Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

expeotauuy awaiting the orIy-
~ val OF the Eben Holden CONE
y pany at tle Theater and there
~ were very many because thIs
company WAS almost IKE @ Salt
Lake colony swim regret TO lenrn that
the dates IN January have been can-
celled and that the organization has
turned back from Denver TO retrace its
steps eastward Manager Pyper Is
without ans details. but mrmIsas that
the company which % largely owned
by Frank Edredse, formerly Of this
city had heard Of me 40 success OF
much moro protont.ous attractions In
the west and had wisely decided TO
stay whore grass was not 20 short"
Mr. pyper says the company has been
doing extremely VOL u the east ana |
south, where contrary 60 the general /.
rule, theatrical business has been sur.
prlspgy good an This season In the |
west and northwest the leihargy OF the
public towards the thaatars has been OF .
the most surprising kind The Eben
Holden company Included Mr. Eli
dredge manager Chas w. Meakln, az
advance man, and Banche Kendall
Thomas and Ruth Eldredge as leading
ladies'.
a close friend OF Maude Adams IN
New York writes to the editor OF this
column that &c would have done
Maudes Salt Lake friends good, could
they have seen the welcome accorded
her on her reappdaronce at the Empire
theater lnst Monday night, The letter
says that bliss Adams and Mr.. Froh-
man had quite o discussion as TO the
play In which she should make her re-
entry ON Broadway but that the de.
clslon being left 10 Miss Adams her
self, she said "Why not Tho Little
Minister This Is the theater where n
was first produced. 10 Wlll ho ON the
stage where they frst welcomed me as
q star" go Babble was decided on. and
The original cast was selected as near
as possible. All the originals could not
be brough. together however as Rob.
ert Edeson the first Gavin Dlsbart. is
now starring. aud w. H. Thompson, me
original Elder Tamas, Is also al the
head OF bic own company arthur By.
ron aud Chas Walcott were secured for
these two parts, but most OF the other
roles, including Mrs Jones In the part
OF Mamie, were in the same naudg that
PLAYED them the hrst night It Is ex-
pottad that the ran of The Little
Minister VIII be- limited To four weeks,
but the crush and jam ut me box Office
are such as to render that uncertain
THE Winters Tale" one of Shake
speares plays seldom seen IN Salt Lake,
Is selected Tor Frederick Warde'a last
engagement here. lie WIN De seen IA It
Monday afternoon and night and Tues
day night IN company with Miss Kath-
ryn kiGder and his final bow ior good
and all VIII be made Wednesday with d
revival OF "Sulammbo."
1.-THE Winters Tale" is the play
chosen by Miss Mary Anderson, In
which TO make her last appearance, and
the roles she portrayed widely
varying characters Of Hermione and
Perdlta-wlll be essayed by Miss /
Kldder Mr.. Wardes part viii be
that Of Leontee, the king Of
Stella, the monarch who, craaed By
Jealousy and deaf to the reason
Ing OF his faithful subjects, con-
dennis his queen TO death by the
strength only Of his own unsupported |
suspicion a big company and a big
scenio production s looked for
"Salammbo' has been done so recent
~ that Il needs no description but as
# will witness Mr. Wardes last appear
ance It ought to be greeted by royal
turnout on the part OF his many Salt
Lake friends.
Tho Emperor Wilhelm OF Germany IL
reported to have stated Dec 49,; u
do not think many Germans know that
I spent last year out Of my private in
come Sl,O00000 on operas and theaters"
This Is outside of the $4,000 which His
majesty IS understood to have spent on
the present production OF Leoncavalos
new opera, Der Roland Won Berlin.