Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29

are unknown on Broadway The opening
performance was rather inslpid except
Ing FOR the work of Mr., Norris, whose
Improvisation OF Cingalese lawyer
partially educated In England and
speaking sort Of lndo-Saxon dialect
was a capital piece Of character draw
Ing. Much Of the music of the piece
proved 10 be bright and graceful and
the story, although somewhat thin, was
sufficiently adhesive TO stick the songs
together with some continuity. The
Cingalee' will win much more upon its
own merits than by reason OF the skill
with which It's interpreting company
has been organized
The Weber and Zlegfeld production Of
"HigRledy- Plggledy" az the recon-
structed and vastly beautihed Weber
Music Hall, has turned out TO be the
real thing after all. When the piece
was tried OUT IN advance OF the New
York presentation, the verdict was not
particularly encouraging. But as told
last week. the management went to
work with great earnestness under the
stage direction OF George f. Marion,
loaned for the occasion by Henry w,
Savage, aud by the time the first night
In New York rolled around the show
was IN shlp.shape order and loaded 20
the muz2le with snap ginger and nerve
Its most notable, features were the
graphic charm and s0rtorlal splendor
OF Anna Held the inCessant and IT.
restlbe jocosity OF Marie Dressler the
quaint comlCallty Of Charles Blglowi
the droll humor Of Joe Weber the
pleasant personality Of Aubrey Bouci-
caut the inlmltbly agile grace OF
Aimlee Angeles and Bonnie Maglnn,
and the munncent pulchritude Of the
finest collection Of show girls that ever
decorated o New York production The
dresses must have cast fortune, and
they formed a bewlldering pageant OF
splendor The entertainment through
out was closely punctuated with APP
plause and laughter ana the MT re-
corded was undoubtedly the best In the
history Of l." music hall where there
will hardly a change OF Dill Tor
months to come
David Belasco has made arrange
ments with the management Of the
Academy OF music for large block OF
time later IN the season at the enor-
NOUS and popular playhouse. This
nNIlOu VIII w AlANh WIN NiffNH 'ia'NL'f''
of Henrietta Crosman In Sweet Kit
Nv Bellalrs" and Blanche Bates IN THE
Darling OF the Gods" This IL a really
quite important deal, for II gives Mr.
Belasco a metropolitan outlet at pop
Mar" prices for his attractions pro-
duced uptown at s. a seat. The terri
tory controlled by the academy Is prac-
tically virgin soil for the Belasco rep
resentatlons. which will naturally Gre
ate profound sensation In that part
OF town.
The New York engagement OF Nine
Reiane seems likely 10 prove a much
greater matter than It looked at the
o,itset. The advance sale Is very heavy
al Increased prices, the top figure OF
which is 81. No less than i've plays
have been added to the repertoire orig
finally prescribed. enabling a constant
change Of bin and giving the added adj
vantage OF unceasing novelty
The hostility Of the building depart
,nent toward the Thompson & Dundy
hlupodrome may possibly delay the OPP
ening OF that structure, which was iiXed
for New Years eve. The promoters or
the enterprise, however, viii put ON
double shifts Of men working day aud
night and will strain every effort to
carry out their plans as conceived In
the beginning. Arthur Voegtlln, the
chief scenic artist, told me the other
afternoon I'm a tone Of surprise that the
first production scheduled for the nip
podrome could not possibly cost less
1 Than $4,000 back Of the curtain line,
and he added that his instructions were
10 cast economy TO the winds and bend
| ali his energies toward securing results,
no matter what the cost.
Mrs Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch
| IL I'm IT'S eighth week at the Savoy thea
Ter. and In all probability viii more
tban double that record before leaving
New York. The entertainment has
without doubt taken very firm hold
upon the regard Of the amusememnt
seeking public
Lew Dockstader. after three exceed
| ingiy prosperous weeks az the Herald
| square theater. has removed his ad-
mirable minstrel band to the Harlem
| Opera House for a week, The Dock
| stader show is everywhere commended
as the best minstrel performance ever
seen In New York,
Otis skinner is IN the last week but
one OF his engagement at the Lyric the
alter I'm "The Harvester" The coming
OF Nine. Rejane who was booked for
this establishment long ago. cuts
short an engagement that might
otherwise have run on indefinitely, for
there can be no disputlng the fact
that skinner has made a profound Inn
preston with his Interpretation OF the
happy go lucky hero Of Rlchepln's pas
toral drama.
David Warfeld IN The Music Mas
ter" al Belasco theater is one Of the
very few attractions actually turning
away applicants for admission at ey-
cry performance. The comedy-drama
| is one OF the most interesting that has
been seen here in number OF seasons
and II Is played with distinction and
force in every particular
II Is probable that the entire season
al the Empire theater will he filed by
| John Drew In THE Duke Of Killlcran-
kie." ana Maude Adams IN the new
play provided for her use by Charles
| Frohman. The Drew engagement
shows not the slightest sign OF waning.
although we'll along In It's second
| month.
There Ia a rumor from London that
Eleanor Robson's engagement In
Merely Mary Ann, already once ex-
tended, may be stlll further prolonged,
The American actress has entirely cap
tlvated the London public.
Edna Mays following transferred it.
self bodily 10 the Herald Square theater
on Monday night, where "The School
Girl" was heard and applauded by a
densely packed house