The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11
THE DRAMA IN NEW YORK.
Indian Life Seon in Various Forms on
Metropolitan Stage

NEW YORK, March l0.-New York has
several hundred Indian shows running
at the present time BY Indian shows
or Buffalo BIZ productions, but first
class theatrical productions with the In
dian IA their excuse for existence.
And not only do we have Indian plays.
but we have become so cosmopolitan that
we have Indian critics of Indian plays.
surely the Western cities and towns
where the noble red man IL still occasion
ally seen, on his native heath, IL were,
could do no better than that. For In
stance large and fashionable audience
at the Liberty theater was Intensely sur
pr'sed the other evening when few
minutes before the curtain went up on
The Redskln," two Sioux Indians In the
tull regalia OF their tribe. including eagle
center aisle and took seats In the third
row. They were accompanied by little
Indian maiden. also I'm native dress, with
long black hair about her shoulders. They
paid not the slightest attention To the
gasps OF astonishment In the pit, and
sat immovably until the play opened.
Then the older, and taller OF the braves
was Iangua-ho-rno-me or He-Who-
Fears-Not-the-F e-Forked-Lightnlng. the 9TH
er was Men-go-lo-tona, or the White
Eagle They were there to see what
kind of q play 1t was which pretended TO
give true Interpretation of the life Of
the Indian, his loves, his hatreds and his
native haunts.
They had been brought to New York
from a Government agency in the Indian
Territory for the Sportsmans show, and
had obtained special leave To visit the
theater. Langua- a-ho-rno-me said, refer
ring 10 the play
Il liked the war dance best. l got so
excited that | wanted To yell, too. have
often seen my people give the war dance
life.
" The Redskin' Is the first play l have
ever seen. Our people generally do not
understand plays but The Redskin' is Il
show. dealing entirely with indian HE
and L could not resist the temptation Of
going to see It.
'I-onowanda, the chief OF the Ockot-
ohees. Ia such a chief my father was,
My father frequently told me in my
youth OF the OCkotchees, and their habits
were very much like ouTs. My tribe,
high regard as the Ockotchccs. for GER
tanly none OF our braves would have
made the sacrifices for Aduola as Mat
ava in the play.
Lawrance DOrsay is appearing at
Dalys under Daniel Frohmans manage
ment as the star of the Augustus Thomas
comedy, The Embassy Ball D'Orsay's
part is that Of Capt Haworden-kellie, an
attache of the British Legation at Wash
ington. who gets into all sorts OF trouble
through having signed marriage con-
tract by mistake for bicycle permit
Last Tuesday evening Francis Wilson
began his annual engagement In New
York at the Criterion, presenting for the
first time here a three-act farce, The
last previous vehicle, Mr., Wilson has de-
parted from musical comedy. The story
is of a Londoner who hides his trips to
Paris under the gUlse of Alpine climbing,
and who IS at last driven into corner
where he must at least go TO Switzerland
and pretend to be brave. Tho compli-
cations that follow tangle Mr.. Wilson I'm
a series Of amusing incidents which 1t
takes three acts TO set straight. May
Robson is his leading woman.
THE Triangle" has just closed its en-
NiNa 1n1
haitian Will remain closed for two weeks
and on March 10 will open with an elabo-
rate revival OF Brandon Thomas,S IA
Grardot viii assume his original char
acter and It is planned TO have severnl
others of the original cast
opera at the Metropolitan Opera-house
is drawing near TO a close, This is the
laet week but one. and II has been Tade
interesting by the production of that cid
and familiar work, Bizets Carmen,
the parts being distributed as follows:
Carmen ............ ,...s,-. Miss Frcmsted
Micaeal ..,,...,ss-. ..,... .s,-,. MISS Aboott
Mercedes ......... ......... Nine Jacoby
Frasquita .....'..''sr'',''s'r, MISS halpn
Don Jose s,,...srr...ss'.....Slgn Saruso
Escamillo ..ssrr.........s.ps-.--m MI Journct
Zunila .,,......,..... -...sss,,. MT. Beguc
Dencairo -. .......,.... Mr.. Dufriche
There were three modern works OF art
OF q unique character and calculated to
arouse peculiar interest In the programme
OF the last concert OF the Musical Art
society which occurred in Carnegie's hall
last Thursday evening. They were by
three representatives of the younger gen
Grafton OF composers, though each is
markedly original I'm style and aim-MaX
Roger, Richard Strauss and c. NJ. Leef-
f1er. Novelty in form and novelty In ex-
preston mark the three works.
Fay Templeton has begun her last two
weeks in "Forty-F1vc Minutes From
Broadway" at the New Amsterdam thea
ter. She will be followed on March 10
by Richard Mansfield, who Will remain
three weeks. presenting his repertoire, In
cluding his latest production Don Car
los
The Rogers Brothers in Tho Rogers
Brothers in Ireland" have commenced
their last week at the New York theater
They will be followed by n revival ui
Klaw & Erlangers production OF the
Drury Lane spectacle, 'Humpty Dump
ty' 1T will be staged exactly as at the
New Amsterdam theater last season,
George NJ Cohan In George Washlns-
ton, Jr." is In the fourth week OF a sue
ccssfu run ut the Herald Square.
Capt Woodward's educated seals are
feature Of the big show at the Hippo
drome They include clowns, JuESlers'
comedians and deep sea specialists