's
beginning.
some years ago James 4. iIerne was
asked to deliver an address about plays
and players al a prOmincn, church IN
Denver Col, and OH that occasion he
made the following assertion:
young men often como 10 me and
FAY, MI llerne can't you tell me a
plot? Oh, but / could write such a play
II l only had a good plot And / tell
them that there are a thousand plots
around them every day OF their lives
the greatest plots that playwrights ever
had TO deal With
In Sag Harbor" Mr. Herne has prac-
tlsed what he preached He has wan
defed about the quaint village on Ions
island and listened to the gossip Of the
original Captain Dan Marble aud the
prototype OF Freeman Whltmarsh and
the same Mrs. John Russell, and then
he has, In a mathematical sore OF way,
subtracted from and added to until he
has the whole delightful story ready for
SIS two.hour presentation.
The Elleford Stock company comes
direct from San Francisco bringing It's
entire equipment Of special scenery and
accessories for all the productions II
win introduce here In the next eight
weeks The company numbers IS peo-
pie, several of whom have positions OF
standing I'm the profession, In fact, the
organization as a whole is considered
one of the strongest permanent stock
COMPANIES of the coast During the
Salt Lake season the bill viii be
changed twice each week Mondays and
Thursdays For the opening week the
PLAYS selected are "A Flag OF Truce"
and "a Man From Mexico" II the
Elleford company succeeds In drawing
to the Grand The Od-time patronage
that the first stock companies lnaugu-
rated there drew, and creates as pleas
ant an impression as they did, their
successes will be Of the most emphatic
sort.
Miss Isabel Irving winds up her Salt
Lake engagement In THE Crisis to-
night. From here she goes to
San Francisco where she will open the
new Majestic theoter which, IL goes
without sayins belongs to the indie
pendent" chain This event IL sched-
uled for April Is.
Now that Maude Adams coming Is
assured. the dates heng May 20. a ana
%. theatrical circles are ON the Qul vive
OF expectancy TO learn what her re-
pertoirc will be. Manager Piper has as
yet heard nothing from her on this
point. but will urge that all three OF
her recent successes be produced here,
namely, The Pretty Sister Of jose
Quality Street and "The Little Min |
ister.' The last named play has been
done a great deal, but Of course, not
done as Miss Adams will present 1t, to
say nothing of the fact that her lead |
ing man. MIR. Ainley win be a feature !
himself IN the part OF the minister In !
san Francisco they are Insisting on this |
play being made feature Of the en-
gagement
The family and friends m Mrs, Ada !
Dwyer Russell are In daily receipt Of |
dispatches from her regarding the con-
.dition OF MI Russell. The New YORK !
Herald OF sunday last says that his ILL
ness Is described az heart exhaustion, |
and that II was feared saturday night |
he would not recover Mrs. RusselFs |
latest kilograms state that there Is
slight improvement IN his condition,
which win bc welcome news TO MI !
4ussels many friends here
II win probably be some time ere the |
Rose Cecilia Shay Opera company ven
lures INTO this neck of the woods again.
and when It does ii viii probably be IN
"A reurganiacd condition, with "a tenor
baritone, bass and soprano who can F..
COME within mailing distance OF the prl- /
ava donna Nothing like the CHASTITY |
BUSINESS The company aid at IN iheo ter /
1ns been witnessed I'm theatrical am |
nails ioi several seasons pasL Tn or /
gnnIgl tlrn was In hard straits 1nlncl. .
,mlt aud but for some quick telegraph /
'al rendered by Miss Shuys farheg m
'ClnWontti the next town W11 haNe f.
gone Gnv!Hlcd,
Mr. Daniel Sully, the we'll known .
comedian Whnsc Corner Grocery ana .
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