The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-07

Every seat in the Grand theatre was
sold yesterday before 8 o'clock for the
first presentation of AT the Risk of His
Life and the standing room was dis
posed of before the curtain went up. 1t
was big house; many of the Out-of-toWD
folks who came in for the conference
and the state fair were present.
The melodrama is a good One-Superior
to most of those seen at the Grand in the
course of a season. 1t has a number of
strong dramatic situations. the plot is in
tereSting, the interest is sustained to the
end and the comedy is clean and whole
some. There is no horseplay and there is
little of the cheap and tawdry sensation
alism that ruins so many productions
Theodore Lorch is the star of the cast
OF course, and in Julian Thorne, the mill
superintendent. who shoulders the murder
of his benefactor to shield the woman he
loves he has a fine part and presents II
well. He holds the sympathy of the audi
ence from first to last and is always
fully up to the demands made upon him.
Mr.. Torch has surrounded himself with
the best company he has ever presented
to Salt Lake audience There are stlli
weak spots, but on the whole the play is
well presented. Miss Camille Lewis carried
off honors last evening. In the part of
the spiritualist and medium she is decided
iy clever. Miss Myna Ketchum, as the
adventures, is strong. Jack Montgomery
gives a good illustration of the workings
of fear on guilty conscience. His work
is consistent and worthy OF mention. Maui
rice Whish as the detective is good. Fred
erik Roslyn and Miss Cecil Fay present a
pretty love story against the background
of crime and intrigue.
AT the Risk of His Life" was well re
ceived last evening. The applause was
generous throughout. One drawback was
the long waits between acts. This Will,
of course be remedied iii future preSenta-
tions. The scenery is good The play runs
till Wednesday night with matinee wed
nesday afternoon.
The long advertised concert by Mime.
Johanna Gadski. assisted by Frank La
Forge, pianist, esil1 take place in the tan
ernacle tonight GadSki comes direct from
Europe Salt Lake being the opening night
of her seasons work under the direction
of Mr.. Loudon Charlton. Gadskl ranks
among the greatest Wagnerlan sopranos
and music lovers will be afforded treat
tonight.
1.-THE Alaskan" is tonights attraction
at the Salt Lake theatre. This is the new
comic opera, with its scenes laid in ana
about the Nome goldfields, which was
produced by John Cort and had success
full summer run in New York at the
Knickerbocker theatre According 10 the
complimentary newspaper comment the
opera has been receiving along the route
between here and New York, and especial
~ in Denver, 1t has lots of attractive
features, pretty girls and catchy music.
The local orchestra has been playing Sc
lections from the opera which have very
nIeasine swing to their melody The COM
pany travels everywhere by special train
There are seventy-five people in the en-
semble and two sixty-foot baggage cars
full of scenery and effects. Max Figman
directed the staging of the new comic
opera.
Every act of the thoroughly enjoyable
program was relished by three audiences
which filled the Lyric theatre from the
orchestra to the box office. There is not
a weak spot on the list and one act is es-
pecially worthy of commentator. That
Is the dramatic satire on one of Ibsen's
problem plays called Friendship" pre-
scented by Perkins, Lappin and company.
The work of the two principals is excel
lent and the piece is handsomely staged.
The principal fun making falls to the lot
of Rome and Ferguson, who give an imi-
tation of two Bowery ''spielers," and
Deery and Francis I'm their turn entitled
THE Rube and the Maid
And then comes the handsome Austral-
ian with the powerful contralto voice,
Miss Fyvie Dench, and the Bartelemes,
head and hand balancers and upside down
acrobats Little Miss Dorothy has a new
illustrated song and there are extra added
pictures for the Lyricscope.
Next week Manager Donnellan proposes
to spring an innovation in the local the
atrical line by instituting a comedy stock
company at the Lyric theatre in addition
to the regular vaudeville bill. ALI the
latest high class comedies, light operas
and musical comedies, IL is promised, will
be presented at 10 and 20 cents.
With all the acts in, the Orpheum offers
the following excellent bill tonight: Fred
Ray and company in "A Shakespearean
Travesty:" Sisters O'Meers. graceful and
daring wire artists; Chris Richards. the
famous English comedian; Farrell-Taylor
trio, Introducing That Minstrel Man."
Sullivan and Pasquelena in their comedy
singing skit, "A Newsboy's Appeals" Koi-
Inns and Klifton, Americas premier banjo
lists; the kinodrome and the popular Or
pheum orchestra.