The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-18

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Hobart Bosworth. who was seen here
last spring in support OF Mrs. Fiske is
nON leading man with San Francisco
STOCK company and has arisen 20 the
prominence CT an interviewee In the !
course OF a chat with Blanche Parting
Ton nc told Of being juggler's assistant
said he
What Hermann she demanded
Hermann the Great. smiled the ac-
Tor was his assistant I did the
tricks and he got the glory that is 1
used-this is funny-tO 90 through the
markets in New Orleans with a silk hat
iuil of ducks and a rubber belt fun of
eggs for Hermann TO do tricks with 10
advertise the show Degrading rot but
Il got me to New York and Augustin
Julia MariOws was among those present
v hen john Drew began his New York
season with The Duke of Killicrankie''
IN the Empire New York AT least, she
was present for few moments. Then
she was the center OF an experience
which served to show the audience that.
Gelightful as she usually is. she has her
iltue fits of petulence like women who
nave never achieved prominence.
Miss MarlOwe arrived shortly after 5
clock. accompanied by another woman
ana an escort. whom nobody seemed 10
per box next the stage where they found
three occupants already installed in the
choice positions. Noting this. the esCOr-
FASTENED 10 the box office, hoping 20 OBJ
Miss MaTiOwe meanwhile tried 10 find
position whence she might see the stagC
but since the other occupants would not
bulge. she found herself pressed hard
against the wall with her face turned
toward the audience The escort re-
! turned and announced that every seat
was sold The overture had now begun,
and Miss Marlowe ATTEMPTED a fOrrnid
able. feat in contortion in a final effort
10 obtain an unObstructed view A pie
ture hat shut off her vision on one Side,
and the wall of the theatre on the other
A hundred pairs OF opera glasses were.
focused upon her by this time, and while
her utterances could not be overheard.
her swapping eyes and forceful gestures
showed plainly her annoyance. The last
ntes of the orchestra were dying away
when she suddenly arose and flounced
from the box.
Announcement is made that the III
fated lrOquois theatre in Chicago viii
open as a vaudeville house on Sept. -.
The plan is 10 conduct il on the cheap
price policy. cutting under the scale IN
vogue at other vaudeville theatres Of the
better class in Chicago. The Vaudeville
as the IroquOis has been rechristened, Is
rot to be under the management of Rich
and Harris as was stated some time ago,
put OF hyde and Behman. Ii would be
Interesting TO know how much or how
little the men who were conducting the
place AT nc time of the disaster that
spread sorrow throughout the land and
havoc throughout the theatrical business
VIII be interested in the enterprise under
its new guise.
All indications as to Mrs Fiske and the
Manhattan company IN Becky Sharp at
me Manhattan theatre, New York point
TO a success as remarkable as the orig
maj during the term of this notable re-
NlNal As the adventures who since
Ihaokeray llmned her has been the type
for universal comparison Mrs Fiske
when first seen in this role was fairly
Sclntlliant and all who have followed
this gifted actress development from sea-
son 10 season in characters varying but
always exceptionally difficult. may well
expect after the interval that has elapsed
since she first appeared as Becky Sharp,
that she will invest this fascinating per-
sonase with new histriOnIc values and
with greater plausibiiity Tnln ever.
Mrs. FiSkes art is ripper and more pro-
found than it was even two seasons ago,
and since she first appeared as Becky she
has sounded character depths new TO her
endeavor. Thus it is certain that when
ever she appears in them she viii shed
new lights on the older parts HAT she
originated, while her perfect technique
and her wider artistic experience will as
sure remarkable results l., any new role
1
liant mounting and dressing of Becky
Sharp" is seen in this revival; and with
John Mason as RaVdOn CraWley George
Arliss as Lord Steyne, and a full com
pany OF line players trained ny Mrs.
FiSke in other strikingly varied charac-
ters, no one Will be surprised If the pres
ent representations of this play surpass
the original representations III balance of
roles and finesse of acting.
The story OF Sardon's La sorciere.
presented by Sarah Bernhardt at His
Majesty theatre, is thus described BY
the London Standard:
The story of LaSorciere' belongs TO
the early years of the sixteenth century.
soon after the expulsion of the Moors
from the greater part of Spain IN their
retreat the MOOrs Gid n0t carry super
Suuon away with them. and at the he
ginning OF La Sorciere' We find a fair
young Moorish widow. Zorava nv name
accused of witchcraft. She is the
daughter OF wise and1earned physician.
whose wisdom and learning she has in
herlted. she is OF a passionate nature
which she explains by her African blood
though the charm she exercises upon men
Is attributed by the agents Of the inqui-
sitlon TO sorcery. So too. are the cures
she effects through Eer medical knowl-
edge and Skill Don Enrique. the newly
married husband II JOana, Qaughte,. OF
Padilla, governor OF Toledo becomes in
fatuated With her and she with him She
bAVheb III btAoIt the tOL NQltn
the fniQuities and horrors are forcibly
presented condemned to the stake and
would. be nrematurely burned but that
JGana has fallen into a sort Of cataleptic
steep. from which Zoraya. with her mag
netic powers alone can wake her. This.
or condition OF being liberated she in
fart does. But the pardon she has re-
ceived is set at naught BY the raging
multitude, and she ends By dying in the
arms of Don Enrique-the lovers sharing
between them in a final embrace a slOb-
ule Of some mysterious preparation made
from the almond. which in the present
day would probably be known as prus-
sic acid"
Charlie Clark the Seth Perkins Of 1.-THE
Old Homestead. which Denman Thomp-
son Wii1revive at the New York theatre
in September has some amusing stories
Of his old stock days which he was re-
counting recently.
IN the old Ford theatre DAYS in Wash
iHgtpn there was z saloon under the
theatre kept by George Harry u was a
fayorite hang-ouR' Tor actors ] remem-
Ger one day was in the saloon with Har-
~ himself He stepped out a minute and
asiSe6 me 10 tend store urrffrhis return.
j waited on 4 C0IplesOf customers when
tn STROBE a husky NirgiRian.
Say, he drawled this is the saloon
wilkes Booth used 20 drink in. sin't IT.?
Yes. sir
" You've got the bottle he used ter
drink from, ain yer?'
" Yes. sir.
- Kin / get a drink out Of that bottle@
. Yes. sir Ana / forthwith handed out
the Identical brandy bottle.